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NBC Sports
08-06-2025
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Katie Ledecky, Bobby Finke, Gretchen Walsh win third titles at nationals, history calls at worlds
Katie Ledecky, Bobby Finke and Gretchen Walsh capped the Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships by each winning their third event of the meet on Saturday. They will lead the U.S. team at the World Championships in July and August in Singapore. Ledecky extended a 15-year win streak in the 1500m freestyle, an event where she holds the 23 fastest times in history. She clocked 15 minutes, 36.76 seconds, distancing the field by more than 25 seconds in Indianapolis. Ledecky has the world's fastest times this year in the 400m, 800m and 1500m frees. At worlds, she can build on her female record 21 career world titles. SWIMMING: Results If Ledecky sweeps her three individual events and is part of a winning 4x200m free relay, she will move one shy of Michael Phelps' overall record 26 world titles. She is also one medal shy of Ryan Lochte for the second-most total medals in championships history. Phelps earned 33, Lochte had 27 and Ledecky is at 26 overall. Australian Ariarne Titmus, the Olympic 400m free gold medalist and 800m free silver medalist, is taking a break from competition this year. So Ledecky's primary competition will be 18-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh, the Olympic 400m free silver medalist ahead of Ledecky. McIntosh is also the second-fastest woman in history in the 800m free behind Ledecky. She did not race it at the Paris Games, but said last week that she might do so in Singapore. Walsh has the world's top times this year in the 50m and 100m butterflies and the 50m free, which she won at nationals on Saturday. Walsh tied training partner Kate Douglass' American record of 23.91 seconds. She seeks her first individual title at a major international meet in a 50-meter pool. Walsh won seven gold medals and broke nine individual world records at last December's world short course championships in the less-used 25-meter pool. Finke won the 800m and 1500m frees at nationals — his two Olympic gold medal events — plus the 400m individual medley, though he won't race that event at worlds. The 1500m free and 400m IM finals are in the same session in Singapore. Finke is already a world champion in the 800m, but in the 1500m he will bid to become the first American man to win that event at worlds since Tim Shaw in 1975. Also Saturday, Shaine Casas and Alex Walsh won the men's and women's 200m individual medleys in the fastest and second-fastest times in the world this year, respectively. U.S. Championships highlights air Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC. Nick Zaccardi,
NBC Sports
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Katie Ledecky posts third-fastest time in history to open swimming nationals
Katie Ledecky opened the Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships by winning the 800m freestyle in the third-best time in history, extending a 15-year win streak in her trademark event. Ledecky clocked 8 minutes, 5.76 seconds in Indianapolis to qualify for the World Championships in Singapore in July and August. The only faster times are Ledecky's 8:04.12 from earlier this spring and 8:04.79 from the 2016 Olympics. She is in line to become the first U.S. swimmer to compete at a seventh World Championships, according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon. Nationals continue Wednesday with finals at 7 p.m. ET, live on Peacock. SWIMMING: Broadcast Schedule | Results In other events Tuesday, Torri Huske took the women's 100m free in 52.43, the fastest time ever in an American pool and the world's best time this year. Huske earned silver at the Olympics in 52.29, her personal best. In the men's 100m free, Jack Alexy swam the second-fastest time in American