Women’s 50m Freestyle – Final
Top 8 Finishers
Kate Douglass (USA) — 23.19 **NEW WORLD RECORD
Gretchen Walsh (USA) — 23.74
Meg Harris (AUS) — 23.89
Taylor Ruck (CAN) — 24.23
Olivia Wunsch (AUS) — 24.57
Kayla Sanchez (PHI) — 24.86
Cheng Yujie (CHN) — 24.96
Rikako Ikee (JPN) — 25.30
I have written 10 starting sentences, and none of them feel appropriate for what just happened.
Kate Douglass absolutely obliterated the women’s 50 freestyle world record to win the gold medal, stopping the clock in 23.19 to take three tenths off the 23.49 world record she set in prelims, which was a tenth faster than the previous world record.
She finished more than half-a-second ahead of Gretchen Walsh, who stopped the clock in 23.74 and seven tenths ahead of Australia’s Meg Harris, who is the reigning Olympic silver medalist and world champion, and swam 23.89 for the bronze medal.
Harris’ swim was a lifetime best by eight hundredths from the 23.97 she swam to finish 2nd to Sarah Sjostrom at the Olympic Games in 2024.
Canada’s Taylor Ruck set another new lifetime best to stop the clock in 24.23 for 4th place.
The ‘B’ final went to American Torri Huske in 24.27, slightly off her lifetime best of 23.98 from the 2025 U.S. Nationals.
Men’s 50m Freestyle – Final
World Record: 20.88, Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 2026
World Junior Record: 21.75, Michael Andrew (USA) – 2017
U.S. Open Record: 21.04, Caeleb Dressel (USA) — 2021
Championship Record: 21.42, Jamie Jack (AUS) — 2026
Top 8 Finishers
Jamie Jack (AUS) — 21.35 **New Championship Record
Jack Alexy (USA) — 21.42
Gui Caribe (BRA) — 21.54
Quintin McCarty (USA) — 21.71
Isaac Cooper (AUS) — 21.87
Shuya Matsumoto (JPN) — 22.16
Yuri Kisil (CAN) — 22.19
Ruslan Gaziev (CAN) — 22.34
Australia’s Jamie Jack earned the gold medal in the men’s 50 freestyle, stopping the clock in 21.35 to finish just a tenth ahead of Jack Alexy‘s 21.42 for 2nd.
Jack’s previous lifetime best in the event was 21.43 from a time trial at the U.S. Summer Championships last August.
Alexy added a tenth from his lifetime best of 21.32, which he set at last summer’s World Championships.
Gui Caribe earned the bronze medal in 21.54, just a tenth behind Alexy. This swim was eight hundredths off his lifetime best of 21.46 from April of 2025.
American Michael Andrew swam the top time in the ‘B’ final of 21.63. This was just under two tenths off his lifetime best of 21.41 from June of 2022.
Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Final
World Record: 2:17.55, Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS) – 2023
World Junior Record: 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (TUR) – 2015
U.S. Open Record: 2:19.30, Kate Douglass (USA) — 2024
Championship Record: 2:20.69, Rebecca Soni (USA) – 2010
Top 8 Finishers
Alexanne Lepage (CAN) — 2:21.73
Kate Douglass (USA) — 2:22.57
Kaylene Corbett (RSA) — 2:22.97
Ella Ramsay (AUS) — 2:23.53
Satomi Suzuki (JPN) — 2:24.06
Alex Walsh (USA) — 2:24.28
Kotomi Kato (JN) — 2:24.40
Sophie Angus (CAN) — 2:26.02
The women’s 200 breaststroke dove in just 25 minutes after the women’s 50 free final, and Canada’s Alexanne Lepage had an absolutely massive swim of 2:21.73 to pick up the top time in the event, taking more than a second off her lifetime best.
Lepage led the race from start-to-finish, though the race was incredibly close through the first 100. She swam 32.16/36.05 to make the turn in 1:08.21, just four tenths ahead of Kate Douglass‘ 32.36/36.29 splits to turn 2nd in 1:08.65. South Africa’s Kaylene Corbett was an additional two tenths back in 1:08.89 for 3rd (32.70/36.19).
On the 3rd 50, Lepage extended her lead significantly, splitting 36.17 to turn in 1:44.38, more than a second ahead of Corbett, who split 36.69 to turn in 2nd at 1:45.58. Douglass was 3rd with her 36.99 and 1:45.64 split.
Lepage held on tight for the final 50, splitting 37.35 to touch in 2:21.73, more than a second faster than the 2:23.03 she swam in July at the Canadian Trials. She has dropped time in the event three previous times this season, and her preseason best stood at 2:24.70 from September of 2023.
Douglass swam 36.93 to stop the clock in2 :22.57 for silver, and Corbett split 37.39 to finish in 2:22.97 for the bronze.
Douglass’ best is 2:18.50 from the 2025 World Championships and Corbett’s is 2:22.06 from the Tokyo Olympics.
Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Final
World Record: 2:05.48, Haiyang Qin (CHN) – 2023
World Junior Record: 2:06.59, Shin Ohashi (JPN) – 2026
U.S. Open Record: 2:06.54, Matthew Fallon (USA) — 2024
Championship Record: 2:07.75, Ippei Watanabe (JPN) – 2018
Top 8 Finishers
Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) — 2:08.09
Josh Matheny (USA) — 2:08.25
Shin Ohashi (JPN) — 2:08.27
Bailey Lello (AUS) — 2:09.70
Yamato Fukasawa (JPN) — 2:10.24
AJ Pouch (USA) — 2:10.67
Oliver Dawson (CAN) — 2:11.23
Apollo Hess (CAN) — 2:15.48
Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Cook won the men’s 200 breaststroke final, stopping the clock in 2:08.09 to finish two tenths ahead of American Josh Matheny.
Stubblety-Cook came from behind, turning in 7th at the 50 mark after splitting 29.56 on the first 50 to sit more than a second behind Shin Ohashi, who led the field in 28.28.
At the 100 mark, Stubblety-Cook had moved into 5th overall, turning in 1:02.21 after splitting 32.65. Ohashi was still in the lead at 1:00.72 after he split 32.44.
Stubblety-Cook jumped to 4th after the 3rd 50, cutting into Ohashi’s lead slightly as he split 33.37 to gain a little more than a tenth on Ohashi’s 33.51.
The final 50 saw Stubblety-Cook split the fastest 50 in the field by more than half-a-second, touching in 32.51 to outsplit Ohashi’s 34.04 by a second-and-a-half. Stubblety-Cook’s final time of 2:08.09 was his fastest swim since his back injury that saw him miss the 2025 World Championships.
American Josh Matheny also had a very fast final 50, splitting 29.18/32.72/33.34/33.02 to stop the clock in 2:08.25 for the silver medal. This was a new lifetime best by seven hundredths from the 2:08.32 he swam in June of 2023.
Ohashi finished in 2:08.27, just two hundredths back of Matheny, for the bronze medal. he missed his best of 2:06.59 by a little less than two seconds.
Campbell McKean won the ‘B’ final in a new lifetime best 2:10.28, a near second drop from the 2:11.13 he swam at the 2025 U.S. Nationals. He would have been the 2nd fastest American in the event with AJ Pouch finishing 6th in 2:10.67.
Men’s 1500m Freestyle – Fastest Heat
World Record: 14:26.79, Johannes Liebmann (GER) — 2026
World Junior Record: 14:41.22, Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR) – 2024
U.S. Open Record: 14:40.28, Bobby Finke (USA) — 2024
Championship Record: 14:41.65, Grant Hackett (AUS) – 2002
Current Leader: 15:01.20, Benjamin Goedemans (AUS)
Top 8 Finishers
Sam Short (AUS) — 14:33.97 **New Championship Record
Kazushi Imafuku (JPN) — 14:42.59
Bobby Finke (USA) — 14;44.26
Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN) — 14:47.24
Kaito Tabuchi (JPN) — 14:57.02
Benjamin Goedemans (AUS) — 15:01.20
Nicholas Sloman (AUS) — 15:15.39
Elijah Winnington (AUS) — 15:19.37
Sam Short wrapped up his phenomenal summer with a win, meet record, and Australian record in the men’s 1500 freestyle, stopping the clock in 14:33.97 to finish nearly 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Short got out fast, taking the lead from the first 50 of the race. He was 55.13 at the first 100 mark to sit about five tenths ahead of Bobby Finke‘s 55.69 in 2nd place.
From there, Short only extended his lead. At the 500, he turned in 4:50.12 to sit a second-and-a-half ahead of Finke’s 4:51.60 in 2nd place.
Short split 4:53.38/4:50.47 on his last two 500s, coming home faster than he went out to finish in 14:33.97. This was a massive personal best for Short from the 14:37.28 he swam at the 2023 World Championships. He also took down Grant Hackett’s 2001 Australian record time of 14:34.56 from the 2001 World Championships.
Kazushi Imafuku swam 14:42.59 for 2nd, a new Japanese record time and eight seconds fatter than his previous best of 14:50.18 from March of 2025.
Bobby Finke took 3rd in 14:44.26, three seconds ahead of China’s Zhang Zhanshuo, who swam 14:47.24 for 4th.
Women’s 800m Freestyle – Fastest Heat
Top 8 Finishers
Lani Pallister (AUS) — 8:06.10
Katie Ledecky (USA) — 8:07.26
Erika Fairweather (NZL) — 8:18.81
Katie Grimes (USA) — 8:19.10
Ichika Kajimoto (JPN) — 8:23.81
Agostina Hein (ARG) — 8:26.13
Caitlin Deans (NZL) — 8:26.21
Moesha Johnson (AUS) — 8:26.75
The women’s 800 freestyle ended in an upset as Australia’s Lani Pallister took down world record holder Katie Ledecky with a time of 8:06.10.
Pallister’s swim was a little more than a tenth off her World Championships Australian record time of 8:05.98, but was a new Pan Pacs meet record, taking three seconds off Ledecky’s 2018 record time of 8:09.13.
