Show Breaking News BarCloseLocal NewsSamiar Nefzi FORT LAUDERDALE – There was no shortage of spectacle in the sky as the Air Dot Show Fort Lauderdale took flight over the weekend Leer en español “You just sit there with your mouth agape and you find it hard to believe that they are able to do those kinds of performances in the sky,” air show spokesperson Chris Dirato said Crowds packed in along Fort Lauderdale Beach to watch the sky-high event with eight different performances Related: South Florida hosts F1 Miami Grand Prix and Air Dot Show Fort Lauderdale. Here is everything you need to know It’d be exciting,” attendee Tony Heffernan said This year marked a grand return for the U.S as their last appearance in the show was back in 2023 “It’s gonna be totally worth it,” Heffernan added “I like to see how these pilots are the best pilots in the world.” Those skills were certainly on display for thousands “We have a little bit of everything for everybody,” Dirato said with opening ceremonies kicking off 15 minutes prior The headline performance of the Blue Angels took to the skies at 2 p.m Free beach viewing areas were available south of Sunrise Boulevard and north of the Grand Pelican Hotel It was a wet and rainy end to the final day of the air show but it still provided a great time for thousands who took to the sand with their eyes on the skies Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved Samiar Nefzi joined the Local 10 News team in August of 2023 TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Closed Captioning / Audio Description Contact Us Careers at WPLG Terms of Use Privacy Policy Public File FCC Applications EEO Report Do Not Sell My Info 1.0 Host Exhibit Copyright © 2025 Local10.com is published by WPLG INC. Ledecky’s world record in the 800 free proves that age is seemingly just a number for her but it also makes the Rio 2016 swim she beat out more memorable having tight battles in both the 200 and 400 IM but ultimately touching 2nd in both Denis Petrashov of Kyrgyzstan took the win in the 100 breast in Ft Lauderdale Leah Hayes showed off her breaststroke chops to take third in the 200 with a new best time crushing her hours-old personal best with a 54.60 May 05th, 2025 National, News, Pro Swim Series This begged the question: What is the longest time a swimmer has gone between their first and their last world records if we plot how many individual long course world records a swimmer has against their longevity And more than a century earlier, I thought Duke Kahanamoku was worth a mention set eight years apart (from July 1912 to August 1920) If we add short-course meters into the mix We now see Katinka Hosszu, who set 20 records in just four years, 18 of which were in short course meters. At the very bottom of the chart, a fun data point is Amaury Leveaux He broke five individual world records in his career all in an eight-day span — from December 6th to December 14th And also shooting off into the sun, there is Gretchen Walsh After breaking her own world record in the 100 fly twice last week she has now set 13 individual world records in a span of merely 322 days Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" I’ll say it again – Hackett was unbelievably good Harder for a male to have many years between world records as they mature later Has there been any analysis done on the age of world record holders when they set their records Andriy Govorov’s 50 Fly at 31.2 years old and Sarah Sjostrom’s 50 Free at 29.9 years old are the two oldest it might Nicholas Santos’ old 50 Fly WR Please don’t include scm in any analysis More from Barry RevzinSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates Here's a look at this week's action in Keiser athletics Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here TrendingCommercialSouth FloridaALease roundup: FC Barcelona moving HQ to Miami hospitality guru Marc Falsetto plans restaurant in Fort Lauderdale Also health care provider opening at One Thousand Museum Listen to this article00:001xKey PointsAI Generated.✨This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff Professional soccer club FC Barcelona will move its U.S headquarters to downtown Miami from New York is looking for both an office and at least 5,000 square feet of retail space according to a news release from the Miami Downtown Development Authority The Barcelona-based club received an incentive grant from the Miami DDA an economic development agency funded by a special tax on properties within its boundaries The planned move comes amid South Florida’s growing reputation as a soccer hub Miami is among the host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup FIFA, the Zurich-based international soccer governing organization, has a 75,000-square-foot office on four floors at 396 Alhambra Circle in Coral Gables It expanded its space last year by 15,000 square feet The Inter Miami Major League Soccer team –– co-owned by retired soccer star David Beckham, brothers Jorge and Jose Mas, and Ares Management –– will have its home base in a 25,000-seat stadium in the city. The soccer club also has a store at Miami International Airport Marc Falsetto’s Handcrafted Hospitality will open an American restaurant with a cocktail lounge in downtown Fort Lauderdale Handcrafted Hospitality leased 4,200 square feet at 831-833 East Las Olas Boulevard The restaurant is expected to open early next year Jaime Sturgis of Native Realty represented Falsetto Handcrafted Hospitality’s restaurants include Tacocraft Records show the Las Olas Boulevard property is owned by an entity led by Shelby G Smith III of Fort Lauderdale and Patrick S Longevity-focused health care center Fountain Life will open in Miami SIGN UPFountain Life, which uses AI for its diagnostics, will open a nearly 6,000-square-foot center this year at the Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum condo tower at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami Fountain Life leased the space from the One Thousand Museum Condominium Association Fountain Life provides full body and brain MRI scans cardiac imaging and personalized health optimization programs Duck World, a rubber duck store based in London, opened its first U.S. outpost in South Beach Duck World leased 1,000 square feet at 1622 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach according to the Lincoln Road Business Improvement District’s news release The tenant has installed a temporary 400-pound rubber duck sculpture on Lincoln Road Duck World opened under the city’s pop-up permit program, which Miami Beach recently expanded to allow tenants to remain in place for a year, according to the Lincoln Road BID. The program allows businesses to test out their success in the city and also permits restaurants and bars to open as pop-ups in vacant spaces that had similar uses on Lincoln Road Records show the building where Duck World opened is owned by Paul Cejas West Indian restaurant and rum bar Las’ Lap will open in Miami Beach Las’ Lap leased 3,000 square feet on the ground floor and 2,000 square feet on the rooftop at The Daydrift hotel at 2216 Park Avenue according to a news release from the landlord’s broker James Beard Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi was tapped to create the menu Nicole Roederer and Jared Robins of InHouse Commercial represented the landlord New York-based Blue Suede Hospitality Group Johnny Moreno of Metro1 represented the tenant British accessories brand Kurt Geiger opened in Aventura The boutique leased 2,100 square feet at Aventura Mall This is Kurt Geiger’s first South Florida outpost and its second store in the state after Orlando Turnberry Associates, led by Jackie Soffer, and Simon Property Group, led by David Simon, own Aventura Mall FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH, Florida—Courtyard Fort Lauderdale Beach announced that its extensive renovation is nearing completion and it has rebranded as Courtyard Oceanside Fort Lauderdale Beach Located steps away from the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach the redesigned hotel offers guests a coastal experience with ocean views “We are thrilled to welcome guests to the newly transformed Courtyard Oceanside Fort Lauderdale Beach,” said Steve Zunt “This transformational project is all about delivering a sophisticated upscale experience that remains true to the vibrant Whether guests visit for business or leisure will make every stay at Courtyard Oceanside Fort Lauderdale Beach unforgettable.” “We’re pleased to welcome this renovation as part of the exciting momentum happening along our beachfront,” said City of Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis “Every investment in Fort Lauderdale contributes to the continued growth and improvement of our beach strengthening our city’s position as a world-class destination and driver of economic opportunity.” the renovation includes every corner of the property Courtyard Oceanside Fort Lauderdale Beach will present guests with a fresh identity that complements the seaside atmosphere of Fort Lauderdale Beach Stunning Poolside Bar & Breathtaking New Sundeck: Dive into oceanside views at the newly branded and renovated Seabreeze Poolside Bar all set against sweeping views of Fort Lauderdale Beach The space is available for corporate and social events Modern Coastal Guestrooms: Every guestroom has been redesigned with aesthetics and comfort in mind Floor-to-ceiling windows provide views of either Fort Lauderdale Beach or the Intracoastal Waterway paired with amenities designed to enhance the stay of leisure and business travelers alike Stylish Redesigned Public Spaces: The lobby now has a redesigned and inviting spaces for socializing or relaxing with a welcoming atmosphere that embodies the essence of beachside comfort Introducing “The Mast” Restaurant: Courtyard Oceanside Fort Lauderdale Beach introduces “The Mast,” a new dining destination that blends sophistication with a relaxed coastal vibe We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns Ledecky’s world record in the 800 free came 4,295 days after she set her first all-time mark at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona Si concludono con un gran finale le pro series di Fort Lauderdale dove vengono realizzati ben due record del mondo nei 100 farfalla e negli 800 stile Gretchen Walsh smashed another world record in the 100 butterfly with a stunning 54.60 becoming the first woman in history to break 55 seconds May 03rd, 2025 National, News, Previews & Recaps, Pro Swim Series SATURDAY FINALS HEAT SHEET The last session of the Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale It’s been an awesome week of racing as we’re now just weeks out from the US National meet and we should have even more great racing tonight Tonight’s session will kick off with the fastest heat of the women’s 800 free, which will feature Katie Ledecky so we could see another really special race out of her tonight Of course, the big story of this morning was Gretchen Walsh breaking the World Record in the 100 fly putting her within striking distance of becoming the first woman to go under 55 seconds in the event She is also the top seed in the women’s 50 free tonight We’ll be looking to see what Kate Douglass has in the tank for the 200m breast tonight The reigning Olympic champion swam a 2:25.42 in prelims this morning Hubert Kos was impressive in the men’s 100 back this morning So…who had Katie Ledecky breaking a World Record on their 2025 bingo card The 28-year-old swimming legend just kicked off tonight’s session by breaking her own 8-year-old World Record in the 800 free with an 8:04.12 The swim comes in just off her previous WR mark of 8:04.79 which she swam back at the 2016 Olympics in Rio Ledecky was nothing short of spectacular in her race tonight Her slowest split in the race was a 31.03 on the 6th 50 She only split 31 one one other 50 in the race The rest of her laps were 30-points or faster Jillian Cox wound up 2nd with an 8:23.58 coming in not too far off her best of 8:19.73 Claire Weinstein was out fast despite being well over 2 seconds ahead of her at the 200 Bobby Finke won the men’s 800 free decisively tonight as he was out in 3:54.46 on the opening 400 Behind Finke, there was a string of young swimmers who had some really great races. Sandpipers of Nevada’s Gabriel Manteufel came in 2nd with a new career best of 8:03.23 Manteufel entered the meet with a career best of 8:04.13 Manteufel’s teammate, Luke Ellis negative splitting with a 4:03.53 on the opening 400 and a 4:01.07 coming home Spanish 16-year-old Juan Vallmitjana took 4th with an 8:08.79 Regan Smith made a statement tonight taking over the top time in the world in the women’s 100 back with a 57.46 Smith also clipped her own Pro Swim Series Record of 57.64 with the performance getting out to a 28.02 on the