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2026 FISU America Games – Swimming
Dates: July 24-26, 2026 Location: IPD Aquatic Center at VIDENA, Lima, Peru Course: Long course meters Prelims: 9 a.m. local / 10 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. CT / 7 a.m. PT Finals: 6 p.m. local / 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. PT Livestream: FISU America YouTube Channel Results: Haylli SportsThe American delegation won 12 of the 13 swimming events contested Friday at the 2026 FISU America Games, collecting 33 official medals during a dominant opening day in Lima, Peru.UniUSA swept eight individual podiums, placed at least two swimmers in the top three of every individual event and closed the night with a comfortable victory in the mixed 4×100 freestyle relay.
The only event won by another country was the men’s 100 butterfly, where Chile’s Elias Ignacio Ardiles produced the performance of the session with a 52.54.
Portello, Anderson Open the Meet With 800 Free Victories
The first medals were awarded during the morning session, beginning with an American sweep of the women’s 800 freestyle.
Rice’s Ava Portello won in 8:57.35, followed by Purdue’s Adele Sands in 9:09.92 and Colorado State’s Erin Dawson in 9:16.03.
BYU’s Darwin Anderson led a 1-2 American finish in the men’s race, winning in 8:10.80 ahead of TCU’s Deacon Gutshall, who touched in 8:12.00. Peru’s Adrian Gustavo Ywanaga earned bronze in 8:30.10.
Anderson returned in the evening to earn another medal in the men’s 200 freestyle.
Lakin and Blume Share Gold in the 50 Breast
Washington State’s Emily Lundgren opened the evening session by winning the women’s 50 breaststroke in 32.28. Utah’s Erin Palmer took silver in 32.70, just ahead of Chile’s Fernanda Antonia Reyes, who earned bronze in 32.77.
Illinois swimmer Chloe Diner finished fourth in 32.86, improving from her preliminary time of 33.10.
The men’s race produced the closest finish of the day.
Oakland’s Alexander Lakin and Purdue’s Maxwell Blume touched simultaneously in 28.08 to share the gold medal. Brazil’s Rafael de Carvalho finished third in 28.39.
Missouri State’s Jack Grandy placed fifth in 28.92.
Americans Sweep Both 100 Backstroke Podiums
Fresno State’s Ryley Clark completed a wire-to-wire victory in the women’s 100 backstroke, winning in 1:02.11.
Florida Gulf Coast’s Izzy Ackley moved closer to Clark in the final and earned silver in 1:02.95, while Oakland’s Lydia Soldatke completed the American sweep in 1:03.50.
The men’s final was even tighter.
Willem Huggins won in 56.21, edging Eli Rollen by six hundredths. Rollen dropped 0.72 seconds from his preliminary performance to take silver in 56.27.
California Baptist’s Andrew Teh gave UniUSA another podium sweep with a third-place time of 56.38.
Scofield Leads Women’s Fly Sweep; Ardiles Wins for Chile
Purdue’s Campbell Scofield won the women’s 100 butterfly in 1:01.09, improving on the 1:01.27 she posted to lead the morning heats.
Pitt’s Lauren McNamara finished second in 1:01.89, and Iowa’s Rachel Dildine dropped more than eight tenths from prelims to take bronze in 1:02.37.
Chile interrupted the American run in the men’s 100 fly.
Ardiles entered the final as the third seed after swimming 55.06 in prelims, then dropped 2.52 seconds to win decisively in 52.54.
Purdue’s Blake Rowe earned silver in 54.15, while Oakland’s Max Haney took bronze in 54.48. BYU’s Maxwell Kleinman finished fourth in 54.59.
Ardiles was the only non-American swimmer to win an event on Day 1.
Warnick and Sandidge Head Two More IM Sweeps
The 400 IM events were changed from timed finals to a prelims-and-finals format shortly before the meet.
BYU’s Lucy Warnick responded by dropping 6.77 seconds from her preliminary swim to win the women’s final in 4:52.45.
North Carolina’s Mary Macaulay earned silver in 4:54.20, while Purdue’s Kate Mouser completed the sweep in 4:56.83.
Kentucky’s Levi Sandidge controlled the men’s final, winning by more than 10 seconds in 4:15.92. His swim was 13.84 seconds faster than his morning performance.
Purdue’s Evan Mackesy took silver in 4:26.13, followed by North Carolina’s Carter Freudenstein in 4:29.29.
Carlson Breaks 2:00; Huggins Leads Men’s Sweep
Wisconsin’s Abby Carlson became the only woman under two minutes in the 200 freestyle, winning in 1:59.64.
Purdue’s Lara Phipps and Arizona’s Kayman Neal were separated by four hundredths in the race for silver. Phipps touched second in 2:03.78, while Neal dropped more than three seconds from prelims to place third in 2:03.82.
North Carolina’s Samuel Huggins won the men’s event in 1:50.24, taking nearly two seconds off his morning time.
Anderson earned his second medal of the day with a 1:51.45 for silver, while Arizona’s Bexon Harrison completed the sweep in 1:51.84.
United States Goes 1-2 in the Water in Mixed 4×100 Free
The American A relay closed the session with a winning time of 3:33.52.
The team consisted of:
Addison Collins: 50.85 Faith Larsen: 57.03 Abigail Heizer: 56.78 Sean Setzer: 48.86Setzer delivered the fastest split on the relay with his 48.86 anchor.
The United States B relay of Nien Levy, Ava Portello, Rachel Dildine and Willem Huggins finished second in the water at 3:37.36.
However, only one relay per country was eligible to score toward the official standings. The B relay’s performance was therefore treated as non-scoring, moving Brazil into the official silver-medal position with a 3:45.30. Chile earned bronze in 3:48.95.
Day 1 Event Winners
Women’s 800 free: Ava Portello, USA — 8:57.35 Men’s 800 free: Darwin Anderson, USA — 8:10.80 Women’s 50 breast: Emily Lundgren, USA — 32.28 Men’s 50 breast: Alexander Lakin and Maxwell Blume, USA — 28.08 Women’s 100 back: Ryley Clark, USA — 1:02.11 Men’s 100 back: Willem Huggins, USA — 56.21 Women’s 100 fly: Campbell Scofield, USA — 1:01.09 Men’s 100 fly: Elias Ignacio Ardiles, Chile — 52.54 Women’s 400 IM: Lucy Warnick, USA — 4:52.45 Men’s 400 IM: Levi Sandidge, USA — 4:15.92 Women’s 200 free: Abby Carlson, USA — 1:59.64 Men’s 200 free: Samuel Huggins, USA — 1:50.24 Mixed 4×100 free relay: United States A — 3:33.52Day 2 begins Saturday morning with the men’s and women’s 4×100 medley relays, followed by the 400 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 200 butterfly and 4×200 freestyle relays.
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