{"id":643766,"date":"2026-05-23T12:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=643766"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:59:34","slug":"pro-swim-series-sacramento-day-4-prelims-sean-niewold-michael-andrew-impress-in-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pro-swim-series-sacramento-day-4-prelims-sean-niewold-michael-andrew-impress-in-qualifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 4 Prelims: Sean Niewold, Michael Andrew Impress in Qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 4 Prelims: Sean Niewold, Michael Andrew Impress in Qualifying<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Qualifying events at the USA Swimming Pro Series in Sacramento concluded Saturday with the 50 butterfly, 100 breaststroke and 100 freestyle on the docket.\u00a0<strong>Sean Niewold<\/strong>, the winner of the 100 fly and 50 free already, swam the top times in the 50 fly and 100 free while\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> followed up his second seed in the fly with a top-ranked 10 breast.<\/p>\n<p>On the women&#8217;s side, French swimmers\u00a0<strong>Marie Wattel<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/strong> both earned top seeds, as did Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Aliz Kalmar<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> will try to build on her strong first two days, in which she captured three wins, as she contests finals of the 50 fly and 100 free.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pro-swim-series-sacramento-day-1-finals-luka-mijatovic-dominates-1500-freestyle-with-first-sub-1500-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pro-swim-series-sacramento-day-2-finals-torri-huske-adds-two-more-wins-ryan-murphy-claims-50-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pro-swim-series-sacramento-day-3-finals-carles-coll-marti-claims-200-breast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/USA-Swimming-TYR-Pro-Swim-Series-Sacramento-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Women&#8217;s 50 Butterfly<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Leading the way in the women&#8217;s 50 fly was France&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Marie Wattel<\/strong>, who recorded a time of 26.43. Wattel previously placed third in the 100 fly Wednesday evening.\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong>, the Canadian who placed second in the aforementioned two-lap race, qualified in the No. 2 spot for the final at 26.67, followed by\u00a0<strong>Kalia Antoniou<\/strong> (26.79),\u00a0<strong>Lismar Lyon<\/strong> (26.80) and\u00a0<strong>Caroline Larsen<\/strong> (26.82).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Torri Huske<\/strong>, the winner of three events already this week in Sacramento, took sixth in 26.99, followed by a seventh-place time between\u00a0<strong>Kasia Wasick<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Katrin Otaegi<\/strong> in 27.24. Wasick, 34, is more than twice the age of the 16-year-old Otaegi.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 27  Women 50 LC Meter Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 24.43  7\/5\/2014  Sarah Sjoestroem, SWE\r\n     American: A 24.66  6\/4\/2025  Gretchen Walsh, New York Athleti\r\n    U.S. Open: O 24.66  6\/4\/2025  Gretchen Walsh, New York Athleti\r\n     Pro Swim: M 24.93  5\/2\/2025  Gretchen Walsh, New York Athelti\r\n     Jr World:   25.46  8\/26\/2017 Rikako Ikee, JPN\r\n    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Wattel, Marie          28 Sun Devil Swimmi    26.01      26.43  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  2 Ruck, Taylor           25 Swimming Canada-    25.71      26.67  \r\n         r:+0.66                       \r\n  3 Antoniou, Kalia        26 Unattached-SE       26.51      26.79  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  4 Lyon, Lismar           25 South Florida Aq    26.30      26.80  \r\n         r:+0.59                       \r\n  5 Larsen, Caroline       20 Univ Louisville-    26.06      26.82  \r\n         r:+0.70                       \r\n  6 Huske, Torri           23 Unattached-PV       26.23      26.99  \r\n         r:+0.64                       \r\n  7 Wasick, Kasia          34 Unattached-NT       23.99Y     27.24  \r\n         r:+0.62                       \r\n  7 Otaegi, Katrin         16 San Ramon Valley    27.44      27.24  \r\n         r:+0.68<\/pre>\n<h2><strong>Men&#8217;s 50 Butterfly<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Already with wins in the 100 fly and 50 free at the Pro Series,\u00a0<strong>Sean Niewold<\/strong> of Alabama and the Netherlands went 22.94 to cruise to the top spot in the 50 fly by more than four tenths. Niewold will have veteran swimmers surrounding him in the final as\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong>, twice a World Championships medalist in the event, was second in 23.37 and\u00a0<strong>Dylan Carter<\/strong> went 23.49 for third.