opening 50 and coming home in 29.44 Katharine Berkoff earned the 2nd place finish tonight The swim marks her fastest 100 backstroke of the year so far Kylie Masse was under 59 seconds as well tonight Hubert Kos won the men’s 100 back handily tonight who just set his career best of 52.24 at the Hungarian Championships last month he was out in 25.41 and came home in 27.73 Jack Harvey took 2nd with a 54.56 Harvey entered the meet with a mark of 55.76 then went 54.87 in prelims before swimming his 54.56 tonight 17-year-old Gavin Keogh out of Flatiron Athletic Club clocked a 54.72 to take 4th tonight He clipped his career best of 54.74 with the swim Kate Douglass ripped a huge new 2025 best in the women’s 200 breast tonight After taking the race out very conservatively this morning Douglass put a lot more effort into the front half of the race tonight splitting 36.41 and 36.60 on the last two 50s Alex Walsh was right on her career best of 2:22.28 Another Cavalier, Leah Hayes popped a new career best of 2:27.60 for 3rd Louisville’s Denis Petrashov won the men’s 200 breast with a 2:10.29 tonight It was an awesome performance for Petrashov coming in just a hair off his career best of 2:10.07 Spain’s Carles Coll Marti clocked a 2:11.09 for 2nd tonight Florida’s Aleksas Savickas won the ‘B’ final in 2:10.34 which was right in line with what Petrashov and Coll Marti did in the ‘A’ final There it is. The 3rd World Record of the day has gone down. Gretchen Walsh after breaking her own WR in prelims of the 100 fly this morning ripping a 54.60 tonight to take another half-second off the record This 3rd record is a particularly historic one as Walsh just became the first woman to go under 55 seconds in the 100 fly It’s worth noting that Walsh’s swim tonight was also 0.99 seconds faster than it took to win gold in the event in Paris last summer which was the only sub-:30 2nd 50 split in the field We should also point out that today 3 individual World Records were broken which is more individual WRs than were broken through the entirety of the Paris Olympics last summer Torri Huske the reigning Olympic champion in this event That’s a very strong early May swim for Huske Carmel Swim Club’s Alex Shackell rounded out the top 3 Ilya Kharun clipped his career best of 50.45, swimming a 50.42 tonight to win the men’s 100 fly by a huge margin. Additionally, he broke the Pro Swim Series Record with his swim tonight. Shaine Casas set the old record at 50.80 back in 2023 Kharun was strong on both 50s of the race tonight getting out to a 23.57 and coming home in 26.85 Tennessee’s Bjoern Kammann came in 2nd with a 51.95 Pitt’s Julian Koch rounded out the top with with a 52.29 just 0.01 seconds off the 52.28 he swam this morning swimming a 2:08.84 t0 finish as the only swimmer under 2:10 Regan Smith was out very fast Walsh then took the race over on the breaststroke leg Leah Hayes picked up her 2nd 3rd place finish of the night which put him 1st into the 100 turn with a 53.74 Carson Foster came in 3rd tonight with a 1:58.78 coming on strong at the end with a 28.58 on the final 50 Not too long after her World Record in the 100 fly, Gretchen Walsh was back in action taking the women’s 50 free with a 24.33 which she swam at the US Olympic Trials last summer There was a tie for 2nd between Kasia Wasick and Torri Huske Huske was in the 100 fly final alongside Walsh After winning the 200 breast earlier in the night, Kate Douglass came in 4th with a 24.72 16-year-old Rylee Erisman came in 5th with a 24.91 After breaking the Serbian Record in the men’s 50 free this morning with a 21.77, Andrej Barna won the race tonight with a 21.83 That performance marks his 2nd-fastest of his career Michael Andrew dipped under 22 seconds tonight Caeleb Dressel was improved tonight over this morning I saw Sockwell send a tweet about Katie sending it so I came to this comment section for the livestream to see what she went The SwimSwam servers failing on me for a minute told me everything I needed to know about how she did but she has a very good argument for #2 allegedly time Phelps wasn’t doing anything like this at 28 :/ – Ledecky is the best swimmer to walk this earth What was Phelps 400 IM time at the age of 28 Ledecky broke her first world records at the age of 16 and she just broke WR (and two second best times) at the age of 28 Physical and mental capacity and strength to stay continuously at the top is mind boggling When was the last time a WR was set in an outdoor pool (Makes me think of Phelps breaking 2 IM in 2002 at the Santa Clara Swim Center… ) I think it’s even more impressive that the 2 WR’s were done outdoors Name a more exciting swimmer on the planet right now I look up on swimcloud and see that non US men and women have 5 swims that have over 900 FINA performance points The 2025 Phillips 66 National Championships commences in one month (3 June 2025) It seems a little early for the month of June Yuri Suguiyama and Bruce Gemmell need to be invited as special guests to provide insight in the development of Katie Ledecky Why do I get the feeling the domestic male scene has hit rock bottom More from Spencer PenlandSee All Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex Once Again a World-Record Centerpiece has been no stranger to world records through the years Some of the biggest names in the sport have competed at the venue since its unveiling including numerous members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Fort Lauderdale is a destination for elite athletes in the sport and that fact was on display over the past four days The USA Swimming TYR Pro Series was held from Wednesday through Saturday at the renovated facility with sensational performances highlighting each day of action Fort Lauderdale returned to world-record status when Katie Ledecky lowered her global standard in the 800 freestyle to 8:04.12 and Gretchen Walsh twice set world records in the 100 butterfly Here is a look at the 13 world records set at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use Ya missed one – Dana Kunze World Record High Dive 157 feet – 1978 ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Results / Broadcast Info  The fireworks started early on the final night of the TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale as Katie Ledecky (Bethesda Md./Gator Swim Club) capped a week of incredible races Nine years after she set the mark at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Ledecky lowered her women's 800-meter freestyle world record with a time of 8:04.12 The time shaved six-tenths of a second off the previous record and now gives Ledecky the top ten performances of all time in the event.   Tenn./New York Athletic Club) continued her streak of record performances as she lowered her world record in the women's 100m butterfly After breaking the record during this morning's preliminary session Walsh posted her second world record of the day and became the first woman to break the 55-second mark with a final time of 54.60.  Minn./Longhorn Aquatics) added to the list of record performances as she set a new TYR Pro Swim Series record with a time of 57.46 Taking the title in the women's 200m breaststroke by more than two seconds N.Y./New York Athletic Club) established the second-fastest time of the year with a 2:20.78.     USA Swimming athletes return to action at the Toyota National Championships June 3-7 at the Indiana University Natatorium.  Women’s 800m Freestyle – FINAL   Ledecky on her new world record: “I can’t stop smiling It’s been so many years in the making to do it tonight There is always a story to each world record that I set I think tonight is the first one I’ve done when another American has done it Hats off to Gretchen (Walsh) for getting us rolling this morning and starting a world record party The crowd was amazing tonight; I couldn’t have done it without that and I just told myself I’m not letting this opportunity go to waste and started sprinting.”   Ledecky on when she knew the record was in reach: “It felt good The first person I saw going nuts was Greg (Meehan) He was on the announcer's podium and was really waving before everyone else was and then everyone got into it around the 500 I know not to react or get too excited too early.”  USA Swimming National Team Managing Director on Ledecky’s accomplishment: “I’m filled with emotion from seeing her journey to the ups and downs of being a superstar and the pressure to do that every time she races from the expectations of those fans seeing her for the first time to see her now at 28 years old is beyond inspiring I’m just so proud of her on a personal level and I’m incredibly proud of her.”  Meehan on what witnessing this record means: “Those who have had any opportunity to interact with Katie from fans to officials to teammates to coaches It’s fun to sit back and see her be in that moment and celebrate that I am sure she is flooded with all of the feelings she has had from 2016 to now.”  Walsh’s world records: “That was crazy It’s so inspirational and pretty amazing to watch that it’s another level and it’s amazing to see.”  Men’s 800m Freestyle – FINAL   Finke on the difficulty of his schedule: “That was probably the hardest race of the week I was hoping to be a little bit faster; I was trying to be around 7:47 or so and I can’t be too disappointed with it but I was hoping to be a little faster.”  Finke on his training partner’s world record: “I can’t wait to give (Ledecky) a proper congratulations I was in the ready room listening to the announcers still saying she was under the world record pace at the 300 400 and then I think she fell off and then went back on it I came out and watched the rest of the race It was pretty remarkable what she was able to do.”  Finke on the dynamic with Ledecky: “It’s incredible to have her around not only as a training partner but to experience the kind of person she is She is one of the biggest leaders and role models I know I looked up to her when she won her 2012 gold medal Having someone like that around makes you want to be better.”  Women’s 100m Backstroke – FINAL   Smith on her race: “I kept telling myself not to spin (my arms) I can tell if I’m going to have a good 100 back because it will almost feel like I’m not working hard enough on the first 50 but I know that it means I’m not overworking it I was trying to remind myself to not overdo it Men’s 100m Backstroke – FINAL   Women’s 200m Breaststroke – FINAL   Walsh on her race: “To be 2:22 right now I really relied on Kate (Douglass) to help me pace myself through that I’m really happy I got to do that with her.”  Men’s 200m Breaststroke – FINAL   Women’s 100m Butterfly – FINAL   Walsh also earned a world record in prelims for her 55.09 swim.   Walsh on her second world record of the day: “To be honest with you I didn’t change any part of my race strategy going into tonight It was still going to be the goal to take 17 strokes on the way out hopefully one less stroke coming back home I have found that taking one less stroke has given me that extra energy so I just did the same exact thing tonight I was long in my turn and my finish as well which I’m kind of happy about because I can go faster I wouldn’t feel the confidence that I could go faster but definitely did not expect to drop that much in the race tonight It has been a trend for me at this meet to go faster at night – every race I was able to do that There's something that happens with finals but there’s just extra energy I find and I just continue off the momentum of the morning but I think I’ve learned how to handle that pressure and look at the race as another opportunity to execute and do the plan that I talk about every day with Todd (Desorbo) On breaking time barriers: “I need to set some new goals I knew I was going to be having fun out here I love swimming outside and getting to see my friends again It’s been a long NCAA season where you don't see everyone that is a pro and it has helped that I’m going really fast I think this bodes really well for everything to come this summer I definitely need to keep working and finding new motivation because I have surpassed so many barriers I talked about prior to the season I think that helps me see it more as an opportunity to execute I’m really happy with where I’m at I’m looking forward to getting back to Charlottesville It started on such a high note; this is going to be awesome.”   On how she spent the afternoon knowing she had to swim two finals this evening: “I’ve been going to the beach every day I’ve grown up by the ocean my whole life I find a lot of comfort and peace when I’m by the beach so I have been out there enjoying it every day I have gotten the best sleep of my life; I have been so happy here.”   