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Pan Pacific Championships: Night Three Heat Sheets; Ledecky vs. Pallister - Part II The third night of finals at the Pan Pacific Championships will get underway with Round Two of Katie Ledecky vs. Lani Pallister, this time in the 400-meter freestyle. On Night One, Ledecky edged Pallister in the 1500...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day Three Prelims: Van Mathias Chasing 50 Breast Crown Fresh off his win in the 100 breaststroke and near miss of his American record, Van Mathias will be in the pool again on Friday morning at the Pan Pacific Championships in the 50 breast. Mathias was the top seed in the...

Pan Pacs: After PB, Gretchen Walsh ‘Might Like’ 100 Free Again It’s unusual, given Gretchen Walsh’s all-conquering abilities in the sprints, to hear the American express her shortcomings in an event. But the 100 freestyle is that for the former Virginia superstar. Or, maybe she hopes, it was. Walsh ...

Gabriel Jett Delivers an Underwater for the Ages at Pan Pacific Championships Gabriel Jett couldn't see his opponents as he made the final turn of the 800 freestyle relay. But he knew what he had to do. Jett unleashed an underwater off the final turn that was as stunning as it was fast. Especially s...

Pan Pacific Championships: Day Three Heat Sheets; Battle Brewing in Women's 400 Freestyle The third morning session at the Pan Pacific Championships will start with the can't-miss women's 400-meter freestyle, as world-record holder Summer McIntosh lines up with Katie Ledecky and Lani Pallister. All ...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day Two Finals: Gabriel Jett Anchors U.S. to 800 Freestyle Relay Crown Seventeen years ago, Rome was the site of a world-record blitz during the World Championships. At the height of the super-suit era, 43 global standards were set in "The Eternal City," and while just a h...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day Two Finals: Quintin McCarty Wins 50 Backstroke in Record 24.51 Quintin McCarty delivered a championship-record performance in the men’s 50-meter backstroke at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships, charging to victory from Lane Six in 24.51 on Thursday night. McCarty edge...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Two Finals: Van Mathias .01 off AR in 100 Breast The 100 is Van Mathias’ world, and everyone else is just breaststroking in it. Not bad for an event he maintains wasn't a priority at the beginning of the year. Mathias went 58.02 on Thursday night to win gold at the P...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day Two Finals: Jack Alexy Mines Gold in 100 Freestyle; USA Set for 400n Freestyle Relay A little more than two weeks ago, Jack Alexy walked away from the 100-meter freestyle at the United States National Championships with a seventh-place finish. The performance he logged...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night Two Finals: Women's 100 free For not the first time in this Olympic quad, a women’s race broke cleanly along American vs. Australian lines. In the sprint freestyle, it’s advantage Aussies this time around. Meg Harris picked up the win in 52.60 seconds, outtouching Gr...

Pan Pacific Championships: Night Two Heat Sheets; Can USA Take Down WR in Men's 800 Freestyle Relay? The second night session of the Pan Pacific Championships will end with the men's 800-meter freestyle relay, where the United States will take aim at the world record that has endured for 17 years. A...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day Two Men’s Prelims: Tomoyuki Matsushita Scares 400 IM Meet Record Tomoyuki Matsushita started the morning strong at the Pan Pacific Championships Thursday, nearly taking down the meet record in the 400 individual medley. Matsushita went 4:07.61, which is .02 off the com...

Pan Pacific Championships: Day Two Heat Sheets; Kate Douglass Opts for 100 Breaststroke After the first night of the Pan Pacific Championships delivered a world record in the mixed 400-meter medley relay and victories from Katie Ledecky (1500 freestyle) and Lani Pallister (200 freestyle), expectatio...

Pan Pacific Championships: Australia Goes 1-2 in Women's 200 Fly Behind Brittany Castelluzzo The Commonwealth Games brought a wholesale reconfiguration of best times for Brittany Castelluzzo. The Australian kept the good times rolling in Irvine Wednesday night. Castelluzzo won the women’s 200 fly at...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Katie Ledecky Adds to Legacy in 1500 Freestyle A pair of Olympic titles. Six world championships. Three Pan Pacific crowns. Those are the international credentials for the United States' Katie Ledecky in the 1500-meter freestyle, an event the 29-year-old ...

Pan Pacific Championships Day One Finals: Mixed 400 Medley Relay One of the most fun events at the Pan Pacific Championships is the mixed medley relay. It blends the countries, strokes and men and women into one sensational race full of nation pride. It is also a chess match of which swimmers should...

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Sam Short Adds 800 Free Gold Sam Short is putting together another outstanding summer. He added to it with one more gold medal Wednesday night. Short went 7:37.02 Wednesday night to win the men’s 800 free at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, Califor...

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Luca Urlando Takes Down Michael Phelps' Meet Record inMen's 200 Butterfly The U.S. men led the 200 butterfly field into the finals at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships. Luca Urlando and Carson Foster were the top two seeds in the finals with Michael Phelp...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Canada's Blake Tierney Rallies for Gold in 100 Backstroke Prior to Wedneday night, the lone medal Blake Tierney had earned in international competition arrived in the 100-meter backstroke at the Pan American Games in 2023. That visit to Santiago, Chile pr...

Pan Pacific Championships Day One Finals: Women's 100 Backstroke The women's 100 backstroke was destined to be fast at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships. So fast that a meet record didn't make the finals. Three successive meet records by U.S. swimmers during prelims set the table for a speedy final...