2025 Pro Swim Series – Westmont: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2025 TYR Pro Swim Series — Westmont

 

Happy Thursday, swim fans, it’s time for night two of finals at the 2025 TYR Pro Swim Series in Westmont, IL. This is the first full finals session after the timed finals on Wednesday evening and it’s a packed session. The finals for the 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 50 backstroke, 200 butterfly, and 400 freestyle take to the blocks tonight. Below, you can find the top seeds for each event.

Top Seeds: 

• Women’s 100 freestyle: Simone Manuel, 54.17
• Men’s 100 freestyle: Grant House, 49.17
• Women’s 100 breaststroke: Kate Douglass, 1:07.13
• Men’s 100 breaststroke: Michael Andrew, 1:00.65
• Women’s 50 backstroke: Kylie Masse, 27.48
• Men’s 50 backstroke: Shaine Casas, 24.93
• Women’s 200 butterfly: Summer McIntosh, 2:06.40
• Men’s 200 butterfly: Trenton Julian, 1:58.73
• Women’s 400 freestyle: Madi Mintenko, 4:13.38
• Men’s 400 freestyle: Sam Short, 3:47.01

Women’s 100 Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
• World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)
• American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 52.54 – Simone Manuel, USA (2016)
• Pro Swim Record: 52.74 – Siobhan Haughey, HKG (2024)

Final: 

1. Simone Manuel (TXLA), 53.23
2. Rylee Erisman (LAKR), 53.83
3. Meg Harris (AUS), 54.31
4. Mary-Sophie Harvey (TQ), 54.34
5. Penny Oleksiak (MVN), 54.56
6. Beata Nelson (WISC), 54.76
7. Kasia Wasick (UN), 55.02
8. Madi Mintenko (PPA), 55.89

Just two-hundredths separated Simone Manuel and Rylee Erisman after prelims of the women’s 100 freestyle, where they both clocked 54.1. It wasn’t as close in tonight’s final; Manuel was all over the race, flipping first at the 50-meter mark in 25.50. She controlled the race on the way home, pulling away from a strong field to win by six-tenths in 53.23.

Erisman logged a 27.66 split on the back half of the race, moving from third to second ahead of Olympians Meg Harris, Mary-Sophie Harvey, Penny Oleksiak, and Kasia Wasick. The teenager’s silver medal-winning time was 53.83, not far from the 53.75 lifetime best she holds from the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.

Manuel and Erisman were the only two swimmers under 54 seconds in the final. Harris, the 50 freestyle Olympic silver medalist, clocked a 54.31 for bronze, touching three-hundredths ahead of Harvey (54.34).

Men’s 100 Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024)
• World Junior Record: 46.86 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
• American Record: 46.96 – Caeleb Dressel (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 47.08 – Jack Alexy, USA (2024)
• Pro Swim Record: 48.00 – Nathan Adrian, USA (2016)

Final: 

1. Shaine Casas (TXLA), 48.31
2. Grant House (SUN), 48.50
3. Mikel Schreuders (SUN), 48.65
4. Mikkel Lee (SIN), 49.14
5. Max Giuliani (AUS), 49.19
6. Hrvoje Tomic (UN), 49.42
7. Jack Dolan (SUN), 49.79
8. Laon Kim (UCSC), 49.82

It’s a sprint freestyle sweep for the Texas pro group, as Shaine Casas matched Manuel with a win of his own in the men’s 100 freestyle. Like many swimmers, Casas has multiple events tonight; he’ll be back later for the men’s 50 backstroke, where he’s top seed.

He led the men’s 100 freestyle at the halfway point, making the turn at 22.84. He was the only man in the field out sub-23 to the feet, as Sun Devil pro Mikel Schreuders turned at 23.04.

Casas split 25.47 on his second 50 meters and hit the wall in 48.31. It’s March, but the swim isn’t too far from his lifetime best, which stands at 48.23 from the 2022 Austin Sectionals.

Grant House, the top seed coming into the final, split a field-best 25.23 on the back half of the race to pick up the silver medal in 48.50. This swim marks a lifetime best for House, undercutting the 48.63 he swam at the Speedo Summer Championships this past July.

