By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
2025 SWIMMING WORLD CUP – CARMEL
October 10-12, 2025 Carmel, Indiana SCM (25 meters) Meet Central Psych Sheets Live Results All The Links Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 Finals: Day 1| Day 2Day 2 of the 2025 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup saw a flurry of records fall, including the first World Record of the season at the hands of Gretchen Walsh in the 50 fly. However, there were plenty of quality swims throughout tonight’s finals with wider ramifications – here’s some you may have missed
Medley No More For Foster?
There was a big lineup decision made by Carson Foster today, as he scratched the 200 IM in favor of a surprising event – the 1500 free. This is not one that he has made a habit of swimming, and appears to be his first 1500 swim, in either long or short course meters, since 2017. He was 16:02 at the Speedo Champions Series in long course that year, so a big best time was on the cards before he even dived in tonight.
He put in a solid showing, staying within sight of Aussie Sam Short, the 4th-place finisher from long course worlds this summer in the event, finishing just over ten seconds behind. His time of 14:41.33 was a big best time and not a bad result for an October swim, but raises some questions going forward.
Foster swam (and won) the 400 free last night, and took silver in the event at short course worlds last year. While he has been first and foremost an IM swimmer so far in his career, he wound up missing both finals this summer, scratching the 200 IM final due to injury and then not swimming the 400 IM heats. Add that he has a best of 3:45 in the long course 400 despite not having swum it at a taper meet, and there is clearly untapped potential.
With the high point of his IM career coming in 2022, where he set best times en route to a pair of silver medals as he pushed Leon Marchand to the limit in both events, he may be looking to change something up this season in his lineup. With the IM ranks becoming more crowded, this could be the year for Foster to properly explore his freestyle talent.
Breaststroke U Showing Out On The World Stage
Indiana has been a hotbed of breaststroke talent under Ray Looze, and was especially so at last year’s NCAAs, with six finalists in the 100 breast. With the opportunity to test themselves against the best in the world, those swimmers have showcased just how good they are in the bigger pool.
Van Mathias had already shown how good he could be in meters in the 50 breat, qualifying for the U.S. Pan Pacs team with a long course 26.76 at U.S. Nationals in August, and he delivered a 26.11 in the final tonight. However, it was Finn Brooks who stole the show today, leading prelims in a time of 25.84 which he nearly matched tonight, swimming 25.88 for 4th.
That ranks him as the joint-23rd fastest man in history in the event, and the #3 U.S. man behind Nic Fink and Michael Andrew.
Brooks had a best in long course of 28.69 last summer, but has been on an absolute tear over the last 18 months. For a swimmer who did not break 56 seconds in the 100 yard breaststroke until last February, he is now truly elite in the stroke.
Luke Barr and Caspar Corbeau were also in the 50 breast final tonight, with Corbeau setting a new Dutch record of 25.78 to take silver. That is his first individual Dutch record, and he should be a real contender to take home some hardware at the European Championships next summer.
Kaii Winkler Looking The Part For Germany
Kaii Winkler showed out at the World Championships this summer with a pair of 47.5 splits, indicating that he could be an important piece for a German 4×100 free relay that is looking strong heading into the LA Olympics. He backed up that assessment today, placing 3rd in both prelims and finals of the 100 free, setting a best time in short course meters on both occasions.
Winkler was 46.26 this morning, before shaving some time off to go 46.11 in the final. He is now just two-tenths of a second off Stefan Diebler’s German Record of 45.91, and looks set up for a strong season in the NCAA.
The junior season seems to be a good one for sprint freestylers to break out – Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano both had their real breakouts in their third years – and if Winkler can follow their example he could be a gamechanger.
Celia Pulido Ortiz Translates Torrid NCAA form into Mexican Records
Celia Pulido Ortiz had a fantastic NCAAs in March, placing 4th in the 100 backstroke and becoming the first mid-major woman to break 50 seconds in the event. Having then traded long course records in the 50 and 100 backstroke with fellow NCAA start Miranda Grana, ending the summer with a 50 back Mexican record of 27.97.
She has not missed a beat this season, setting her second record of the World Cup in the 100 backstroke tonight as she placed 5th in 56.21. That shaved nearly a second off her best time from the morning, and hacked four-tenths from Grana’s mark of 56.62 from short course worlds last year.
With her NCAA career now wrapped up, she has transitioned seamlessly into the pro ranks. Don’t be too surprised to see her back in some finals in Westmont.
Alexandria Perkins Keeps Rolling On
After taking home a pair of medals from the 50 and 100 fly at the Singapore World Championships this summer, Alexandria Perkins has not missed a beat so far this season. She took 2nd in the women’s 50 fly today in a time of 24.64, shaving 0.04 seconds from her previous Australian Record of 24.68 which she swam to take bronze at last year’s Short Course World Championships.
That was her second best time in two swims here in Carmel, after setting a best of 23.50 in the 50 free yesterday to take silver behind Kasia Wasick. That would have placed her 4th at short course worlds last year, and she is rapidly becoming one of the top Australian talents.
Amid U.S. Backstroke Woes, NCAA Shows Its Strength In Men’s 50 Back
Despite the well-documented issues regarding the search for an elite U.S. backstroke this summer, all of the top six in the men’s 50 backstroke tonight are either current or former NCAA standouts. NC State teammates Aiden Hayes and Kacper Stokowski, Texas’ Hubert Kos, Cal’s Jack Alexy, and USC Alumni Ralf Tribuntsov and Dylan Carter were all 23.2 or better, showing that the system is still churning out elite talent.
Tribuntsov had probably the best swim of those six, taking silver in a new Estonian Record of 22.91, just over a tenth quicker than his previous mark of 23.06. After he fell out of the medals after leading the 50 free prelims yesterday, where he set his first national record of the weekend, he did the opposite today to jump from 6th to 2nd and timing his record for the final instead.
He was not the only Estonian swimmer to throw down a mean swim this evening, with Eneli Jefimova just a tenth off her national record in the women’s 100 breast to take silver in 1:03.35. A potential Baltic powerhouse emerging?
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