On what she is taking away from this meet: “The overarching theme that a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer but at times it has been hard for me to do that so I want to carry that throughout the rest of the summer and look at every race as an opportunity.   Men’s 100m Butterfly – FINAL   Women’s 200m Individual Medley – FINAL   Walsh on her double: “My races were great I definitely felt like I really threw myself through a loop with only doing the 50 (breaststroke) yesterday and then having the double today That was something I felt like I had to overcome and I did and I’m really proud of myself.”  Tonight was the best night out of the three nights I think I executed my 100 back pretty well The key for me is not overdoing the first 50 (meters) and I think I’m getting better at executing it well.  Men’s 200m Individual Medley – FINAL   Casas on holding off Marchand: “That was good I remember looking and Hubert Kos was already coming off the wall ‘I’m the one that’s supposed to be out front.’ I just went to my legs on breaststroke I talked to Bob and he explained that training times are times I just need to focus on getting better.”  Casas on beating his training partners: “It’s cool It’s a different story when we are training 80% of the time I am out in the back unless it’s an all-out type of set where I can resurge again to the front we are in the thick of training and hitting that shift toward faster swimming and championship times.”  Women’s 50m Freestyle – FINAL   “I would say that I am not surprised that (G She hasn’t raced long course since the Olympics We didn’t train long course at all this season because I wanted everybody to have a mental break...as much as we put into it the Olympic year We've only been training in the long course for four weeks Being that we haven’t trained a ton of it and haven’t raced it in a long time This definitely wasn’t expected.”  Walsh manage her afternoon break after setting a world record in the morning: “Gretchen will be the first to say that a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer I think she was excited for the swim overall and it was a shock to her a little bit this morning Now that she has done it last year at Trials and has broken so many records over the last year She’s broken so many records over the last year and been in this situation so often that she is now becoming pretty good at internalizing it and moving on to the next race She’s obviously pretty special.”  Men’s 50m Freestyle – FINAL   3 – Quintin McCarty (Colorado Springs Full event replays and all race highlights are available on the USA Swimming Network.   May 03rd, 2025 News There are a couple of big scratches in the heats on the final day at Fort Lauderdale most notably #1 seed and World Record Holder Caeleb Dressel in the men’s 100 fly The three-time Olympian is still entered in the 50 free at the end of the session so we will see him in action but it appears that he’s focusing on the sprints here this week He dropped the 100 free on Day 2 before swimming the 50 fly yesterday and his scratch here was in the longer event he was entered in as well Torri Huske also scratched a second event in favor of the 50 free today dropping the 200 IM where she was the second seed behind Alex Walsh There were no scratches for the final heat of the women’s 800, but two for the men. Charlie Clark , the #2 seed, has scratched all entries for this week and is joined by #5 Ryan Erisman who took second in the 1500 and 400 freestyles on Days 1 and 2 After jumping up to #2 in the 15-16 age group in the 200 fly on Day 2 Audrey Deriveaux has scratched the 100 backstroke in favor of the 100 fly this morning She was seeded #18 in the 100 back but is the #6 seed in the fly with her time of 57.99 form last summer and could move up from her #7 all-time age group ranking with a drop here Jack Dahlgren has scratched the 200 IM and 50 free in favor of the 100 fly He finished fifth in the 200 fly yesterday in 1:56.95 including in the 50 free where Moesch was entered #9 and Chaney was the #4 seed Lucien Vergnes is the final other top-16 seed scratching the 200 breast where he was entered at #4 Having set a best time in both prelims and finals of the 400 IM yesterday, Caroline Bricker scratches out of the 200 breast today where she was the #23 seed You know how you fill the stands at these meets Stopping having the top stars scratch some of all the meet… just saying Wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t give real tries for the 100 free and fly until 2027 Idk he said he just wants to do the 50 free in LA and that was before they added all the 50s Hope Torri focuses more on the 200im moving forward she’s better at it and has a better chance of making teams/winning medals than the 50 free But no Grant House all weekend is a big plus Perfectly balanced as all things should be More from Sam BlackerSee All Betty Davis Jenise Fernandez Andrea Torres PEMBROKE PARK – South Florida is hosting high-flying aviation spectacles and international single-seater race cars during events on Saturday and Sunday Miami-Dade County officials welcomed the F1 Miami Grand Prix in Miami Gardens and Broward County officials welcomed the Air Dot Show in Fort Lauderdale There could be a few showers on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning and there is a risk of scattered thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon The temperature lows are in the mid-70s and the highs on the 80s Officials expect over 100,000 people daily during the F1 Miami Grand Prix at the temporary autodrome around the Hard Rock Stadium at 347 Don Shula Drive Law enforcement plans to temporarily close the nearby ramps connecting the area to the Florida Turnpike Northwest 199 Street will also close from 27 Avenue to 14 Court during the event There will be late morning to evening traffic in the area on Interstate 95 in both directions on Friday since the F1 practice is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and the sprint qualifying is from 4:30 to about 5:15 p.m There will also be morning to evening traffic there on Saturday since the sprint is at noon and the qualifying is from 4 to 5 p.m Broward officials also expect about 100,000 daily during the Air Dot Show at the Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Law enforcement plans to temporarily close State Road A1A in both directions from 6 a.m on Saturday and Sunday from Sunrise Boulevard to Northeast 14 Court in Fort Lauderdale There will be evening traffic there on Friday since the Air Dot Show’s meet and greet event is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m There will be morning to afternoon traffic on Saturday and Sunday since the opening is at 11:45 a.m Navy Blue Angels pilots’ performance which starts at 2 p.m For an hourly forecast in South Florida and a live radar map, visit this page. For more on traffic in South Florida, explore the interactive map with live updates on this page Betty Davis is the chief certified meteorologist for Local 10 She provides weather forecasts for South Florida Monday-Friday during the 4 Show Breaking News BarCloseLocal NewsMichaila Hightower Kevin Byrtus’s head was hanging over a house pool after he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on Feb Surveillance video shows when a 911 dispatcher told a woman how to perform chest compressions until Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel took over Leer en español He was hospitalized for six days at the Broward Health Medical Center One artery was 95% blocked and another was completely blocked Byrtus said he feared that he wouldn’t be able to walk his daughter down the aisle during her wedding next month “What they do truly matters in our community.” Byrtus was still recovering and undergoing rehabilitation when he met his FLFR Station 47 heroes Erik Pecnik the meeting was a rare opportunity there are 5 or 10 that are not successful,” Pingol said Michaila Hightower joined the Local 10 News team in January 2025 as a reporter May 02nd, 2025 National, News, Previews & Recaps, Pro Swim Series Now, it’s time to see what day three has in store. Tonight, we’ll see finals for the 200 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, 200 backstroke, and 400 IM. You can click here to peruse the heat sheet Sandpipers’ Claire Weinstein left no stone unturned in the women’s 200 free final posting a 1:54.93 to secure the win and top the world rankings surpassing Lui Yaxin’s 1:54.96 from the Chinese Spring Championships in late March National Champion and 8th-place finisher in the event at last July’s Olympics Weinstein posted her personal best of 1:54.88 during the lead-off leg of the 4×200 freestyle relay in Paris where she helped Team USA secure silver alongside Ledecky notching lifetime bests in both the 100 (54.43) and 400 (4:01.29) free events Her performance in the 400 marked a 3.28-second drop from her previous best of 4:04.54 propelling her from 10th to 3rd on the all-time American performers list—trailing only Ledecky and Leah Smith (4:00.65) Nine-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky grabbed 2nd tonight with a season-best time of 1:55.51 The 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist in this event owns a personal best of 1:53.73 the 28-year-old clocked her second-fastest performances ever in both the 400 (3:56.81) and 1500 free (15:24.51) She’s slated to swim the 800 freestyle tomorrow where she holds the world record at 8:04.79 and remains the fastest woman in history by over five seconds Texas’ Erin Gemmell rounded out the top three with a 1:57.10 just about a second shy of her 2023 lifetime best of 1:55.97 She was part of the aforementioned 4×200 freestyle relay in Paris alongside Ledecky and Weinstein 16-year-old Rylee Erisman broke 1:58 for the first time finishing 4th in 1:57.89 and surpassing her previous personal best of 1:58.43 from March Two-time Olympic medalist Alex Shackell tied for 6th with 2022 World 200 IM bronze medalist Leah Hayes at 1:58.19 while Shackell has swum as fast as 1:56.70 100 Fly Olympic champion Torri Huske impressed in the ‘B’ final with a new career best (1:57.71) dipping under the 1:58 threshold for the first time If she had qualified for the championship final her time would have been swift enough for 4th overall but Foster’s final 50 of 27.31 to Koski’s 27.58 made all the difference a key member of Team USA’s 4×200 freestyle relay since 2022 holds a personal best of 1:45.57 in this event 2024 Olympic bronze medalist in this event, Luke Hobson—Foster’s training partner under coach Bob Bowman—logged his fastest ever non-taper swim of 1:46.76 to finish 3rd overall His best time of 1:44.79 appears to be in grave danger in the coming months Notably, 400 IM World record holder and four-time Olympic champion Leon Marchand well off his lifetime best of 1:46.44 and his prelims time of 1:48.05 Versatile Shaine Casas dominated the ‘B’ final with a time of 1:46.49 and just 0.03 shy of Foster’s winning time from the fastest heat Four swimmers broke the 31-second barrier in the women’s 50 breast final, with North Carolina’s Skyler Smith leading the way Smith claimed victory with a time of 30.49 just off her personal best of 30.41 from the 2023 U.S Virginia’s Emma Weber an Olympic gold medalist from the women’s 4×100 medley relay in Paris She improved on her prelims best time of 30.87 to set her second PB of the day She also claimed victory in yesterday’s 100 breast (1:06.63) American record holder and current 100 world record holder Lilly King took 3rd with a time of 30.63, while Virginia’s Alex Walsh rounded out the top four with a personal-best 30.90 Walsh’s previous career-best time of 30.97 was recorded during today’s prelims In a tight battle, Louisville’s Denis Petrashov claimed the win in the men’s 50 breast with a sharp 26.94, edging out former American record holder Michael Andrew of Sun Devil Swimming an Olympian for Kyrgyzstan and a standout for the University of Louisville used a clean start and powerful breakout to gain the edge His time marks a new national record and his first-ever swim under 27 seconds Florida’s Aleksas Savickas took bronze in a personal-best 27.34, just ahead of Texas commit Campbell McKean of Bend Swim Club Gretchen Walsh made it 2-for-2 in best times after her 100 free performance last night delivering a historic swim in the women’s 50 fly After breaking 53 seconds in the 100 free for the first time in her career Walsh came back this morning to lower the Pro Swim Series record to 25.15 in prelims posting a stunning 24.93 to become the second-fastest performer in history trailing only world record holder Sarah Sjostrom (24.43) Walsh is now just the second woman ever to break the 25-second barrier in the event who won silver in the 100 fly at the 2024 Paris Olympics after breaking the world record with a 55.18 at the U.S she earned two golds in the women’s 4×100 medley relay and mixed 4×100 medley relay and a silver in the 4×100 