The 2025 TYR Pro Swim Series began Day 2 from Westmont with a full prelims session of 10 events – five men and five women.
The session set up some interesting head-to-head battles in the finals, especially the women’s 100 breaststroke and 200 butterfly.
TYR Pro Swim Series: 100 Free
Olympic champion Simone Manuel took the top seed in the 100 free with a 54.17 just ahead of Rylee Erisman (54.19).
Canadian stars Mary-Sophie Harvey (third, 55.08) and Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak (sixth, 55.37) also made the final along with Meg Harris (55.12), Madi Mintenko (55.32), Beata Nelson (55.69) and Polish Olympic medalist Kasia Wasick (55.78).
In the men’s event, Grant House grabbed the top seed in 49.17, followed by Mikel Schreuders (49.37) and Olympian Shane Casas (49.63).
TYR Pro Swim Series: 100 Breaststroke
The women’s 100 breaststroke prelims went as one could have predicted.
It was a very close three-way race with Olympian Kate Douglass (1:07.13), Texas star Anna Elendt (1:07.85) and Olympic Champion Lilly King (1:07.90).
The men’s prelims saw Michael Andrew take the top seed by a full second, finishing in 1:00.65.
Garret Clasen (1:01.78) and AJ Pouch (1:02.32) followed.
TYR Pro Swim Series: 50 Backstroke
In a pretty loaded event, Canadian Olympic medalist Kylie Masse took the top seed in 27.48, just ahead of U.S. Olympic medalists Katharine Berkoff (27.68), Regan Smith (27.87) and Rhyan White (28.01).
The men’s race saw Shaine Casas doing a double and taking the top seed in 24.93 ahead of Tommy Janton (25.01), Jack Dolan (25.51) and Michael Andrew (25.55), also doing a double.
TYR Pro Swim Series: 200 Butterfly
As expected, Canadian Olympic champion Summer McIntosh and U.S. Olympian Regan Smith finished 1-2 in the prelims.
But McIntosh put together a 2:06.40, well ahead of Smith’s 2:10.56, though who knows what either has in the tank for the finals since both were so far ahead of the field.
Rachel Klinker was the third seed in 2:12.09.
In the men’s race, Trenton Julian claimed the top seed in 1:58.73, just ahead of Patrick Branon (1:58.93).
TYR Pro Swim Series: 400 Free
Pulling an impressive double, Madi Mintenko took the top seed in the 400 free to take the top seed in 4:13.38.
Maria Costa was next at 4:13.54.
Canada Olympian Mary-Sophie Harvey, also pulling a double, grabbed the fourth seed in 4:15.64.
The men’s race saw Australian Samuel Short take the top seed in 3:47.01 ahead of Guilherme Costa (3:49.78) of Brazil and U.S. Olympian Carson Foster (3:50.19).