The Sun Devils put two swimmers on the podium as Schreuders held on for third place with a 48.65. He rounded out the swimmers under 49 seconds in the final.

Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Final

• World Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King, USA (2017)
• World Junior Record: 1:04.35 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2013)
• American Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:04.45 – Jessica Hardy, USA (2009)
• Pro Swim Record: 1:05.32 – Lilly King, USA (2021)

Final: 

1. Kate Douglass (NYAC), 1:06.51
2. Lilly King (ISC), 1:07.13
3. Anita Bottazzo (FLOR), 1:07.32
4. Anna Elendt (TXLA), 1:07.60
5. Sophie Angus (CAN), 1:08.59
6. Macarena Ceballos (ARG), 1:08.71
7. Isabelle Odgers (NOVA), 1:10.30
8. Gabriele Assis (FRJ), 1:10.51

It’s been the same story through the first three championship finals of the night as the winner has led the race from start-to-finish. This time, it was Kate Douglass who was in full control of the women’s 100 breaststroke in her first meet of the new season.

Douglass hit the turn end in 31.20, two-tenths ahead of her Olympic teammate Lilly King. The pair separated themselves with their opening splits, though Anita Bottazzo and Anna Elendt clocked 31-high on the first 50 and were lurking.

Douglass pressed the back half, splitting a field-best 35.31 on the second half to extend her lead. She picked up the win in 1:06.51, less than two-tenths from the lifetime best she swam at a club meet last May.

King held off Bottazzo’s 35.60 closing split, getting her hands on the wall for silver in 1:07.13 to Bottazzo’s 1:07.32. Fresh off the SEC Championships, Bottazzo wasn’t too far from her lifetime best (1:07.17) either, clocking 1:07.32 for bronze.

Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Final

• World Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2019)
• World Junior Record: 59.01 – Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA (2017)
• American Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew, USA (2021)
• Pro Swim Record: 58.86 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2017)

Final: 

1. Michael Andrew (SUN), 1:00.85
2. AJ Pouch (PRVT), 1:01.24
3. Garrett Clasen (FMC), 1:01.58
4. Dante Nicola Rho (1:02.41)
5. Michael Houli (TNAQ), 1:02.47
6. Uros Zivanovic (GTCH), 1:02.48
7. Apollo Hess (CAN), 1:02.60

DQ: Joao Rodrigues (GTCH)

Michael Andrew defended his top seed and took the win in the men’s 100 breaststroke. It was another Michael, Michael Houlie, who led the race around at the turn; he pushed the pace early, splitting 27.62 on the way out.

He led by .58 seconds at the halfway point. But Andrew reeled him in over the final 50 meters. Andrew didn’t have the fastest back half in the field as he did this morning, but he did still press on that part of the race, clocking 32.65 to win in 1:00.85.

It was AJ Pouch who had the fastest back half in the championship final, splitting 32.39 to move from fifth at the turn to silver at the final touch. He finished .39 seconds behind Andrew with a 1:01.24. FMC’s Garrett Clasen, swimming in his home pool, earned bronze in 1:01.58.

Women’s 50 Backstroke – Final

• World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
• World Junior Record: 27.49 – Minna Atherton, AUS (2016)
• American Record: 27.10 – Regan Smith (2023)
• U.S. Open Record: 27.12 – Katharine Berkoff, USA (2022)
• Pro Swim Record: 27.38 – Kylie Masse, CAN (2023)

Final:

1. Kylie Masse (CAN), 27.42
2. Katharine Berkoff (WOLF), 27.63
3. Ingrid Wilm (CAN), 27.67
4. Regan Smith (TXLA), 27.68
5. Rhyan White (WOLF), 27.75
6. Teagan O’Dell (MVN), 28.32
7. Rylee Erisman (LAKR), 28.42
8. Brynn Lavigueur (SYS), 28.58

Kylie Masse held the top seed in the women’s 50 backstroke after a prelims swim of 27.48. She was quicker than that time to defend her seed and pick up gold in Westmont.

A strong close was what sealed this win for Masse, as she hit the wall in 27.42. Masse picked up the win by .21 seconds ahead of a familiar field that not only included her fellow Canadian Olympic backstroker Ingrid Wilm, but American Olympic backstrokers Katharine Berkoff and Regan Smith.