history and world's best time for 2025 in the prelims (46.99), then won the final in 47.17. Luca Urlando captured the men's 200m butterfly in 1:53.42, a time bettered by only one man globally in 2025: Urlando. Back in April, Urlando swam 1:52.37 to become the second-fastest American all-time in the event behind Michael Phelps. He's the world's fastest man this year by 1.33 seconds. Rising Stanford junior Caroline Bricker upset Olympic silver medalist Regan Smith in the women's 200m fly, overtaking her 2:05.80 to 2:05.85. Bricker lowered her personal best by 3.32 seconds over the prelims and final to supplant 2000 Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman as the fifth-fastest American in history. Nick Zaccardi,
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
U.S. women's swimming rankings going into 2025 Toyota National Championships
In yet another sign of Gretchen Walsh's progression, she goes into next week's Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships ranked No. 1 in the country in four different events. The top two finishers per event — plus up to the top six in the 100m and 200m freestyles for relay purposes — make the team for the World Championships in Singapore in July and August, should they meet a minimum qualifying time and the total roster not exceed 26 swimmers per gender. Advertisement Walsh followed her first Olympics and first world record in 2024 by again breaking the 100m butterfly world record at her most recent meet — twice in one day at the Tyr Pro Series stop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the fastest woman in the world this year in the 50m and 100m freestyle and 50m and 100m butterfly, according to World Aquatics rankings. Katie Ledecky is the only American woman to win four events at a single spring or summer nationals in the last decade — taking the 200m through 1500m frees at the last two Olympic Trials. The 50m butterfly, which makes its Olympic debut in 2028, hasn't been contested at all of those nationals, though. USA Swimming National Championships 2025 Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships TV, live stream schedule Advertisement The U.S. Championships determine the team for this summer's World Championships in Singapore. Ledecky again tops the seeds in the 400m, 800 and 1500m frees. She hasn't lost any of those three events at nationals since 2012. She's also expected to swim the 200m free to earn a place on the 4x200m free relay at worlds. Regan Smith, an eight-time Olympic medalist, is the No. 1 seed in the 100m and 200m backstrokes and the 200m butterfly and No. 2 in the 50m back and 200m individual medley. 2025 U.S. Women's Swimming Rankings Times taken from USA Swimming's database. Not all swimmers are entered in the U.S. Championships. The late entry deadline is the end of Sunday. Advertisement 50m Freestyle 1. Gretchen Walsh -- 24.33 2. Torri Huske -- 24.47 3. Simone Manuel -- 24.54 4. Kate Douglass -- 24.62 5. Julia Dennis -- 24.79 100m Freestyle 1. Gretchen Walsh — 52.90 2. Torri Huske -- 52.95 3. Simone Manuel -- 53.11 4. Kate Douglass -- 53.61 5. Rylee Erisman -- 53.78 200m Freestyle 1. Claire Weinstein -- 1:54.93 2. Katie Ledecky -- 1:55.51 3. Erin Gemmell -- 1:56.41 4. Simone Manuel -- 1:57.34 5. Torri Huske -- 1:57.71 400m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 3:56.81 2. Claire Weinstein -- 4:01.26 3. Jillian Cox -- 4:07.34 4. Erin Gemmell -- 4:09.31 5. Emma Weyant -- 4:09.75 Advertisement 800m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 8:04.12 2. Jillian Cox -- 8:23.58 3. Claire Weinstein -- 8:26.06 4. Kate Hurst -- 8:30.35 5. Michaela Mattes -- 8:34.76 1500m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 15:24.51 2. Jillian Cox -- 16:04.13 3. Kate Hurst -- 16:14.26 4. Michaela Mattes -- 16:21.06 5. Kayla Han -- 16:28.92 TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont - Day 2 U.S. men's swimming rankings going into 2025 Toyota National Championships Shaine Casas is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. in five different events going into nationals. 