Maxime Grousset Breaks Caeleb Dressel’s US Open Record With 22.81 50 Butterfly ...Middle East

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2026 PRO SWIM SERIES – AUSTIN

January 14-17, 2026 Austin, Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center LCM (50 meters) Psych Sheet (updated) How to Watch Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

MEN’S 50M BUTTERFLY — SEMIFINALS

World Record: 22.27 — Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018) World Junior Record: 22.96 — Diogo Matos Ribeiro, Portugal (2022) American Record: 22.35 — Caeleb Dressel (2019) U.S. Open Record: 22.84 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2022) Pro Swim Series Record: 23.09 — Ilya Kharun, Canada (2025)

Top 8 Qualifiers For Tomorrow’s Final:

Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 22.81 Van Mathias (ISC) – 23.46 Caeleb Dressel (SJAC) – 23.50 Nikita Baez (FRA) – 23.56 Finn Brooks (ISC) – 23.60 Matt King (ISC) – 23.70 Masahiro Kawane (MEI) – 23.80 Luke Barr (TFA) – 24.02

Maxime Grousset swam to a new US Open Record during semifinals of the Pro Series in Austin posting a 22.81. That broke the previous US Open record of a 22.84 set by Caeleb Dressel back at 2022 US International Team Trials.

Grousset is the top seed heading into tomorrow night’s final by over half a second as Van Mathias of Indiana is the #2 seed after winning the 2nd semifinal heat tonight in a 23.46.

Yesterday, Grousset told SwimSwam “I will beat the time of Caeleb I hope” more specifically in reference to the 100 fly. He did that tonight though in the 50 with this swim. Dressel was notably 3rd tonight in a 23.50.

Grousset holds the French National Record in the 50 fly which stands at a 22.48 that he swam at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore to win gold. He swam a 22.61 in semifinals while in Singapore.

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