freestyle relay Her Virginia Cavalier teammate, Kate Douglass notching a lifetime best of 25.39 to take 2nd That time improves on the 25.71 she recorded during prelims and ranks her third among the top American performers of all time 100 back world record holder Regan Smith who had clocked a personal-best 26.04 in the morning to qualify 3rd It marked her first time under the 26-second threshold in the event Stanford’s Torri Huske the 2024 Olympic gold medalist in the 100 fly and a former 5th-place finisher in the 50 fly at the 2023 Worlds won tonight’s B final with a time of 26.23 Canada’s Ilya Kharun lit up the pool with a 23.09 in the men’s 50 fly breaking the Pro Swim Series record of 23.11 set by Matt Targett back in 2012 who won bronze medals in both the 100 and 200 fly at the Paris Olympics continues to show elite range across the stroke The Herbie Behm-coached swimmer won the world title in the short course 200 fly back in December Trinidad’s Dylan Carter who won the overall World Cup title in 2022 A World finalist and consistent threat in the sprint fly over the past decade he has a personal best of 22.85 and has finaled at multiple World Championships representing his home nation Just a tick behind was Shaine Casas in 23.25 for 3rd, following up on his 200 free best time from an hour ago. Olympic legend Caeleb Dressel the 2019 World Champion and American Record holder in the 50 fly (22.35) is steadily climbing back after a hiatus post-Paris Rounding out the top five was Michael Andrew in 23.44 The Tokyo Olympian owns a best of 22.80 from his bronze medal-winning performance at the 2022 Worlds and remains one of the U.S.’s most consistent sprint specialists McIntosh pushed Smith the whole way and led through the first 135 meters just missing her best time of 2:06.81 from late 2023 2024 World Champion Claire Curzan posted a 2:08.20 for 3rd a season-best performance that aligns with where she usually is this time of the year Meanwhile, 15-year-old Audrey Derivaux continued to prove she belongs on the international stage Her performance was just off her season and lifetime best of 2:06.88 a mark that ranks her 6th in the world this year and makes her the 2nd-quickest American in 2025 Derivaux also posted a huge 200 fly personal best of 2:06.46 to take 3rd in that race yesterday Hungary’s Hubert Kos the defending Olympic and 2023 World Champion in the 200 back cruised to victory in the event with a time of 1:56.45 the swim situates him 8th in the world standings for the season Gavin Keogh of Flood Aquatics Club continued his breakout year The 17-year-old has steadily climbed the domestic ranks and came within striking distance of his personal best (1:58.19) posted at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships last August He is commited to join the NC State Wolfpack next fall Two-time World 400 IM silver medalist Carson Foster rounded out the top three in 1:59.09 following up on his gold medal-worthy 200 free performance just over an hour ago Though better known for his IM and free prowess Bob Bowman-coached Foster remains one of the more versatile threats on the national scene with a personal best of 1:55.86 in this race Virginia’s Jack Aikins touched 6th tonight in 2:00.41 but is a name to watch in the coming months He finished 3rd in this event at the 2024 U.S Olympic Trials and owns a lifetime best of 1:54.78 With Ryan Murphy likely sitting out the 2025 World Championships in Singapore the door is wide open for Aikins to challenge for a roster spot In the women’s 400 IM, Florida’s Emma Weyant emerged victorious with a time of 4:33.95 her fastest effort since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics The 2024 bronze medalist surpassed her time from the Paris Olympics last summer Ellen Walshe nabbed 2nd with a time of 4:35.32, setting a new Irish national record and becoming the first Irish swimmer to break the 4:37 barrier Leah Hayes rounded out the top three with a time of 4:38.78 The 2022 World Championship bronze medalist in the 200 IM remains in striking distance of her 4:36.84 personal best which she set to win the 2023 World Junior title Kayla Han finished 4th in 4:40.58, followed by 2024 Olympic silver medalist and the second-fastest American of all time, Katie Grimes In a clash of two titans, Bobby Finke edged out reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Leon Marchand in a thrilling 400 IM 2023) and only man to ever break the 4:03 barrier—doing so twice—led the race heading into the final 100 the two-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 1500 frees once again proved why he’s one of the fiercest closers in the sport Finke began his final attack with a 29.63 on the penultimate 50 Louisville’s Tommy Bried was the only other man to break the 4:20 barrier Bried owns a personal best of 4:15.01 from the U.S where he placed fifth in a highly competitive field He hasn’t learnt about Dean method before going to Australia He said he thought it will be pretty “cool” and he were very surprised and the strain of many workouts may have caused him his rib injury He was injured before he even arrived in Australia looks like he’s messing around with his breast and free Kinda testing stuff out or trying a new strategy maybe yeah by far his best last 50 but pushed by Finke and his closing magic I think Léon will limit himself to the 200 Br and get back into training quickly otherwise qualification for the world championships could be in jeopardy His times (in his “usual” events in which he faces no competition) still not great are enough for french qualifications in June The W 4 x 200 FR-R has yet to post a sub 7:40 time A time of 1:56 in the W 200 FR no longer cuts the mustard Rylee Erisman faster than Bella Sims in the W 200 FR Rylee Erisman clobbers Bella Sims in the W 100 FR Now about the supposed transfer from the University of Florida Two Olympic medalists in the women’s 400 IM One goes 1 second faster than she did in Paris One goes 9 seconds (!!!) slower than she did in Paris going a time that would’ve been 1.7 seconds slower than last place in the Olympic final and would have been 12th in the Olympic prelim Then why’d they come to Florida to race More from Sean GriffinSee All May 03rd, 2025 National, News, Pro Swim Series The final night of the 2025 Pro Swim Series stop in Fort Lauderdale is set to commence in just a few hours with the fastest seeded heat of the 800 freestyle kicking off the session there are six important scratches to report In the women’s 100 back, 16-year-old Rylee Erisman of Laker Swim She’s been as quick as 59.67 in the event during her young career she is still slated to compete in the 50 free where she posted a time of 25.00 to qualify 4th for the A-final Her withdrawal promotes Ines Arnall (WEST) the 17th-place finisher in prelims with a time of 1:02.30 she recorded a time of 53.78 in the 100 free to place 4th just shy of her personal best of 53.75 from the Junior Pan Pacific Championships last August She also logged a lifetime best of 1:57.89 in the 200 free for 4th last night breaking the 1:58 barrier for the first time NC State’s Quintin McCarty scratched out of the A-final of the men’s 100 back after qualifying 6th with a time of 55.26 he opted to drop the event in order to focus on the 50 free where he advanced 3rd with a 22.12 and owns a personal best of 21.85 McCarty has been in top form all week in Fort Lauderdale most notably clocking a massive best time of 24.45 in the 50 back to finish 2nd last night That swim puts him in serious contention for a spot on the U.S World Championship team next month at Trials McCarty’s withdrawal allows Missouri’s Grant Bochenski—who hit the wall 9th this morning with a 55.88—to move up into the A-final. Sarasota’s David Melnychuk who originally finished 17th in prelims with a 2:35.53 an Olympic gold medalist for her preliminary contributions to the women’s 4×100 medley relay in Paris winning the 100 breast with a season-best 1:06.63 She also notched a lifetime best of 30.57 in the 50 breast There were no scratches reported in the men’s 200 breast All swimmers who advanced in the top 16 are expected to compete in their respective A and B-finals as originally seeded May 05th, 2025 Europe, International, News, Training, Video, Video Interview Leon Marchand got his first LCM race reps of 2025 in at the Ft Lauderdale Pro Swim last weekend Marchand reflected that his goal for the weekend was just to see where he was at with racing and now he has done that ***First portion of the interview is in English Via @lenchanteur9373  from YouTube comments: French part Q:? A: he didn’t knew where was he at and now knows (same as in english) Q: was it harder than expected A: he didnt feel great during the prep and the races were hard as expected Q: how did the 400im impact the rest of the meet A: the 400im was no problem but the second day was tiring as he spent 6h at the pool he still needs training Q: do u wanna specifically work on your freestyle A: no i just train as allways and will work on my underwater kicks Q: how frustrating… Read more » First question: so many errands in three days What do you remember about this competition He knows what has to be done and he is confident that he can And he doesn’t even worry about those bad races Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1 and although he actually has no memory of that where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks More from Coleman HodgesSee All SATURDAY PRELIMS HEAT SHEET Welcome to the final day of the 2025 Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale This morning’s action will feature prelims of the 100 back The 800 free will also be swum as a timed finals event today with the slowest heats going at the end of the prelims session we’re set up for what should be a great race tonight Masse was out faster than Smith this morning which was more than a second faster than Masse’s 30.86 Claire Curzan was solid this morning as well Curzan could really make some noise tonight as well Texas’ Hubert Kos was incredible this morning swimming a 53.29 in the men’s 100 back Kos was also just 0.51 seconds off his career best of 52.78 setting himself up in a great position for tonight’s final Kos was out in 25.34 and came home in 27.95 Jack Aikins was next up this morning Though he was a lot slower than Kos this morning Penn State’s Jack Harvey clocked a new career best of 54.87 for 3rd this morning dipping under 55 seconds for the first time in his career The women’s 200 breaststroke came up all Virginia this morning, as the top 4 finishers were all Cavaliers. Kate Douglass Douglass went 2:22.60 in the event at the Westmont PSS back in March so we may see a faster swim out of Douglass tonight Alex Walsh was next up this morning She was actually out a touch faster than Douglass Leah Hayes who just finished her freshman season at Virginia which marks a new career best for the 19-year-old Hayes’ previous best of 2:28.42 was set back in May of 2023 Emma Weber rounded out the Virginia quartet this morning Carles Coll Marti continues to impress with his LC breaststroke this year Following his career best of 2:10.25 at the PSS in Sacramento last month his swim this morning was faster than the 2:13.22 he swam in prelims at the Sacramento PSS last month Coll Marti jumped out to an early lead this morning which was the fastest opening 100 in the field by well over a second Coll Marti will have a fight on his hands tonight, however, as Lyubomir Epitropov has been under 2:10 before. Epitropov was 2:13.43 this morning. Meanwhile, Denis Petrashov has been 2:10.19 and was 2:13.92 this morning Well…Gretchen Walsh certainly didn’t waste any time this morning The 22-year-old cracked her own World Record in the women’s 100 fly which Walsh set at the US Olympic Trials last summer and is the fastest time in the world this year which was only 0.61 seconds slower than the 24.93 she swam to win the 50 fly last night in finals Her 2nd 50 split was the only one under 31 seconds in the field this morning Walsh has gone faster in finals than in prelims in each of her two other events at this meet so it looks like we’ll need to be on “sub-55 watch” tonight in finals Carmel Swim Club’s Alex Shackell put up a strong swim this morning so we’ll see what she’s able to do tonight Swimming in her 2nd race of the morning, Lakeside Swim Team 17-year-old Charlotte Crush swam a 58.96 this morning the only swimmer in this field who could challenge Walsh tonight While that time doesn’t exactly jump off the page keep in mind that Huske is the reigning Olympic champion in the event and holds a career best of 55.52 That’s an excellent performance for Kharun coming in just off his career best of 50.45 which he set at the Olympics last summer in Paris Interestingly, Kharun and this morning’s 2nd place finisher, Bjoern Kammann had the same split on