The sprint-minded Berkoff grabbed silver with a 27.63, getting her hand on the wall four-hundredths ahead of Wilm’s 27.67. Smith, who’s taking on a 50 backstroke/200 butterfly double, finished fourth in 27.68, just a hundredth off the podium.

Men’s 50 Backstroke – Final

• World Record: 23.55 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2023)
• World Junior Record: 24.00 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2018)
• American Record: 23.71 – Hunter Armstrong (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 23.71 – Hunter Armstrong, USA (2022)
• Pro Swim Record: 24.30 – Hunter Armstrong, USA (2023)

Final: 

1. Shaine Casas (TXLA), 24.23 Pro Swim Record
2. Michael Andrew (SUN), 25.10
3. Tommy Janton (UN), 25.25
4. Jack Dolan (SUN), 25.47
5. Finn Winkler (FAST), 25.83
6. Cole Pratt (CAN), 25.95
7. Yurii Kosian (UN), 26.01
8. Patrick Groters (MVN), 26.52

Shaine Casas dominated the men’s 50 backstroke final on the back half of his double. He won the men’s 100 freestyle at the start of the session and was once again not far from his lifetime best to win the men’s 50 backstroke.

Casas sped to a final time of 24.23, winning the race by a whopping .87 seconds. Fresh off his win in the 100 breaststroke, Andrew completed his double by adding a silver medal to his Westmont haul with a 25.10.

After a big 2024, Tommy Janton is racing in his first meet since the U.S. Olympic Trials. He rounded out the podium with a 25.25, touching ahead of Jack Dolan‘s 25.47.

Women’s 200 Butterfly – Final

• World Record: 2:01.81 – Zige Liu, CHN (2009)
• World Junior Record: 2:03.03 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2024)
• American Record: 2:03.84 – Regan Smith (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:03.87 – Regan Smith, USA (2023)
• Pro Swim Record: 2:04.80 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)

Final: 

1. Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2:04.00 Pro Swim Record
2. Regan Smith (TXLA), 2:06.87
3. Rachel Klinker (CAL), 2:10.73
4. Kelsey Zhang (UN), 2:11.05
5. Maya Hetland (PASA), 2:16.29
6. Ella Detter (UN), 2:17.25
7. Lindsay Frebaugh (FMC), 2:17.54
8. Vivien Jackl (HUN), 2:19.00

This morning, Summer McIntosh shot to the top of the season’s world rankings in the 200 butterfly with a 2:06.40, which would’ve finished 4th at the Paris Olympics. She improved her world-leading time in tonight’s final, ripping a Pro Swim Record 2:04.00.

She chopped eight-tenths off Smith’s record from last season and nearly took down Smith’s U.S. Open Record in the process. The U.S. Open record stands at 2:03.87, which McIntosh’s swim this evening missed by .13 seconds. McIntosh led from start to finish, splitting 27.54/31.76/32.21/32.49 en route to gold.

Smith, who finished second to McIntosh in Paris, was once again the runner-up to the Canadian star. She earned silver with just the men’s 50 backstroke and the women’s 200 fly ‘B’ final between her two championship finals this evening. Like McIntosh, she was able to separate herself from the majority of the field as Rachel Klinker took bronze in 2:10.73, 3.86 seconds behind Smith.

Men’s 200 Butterfly – Final

• World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2022)
• World Junior Record: 1:53.79 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
• American Record: 1:51.51 – Michael Phelps (2009)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)
• Pro Swim Record: 1:53.84 – Luca Urlando, USA (2019)

Final: 

1. Trenton Julian (MVN), 1:56.02
2. Jack Dahlgren (AQJT), 1:57.35
3. Patrick Branon (UN), 1:59.07
4. Jon Joentvedt (NST), 2:00.12
5. Laon Kim (UCSC), 2:02.67
6. Yeziel Morales (MVN), 2:02.10
7. Tyler Bardak (FOX), 2:04.01
8. Charlie Mayr (UN), 2:05.67

As we’re accustomed to seeing, Trenton Julian leapt out to the lead in the championship final of the men’s 200 butterfly. He opened his race with a 25.71, jumping out to a .59-second lead over Patrick Beaton. Julian continued to lead at the 100- (54.47) and 150-meter mark (1:24.58).