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Santo Condorelli<\/strong>, who has represented Canada, Italy and the United States in major competition, took fourth in 23.61, with\u00a0<strong>Finlay Knox<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Aiden Hayes<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Brandon Ha<\/strong> and <strong>Ryan Nordheim<\/strong> also making it back to the top heat, Nordheim rounding out the field i n24.60.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 28  Men 50 LC Meter Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 22.27  7\/1\/2018  Andrii Govorov, UKR\r\n     American: A 22.35  7\/16\/2022 Caeleb Dressel, USA\r\n    U.S. Open: O 22.80  1\/17\/2026 Maxime Grousset, France\r\n     Pro Swim: M 22.80  1\/17\/2026 Maxime Grousset, France\r\n     Jr World:   22.96  9\/3\/2022  Diogo Matosribeiro, POR\r\n    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Niewold, Sean          24 Univ Alabama Swi    23.04      22.94  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  2 Andrew, Michael        27 MA Swim Academy-    23.10      23.37  \r\n         r:+0.69                       \r\n  3 Carter, Dylan          30 Azura Florida Aq    22.93      23.49  \r\n         r:+0.65                       \r\n  4 Condorelli, Santo      31 FAST Swim Team-C    23.23      23.61  \r\n         r:+0.60                       \r\n  5 Knox, Finlay           25 Swimming Canada-    23.57      24.03  \r\n         r:+0.66                       \r\n  6 Hayes, Aiden           22 NC State Univers    23.57      24.22  \r\n         r:+0.64                       \r\n  7 Ha, Brandon            18 DART Swimming-SN    24.37      24.54  \r\n         r:+0.65                       \r\n  8 Nordheim, Ryan         23 Unattached-AM       27.04      24.60  \r\n         r:+0.65<\/pre>\n<h2><strong>Women&#8217;s 100 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Aliz Kalmar<\/strong>, a native of Hungary who represents Fresno State in college competition, had the fastest time in a relatively weak but still competitive 100 breaststroke. Kalmar, previously second in the 200-meter race, took the top time in prelims by seven hundredths at 1:09.46.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silje Slyngstadli<\/strong>, a Cal swimmer originally from Norway, was second in 1:09.65, just ahead of Stanford&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lucy Thomas<\/strong> (1:09.54) and\u00a0<strong>Adalene Robillard<\/strong> (1:09.63).\u00a0<strong>Jenna Pulkkinen<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Mikayla Tan<\/strong> also went sub-1:10 while\u00a0<strong>Phoebe Bacon<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Caroline Bricker<\/strong>, both established international performers in other strokes, also reached the championship heat.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 29  Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 1:04.13  7\/25\/2017 Lilly King, USA\r\n     American: A 1:04.13  7\/25\/2017 Lilly King, USA\r\n    U.S. Open: O 1:04.45  8\/7\/2009  Jessica Hardy, Trojan\r\n     Pro Swim: M 1:05.32  3\/31\/2022 Lilly King, Indiana Swim Tea\r\n     Jr World:   1:04.35  7\/29\/2013 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU\r\n    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Kalmar, Aliz           23 Fresno State Swi  1:07.57    1:09.46  \r\n    r:+0.69  32.42      1:09.46 (37.04)\r\n  2 Slyngstadli, Silje     22 California Aquat  1:07.53    1:09.53  \r\n    r:+0.67  32.10      1:09.53 (37.43)\r\n  3 Thomas, Lucy           20 Alto Swim Club-P  1:08.63    1:09.54  \r\n    r:+0.64  31.87      1:09.54 (37.67)\r\n  4 Robillard, Adalene     18 Alto Swim Club-P  1:09.09    1:09.63  \r\n    r:+0.67  32.94      1:09.63 (36.69)\r\n  5 Pulkkinen, Jenna       21 Fresno State Swi  1:09.38    1:09.84  \r\n    