50m Backstroke 1. Katharine Berkoff -- 27.34 2. Regan Smith -- 27.43 3. Rhyan White -- 27.75 4. Claire Curzan -- 27.86 5. Leah Shackley -- 28.24 Advertisement 100m Backstroke 1. Regan Smith — 57.46 2. Leah Shackley -- 58.53 3. Katharine Berkoff -- 58.79 4. Claire Curzan -- 59.46 5. Kennedy Noble -- 59.63 200m Backstroke 1. Regan Smith — 2:06.32 2. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:06.68 3. Leah Shackley -- 2:08.14 4. Claire Curzan -- 2:08.20 5. Rhyan White -- 2:08.83 50m Breaststroke 1. Skyler Smith -- 30.49 2. Lilly King -- 30.55 3. Emma Weber -- 30.57 4. Alex Walsh -- 30.90 5. Lucy Thomas -- 31.10 100m Breaststroke 1. Kate Douglass -- 1:06.51 2. Emma Weber -- 1:06.63 3. Lilly King -- 1:06.67 4. Alex Walsh -- 1:07.36 5. Skyler Smith -- 1:07.85 200m Breaststroke 1. Kate Douglass -- 2:20.78 2. Alex Walsh -- 2:22.91 3. Leah Hayes -- 2:27.60 4. Isabelle Odgers -- 2:28.89 5. Sarah Zhang -- 2:29.51 Advertisement 50m Butterfly 1. Gretchen Walsh — 24.93 2. Kate Douglass -- 25.39 3. Regan Smith -- 25.63 4. Beata Nelson -- 26.21 5. Torri Huske -- 26.23 100m Butterfly 1. Gretchen Walsh -- 54.60 2. Torri Huske -- 56.59 3. Regan Smith -- 56.85 4. Alex Shackell -- 57.31 5. Leah Shackley -- 57.92 200m Butterfly 1. Regan Smith -- 2:05.38 2. Alex Shackell -- 2:06.13 3. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:06.46 4. Lindsay Looney -- 2:08.59 5. Caroline Bricker -- 2:09.39 200m Individual Medley 1. Alex Walsh -- 2:08.84 2. Regan Smith -- 2:10.25 3. Leah Hayes -- 2:11.12 4. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:11.53 5. Isabel Ivey -- 2:12.52 Advertisement 400m Individual Medley 1. Emma Weyant -- 4:33.95 2. Leah Hayes -- 4:38.78 3. Kayla Han -- 4:40.58 4. Audrey Derivaux -- 4:41.48 5. Katie Grimes -- 4:42.48 Katie Ledecky Katie Ledecky rides world record wave into Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships Katie Ledecky had one of the best meets of her career at her last meet before the U.S. Championships.
NBC Sports
29-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
2025 women's swimming rankings going into Toyota U.S. Championships
In yet another sign of Gretchen Walsh's progression, she goes into next week's Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships ranked No. 1 in the country in four different events. The top two finishers per event — plus up to the top six in the 100m and 200m freestyles for relay purposes — make the team for the World Championships in Singapore in July and August, should they meet a minimum qualifying time and the total roster not exceed 26 swimmers per gender. Walsh followed her first Olympics and first world record in 2024 by again breaking the 100m butterfly world record at her most recent meet — twice in one day at the Tyr Pro Series stop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the fastest woman in the world this year in the 50m and 100m freestyle and 50m and 100m butterfly, according to World Aquatics rankings. Katie Ledecky is the only American woman to win four events at a single spring or summer nationals in the last decade — taking the 200m through 1500m frees at the last two Olympic Trials. The 50m butterfly, which makes its Olympic debut in 2028, hasn't been contested at all of those nationals, though. Nick Zaccardi, Ledecky again tops the seeds in the 400m, 800 and 1500m frees. She hasn't lost any of those three events at nationals since 2012. She's also expected to swim the 200m free to earn a place on the 4x200m free relay at worlds. Regan Smith, an eight-time Olympic medalist, is the No. 1 seed in the 100m and 200m backstrokes and the 200m butterfly and No. 2 in the 50m back and 200m individual medley. 