Julian split 31.44 on the final 50 meters and was too far ahead for Jack Dahlgren‘s 31.06 final 50 split to run down. Julian earned the win in 1:56.02, entering the top five in the world this season. Meanwhile, Dahlgren grabbed silver with a 1:57.35, while Beaton earned bronze in 1:59.07, making it a fairly spread out podium.

Women’s 400 Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 3:55.38 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2023)
• World Junior Record: 3:56.08 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2023)
• American Record: 3:56.46 – Katie Ledecky (2016)
• U.S. Open Record: 3:57.94 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)
• Pro Swim Record: 3:57.94 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)

Final: 

1. Mary-Sophie Harvey (TQ), 4:08.67
2. Gabriele Roncatto Goncalves (BRA), 4:09.01
3. Maria Fernanda Costa (BRA), 4:11.67
4. Madi Mintenko (PPA), 4:13.50
5. Marian Ploeger (MICH), 4:16.33
6. Maria Paula Heitmann (SESC), 4:17.48
7. Abby Dunford (SYS), 4:17.91
8. Vivien Jackl (HUN), 4:24.33

Mary-Sophie Harvey flexed her freestyle range this evening, finishing fourth in the 100 and then winning the 400. Harvey stayed near the front of the pack on the first half of the race, hanging in third until the 250 meter mark, following the Brazilians Maria Fernanda Costa and Gabriele Roncatto Goncalves, who both led during the first half of the race.

Harvey began to make her move after the 250-meter turn, splitting 31.74 to move into a tie for second place. She held onto second by herself at the final turn, and dug in with a 29.55 split on the final 50. Her closing speed pushed her to the win in a final time of 4:08.67.

Roncatto Goncalves finished second in 4:09.01, .34 seconds behind Harvey. The two were the only swimmers to break 4:10, as Costa made it two Brazilian swimmers on the podium with a 4:11.67.

There were many swimmers completing doubles in this championship final. Top seed Madi Mintenko and Vivien Jackl were also doing doubles along with Harvey. Mintenko swam the 100 freestyle while Jackl did the 200 fly.

Men’s 400 Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 3:40.07 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
• World Junior Record: 3:44.31 – Petar Mitsin, BUL (2023)
• American Record: 3:42.78 – Larsen Jensen (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 3:43.53 – Larsen Jensen, USA (2008)
• Pro Swim Record: 3:43.55 – Sun Yang, CHN (2016)

Final: 

1. Sam Short (AUS), 3:44.83
2. Carson Foster (RAYS), 3:46.42
3. Guilherme Costa (SESC), 3:46.74
4. Luka Mijatovic (PLS), 3:48.95
5. Aiden Hammer (KING), 3:51.35
6. Ryan Erisman (LAKR), 3:52.30
7. Stephan de Freitas Steverink (FRJ), 3:52.64
8. Ilia Sibirtsev (UZB), 3:52.80

As he did in prelims, Sam Short jumped on the men’s 400 freestyle final. The former World Champion in this event made it clear he was the man to beat; he flipped at the 100-meter mark in 53.35, already .69 seconds ahead of his fellow Olympic finalist Guilherme Costa.

Short continued to lead for the entire race, flipping at the halfway mark in 1:49.93 and going on to clock a 3:44.55 in his first final since the Olympic Games.

Short joked after the race that his coach had agreed to go bald if he broke the U.S. Open record, which Larsen Jensen has held at 3:43.53 since 2008. Short was off that pace tonight but it seems like he’ll get another shot at it, as he also said he would be at the Sacramento Pro Series as well.

Behind Short, there was a close finish between Costa and Foster. Costa was running second for the first half of the race. Foster pulled into a narrow lead (six-hundredths) at the 300-meter mark. He extended that lead to .32 seconds at the wall, clocking 3:46.42 for silver to Costa’s 3:46.74.

15-year-old Luka Mijatovic reset his 15-16 National Age Group record for fourth-place. He clocked 3:48.95, lowering the mark from the 3:49.24 he swam at the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.