the opening 50 – 23.97 Pitt’s Julian Koch clocked a new career best of 52.28 Once again, we find the Virginia swimmers at the top of the women’s events. This time around, Leah Hayes led the way putting up an impressive prelims 200 IM of 2:11.12 Teammate Alex Walsh came in 2nd this morning with a 2:11.94 Both Hayes and Walsh have been well under 2:10 before so we’ll be looking for a great race tonight Joining that race tonight will be Regan Smith Smith holds a personal best of 2:08.48 and has been swimming quite well this week so she should be able to challenge to win this race tonight as well After qualifying 5th in the 100 fly, Jersey Wahoos 15-year-old Audrey Derivaux pulled off an impressive back-to-back double taking 6th in the IM this morning with a 2:14.74 That swam came in just a second off Derivaux’s personal best of 2:13.67 Kieran Smith led the field in the men’s 200 IM this morning with a 1:59.69 The race marks Smith’s first LC 200 IM of the 2024-2025 season getting him off to a great start in what has become an elite event for the 24-year-old he had the fastest backstroke split in the field Leon Marchand the reigning Olympic champion in the event Tonight’s race should wind up being a good race between Marchand and Smith Princeton’s Mitchell Schott came in 3rd with a 2:00.37 which is just a second off his career best splitting 27.93 on the final 50 of the race this morning Following her World Record performance in the 100 fly an hour ago, Gretchen Walsh clocked the top time in the field in the women’s 50 free as well Walsh’s time of 24.49 marks the 5th-fastest time in the world this year Teammate Kate Douglass came in 2nd with a 24.70 That time comes in just off Douglass’ season best of 24.62 which she swam at the Westmont Pro Swim Series back in March Douglass is the American Record holder in the event with her career best of 23.91 16-year-old Rylee Erisman swam a 25.00 this morning Andrej Barna was the only swimmer to go under 22 seconds in the men’s 50 free this morning downing his previous time of 21.89 from last year Barna set a new Serbian Record in the event with his performance this morning Michael Andrew came in 2nd this morning with a 22.03 Kos did a 52.24 pb at the Hungarian National 3 weeks ago 🙂 Does it really say the 200 IM final will wind up being a good race between Marchand and Smith Hubert Kos best time is 52.24 from Hungarian Champs Dressel is in far better shape than he was during his comeback in 2023 but he’s still slower than where he was at this time last year I think Yeah but that 50 free prelims swims looks good for a random meet in May Truly zero offense intended to him – I’m far from certain his heart is still in this sport Maybe but him going for the 50s only is probably a good idea after all Is so weird to see @RealCrocker5040 talking like a normal person… No offense intended… It’s good to see Bella climbing out of the hole that UofF put her in The jury is out if Nesty has any coaching skills or he is DEI Coach of the year One should not judge the pro’s as they are self sufficient Whitney is a first class idiot and should be selling used cars Where are all the guys hitting the panic button on Kharun now Because it’s the start of a new Olympic quad He already won double bronze as a teenager Let him enjoy the sport and become a better swimmer overall while helping his team succeed I’m sure he’ll be back to top form in the 2fly by LA I don’t think most people are “hitting the panic button” when it comes to his 50/100 The skepticism about whether his 200 will follow their trajectory is warranted imo The skeptics will stay skeptical until he has a 200 swim at worlds that’s at least comparable to his swim in Paris He’s more useful as a sprinter to Canada’s relays It’s also entirely possible he just had a bad swim in the 200 He can clearly take it out faster than a 56.8 which is what he took it out in It might not mean that his training is off Probably back with another hot take any minute During the final preliminary session of the 2025 Pro Swim Series stop in Fort Lauderdale, Gretchen Walsh broke her own world record in the 100 butterfly by nine-hundredths of a second touching in 55.09 to surpass her 55.18 mark from the semifinals of the U.S Walsh opened in 25.54 through the first 50 which was 0.09 slower than her world record pace but closed in a monstrous 29.55 — 18 hundredths quicker than she swam over the final lap in Indianapolis last summer Her sub-30 closing split this morning represents only the second time the 22-year-old has come home under that barrier with the other being her world record swim she closed in 30.09 in the Olympic semifinal and 30.11 in the Olympic Trials final where she notched her 3rd and 4th fastest swims ever While Walsh opened a few tenths slower than in the Olympic Trials final (25.20) and Olympic semifinal (25.29) she still stayed within striking distance of her record line Walsh now owns four of the five fastest swims in the history of the event, with Sarah Sjostrom’s 55.48 her gold medal-winning swim from the 2016 Rio Olympics remaining the only non-Walsh time on the list See a full splits comparison between Walsh’s four swiftest swims ever in addition to Sjostrom’s Rio clocking Walsh’s swim this morning marks her 15th world record in the past year having broken the aforementioned 100 fly at Trials helped Team USA to two relay records in Paris and set 11 total records at Short Course Worlds last December Todd Desorbo-coached Walsh made history last night too, becoming only the second woman in world history to dip under the 25-second barrier in the 50 fly, where she broke her own American record with a time of 24.93. Previously, Sjostrom, the six-time defending world champion in the event, who is sitting out this season after announcing her pregnancy Walsh has firmly established herself as the top short course swimmer on the planet While her dominance in short course yards was already evident during her standout career at the University of Virginia she finally had the opportunity to showcase that ability in short course meters last year—and did so in spectacular fashion She exploded at the Short Course World Championships this past December set 11 world records across six different events (including two relays) and rewrote the record books in the 50 free (22.83) She also posted the second-fastest time ever in the 100 free at 50.31 Walsh’s big breakout on the long course international stage began at the 2024 U.S where she opened with the previous world record in the 100 fly She also qualified in the 50 and 100 free events She also earned three relay medals: two golds in the women’s 4×100 medley and mixed 4×100 medley relays is the heavy favorite for gold in both the 50 and 100 fly at the World Championships and a serious medal threat in both sprint free events Where are the Aussie ‘bathtub’ comments all the downvotes but you were just .03 off The world is Gretchen’s bathtub at this point but it was actually kinda brilliant to do a small WR in prelims and (hopefully) a bigger WR in finals why are there so many more generational swimmers that are woman than men rn Walsh are winning by whole pool lengths while every male race is decently close Probably has been more common for women than men Thorpe dominated but Phelps generally had close competitors More competition in men’s events sometimes but not always And men need more taper or rest than women May 02nd, 2025 National, News, Pro Swim Series This will be a relatively short scratch report—there were only three top 16 scratches for the third finals session of the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series None came from the women’s side of the meet and the only events affected were the men’s 200 backstroke and men’s 50 butterfly swam a lifetime best of 2:01.57 at February’s Southern Zone South Sectional Championships Our final scratch is the biggest name of the bunch, as Hunter Armstrong opted against swimming in the men’s 50 butterfly consolation final Armstrong qualified 15th for the final after swimming a 24.20 in heat one that stood as the event’s fastest time for six more heats Armstrong is much more well known on the international scene for his sprint backstroke and freestyle skills. He’s been as fast as 23.84 in the event. With Armstrong out, #17 Mikel Schreuders (24.31) has a lane in the final That gives the Sun Devil pro a quick double this evening as he is also the second-fastest qualifier for the championship final of the men’s 50 breaststroke Schreuders posted a 27.38 in the men’s 50 breaststroke this morning touching behind only training partner Michael Andrew (27.02) she joined her local club team because her best friend convinced her it would be fun Shoulder surgery ended her competitive swimming days long ago More from Sophie KaufmanSee All we are discussing the madness that occurred at the Ft Lauderdale Pro Swim Marchand has a few areas of improvement to work on if he hopes to return to his Paris form at the World Championships this summer in Singapore the first typical quad since the lead up to 2016 Watch some of the available race videos from the final night of the 2025 Pro Swim Series stop in Fort Lauderdale The concern focuses on the planned west building; a new structure critics say remains too big and disruptive to the Aquatic Center after three revisions May 04th, 2025 National, Pro Swim Series, Race Videos Didn’t catch the final night of action from the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series we’ve got you covered with some of the races videos On the final night of the 2025 Pro Swim Series, 28-year-old Katie Ledecky—widely regarded as both the greatest freestyler in history and the greatest female swimmer of all time—saved her best swim of the week for last breaking her own 800 freestyle world record This is Ledecky’s 16th career individual world record and her first since nearly seven years ago—May 16 when she set the current 1500 free standard (15:20.48) at the Pro Swim Series meet in Indianapolis Ledecky’s improvement came primarily from both the first and final 50s She opened the race with a blistering 27.59 over the first lap—nearly half a second faster than her previous record swim—and by the 150 mark she was already more than a second ahead of her old pace Ledecky slightly fell off her previous splits particularly between the 200 and 400 marks she began to build significant momentum again after the 500 turn with the crowd really starting to get engaged Her biggest margin of improvement came over the final 50 where she blasted a 28.46—more than half a second faster than the 28.99 she recorded to close her former record Ledecky’s 400 splits tonight were 4:01.78 and 4:02.34 compared to her previous world record halves of 4:01.98 and 4:02.81 Fun fact: Ledecky’s final 400 split tonight of 4:02.34 would place her as the 19th-fastest performer of all time in the individual 400 free She ranks 3rd all-time in the event with her 3:56.46 clocking from the Rio Olympics Additionally, Ledecky’s first 200 (1:58.38) and last 200 (1:59.85) add up to 3:58.22, which would situate her 4th all-time in the individual 400, behind only herself, Ariarne Titmus, and Summer McIntosh That time is nearly three seconds faster than her bronze-medal swim in the individual event at the Paris Olympics and she’s only been faster than that time in the individual event on three occasions See a full splits comparison between her new and old records below Jillian Cox wound up 2nd in the race with an 8:23.58 All four of those have been swum in the past 12 months Katharine Berkoff The swim marks her fastest 100 back of the year so far  Gretchen Walsh made simply made history becoming the first woman to break 55 seconds in the 100 fly with a mind-boggling 54.60 The swim came after she had already broken her own world record earlier in prelims clocking 55.09 to surpass her previous mark of 55.18 from the semifinals of the U.S Walsh opened in 25.32 and brought it home in 29.28 pairing her third-fastest opening 50 with a massive back half to produce a 54.60 her prelims swim saw her go out in 25.54 before closing in what was then her fastest back half ever The sprinter is widely known for her front-end speed, but her 29.28 on the final 50 ranks her 3rd all-time, with only Regan Smith (28.94) and Maggie MacNeil (29.09) closing faster This newfound endurance at the end of the race has opened lots of doors for her in this event Walsh now owns the five fastest swims in the history of the 100 fly, bumping Sarah Sjostrom’s 55.48—her gold medal-winning performance from the 2016 Rio Olympics—out of the all-time top five See a full splits comparison between Walsh’s five quickest swims ever Walsh’s swim tonight marks her 16th world record in the past year having broken the aforementioned 100 fly at Trials and prelims i’m just here impatiently waiting for the (hopefully) Monday