By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
While Junior Pan-Pacs are still ongoing, the majority of the end-of-season championship meets have concluded. For some, this period is a rest, a break, and a reset before the start of the short-course season, whether in yards or meters. For us here at SwimSwam, the news cycle never ends, and we continue to keep up with the latest information.
However, we do get a little introspective and reminiscent (maybe it’s just me), and with Pan-Pacs, European Championships, and the Commonwealth Games concluded, it’s time to look back on the results and see who actually came out on top. It’s been eight years since the world’s best swimmers were split like this, as the last time these three meets occurred in the same calendar year was in 2018. The Pan-Pacs were slated for 2022 but were postponed when World Aquatics, then FINA, opted to hold a World Championships in 2022, after the 2021 World Championships were postponed to 2023.
There is no perfect way to compare the times from the meets, as each had very different paths to qualification and varying formats. The Commonwealth Games had Great Britain split into its constituent nations and allowed three swimmers from each nation to contest the final. Pan-Pacs had no limit on the number of swimmers per nation in the event, but limited the final to just two per nation, while the European Championships had four swimmers per nation in prelims, and a limit of two per semifinal and final. Pan-Pacs had no semifinals, but contested B-Finals. Commonwealth Games had semifinals, but only for events under 200 meters, while the European Championships had semifinals for events 200 meters and down.
There is no obvious way to compare the results, but we are going to try nonetheless. We are going to follow the World Championship format of only two swimmers per nation in the final, and while several nations, Australia, Great Britain, and Canada, to name a few, competed at multiple meets, we will only use each individual’s fastest performance in the event.
The United States opted to select their team for the Pan-Pacs last year, as it is their right, but had several strong performances at their Nationals this summer, and those results will be listed with a notation if they produced a medal-winning time.
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In looking at the women’s individual results, we’ll cover the men tomorrow, and the relays the day after; the Pan-Pacs seemed to be the fastest meet, claiming 12 of the 17 gold medals on offer. Lani Pallister of Australia, who competed at the Commonwealth Games as well, saved her best for the later-scheduled meet, winning the 200, 400, and 800 frees in Irvine. In the 200 free, the Australian set a new Championship record of 1:53.67, just edging out Canada’s Summer McIntosh, while in the 800 free, she handed the World Record holder and defending Olympic and World Champion, Katie Ledecky, her first international loss in the event. Pallister’s winning time, not to rub salt into the wound, lowered Ledecky’s championship record.
While they only claimed individual gold, in these combined results the USA’s Kate Douglass and Italy’s Sara Curtis proved they are the fastest in the world, with the pair of UVA swimmers lowering the world records in the 50 free and 50 back twice each. Douglass posted a mark of 23.49 in prelims, before blasting her way to a new mark of 23.19. Her mark was a full half second faster than anyone else at Pan-Pacs, Europeans, or the Commonwealth Games. Gretchen Walsh‘s 23.74 took silver in the event, but she has been faster than that twice this season, going 23.60 at US Nationals and 23.55 at the Sette Colli in June.
Douglass’s margin of victory in the event of .55 was nearly equaled by Curtis, who posted a new mark of 26.56 in the 50 back. 26.63 in the semifinals, Curtis broke Kaylee McKeown’s three-year-old WR by .23, and then took another .07 off that mark to become just the 3rd swimmer with multiple sub-27 swims. Katharine Berkoff, our combined meet silver medalist, set a new American and Pan-Pac Record of 26.90, but having been just .11 off the WR, she now finds herself .34 back. In combining the results, there were also some very close margins of victory, as Berkoff’s 57.93 from Pan-Pacs was just .01 faster than Mary Ambre-Moluh’s European Record-setting performance of 57.94.
The Commonwealth Games saw only two performances crack the podium, with Jenna Forrester‘s 400 IM time of 4:31.19 (Commonwealth Gold) earning the silver here. She did swim the event at Pan-Pacs as well; her 4:31.50 would also have claimed the silver in these combined rankings. Her compatriot Alexandria Perkins also claimed gold in Glasgow, going 56.38 in the 100 fly, but was a little off at Pan-Pacs, going 56.75, collecting the bronze behind Gretchen Walsh (55.15) and Taylor Ruck (56.71).
The lack of representation from the Commonwealth Games in these rankings is likely due to many swimmers targeting Pan-Pacs and the European Championships as their main taper meets of the Summer. Pallister cleaned up in Glasgow but appeared to focus on Pan-Pacs, outdueling both MacIntosh and Ledecky. Scotland’s Angharad Evan claimed gold in the 100 and 200 breaststroke in front of her home nation, but sliced over a second off those marks in Paris, claiming the gold in the 100 breaststroke and the silver in the 200.