2025 U.S. Women's Swimming Rankings Times taken from USA Swimming's database. Not all swimmers are entered in the U.S. Championships. The late entry deadline is the end of Sunday. 50m Freestyle 1. Gretchen Walsh -- 24.33 2. Torri Huske -- 24.47 3. Simone Manuel -- 24.54 4. Kate Douglass -- 24.62 5. Julia Dennis -- 24.79 100m Freestyle 1. Gretchen Walsh — 52.90 2. Torri Huske -- 52.95 3. Simone Manuel -- 53.11 4. Kate Douglass -- 53.61 5. Rylee Erisman -- 53.78 200m Freestyle 1. Claire Weinstein -- 1:54.93 2. Katie Ledecky -- 1:55.51 3. Erin Gemmell -- 1:56.41 4. Simone Manuel -- 1:57.34 5. Torri Huske -- 1:57.71 400m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 3:56.81 2. Claire Weinstein -- 4:01.26 3. Jillian Cox -- 4:07.34 4. Erin Gemmell -- 4:09.31 5. Emma Weyant -- 4:09.75 800m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 8:04.12 2. Jillian Cox -- 8:23.58 3. Claire Weinstein -- 8:26.06 4. Kate Hurst -- 8:30.35 5. Michaela Mattes -- 8:34.76 1500m Freestyle 1. Katie Ledecky — 15:24.51 2. Jillian Cox -- 16:04.13 3. Kate Hurst -- 16:14.26 4. Michaela Mattes -- 16:21.06 5. Kayla Han -- 16:28.92 50m Backstroke 1. Katharine Berkoff -- 27.34 2. Regan Smith -- 27.43 3. Rhyan White -- 27.75 4. Claire Curzan -- 27.86 5. Leah Shackley -- 28.24 100m Backstroke 1. Regan Smith — 57.46 2. Leah Shackley -- 58.53 3. Katharine Berkoff -- 58.79 4. Claire Curzan -- 59.46 5. Kennedy Noble -- 59.63 200m Backstroke 1. Regan Smith — 2:06.32 2. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:06.68 3. Leah Shackley -- 2:08.14 4. Claire Curzan -- 2:08.20 5. Rhyan White -- 2:08.83 50m Breaststroke 1. Skyler Smith -- 30.49 2. Lilly King -- 30.55 3. Emma Weber -- 30.57 4. Alex Walsh -- 30.90 5. Lucy Thomas -- 31.10 100m Breaststroke 1. Kate Douglass -- 1:06.51 2. Emma Weber -- 1:06.63 3. Lilly King -- 1:06.67 4. Alex Walsh -- 1:07.36 5. Skyler Smith -- 1:07.85 200m Breaststroke 1. Kate Douglass -- 2:20.78 2. Alex Walsh -- 2:22.91 3. Leah Hayes -- 2:27.60 4. Isabelle Odgers -- 2:28.89 5. Sarah Zhang -- 2:29.51 50m Butterfly 1. Gretchen Walsh — 24.93 2. Kate Douglass -- 25.39 3. Regan Smith -- 25.63 4. Beata Nelson -- 26.21 5. Torri Huske -- 26.23 100m Butterfly 1. Gretchen Walsh -- 54.60 2. Torri Huske -- 56.59 3. Regan Smith -- 56.85 4. Alex Shackell -- 57.31 5. Leah Shackley -- 57.92 200m Butterfly 1. Regan Smith -- 2:05.38 2. Alex Shackell -- 2:06.13 3. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:06.46 4. Lindsay Looney -- 2:08.59 5. Caroline Bricker -- 2:09.39 200m Individual Medley 1. Alex Walsh -- 2:08.84 2. Regan Smith -- 2:10.25 3. Leah Hayes -- 2:11.12 4. Audrey Derivaux -- 2:11.53 5. Isabel Ivey -- 2:12.52 400m Individual Medley 1. Emma Weyant -- 4:33.95 2. Leah Hayes -- 4:38.78 3. Kayla Han -- 4:40.58 4. Audrey Derivaux -- 4:41.48 5. Katie Grimes -- 4:42.48
NBC Sports
29-05-2025
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2025 Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships TV, live stream schedule
The Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships, the meet that determines the team for this summer's World Championships, airs live on Peacock from June 3-7. The top two finishers per event — plus up to the top six in the 100m and 200m freestyles for relay purposes — make the team for worlds in Singapore in July and August, should they meet a minimum qualifying time and the total roster not exceed 26 swimmers per gender. Headliners include all four U.S. swimmers who won individual gold at the Paris Olympics — Katie Ledecky, Kate Douglass, Torri Huske and Bobby Finke. Plus individual gold medalists from the 2016 Rio Games Simone Manuel and Lilly King and world record holders Regan Smith and Gretchen Walsh. Already this season, Ledecky and Walsh broke world records in the 800m free and 100m butterfly, respectively, at a Tyr Pro Series meet in Fort Lauderdale. The U.S. Championships will be followed by rival Australia's trials from June 9-14. 2025 U.S. Swimming Championships Schedule *Highlights show Nick Zaccardi,
