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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...

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Luke Hobson Holds off Gabriel Jett in 200 Free Luke Hobson looked amazing early. Gabriel Jett closed like crazy. In between, the U.S. has two pretty impressive swims in the men’s 200 free. Hobson just held off Jett by .11 seconds to win gold on the first n...

Pan Pacific Championships, Night One Finals: Lani Pallister Clips Summer McIntosh in 200 Freestyle Last month, Lani Pallister exited the pool at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle, as she finished behind countrywoman Mollie O'Callaghan. A few weeks later...

Pan Pacific Championships Night One Finals: Ben Armbruster Wins 50 Fly Three swimmers swapped the meet record in prelims at the Pan Pacific Championships on Wednesday morning. There was little separating them again at night. Ben Armbruster led the way with a time of 22.75 seconds, a meet record. He ...

Pan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Finals: Gretchen Walsh Wins Opening Gold in Irvine at 24.65; Kate Douglass Takes Silver The first gold of the Pan Pacific Championships belonged to the American who has redefined butterfly and freestyle swimming in every format over the past several years. In her fir...

Pan Pacific Championships: Night One Finals Heat Sheets; Summer McIntosh Chasing WR in 200 Freestyle Several world records will be on watch during the first night of finals at the Pan Pacific Championships, including Summer McIntosh chasing the global mark in the 200-meter freestyle. McIntosh eased ...