podcast recap of this This meet was one of the best swim meets I’ve ever watched which is limited to two top swimmers per country per event This meet had everything (except relays): Close races seasoned veterans reminding us how great they are; plus WORLD RECORDS and other dramatic results Meets like this will create a larger audience of fans and that will allow Pro Swimming to continue growing The only thing I see holding Pro Swimming back is high school quality coverage Just to touch on my two ‘growl at screen’ issues: (1) When the announcer says “and in Lane 3 we have …” – immediately please shift… Read more » rowdy or whoever this guy is screaming into the microphone more Rowdy hate 🙄 what’s this guy supposed to do he was PA for the meet And don’t hate on Rowdy he forgets more about swimming in one broadcast than you’ll ever know Awesome human being and isn’t that what matters he may be awesome but his knowledge is not great Or he at least it doesn’t come across that he knows anything about past accomplishments splits and their histories (like why everyone is near WR splits near the beginning of a particular race) The only exceptions are people like Dressel or Ledecky I’m getting a feeling this Gretchen lass is kinda good at butterfly May 02nd, 2025 National, Previews & Recaps, Pro Swim Series Day 3 Prelims Heat Sheet it’s time to see what Day 3 has in store we’ll see heats for the 200 freestyle On the men’s side, Shaine Casas aims to set himself up to keep his undefeated run at the 2025 Pro Swim Series winning six events in Westmont and pulling off a double last night He’s got another double on tap today as he’s entered in the 200 freestyle and 50 butterfly continuing to take on some non-primary events in his return to competition Marchand is also entered in his bread-and-butter 400 IM to close out this session Though both 400 IM world record holders, Marchand and Summer McIntosh Rather than take on the 200 freestyle or 400 IM one of the untraditional events on her schedule this weekend Entered with a yards time, Claire Curzan won heat three of 10 swimming a 2:02.68 to take over the top time of the morning through the early heats They came within .67 seconds of her on the third 50 but Curzan dug in over the final 50 meters to lengthen the lead again She owns a lifetime best 2:00.36 from May 2022 in this race 400-yard IM NCAA champion Caroline Bricker overwrote that time in heat five We’ve seen Bricker continually rewrite her lifetime bests in yards this season She translated the yards lifetime best of 1:41.73 she swam at NCAAs this season to a 2.63-second best here in Ft improving from the 2:04.21 she swam in 2021 Katie Ledecky made a statement in the penultimate heat She swam 1:56.44 (56.63/59.91) as she pulled away from her heat on the back half of the race Her time held up through the final heat as the fastest of the morning and she’ll swim out of lane four as she looks for her third win of the meet It also makes her the fourth-fastest swimmer in the world this season slotting between Stefanie Balduccini (1:56.43) and Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:56.46) with finals still to come The battle between Olympians Erin Gemmell and Claire Weinstein resulted in the second and third fastest times of the morning The Sandpiper will be one to watch in the final as she ripped a personal best 4:01 for third in last night’s 400 freestyle Alex Shackell’s 1:58.62 for second in heat nine slotted in fourth overall and Huske ended up being significant as Manuel and Erisman grabbed the outside lanes for tonight’s championship final The top four men in the heat were all under Dolan’s time Canadian teenager Francis Brennan led a quartet of swimmers that overtook Dilger’s time in the next heat It was the first sub-1:51 swim of the session with Virginia Tech’s Tanish George Mathew touching second in the heat over a second behind in 1:51.76 Georgia’s Tomas Koski was lights out in the first circle-seeded heat He accelerated away from the field early and posted a 1:46.43 tying his lifetime best and Finnish record Koski is coming off another successful season with the Bulldogs where he continued to make strides on the national stage in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle Hobson had the lead at the 100-meter mark, but Ohio State’s Tomas Navikonis pushed on the third 50 with Hobson and Foster tied for second .14 seconds back Navikonis extended his lead slightly down the stretch just eight-hundredths off his personal best who had an excellent yards season and hit a lifetime best 1:48.02 to qualify for the final Virginia teammates Emma Weber and Alex Walsh faced off in the next heat Walsh took second in the heat with a 30.97 Smith hit the wall second in the last heat and was the fourth woman of the morning to break 31 seconds (30.95) Two men broke 29 seconds ahead of the circle-seeded heats led by Nicholas Stefanidis win from heat three in 28.75 Victor Gil was second in that heat with a 28.97 last night’s men’s 100 breaststroke winner with a personal best Sun Devil pros Michael Andrew and Mikel Schreuders took over as the top two swimmers of the morning in the last heat Andrew won in a season-best 27.02 that’s less than two-tenths from his Pro Swim Series record Romanov’s time from the first circle-seeded heat held up for the third-fastest qualifying time, while heat seven winner, Aleksas Savickas Gretchen Walsh didn’t skip a beat as she turned her attention from the 100 freestyle to the 50 butterfly Walsh broke 53-seconds in the 100 free for the first time in her career she’s taken out the six-year-old Pro Swim Series record in the 50 butterfly Walsh is the American record holder in this event a standard she scared this morning with a blistering 25.15 She shattered Osman’s Pro Swim Series record of 25.65 and will get another crack at her American and U.S Walsh was out incredibly fast on the way to her world record in the 100 butterfly but this is the first time we’ve gotten to see her race the long-course 50 butterfly since 2023 she broke the super-suited SCM 50 fly world record becoming the first woman sub-24 seconds (23.94) Her Virginia teammate Kate Douglass was nearly under the former Pro Swim Series record herself posting a 25.71 to qualify second for this evening’s championship final The swim ties the lifetime best she posted at the Westmont Pro Swim who has now logged two ninth-place finishes She was ninth in the 200 freestyle and her 26.73 in the 50 butterfly kept her out of the championship final by .12 seconds overtaking Armstrong’s time as the fastest of the morning Chris Guiliano threatened the 24-second barrier in heat 10 on the back half of that same double His former official best time stood at 25.41 from March 2021 Guiliano’s time squeaked into the championship final in eighth as the sub-24 second swims started coming fast and furious over the next few heats Casas destroyed the barrier in the very next heat His undefeated streak was ended earlier this session as he missed the 200 free championship final (as did Guiliano) but he struck back here with a resounding 23.45 tying Casas’ time for third-fastest overall After skipping the 100 freestyle yesterday, Dressel got his meet underway with a 23.58. He qualified easily for tonight’s championship final with that time, moving through fifth overall. The sixth swimmer to break 24 seconds this morning was Kamal Muhammad who recently announced his transfer from Virginia to Tennessee for the upcoming NCAA season After demolishing his 50 backstroke personal best yesterday, Quintin McCarty did the same in the 50 butterfly breaking the 24.49 best he brought into the meet and joined Guiliano in approaching the 24-second mark for the first time in his career Virginia’s Charlotte Wilson led for all of heat four taking the win in a 2:17.38 that rattled her lifetime best of 2:16.17 from June 2023 It was a close call at the touch for the win though as Ella Cosgrove dug in over the back half of the race She clocked 1:09.08 on the second 100 meters and a 34.69 beating her entry time by three-hundredths It was another Virginia swimmer, Curzan, who took the win in heat five. Curzan, the American record holder in the 200-yard backstroke, moved into the lead at the 100-meter mark. She held off Erika Pelaez‘s charge down the stretch for the win in 2:11.19 who just wrapped her freshman year at NC State came .22 seconds from her lifetime best with a 2:11.89 Rhyan White won the penultimate heat in 2:11.82. The heat had three DNS athletes in it, including Bella Sims who placed 13th in the 200 freestyle earlier this session The final heat was crowded with talent, including Smith, Summer McIntosh, Audrey Derivaux Crush led at the 100-meter mark in 1:02.15 though Smith took the lead at the final turn by four-hundredths and Smith maintained her lead at the finish She stopped the clock in 2:08.65 for the fastest time of the morning just off the season-best 2:08.33 from the Westmont Pro Swim McIntosh moved past Crush for second in the heat and overall clocking a 2:08.91 as she gears up for the final Crush rounded out the top three qualifiers with a 2:09.76 The top four qualifiers all came from the final heat with 15-year-old Derivaux swimming a 2:11.01 She’s been as fast as 2:06.88 this season which makes her fourth-fastest in the world and top American swimmer this season Puerto Rico’s Yeziel Morales held off a push from Canada’s Aiden Norman to win heat four a Florida freshman who won double backstroke gold at the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships The final heat belonged to reigning Olympic champion Hubert Kos He easily separated himself from the field in the final heat splitting 30.47/30.33/30.27 over the final 150-meters to get his hand on the wall in 1:58.54 It’s the fastest time of the morning by a wide margin and the only one under 2:00 Sun Devil Deniz Ertan dominated heat three clocking 4:52.25 to win by over six seconds That time stood up through the non-circle-seeded heats even as a close race between Sydney Hardy and Brinkleigh Hansen was decided by a hundredth Emma Weyant took over the lead from Ellen Walshe on the breaststroke leg of heat six The two were about four seconds up on Kayla Han taking over the top time from Ertan by just under 12 seconds Walshe touched second in the heat with a 4:42.10 Eleanor Sun tried to move ahead of Han on the freestyle leg She fell short as Han took third in 4:45.11 but 4:45.59 marks a lifetime best for Sun by over two seconds The next heat saw another race between Virginia training partners Grimes was in control of the first half of their 400 IM heat but Hayes made the pass on the breaststroke leg with a 1:19.50 split to Grimes’ 1:24.74 She was 1.39 seconds ahead of Grimes as she turned for freestyle and continued to outsplit Grimes over the freestyle clocking a 4:40.70 for the second-fastest qualifying time Caroline Bricker and Helena Rosendahl Bach also qualified for the championship final from the final heat Bricker swam her second personal best of the day with a 4:46.21 taking about two-tenths off her 400 IM best Bach is best known on the international stage for her 200 fly abilities by easily qualified for the championship final here in 4:46.82 swimming a 4:29.97 to break 4:30 for the first time There was a tie in heat four at 4:28.31 between Jacob Turner and Wilson York Bobby Finke shot to the top of the leaderboard in heat five stomping to a heat win by nearly three seconds Grant Sanders pulled within 2.5 seconds of Finke after the breaststroke leg by Finke widened the gap with a 1:01.13 freestyle split Finke’s 4:20.34 is a season-best for him getting under his finals time from the Southern Zone South Sectional Championships by six-hundredths Finke’s time remained the fastest of the morning as world record holder Leon Marchand won the final heat in 4:21.04 as he qualified for the 200 freestyle championship final at the start of the session Interestingly, though Marchand had a sizable lead after the backstroke leg, Tommy Bried ate into his lead on the breaststroke leg which is where Marchand historically breaks the race open Bried outsplit Marchand on freestyle as well Marchand did enough to touch .48 seconds ahead of Bried Bried’s 4:21.52 qualified third overall while Vargas’ time held up for eighth overall Just out of nowhere started in the TYR series again Seems to not be training with Nesty and his bad group McIntosh was really annoyed with herself for not taking it out with Regan at short course worlds She’ll probably correct that tonight But the correct decision to test herself and build a base Good to see Francis get a major pb he has been stuck in the same area since the summer I’m pretty sure UVA is taking exams right now so that could explain Curzan not doing well or she’s just in really hard training I know deep down in my heart that she will be a