﻿{"id":628197,"date":"2025-12-04T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=628197"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:20:15","slug":"us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Day 2 Prelims: Kate Douglass Races to Pair of Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Open continued from Texas with the first full day of competition.<\/p>\n<p>The prelims include the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s 50 backstroke, 400 free, 200 IM, 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle heats.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at how the morning played out:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2025\/2025-toyota-u-s-open-championships-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Women&#8217;s 50 Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>As anticipated, the backstroke events are again loaded on the women&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>American record-holder <strong>Katharine Berkoff t<\/strong>ook the top seed in 27.49, about a half second off of her US Open and American record time of 26.97 set in June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> was just behind at 27.79, followed by fellow Olympian <strong>Phoebe Bacon<\/strong>, who got tot he wall in 28.13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Erika Palaez<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 28.21, just ahead of a pair of Canadian Olympians, <strong>Ingrid Wilm<\/strong> (28.28) and <strong>Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> (28.42), who continues to shine swimming just about anything.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top eight were <strong>Leah Shackley<\/strong> (28.48) and<strong> Kaitlyn Owens<\/strong> (28.53).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1107,573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x530.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628198 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1107\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1107w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x530.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_-280x145.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_-450x233.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114136_www.omegatiming.com_-533x276.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1107px) 100vw, 1107px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Men&#8217;s 50 Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>While the U.S. men dominated the backstroke to kick off the session, it was the international men who were off to the races faster in the men&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s <strong>Henry Allan<\/strong> took the top seed in 24.70, followed by<strong> Ivan Tarasov<\/strong> and <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong>, who tied at 25.19 for the second seed.<\/p>\n<p>US&#8217;s <strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 25.22, ahead of <strong>Bjoern Kammann<\/strong> (25.24), <strong>Jack Aikens<\/strong> (25.29) and <strong>Daniel Diehl<\/strong> (25.29), who tied for the sixth spot, and <strong>Sam Lorenz<\/strong> (25.30).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628199\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1121,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x505.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628199 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1121\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1121w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x505.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_-280x138.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_-450x222.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114626_www.omegatiming.com_-533x263.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Women&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h3>\n<p>The international star power continued in the 400 free as Canadian Olympic gold medalist <strong>Summer<\/strong> <strong>McIntosh<\/strong> claimed the top seed in the 400 free by 11 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>McIntosh got to the wall in 4:00.68. The second seed went to U.S. Olympian <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong>, who finished in 4:11.89.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Siegel<\/strong> took the third seed in 4:13.56, followed by <strong>Mila Nikaronov<\/strong> (4:13.60), Olympians <strong>Anna<\/strong> <strong>Peplowski<\/strong> (4:13.65) and<strong> Erin Gemmell<\/strong> (4:14.41), <strong>Chloe Stepanek<\/strong> (4:14.99) and <strong>Leticia Fassina Romao<\/strong> (4:15.77).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1184,728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x630.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1184\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1184w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x630.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_-280x172.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_-450x277.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_114649_www.omegatiming.com_-533x328.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1184px) 100vw, 1184px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Men&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Training partners<strong> Luke Hobson, Carson Foster<\/strong> and <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> all showed up in strong fashion, taking the top three seeds in the 400 freestyle to set up what should be a very interesting final.<\/p>\n<p>Hobson took the top seed in 3:47.56, ahead of Foster (3:48.05) and Marchand (3:48.13).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luka Mijatovic<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 3:48.30, ahead of <strong>Aaron Shackell<\/strong> (3:49.56), <strong>Illia Sibertsev<\/strong> (3:51.60), <strong>Luke Whitlock (<\/strong>3:51.94) and <strong>Jordi Vilchez<\/strong> (3:52.00).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bobby Finke<\/strong> ended up 11th (3:55.21).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1144,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x772.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1144\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1144w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x772.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_-265x200.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_-450x339.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115044_www.omegatiming.com_-533x402.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Women&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>US Olympic gold medalist <strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> cranked out a strong morning swim to get to the wall in 2:10.60.