{"id":642093,"date":"2026-04-19T09:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=642093"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:20:55","slug":"van-mathias-lowers-50-breaststroke-american-record-at-bergen-swim-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/van-mathias-lowers-50-breaststroke-american-record-at-bergen-swim-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Mathias Lowers 50 Breaststroke American Record at Bergen Swim Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Van Mathias Lowers 50 Breaststroke American Record at Bergen Swim Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The strong breaststroke results for American\u00a0<strong>Van Mathias<\/strong> continued Sunday as the Bergen Swim Festival concluded. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lukas-martens-lowers-german-200-back-record-van-mathias-tops-100m-breaststroke-rankings-in-bergen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming the fifth-fastest man ever in the 100 breast<\/a>, Mathias he captured another win over 50 meters, setting a national record in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Mathias went 26.39 in the 50 breast prelims to crack the previous American record belonging to <strong>Nic Fink<\/strong> at 26.45. He became the eighth-fastest performer ever in the process and easily cleared the winning time posted by Italy&#8217;s <strong>Simone Cerasuolo<\/strong> at last year&#8217;s World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>At night, Mathias dominated the field while going only hundredths slower at 26.46. A group of his fellow Indiana-trained breaststrokers completed the podium, with <strong>Finn Brooks<\/strong> second (27.48), <strong>Brian Benzing<\/strong> third (27.76) and <strong>Josh Matheny<\/strong> (27.81) just behind. Brooks was the victor in the 50 backstroke later in the session, going 25.15.<\/p>\n<p>A meet record was established by <strong>Dare Rose<\/strong> in the men&#8217;s 100 butterfly, as the American touched in 50.70 to erase the 51.13 set last year by <strong>Nyls Korstanje<\/strong>. Going out in 23.89, Rose built an early lead and added to his margin over the second length, which he covered in 26.81. Germany&#8217;s <strong>Josha Salchow<\/strong> was the runnerup in 52.74, with Korstanje going 53.00 for third.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s 50 freestyle saw another Indiana swimmer pick up a win. <strong>Matt King<\/strong> topped the field in 21.72, lowering the meet record of 21.78 set by <strong>Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> last year.\u00a0<strong>Mikkel Lee<\/strong>, a Singapore native who trains with the Hoosiers, got second in 21.95 with Czechia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jan Foltyn<\/strong> third (22.24). King was just shy of his personal best of 21.70, set at the 2024 United States Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n<p>On the women&#8217;s side, there was no separating the Netherlands&#8217; <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> and Czechia&#8217;s <strong>Barbora Janickova<\/strong>, as each woman checked in with a time of 24.81. Steenbergen followed up on Saturday&#8217;s showing, where she won the 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder <strong>Lukas M\u00e4rtens<\/strong> of Germany was easily the winner of the 400 freestyle, as he produced a swim of 3:44.29. The only man in history to break the 3:40 barrier in the event, M\u00e4rtens won by nearly nine seconds as he looks ahead to this summer&#8217;s European Championships in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Olivia Klint Ipsa<\/strong> dominated the women&#8217;s 100 breast in 1:08.08, followed by France&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Anastasia Urbana<\/strong> (1:10.47) and Sweden&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hanna Bergman<\/strong> (1:10.52). In the 400 free, American <strong>Anna Peplowski<\/strong> continued her strong meet with a time of 4:10.82 to beat Norway&#8217;s <strong>Bea Hovda<\/strong> (4:12.74) and Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Elvira Morstrand<\/strong> (4:18.88). 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