good LCM 200 Freestyler with time and training Why can’t TYR make a cap that fits Ledecky probably just not having a great meet but curzan is unfortunately looking really rough Btw I thought this meet would have live recap Torri no 😭 two separate 9th place finishes has to be frustrating May 04th, 2025 National, News, Pro Swim Series There were more individual World Records yesterday than in the entire Paris Olympics and here are some other swims that may have gone under radar Out of the early heats of the women’s 800 free, Michaela Mattes hacked 10 seconds off her best time to drop from an 8:44 to 8:34.76 That ended up ranking fifth after the final heat was swum and she also now ranks #5 among US women so far this season She may well have landed herself a place in the final heat at US Trials with this swim Jack Harvey, who swims internationally for Bermuda, dropped over a second off his entry time in the 100 backstroke to claim second in the final behind Hubert Kos He broke his own Bermudan record in the morning with a 54.87 and sliced another three-tenths off in to go 54.56 in the evening and he is now less than half a second off the World Aquatics ‘A’ cut McCarty swam the heats of the 100 back here shaving half a second off his best of 55.73 to go 55.26 before scratching the final in favour of the 50 where he ended up placing third Leah Hayes took on a tough double tonight In the first of those she set a new best time in both heats and finals shaving eight-tenths off over the course of the day to end with a time of 2:27.60 and contribute to a Virginia 1-2-3 Hayes swam this event at both ACCs and NCAAs finishing sixth at the conference championships before adding time at Federal Way to finish 17th With her IM 2.5  seconds off her best of 2:08.91 she could have far more time to drop when fully tapered he could crack NCAA qualification next year It was also over a second faster than she came home when swimming the record and again showcases the freestyle gains she has made this season Tolu Young set his third Fijian record in three days here in a quintessentially Arizona State slate of 50 free He shaved 0.42 off his own 50 free record today in 22.29 in the prelims before going under the old record again in finals with a 22.53 In a field that included Olympic champions in the 100 and 200 breast, Virginia’s Emma Weber pulled out a win in the 100 Breast on the 2nd night in Ft Lauderdale which entails saving a bit of energy until the final 15m paid off for her in a final that included Lilly King Glad to hear she’s looking for more in short course – clearly very talented and will be exciting to see if she can get it just right for her senior year She’s an Olympian and has been on several NCAA champion teams Soft 4 comment…Maybe a hard 3 on second thought I pray Emma doesn’t go from a 1:05 in Indy to a 1:07 in Singapore 🕯️🙏 I just commenced 6 weeks in the past and I’ve gotten 2 check for a complete of dollar4,two hundred This is the best decision I made in a long term Thank you for giving me this fantastic opportunity to make extra cash from home This extra cash has changed my lifestyles in so many approaches for greater details visit this web page……………… m o n e y 6 3 Athletes continued to shine on night three of the TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale The women’s 50-meter butterfly proved to be an exciting race as Olympians Gretchen Walsh (Nashville Minn./Longhorn Aquatics) claimed the top three places Walsh became the new American record holder in the event and the second woman in history to break the 25-second barrier Approximately 20 minutes after the race finished Smith swam the women’s 200m backstroke touching out her competition by going 2:06.32.   N.Y./Sandpipers of Nevada) placed first with a time of 1:54.93 It was her first time earning an individual time under 1:55 in the event narrowly beating distance swimming legend Katie Ledecky (Bethesda Paris Olympic teammate Erin Gemmell (Potomac Md./Longhorn Aquatics) placed third in the event with a time of 1:57.10.  Ohio/Mason Manta Rays) started his night by winning the men’s 200m freestyle (1:46.46) He followed his win by breaking the two-minute mark and placing third in the men’s 200m backstroke (1:59.09) less than an hour later.   The women’s and men’s 400m individual medley closed out the night as Emma Weyant (Sarasota Fla./University of Florida) and distance swimmer Bobby Finke (Clearwater Fla./Saint Petersburg Aquatics) got their hands on the wall first holding off the Paris champion and current world record holder Leon Marchand (FRA).   Calif./North Carolina Aquatic Club) went 30.49 in the women’s 50m breaststroke to touch out breaststroke Olympians Emma Weber (Denver Colo./Unattached) and Lilly King (Evansville Women’s 200m Freestyle – FINAL   Weinstein on her mindset headed into finals: “I’ve been doing pretty good at this meet so my only race plan was to race the people around me.”   Weinstein on the support of family at meets: “I love my sisters and it’s really special that they also swim and it’s funny because many of them are my friends It’s just amazing having so much support from my family.”   Men’s 200m Freestyle – FINAL   Foster on what it took to get through the last 50: “Just thinking about training I feel like I could hear Bob (Bowman) on the last 50 I was trying to imagine just getting into those races at practice Foster on his goals for this TYR Pro Swim Series meet: “I’m hoping to get a lot of training out of this meet It’s been quite a while since I’ve done doubles in a meet so that’s going to be big for my confidence going into summer I’m trying to handle these doubles so that later in the summer it becomes a little easier.”  Women’s 50m Breaststroke – FINAL   Smith on racing against her role models: “Lilly (King) has probably been one of my biggest role models since 2016 I remember that after 2023 World Champ Trials I sent her a direct message and told her it was the coolest thing to swim against you She’s still one of my biggest role models and I’m honored to compete against her.”  Smith on her first TYR Pro Swim Series win: “It’s so crazy so to say I’ve won a Pro Swim after college and get my first win ever is just an awesome thing!”   Men’s 50m Breaststroke – FINAL   Women’s 50m Butterfly – FINAL   Walsh on her new American record: “I think that the second woman to ever be under 25 (seconds) is a pretty cool stat It was a great way to show out at night three of the Pro Swim Series.”    Walsh on breaking barriers in the sport: “I think that going into the season I have been really close to a lot of different barriers It’s been cool to surpass two of those here I love following in the footsteps of Sarah Sjöström (in the women’s 50m butterfly) – she's such an idol to me and it’s cool to be in the same sentence as her She’s an incredible person to race and follow in her footsteps.”  Men’s 50m Butterfly – FINAL   Women’s 200m Backstroke – FINAL   Smith on her busy meet: “I think it's been a good racing opportunity so far and a good benchmark to see where I am This has been a pretty good meet overall.”  Men’s 200m Backstroke – FINAL   Women’s 400m Individual Medley – FINAL   Weyant on her race: “I’m honestly a little surprised right now because that’s the fastest I have been in three years since I went 4:33 in prelims (at the) Tokyo (Olympics) I am finally confident that I can swim my stroke I was a little nervous since my (disqualification) in 2022 and my freestyle was much better than it was a few weeks ago.”  Men’s 400m Individual Medley – FINAL   Finke on his trademark closing speed: “I was very grateful that Leon (Marchand) had the 200 (freestyle) earlier tonight I was just doing my best to hang on and play on my strengths a bit.”  After Leon Marchand swam his first races of 2025 last night, his coach Bob Bowman spoke with the media in Ft Lauderdale Bowman addressed Marchand’s form in the 400 free and how the rest of his group from Texas is looking in the pool this weekend May 02nd, 2025 Europe, National, News, Pro Swim Series and could well be focusing in on the back half for the 100 free where she is the reigning Olympic silver medallist Lukminas in 1:47.81 and Navikonis going 1:46.90 to join Koski under the Singapore cut of 1:47.01 Alex Walsh appeared to focus in on breaststroke in her final NCAA season and is entered in all three distances here She finished fourth in the 50 breaststroke final today in her first-ever sub-31 taking six-tenths off her best to go 30.90 With the 100 breaststroke looking open for US women so far this season she could be primed to make the top-two at trials Campbell McKean was the top American in the 100 breaststroke yesterday and although he didn’t claim that title in the 50 today he had two huge swims Entering with a best time of 28.55 from last summer (although he split 28.41 in the 100 last night) he went 27.53 in prelims before slicing off another tenth in finals to finish fourth in 27.40 McKean could be a bolter for the World Championships team this year and his experience in big finals here could be key for that Kito Campbell set a second Jamaican record in as many days as he added the 50 breaststroke to his 100 from yesterday He sliced nearly four-tenths off his previous best to break 28 seconds for the first time in 27.99 qualifying for the ‘B’ final where he added slightly to finish second in 28.11 Arizona State’s Tolu Young matched Campbell setting his second Fijian record of the meet He shattered the 100 free record yesterday and dropped the 50 fly record down below 24 seconds in 23.96 tonight as he won the ‘B’ final also had a big swim in the 50 fly as she dropped 1.53 seconds to win the ‘C’ final in 26.99 Michaela Mattes was another swimmer who dropped a significant chunk of time in the 400 IM breaking 4:50 for the first two times in her career going 4:45.06 to win the ‘B’ final going to fifth at 300 to win by over a second thanks to a stunning 1:01.95 final 100 UF mid distance and distance crew looks great Waiting for Bella to get back to her best… even if she doesn’t continue at UF Show Breaking News BarCloseLocal NewsChris Gothner – A French woman is facing three felony charges in South Florida after authorities said she tried to breach security at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport then attacked and bit a sheriff’s deputy trying to take her into custody Leer en español Court documents made public Friday state that Eva Leonnie Livia Hollemart Padoin tried to enter through doors marked “No Entry” leading into the secure area of Terminal 2 at around noon on Wednesday The Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report states that a deputy responded after overhearing Transportation Security Administration officers shouting at Hollemart Padoin Authorities said she ignored their commands to stop and kept walking “Deputy (redacted) advised her to leave the area but the defendant (Hollemart Padoin) repeatedly refused to comply,” the report states “Deputy (redacted) then took physical control of the defendant’s bag and attempted to direct her out of the area The defendant resisted by grabbing the bag back and again refusing to comply.” Hollemart Padoin tried once again to go past the door explained that the area was not an entry point and attempted to escort her out,” the report states the defendant struck Deputy (redacted) in the face with her left hand and kicked her in the leg.” After being informed that she was under arrest for trespassing in a secure area Hollemart Padoin resisted and the deputy called for backup As the two deputies struggled to get Hollemart Padoin into custody she bit the original deputy in her right thumb “breaking the skin and causing immediate bleeding.” It took “several minutes” to finally get her into custody Deputies arrested her on charges of aggravated battery on an officer resisting arrest with violence and trespassing on critical infrastructure She was being held on a $6,000 bond in BSO’s Paul Rein Detention Facility in Pompano Beach as of late Friday afternoon Chris Gothner joined the Local 10 News team in 2022 as a Digital Journalist Show Breaking News BarCloseLocal NewsAndrew Perez OAKLAND PARK – Residents are frustrated after teenagers were seen performing burnouts in the parking lot of a funeral home near the border of Oakland Park and Fort Lauderdale Residents said the issue is an ongoing problem they called the Broward Sheriff’s Office after the teens clipped a truck as they sped out of the neighborhood Leer en español not just with that car,” truck owner Dominick Sarta said It’s especially concerning with numerous children and families in the area It’s unclear if the young people are connected to other incidents nearby Anyone with information in this case is asked to call BSO Andrew Perez is a South Florida native who joined the Local 10 News team in May 2014 Branon knocked more than a