r:+0.67  32.53      1:09.84 (37.31)\r\n  6 Tan, Mikayla           16 San Ramon Valley  1:08.74    1:09.94  \r\n    r:+0.67  32.93      1:09.94 (37.01)\r\n  7 Bacon, Phoebe          23 Wisconsin Aquati  1:12.59    1:10.80  \r\n    r:+0.68  33.88      1:10.80 (36.92)\r\n  8 Bricker, Caroline      21 Alto Swim Club-P  1:01.44Y   1:10.88  \r\n    r:+0.63  33.51      1:10.88 (37.37)<\/pre>\n<h2><strong>Men&#8217;s 100 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> sits in pole position in the 100 breast, but he faces some tough competition in Saturday evening&#8217;s final. Andrew swam a time of 1:01.23 to top prelims, but NCAA champion\u00a0<strong>Yamato Okadome<\/strong> (1:01.45) and 200 breast winner\u00a0<strong>Carles Coll Marti<\/strong> (1:01.47) were not far away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eli Martin<\/strong>, a Virginia Tech Hokie along with Coll Marti, tied with\u00a0<strong>Andrew Eubanks\u00a0<\/strong>for fourth in 1:01.54, while\u00a0<strong>Tom Higdon<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Josh Matheny<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Daniel Li<\/strong> also advanced to the final. Matheny is a multi-time World Championships finalist in the 100 breast, and he swam that stroke on the U.S. men&#8217;s medley relay at last summer&#8217;s World Championships, earning a bronze medal for his efforts.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 30  Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 56.88  7\/21\/2019 Adam Peaty, GBR\r\n     American: A 58.14  6\/13\/2021 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club\r\n    U.S. Open: O 58.14  6\/13\/2021 Michael Andrew, Race Pace Club\r\n     Pro Swim: M 58.67  5\/13\/2021 Michael Andrew, MA Swim Academy\r\n     Jr World:   58.94  6\/20\/2025 Shin Ohashi, JPN\r\n    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Andrew, Michael        27 MA Swim Academy-    59.65    1:01.23  \r\n    r:+0.72  28.49      1:01.23 (32.74)\r\n  2 Okadome, Yamato        20 California Aquat  1:00.21    1:01.45  \r\n    r:+0.65  28.62      1:01.45 (32.83)\r\n  3 Coll Marti, Carles     24 Spain-IT          1:00.39    1:01.47  \r\n    r:+0.60  28.41      1:01.47 (33.06)\r\n  4 Martin, Eli            20 Virginia Tech-VA  1:00.23    1:01.54  \r\n    r:+0.69  28.80      1:01.54 (32.74)\r\n  4 Eubanks, Andrew        18 Dolphins-OR       1:00.79    1:01.54  \r\n    r:+0.65  28.50      1:01.54 (33.04)\r\n  6 Higdon, Tom            28 DART Swimming-SN  1:01.81    1:02.01  \r\n    r:+0.68  28.99      1:02.01 (33.02)\r\n  7 Matheny, Josh          23 Indiana Swim Clu    59.15    1:02.08  \r\n    r:+0.67  28.96      1:02.08 (33.12)\r\n  8 Li, Daniel             20 Rose Bowl Aquati  1:01.81    1:02.31  \r\n    r:+0.68  29.30      1:02.31 (33.01)<\/pre>\n<h2><strong>Women&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Cal&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/strong> secured the top seed in this event over the swimmer who finished 2025 as the top-ranked swimmer in the world,\u00a0<strong>Torri Huske<\/strong>. Moluh clocked 55.10 in prelims to Huske&#8217;s 55.28, with\u00a0<strong>Bella Sims<\/strong> (55.36) and\u00a0<strong>Caroline Larsen<\/strong> (55.39) not far away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marie Wattel<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Chloe Stepanek<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Kalia Antoniou<\/strong> also advanced to the final, and\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong> claimed the last spot thanks to a win over\u00a0<strong>Marie Landreneau<\/strong> in a swim-off. After both women went 56.53 in the morning, Ruck went to another gear in the head-to-head matchup, her 55.41 matching Wattel for fifth-best on the day thus far.