<\/p>\n<p>Having just swam the 50 back, Canada Olympian <strong>Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> threw down a 2:11.35 to take th top seed.<\/p>\n<p>Olympian<strong> Alex Walsh<\/strong> took the third spot at 2:11.67.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tara Kinder<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 2:13.44, followed by UCLA&#8217;s <strong>Rosie Murphy<\/strong> (2:13.72), Olympians <strong>Alex Shackell (<\/strong>2:13.88) and <strong>Phoebe Bacon<\/strong> (2:14.38), who also swam the 50 back, and <strong>Isaballe Boyd<\/strong> (2:15.10).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1130,807\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x731.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1130\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1130w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-280x200.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-450x321.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115348_www.omegatiming.com_-533x381.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1130px) 100vw, 1130px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>Swimming a quick double, Hungary Olympic champion <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong> took the top seed in the 200 IM. He got to the wall in 1:58.79, just ahead of Texas&#8217; <strong>Baylor Nelson<\/strong> (1:58.99).<\/p>\n<p>Indiana&#8217;s <strong>Owen McDonald<\/strong> finished with the third seed in 1:59.25, followed by <strong>Tristan Jakovics<\/strong> (1:59.31), Canada&#8217;s<strong> Finlay Knox<\/strong> (1:58.72),<strong> Noah Cakier<\/strong> (2:00.04), Olympian <strong>Kieran Smith<\/strong> (2:00.64) and <strong>Luke Barr<\/strong> (2:00.71).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1133,808\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x730.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1133\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1133w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-280x200.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-450x321.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115610_www.omegatiming.com_-533x380.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1133px) 100vw, 1133px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Women&#8217;s 50 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Ireland&#8217;s <strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong> claimed the top seed in the 50 breast, getting to the wall in 30.80.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maria Ramos Najji<\/strong> took the second seed in 30.91, followed by<strong> Skyler Smith<\/strong> (30.99), <strong>Mackenzie<\/strong> <strong>Lung<\/strong> (31.00),<strong> Aliz Kalmar<\/strong> (31.03), <strong>Piper Enge<\/strong> (31.16), <strong>Alexanne Lepage<\/strong> (31.19) and <strong>Caroline Larsen<\/strong> (31.33).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_115817_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115817_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1110,575\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_115817_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115817_www.omegatiming.com_-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115817_www.omegatiming.com_-450x233.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_115817_www.omegatiming.com_-533x276.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Men&#8217;s 50 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Michael Houlie<\/strong> took the top seed in the 50 breast, getting to the wall in 26.79.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Van Mathias<\/strong> took the second spot in 26.64, followed by <strong>Campbell McKean<\/strong> (27.23), <strong>Jack Kelly<\/strong> (27.26), <strong>Josh Matheny<\/strong> (27.32)<strong>, Nate Germonprez<\/strong> (27.58),<strong> Andres Puente Bustamante<\/strong> (27.61) and <strong>Travis Gulledge<\/strong> (27.69).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628205\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1076,571\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x543.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1076\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1076w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x543.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_-280x149.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_-300x159.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_-450x239.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12015_www.omegatiming.com_-533x283.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Women&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> claimed her second top seed of the morning with a 24.49 in the 50 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>She was just ahead of NYAC and former Virginia teammate <strong>Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> (24.67).<\/p>\n<p>They both share the American record at 23.91.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marie Wattel<\/strong> was third in 24.79, followed by <strong>Darcy Revitt<\/strong> (24.85) and Olympic champion <strong>Simone Manuel<\/strong> (24.86).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top eight were <strong>Elizaveta Klevanovich<\/strong> (24.99), <strong>Caroline Larsen<\/strong> (25.00) and <strong>Liberty Clark<\/strong> (25.03).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_12241_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_4-12-2025_12241_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1084,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Open Men&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> swam to the 11th seed in the 50 free, getting to the wall in 22.17 in his return to the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia&#8217;s<strong> Andrej Barna<\/strong> took the top seed in 21.58, followed by Olympians <strong>Jack Alexy<\/strong> (21.71) and <strong>Chris Guiliano<\/strong> (21.74).<\/p>\n<p>Arizona State&#8217;s <strong>Jonny Kulow<\/strong> was fourth (21.90), followed by <strong>Remi Fabiani<\/strong> (21.91),<strong> Tolu Young<\/strong> (21.92), <strong>Kaii Winkler<\/strong> (21.93) and <strong>Matt King<\/strong> (22.04).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628207\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-open-day-2-prelims-kate-douglass-races-to-pair-of-top-seeds\/screenshot_4-12-2025_12739_www-omegatiming-com\/\" 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The prelims include the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s 50 backstroke, 400 free, 200 IM, 50 breaststroke and 50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":613342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>US Open Day 2 Prelims: Kate Douglass Races to Two Top Seeds<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"US Open Day 2 Prelims: Kate Douglass Races to Pair of Top Seeds. 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