2026 U.S. National Championship: Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Here's what's trending across the USA right now:
2026 U.S. National Championship: Day 1 Finals Live Recap Comments: 405 Brooks Curry leads the way into the men's 100 freestyle final after a competitive morning that saw four men break 48 seconds at the 2026 U.S. National champs. Current photo via Chris Pose
Adding to this, Isabelle Stadden has been on a tear in just over 7 months with the Virginia Cavaliers. Another best time on Thursday moved her to #6 all-time in the 50 back.
Meanwhile, Cox dropped almost two seconds from his previous best of a 52.59 from 2024 Junior Pan Pacs and broke Heilman’s NAG.
Notably, Caeleb Dressel had a massive swim in the 100 fly prelims, and he will be racing Ilya Kharun for the national title in the event tonight.
As per the latest buzz, Santo Condorelli (above) has scratched the men’s 100 butterfly final after he finished 8th in prelims, moving Maximus Williamson into the ‘A’ final.
In further updates, Ohio State rising junior Maria Ramos Najji swam a new Spanish Record in the women’s 50 breaststroke prelims on Thursday at US Nationals.
On top of that, Here are the top photos from SwimSwam photographer Jack Spitser from the second night of action in Irvine, California.
Last summer, competing at the 2025 World University Games, Bey qualified for the 200 Breast final but was ultimately DQ’ed for a one-handed touch
Source: SwimSwam