Anna Moesch and Isabelle Stadden, UVA training partners, did not compete at the Pan-Pacs this year, as the US Team was named in 2025, but the pair each put up medal-winning times at US Nationals, with Moesch’s 51.88 being the fastest 100 free time from the championship meets, and Stadden’s 2:04.76 leading the way in the 200 back. Stadden’s 100 back time of 58.06 would have also claimed the bronze in the 100 back.
Medal Table
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 USA 6 6 5 17 2 Australia 3 3 2 8 3 Great Britain 2 2 0 4 4 China 2 0 0 2 5 Canada 1 2 1 4 6 Italy 1 0 3 4 7 Netherlands 1 0 1 2 8 NAB 1 0 0 1 9 France 0 1 1 2 10 Sweden 0 1 0 1 10 Belgium 0 1 0 1 10 Denmark 0 1 0 1 13 Poland 0 0 1 1 13 Czech Republic 0 0 1 1 13 Ireland 0 0 1 1 13 Argentina 0 0 1 1All Three Meets
For the data nerds out there
Event Golds Silvers Bronzes 50 Freestyle PP – Kate Douglass (USA) – 23.19 WR CG – Meg Harris (AUS) – 24.23 EU – Katarzyna Wasick (POL) – 23.84 PP – Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 23.74 CG – Alex Perkins (AUS) – 24.53 EU – Sarah Sjöström (SWE) – 23.86 PP – Meg Harris (AUS) – 23.89 CG – Shayna Jack (AUS) – 24.57 EU – Sara Curtis (ITA) – 23.99 100 Freestyle PP – Meg Harris (AUS) – 52.60 CG – Meg Harris (AUS) – 52.90 EU – Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 51.90 PP – Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 52.78 CG – Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) – 53.25 EU – Milou van Wijk (NED) – 52.71 PP – Olivia Wunsch (AUS) – 52.98 CG – Shayna Jack (AUS) – 53.38 EU – Sara Curtis (ITA) – 52.72 200 Freestyle PP – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 1:53.67 CG – Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) – 1:54.66 EU – Barbora Seemanová (CZE) – 1:54.38 PP – Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 1:53.86 CG – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 1:55.01 EU – Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 1:54.65 PP – Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 1:55.05 CG – Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 1:55.24 EU – Freya Colbert (GBR) – 1:55.81 400 Freestyle PP – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 3:58.42 CG – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 3:59.56 EU – Simona Quadarella (ITA) – 4:01.34 PP – Katie Ledecky (USA) – 4:00.15 CG – Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 4:02.65 EU – Isabel Gose (GER) – 4:02.41 PP – Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 4:02.35 CG – Jenna Forrester (AUS) – 4:05.25 EU – Maya Werner (GER) – 4:03.73 800 Freestyle PP – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 8:06.10 CG – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 8:11.12 EU – Simona Quadarella (ITA) – 8:15.55 PP – Katie Ledecky (USA) – 8:07.26 CG – Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 8:24.97 EU – Isabel Gose (GER) – 8:18.44 PP – Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 8:18.81 CG – Molly Walker (AUS) – 8:25.93 EU – Maya Werner (GER) – 8:22.55 1500 Freestyle PP – Katie Ledecky (USA) – 15:36.06 CG – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 15:41.03 EU – Simona Quadarella (ITA) – 15:46.22 PP – Lani Pallister (AUS) – 15:38.62 CG – Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 15:58.97 EU – Isabel Gose (GER) – 15:49.31 PP – Moesha Johnson (AUS) – 15:53.49 CG – Molly Walker (AUS) – 16:01.37 EU – Maya Werner (GER) – 15:52.50 50 Backstroke PP – Katharine Berkoff (USA) – 26.90 CG – Kylie Masse (CAN) – 27.32 EU – Sara Curtis (ITA) – 26.56 WR PP – Regan Smith (USA) – 27.14 CG – Iona Anderson (AUS) – 27.45 EU – Mary-Ambre Moluh (FRA) – 27.06 PP – Iona Anderson (AUS) – 27.60 CG – Lauren Cox (ENG) – 27.56 EU – Lauren Cox (GBR) – 27.15 100 Backstroke PP – Katharine Berkoff (USA) – 57.93 CG – Iona Anderson (AUS) – 58.71 EU – Mary-Ambre Moluh (FRA) – 57.94 PP – Regan Smith (USA) – 58.11 CG – Kylie Masse (CAN) – 58.77 EU – Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 58.46 PP – Taylor Ruck (CAN) – 58.40 CG – Olivia Nel (RSA) – 1:00.09 EU – Pauline Mahieu (FRA) – 58.77 200 Backstroke PP – Regan Smith (USA) – 2:05.57 CG – Jenna Forrester (AUS) – 2:08.17 EU – Katie Shanahan (GBR) – 2:06.13 PP – Claire Curzan (USA) – 2:06.44 CG – Katie Shanahan (SCO) – 2:08.54 EU – Camila Rebelo (POR) – 2:07.62 PP – Peng Xuwei (CHN) – 2:07.45 CG – Hannah Fredericks (AUS) – 2:09.02 EU – Pauline Mahieu (FRA) – 2:08.63 50 Breaststroke PP – Tang Qianting (CHN) – 29.67 CG – Lara van Niekerk (RSA) – 30.43 EU – Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) – 29.93 PP – McKenzie Siroky (USA) – 29.70 CG – Sienna Toohey (AUS) – 30.54 EU – Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 29.94 PP – Skyler Smith (USA) – 29.90 CG – Imogen Clark (ENG) – 30.86 CG – Sophie Angus (CAN) – 30.86 EU – Mona McSharry (IRL) – 29.95 100 Breaststroke PP – McKenzie Siroky (USA) – 1:05.32 CG – Angharad Evans (SCO) – 1:06.07 EU – Angharad Evans (GBR) – 1:04.87 PP – Tang Qianting (CHN) – 1:05.46 CG – Aimee Canny (RSA) – 1:06.19 EU – Mona McSharry (IRL) – 1:05.41 PP – Satomi Suzuki (JPN) – 1:05.65 CG – Sienna Toohey (AUS) – 1:06.47 EU – Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 1:05.89 200 Breaststroke PP – Alexanne Lepage (CAN) – 2:21.73 CG – Angharad Evans (SCO) – 2:23.79 EU – Evgeniia Chikunova (AIN) – 2:19.32 PP – Kate Douglass (USA) – 2:22.57 CG – Kaylene Corbett (RSA) – 2:24.46 EU – Angharad Evans (GBR) – 2:21.21 PP – Kaylene Corbett (RSA) – 2:22.97 CG – Ellie McCartney (NIR) – 2:24.73 EU – Mona McSharry (IRL) – 2:22.43 50 Butterfly PP – Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 24.65 CG – Alexandria Perkins (AUS) – 25.37 EU – Sarah Sjöström (SWE) – 25.05 PP – Kate Douglass (USA) – 25.06 CG – Erin Gallagher (RSA) – 25.57 EU – Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) – 25.12 PP – Taylor Ruck (CAN) – 25.23 CG – Hazel Ouwehand (NZL) – 25.76 EU – Sara Junevik (SWE) – 25.51 100 Butterfly PP – Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 55.15 CG – Alexandria Perkins (AUS) – 56.38 EU – Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) – 56.08 PP – Taylor Ruck (CAN) – 56.71 CG – Keanna MacInnes (SCO) – 57.33 EU – Angelina Köhler (GER) – 56.39 PP – Alexandria Perkins (AUS) – 56.75 CG – Erin Gallagher (RSA) – 57.39 EU – Daria Klepikova (AIN) – 56.76 200 Butterfly PP – Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) – 2:06.24 CG – Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) – 2:06.56 EU – Keanna MacInnes (GBR) – 2:05.90 PP – Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS) – 2:06.46 CG – Keanna MacInnes (SCO) – 2:06.76 EU – Helena Rosendahl Bach (DEN) – 2:06.14 PP – Tess Howley (USA) – 2:07.43 CG – Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS) – 2:06.91 EU – Laura Cabanes (ESP) – 2:07.21 200 IM PP – Yu Yiting (CHN) – 2:07.45 CG – Jenna Forrester (AUS) – 2:09.24 EU – Ellen Walshe (IRL) – 2:09.81 PP – Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 2:07.47 CG – Aimee Canny (RSA) – 2:09.37 EU – Anita Gastaldi (ITA) – 2:10.07 PP – Alex Walsh (USA) – 2:07.66 CG – Amalie Smith (ENG) – 2:09.61 EU – Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) – 2:10.10 400 IM PP – Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 4:28.01 CG – Jenna Forrester (AUS) – 4:31.19 EU – Ellen Walshe (IRL) – 4:34.42 PP – Jenna Forrester (AUS) – 4:31.50 CG – Amalie Smith (ENG) – 4:33.70 EU – Amalie Smith (GBR) – 4:35.12 PP – Agostina Hein (ARG) – 4:32.54 CG – Ella Ramsay (AUS) – 4:37.12 EU – Justina Kozan (POL) – 4:36.47
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