She has been absolutely unstoppable this season, and tonight she took down Ledecky in the 800 freestyle something only two swimmers have accomplished in the last 10 year.s
Pallister was out fast, starting under world record pace through the first portion of the race. She split 4:00.70 on the first 400, a little more than a second under Ledecky’s world record pace of 4:01.78 from last May.
She fell off that blistering pace a little over the next 400 meters, splitting 4:05.40 on the 2nd 400 to lock up the win by more than a second over the world record holder.
Ledecky split 4:02.02/4:05.24 to finish 2nd in 8:07.26. This was a new season best for her by about a second from the 8:08.57 she swam at the Pro Swim Series in Westmont.
New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather swam 8:18.81 to finish 3rd, a second off the New Zealand national record time of 8:17.65. She split 4:07.27/4:11.54 to finish about eight tenths off her lifetime best of 8:18.00 from April of 2023.
Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay — Timed Final
World Record: 3:49.34, United States — 2026
Championship Record: 3:52.74, Australia — 2018
U.S. Open Record: 3:55.23, United States — 2010
Top 8 Teams
United States (Berkoff, Siroky, Walsh, Douglass) — 3:50.43 **New Championship Record
Australia (Anderson, Ramsay, Perkins, Harris) — 3:55.09
China (Wan, Tang, Yu, Cheng) — 3:56.33
Canada — 3:56.84
Australia 2– 3:58.99
Japan — 3:59.65
Canada 2 — 4:01.71
South Africa — 4:07.28
The United States women capped off their Pan Pacs with a gold medal, meet, and U.S. Open record in the women’s 400 medley relay and Gretchen Walsh picked up the fastest 100 fly split in history.
Katharine Berkoff got the team off to an early lead, splitting 58.35 on the first 100 to touch almost a second ahead of Iona Anderson from Australia, who swam 59.23 for 2nd.
McKenzie Siroky split 1:05.07 on the breaststroke leg, the fastest breaststroke split in the field, before handing off to Gretchen Walsh. She swam 54.78 on the butterfly, the fastest butterfly split in history. The previous fastest was the 54.98 she swam on the world record breaking relay back in Singapore last summer.
Kate Douglass anchored the team, in her 3rd event of the day, splitting 52.23, the fastest freestyle split in the event. She stopped the clock in 3:50.43 to take two seconds off Australia’s meet record of 3:52.74 from 2018 and five seconds off the U.S. Open record of 3:55.23 from 2010.
Australia finished 2nd in 3:55.09 with Ella Ramsay on breaststroke (1:06.21), Alexandria Perkins (57.04), and Meg Harris (52.61).
China picked up the bronze with their team of Wan Letian (1:00.40), Tang Qianting (1:05.70), Yu Yiting (56.49), and Chen Yujie (53.74) touching in 3:56.33.
Canada was 4th after Ingrid Wilm (59.61), Alexanne Lepage (1:06.30), Summer McIntosh (58.36), and Taylor Ruck (52.57) swam 3:56.84.
Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay — Timed Final
World Record: 3:26.78, United States — 2021
Championship Record: 3:29.94, United States — 2014
U.S. Open Record: 3:32.48, United States — 2010
Top 8 Teams
United States (Modglin, Mathias, Urlando, Alexy) — 3:29.06 **New Championship Record
Australia (Swinburn, Williamson, Temple, Turner) — 3:30.15
United States 2 (Aikins, Matheny, Heilman, Guiliano) — 3:30.83
Japan — 3:30.99
Australia 2 — 3;33.32
Canada — 3:34.08
Canada 2 — 3:36.57
South Africa — 3:40.76
The United States men won the final event of the meet, the 400 medley relay, in a new meet and U.S. Open record of 3:29.06 as the only team under 3:30 in the event.
Will Modglin had the fastest opening 100 in the eent, swimming 53.86 to put the American team in the lead. Van Mathias split 57.72 on the breaststroke, the only sub 58 split in the field. Luca Urlando swam 50.51 on the butterfly, and Jack Alexy anchored the team in 46.97.
Australia finished 2nd in 3:30.16 with Stuart Swinburn (54.66), Samuel Williamson (58.64), Matthew Temple (49.70), and Harrison Turner (47.16). Temple’s butterfly spit of 49.70 was the only sub-50 swim in the field.
The United States ‘B’ team swam the 3rd fastest time from the first heat, with Jack Aikins (54.27), Josh Matheny (58.82), Thomas Heilman (50.88), and Chris Guiliano (46.86) touching in 3:30.83. Guliano had the fastest anchor leg, swimming a tenth faster than Alexy’s 46.97 on the ‘A’ relay.
The U.S. ‘B’ team is not eligible for the bronze medal, so Japan earned the bronze with their team of Hidekazu Takehara (54.09), Shin Ohashi (58.01), Shoon Mitsunaga (50.86), and Tatsuya Murasa (48.03) stopping the clock in 3:30.99.