The 2026 USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials continued with the Day 4 prelims from Westmont, Illinois.
The events on the docket are the men’s 200 breaststroke, women’s 50 breaststroke, men’s 200 IM, women’s 400 IM, men’s 50 butterfly, women’s 100 butterfly, men’s 100 backstroke, women’s 200 backstroke, men’s200 free and women’s 100 free.
Here is look at how the prelims unfolded.
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
No shocker that Indiana had some of the top seeds in the 200 breast.
Noah Cakir took the top seed into finals with a prelims swim of 2:04.34.
AJ Pouch was second in 20:04.61, followed by Indiana’s Josh Bey (2:06.00), swimming in his home pool.
Women’s 50 Breaststroke
NCAC’s Skyler Smith took the top seed in the 50 breast in 29.83 with Texas’ Piper Enge, coming off of her 100 win, grabbing the second seed in 29.94.
Louisville’s Caroline Larsen was third (30.03).
The final will also see Olympic veterans Molly Hannis (30.72) and Breeja Larson (30.79), who grabbed the top last two seeds.