second and a half off his personal best time over the course of the day clocking 1:56.81 in the final after a strong back half before closing in 3:58.86 to dismantle his previous best time of 8:00.39 The Streamline Aquatics quartet featured Bexon Harrison Coming into the meet having never broken 25 seconds Dennis got down to 24.79 at the Sacramento Pro Swim to rank in the top 10 in the world this season Hick dropped more than 13 seconds off his lifetime best to ultimately place 6th in the mile in 14:30.35 leading Kentucky to their best finish in 15 years May 02nd, 2025 Arena Swim of the Week, News Swim of the Week is brought to you by arena Disclaimer: Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail The Swim of the Week is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines or a race we didn’t get to examine as closely in the flood of weekly meets Longhorn Aquatics’ Ryan Branon had a pair of phenomenal swims in the men’s 200 butterfly on Thursday at the Pro Swim Series stop in Fort Lauderdale resetting his personal best twice and ultimately finishing 4th in an elite final and he brought that mark down to 1:57.86 in the prelims to advance 5th into the final but then he started to pick some swimmers off moving into 6th at the final turn and then claiming 4th at the finish His closing 100 split of 1:00.55 ranked 3rd in the field, only trailing Martin Espernberger and Carson Foster Branon has always shown a penchant for closing well and look no further than his swim from the Olympic Trials for evidence of that making him one of two swimmers to come home sub-30 in the Trials prelims three one-hundredths shy of a berth in the semis a rising senior at the University of Texas is now the 4th-fastest American this season in the 200 fly He’s coming off a 24th-place finish in the 200 fly at his debut NCAA Championships Making the evening even better for the Branon family was that Ryan’s younger brother, 16-year-old Daniel Branon set a best time in the ‘C’ final of the 200 fly clocking 2:00.82 to move into a tie for 39th all-time in the boys’ 15-16 age group See arena North America here Follow arena USA on Instagram here. About arena arena has revolutionized the world of aquatic sport through insightful collaboration with world class athletes and the development of cutting edge competitive swimwear since 1973 this spirit of collaboration and innovation lives on through a continuous evolution of advanced materials and Italian design that improves the performance style and expression of all those who chose arena arena is dedicated to providing all swimmers with the tools they need to express themselves Does any other family have 3 kids sub 2:01 in the 200 fly Headline says “Daniel” but should he “Ryan” More from James SutherlandSee All as today marks their 2nd straight day of scratches A few other names popped up on the scratch report, but it seems to be just workload management. Top seed in the 200 free, Penny Oleksiak has forgone a spot in the event, instead opting to race the 50 fly. Katie Grimes as is she had she would have had the very hard triple of the 200 free As it is she still has the latter two events back to back After a great 1500 free on day 1 and a stellar 400 last night, Ryan Erisman seems to be sticking to the freestyle events as he has dropped the 400 IM where he was the 8th seed in favor of the 200 free While Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel still appear on the heat sheets in the 50 fly the pair were no-shows in their events this morning so it’ll be a wait-and-see approach to determine whether or not they will swim Thinking we see a 1:54 mid-low from Katie tonight More from Mark WildSee All Andrea Torres – A witness’s video served as evidence of the chaos behind a property conversion in Fort Lauderdale with links to infamous New York City slumlords and a grieving attorney’s ongoing litigation on behalf of seniors and their families Advertised as “warm and supportive,” the Oasis Living Quarters had areas to provide services to seniors in need of memory care Residents have accused Steven Gottlieb residents said they were forced to move out of the Oasis Living Quarters independent living area The residents said they were misled to think it was for a “renovation,” but it was for a conversion to The Waterview Rental, a leasing community --- advertised to have “lavish amenities” and “palatial” apartments vulnerable Oasis Living Quarters residents in the assisted living facility area had paid their month’s rent when they attended a “mandatory” meeting a few days later to talk about a move due to “upgrades.” Related story: Families ‘disgusted’ after seniors told to leave Fort Lauderdale facility A woman fired questions: “Why don’t you just say you are shutting down the place?” and “Are you going to close assisted living and memory care The tragic scene had several connections to New York and New Jersey Related story: ‘A growing real estate trend’: Fort Lauderdale senior home faces backlash over evictions Records show the address, 150 Airport Road, Lakewood, Suite 900, is also home to several businesses including the Cedar Development Group and the Cedar Health Group SPV Realty is registered in Florida to a penthouse at the Ameritania a hotel in Times Square linked to Olson’s husband who developed a reputation as an enemy of housing activists in New York City was on probation after a grand larceny and coercion case allegedly involved “professional vacators” that operated as a gang as part of his father‘s real estate tactics in the 80s In 2013, The New York Magazine reported that the case had included a woman who had “died of pneumonia in an unheated room” and described how the Podolsky family had “created the homeless supply and profited from the shelter demand.” In a more recent lawsuit in Broward County court, Comras’s nephew, David Comras claimed there was a Florida law violation when heartless property owners forced his aunt and other Oasis Living Quarters residents to vacate -- without written notice and in less than 45 days Related story: Judge halts eviction at senior living facility amid alleged luxury apartment plan also claimed that there was fraud when opposing counsel produced “fabricated evidence” of a January written notice and Oasis Living Quarters employees’ testimony to the contrary he said he saw the worry in his aunt’s eyes in March after she had learned she had to move out He blames the property owners’ greed for her death after she moved out from the Oasis Living Quarters ALF The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013 She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award Janelle Monáe will embrace Black dandyism’s elegance at the Met Gala with an all-star collaboration with Oscar winner Paul Tazewell and Thom Browne. 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Authorities say a 17-year-old Polish student has been arrested in Greece in connection with the killing of a 16-year-old girl in Poland you’ll want to explore these unique local recommendations.  From must-try food spots, several botanical gardens, unique shopping centers, and lavish local parks, this Redfin article has got you covered. Read on for a local’s perspective of unique things to do while living in Fort Lauderdale One way to begin getting acquainted with the city is by indulging in some of Fort Lauderdale’s best restaurants Redfin’s local experts will help you find memorable meals across the city a local marketing agency in Fort Lauderdale a Fort Lauderdale local digital marketing agency a local architectural and interior photographer “Finally reopened after being closed for over a year due to roof issues and costs of replacement/insurance, the MAI-KAI Restaurant & Polynesian Show is a must-visit” – SEO Smooth a travel blog run by South-Florida based couple Tim and Michelle it’s a great place to start or end your day at the beach.” Ronni Zarlinga of Headshots by Ronni seconds a visit to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park “I always recommend renting a canoe or paddleboard and cruising through the park’s waterways,” says Ronni and feels like a totally different side of Fort Lauderdale most people don’t expect.” continues to sing the praises of this unique experience this historic estate offers a surprising escape into old Florida charm it’s an unexpected oasis in the heart of the city,” says Abner Jacob Tanur, producer and creative director at local video production company Click Play Films I head to Bonnet House — it’s like stepping onto a hidden set from another era,” says Jacob and quirky backstory of the artist who lived there make it feel like a living location scout’s dream I’ve found more visual inspiration wandering those trails than in most galleries.” Known as the heart and soul of Fort Lauderdale, a visit to Las Olas Boulevard is essential. “While Fort Lauderdale Beach may be the biggest draw for most tourists, Las Olas Boulevard stands out as a place to eat, shop, and explore,” shares Tim at All World “You’ll encounter the finest dining establishments from all cuisines and even farmers markets and art festivals on the weekends.” making it ideal for families and visitors alike I’ve attended several events there and it regularly hosts farmers markets With its scenic ocean views and diverse activities The LOOP captures the essence of Fort Lauderdale’s coastal charm.” “Visitors can explore a variety of retailers With its open-air layout and convenient location Pembroke Gardens serves as a local hub for dining If you’re looking for a local craft beer, check out Riverside Market and Cafe. “This is my go-to spot after a long shoot or edit session,” says Jacob Tanur, producer and creative director at Click Play Films and has that lived-in charm that reminds me of a great character in a documentary — unpolished but totally authentic and eavesdrop on conversations that could inspire my next scene.” For a blend of two favorites, consider visiting Ales and Asanas Yoga “We utilize local breweries to foster a community of fitness and beer enthusiasts in a welcoming atmosphere,” says Alyssa Gruber of Ales and Asanas “We get social after class and sample craft beverages while getting to know our neighbors and supporting local businesses Part of the beauty of Florida is the wide array of unique flora and fauna that thrive in this region. “​If you’re in the Fort Lauderdale area, Flamingo Gardens is a must-visit destination,” says Michael Ferguson of Elevated Cleaning Services a professional cleaning service in Fort Lauderdale.  “This 60-acre botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary offers a unique opportunity to hand-feed flamingos explore lush gardens filled with over 3,000 plant species and observe native Florida wildlife like panthers and otters in naturalistic habitats It’s a perfect outing for nature lovers and families alike.” See the city from a new perspective with a ride on one of Fort Lauderdale’s water taxis. “The best way to see the ‘Venice of America’ is by boat, of course,” says Krisen Skladd of Anderson Collaborative a marketing agency in Fort Lauderdale.  “I love taking out-of-towners on the Water Taxi for a cruise down the Intracoastal as the captain shares exciting facts about celebrity homes it’s so fun to be able to hop on and off at your leisure without worrying about getting stuck in traffic.” For something a bit more lavish, consider spending a night at the Hard Rock Guitar Hotel. “Iconic and out west, away from the hustle and bustle of Fort Lauderdale,” says the team at SEO Smooth especially the fact it has something extremely rare a cold plunge jacuzzi pool that is set at 40 degrees Check out the Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar for a fun hole-in-the-wall experience. “Tucked away behind Ocean Manor Resort on the Galt Ocean Mile, this little gem is truly a tropical hideaway,” says Krisen Skladd of Anderson Collaborative “You can enjoy a meal or drink just steps away from the ocean casual atmosphere means you can come exactly as you are.” “This enchanting sanctuary offers visitors a chance to stroll through lush tropical gardens It’s a must-visit destination for nature enthusiasts and families visiting Fort Lauderdale seeking a unique and memorable experience.” Jeremy Steckler works at Redfin as a Content Marketing Coordinator He has been cultivating a passion for writing his whole life and is recently diving into a love for producing local and lifestyle content Jeremy lives in Seattle and loves spending time hiking His ideal home would be a decommissioned lighthouse overlooking the water 🇨🇦 Canada Updated January 2020: By searching, you agree to the Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy REDFIN IS COMMITTED TO AND ABIDES BY THE FAIR HOUSING ACT AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT. 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