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 31  Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 51.71  7\/23\/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE\r\n     American: A 52.04  7\/26\/2019 Simone Manuel, USA\r\n    U.S. Open: O 52.43  6\/3\/2025  Torri Huske, Arlington Aquati\r\n     Pro Swim: M 52.74  4\/11\/2024 Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong\r\n     Jr World:   52.70  8\/11\/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN\r\n    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Moluh, Mary-Ambre      20 California Aquat    54.08      55.10  \r\n    r:+0.68  26.63        55.10 (28.47)\r\n  2 Huske, Torri           23 Unattached-PV       52.29      55.28  \r\n    r:+0.59  26.49        55.28 (28.79)\r\n  3 Sims, Bella            20 Sandpipers Of Ne    54.45      55.36  \r\n    r:+0.57  26.53        55.36 (28.83)\r\n  4 Larsen, Caroline       20 Univ Louisville-    54.43      55.39  \r\n    r:+0.71  26.43        55.39 (28.96)\r\n  5 Wattel, Marie          28 Sun Devil Swimmi    53.38      55.41  \r\n    r:+0.68  26.82        55.41 (28.59)\r\n  6 Stepanek, Chloe        24 Long Island Aqua    54.63      55.73  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.97        55.73 (28.76)\r\n  7 Antoniou, Kalia        26 Unattached-SE       54.23      56.40  \r\n    r:+0.68  27.08        56.40 (29.32)\r\n  8 Ruck, Taylor           25 Swimming Canada-    53.88      56.53  \r\n    r:+0.65  26.72        56.53 (29.81)<\/pre>\n<h2><strong>Men&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sean Niewold<\/strong> will swim from lane four in successive finals thanks to a strong 100 free prelims time of 48.86, only five hundredths slower than his seed time. Niewold is set for another double in the finals session, coming into this 100 free after he races the 50 fly, and his rivals will try to take advantage.\u00a0<strong>Henry McFadden<\/strong>, already the winner of the 200 free at this meet, will be the toughest competitor after he finished in 48.87, just one hundredth behind Niewold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keaton Jones<\/strong> has shown major improvements in freestyle this week. The 200 back Olympic finalist went 49.23 in prelims, a second quicker than his seed time.\u00a0<strong>Lamar Taylor<\/strong> grabbed fourth in 49.27, followed by\u00a0<strong>Brendan Whitfield<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jerry Fox<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Nans Mazellier<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Ruslan Gaziev<\/strong>. At 49.89, Gaziev beat Canadian countryman\u00a0<strong>Finlay Knox<\/strong> for the last spot in the final by five hundredths.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 32  Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n        World: W 46.40  7\/31\/2024 Zhanle Pan, CHN\r\n     American: A 46.81  7\/30\/2025 Jack Alexy, USA\r\n    U.S. Open: O 46.99  6\/3\/2025  Jack Alexy, California Aquat\r\n     Pro Swim: M 47.38  3\/4\/2026  Chris Guiliano, Longhorn Aquatic\r\n     Jr World:   46.86  8\/13\/2022 David Popovici, ROU\r\n    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Niewold, Sean          24 Univ Alabama Swi    48.81      48.86  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.31        48.86 (25.55)\r\n  2 McFadden, Henry        20 Jersey Wahoos-MA    47.97      48.87  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.76        48.87 (25.11)\r\n  3 Jones, Keaton          21 California Aquat    50.28      49.23  \r\n    r:+0.72  23.92        49.23 (25.31)\r\n  4 Taylor, Lamar          22 Bahamas Aquatics    48.51      49.27  \r\n    r:+0.60  23.17        49.27 (26.10)\r\n  5 Whitfield, Brendan     21 Virginia Tech-VA    48.44      49.49  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.53        49.49 (25.96)\r\n  6 Fox, Jerry             20 NC State Univers    48.60      49.77  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.71        49.77 (26.06)\r\n  7 Mazellier, Nans        22 California Aquat    48.21      49.78  \r\n    r:+0.65  23.58        49.78 (26.20)\r\n  8 Gaziev, Ruslan         26 Swimming Canada-    48.37      49.89  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.20        49.89 (25.69)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Swim Series Sacramento, Day 4 Prelims: Sean Niewold, Michael Andrew Impress in Qualifying Qualifying events at the USA Swimming Pro Series in Sacramento concluded Saturday with the 50 butterfly,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":613898,"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":[122077,7],"tags":[137899,135785,131500,35130,25824,135809,74161],"class_list":["post-643766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas","category-usa","tag-2025-tyr-pro-swim-series","tag-2025-tyr-pro-swim-series-sacramento","tag-caroline-larsen","tag-marie-wattel","tag-michael-andrew","tag-sean-niewold","tag-torri-huske"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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