French & Australian Contingents Highlight Sacramento TYR Pro Swim Series Psych Sheets

2025 TYR Professional Swim Collection — Sacramento

April 2-5, 2025
North Natomas Aquatic Heart, Sacramento, CA
LCM (50 Meters)
Begin Instances

Wednesday Distance: 8pm (EST)
All Prelims: 12pm (EST)
Thurs-Sat Finals: 8pm (EST)

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Pre-Scratch Psych Sheets

The pre-scratch psych sheets for the second cease of the 2025 Professional Swim Collection have been posted, and enormous worldwide presence might be swimming in Sacramento.

Highlighting the psych sheet are names resembling Maxime Grousset, Beryl Gastaldello, and Yohann Ndoye-Brouard from France. Grousset is the 2023 World Champion within the 100 butterfly, and he’ll be contesting the 50 fly, 100 fly, 50 free, and 100 free. Gastaldello, an Olympic finalist within the 100 again, will give attention to the 50, 100, and 200 free occasions. Ndoye Brouard, as anticipated, will swim the three backstroke distances.

Australia might be sending one other massive squad after doing the identical for the earlier cease. Damien Jones-trained Sam Quick will sort out the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 free occasions, after swimming the primary three occasions in Westmont. He received the 400 (3:44.83) and 800 (7:45.02) in Westmont. His 800 time was greater than three seconds beneath Ahmed Hafnaoui’s Professional Swim Collection document of seven:48.50 from 2023. It was additionally greater than a second-and-a-half quicker than the 7:46.83 he went finally summer season’s Olympic Video games the place he went 7:46.83 to complete one spot out of the ultimate at ninth.

Westmont was Quick’s first return to racing for the reason that 2024 Olympic Video games, the place he completed ninth within the 800 free regardless of coming in as the highest seed. He additionally missed out on particular person medals within the 400 and 1500 free. He then took a few months off to rehab his shoulder. He received the 400 free earlier this meet, which additionally stands because the #1 time within the season thus far (3:44.83).

Quick is thought to swim very quick round this time of the 12 months, having clocked 3:41.64 on the Australian Nationals in early April final 12 months. He’s coming off an altitude coaching camp as nicely, which might usually assist in producing some quick instances, particularly within the longer races.

As a refresher, Quick was the 2023 World Champion within the 400m distance. He had a detailed battle with Tunisia’s defending Olympic Champion Hafnaoui down the backstretch of that race, however Quick in the end clipped him on the end by simply 0.02. The swim from Quick, on the time, was the quickest time within the occasion for the reason that London 2012 Olympic Video games. The performances by each Quick and Hafnaoui rocketed them up into high 5 performers of all-time, with Quick simply 0.60 shy of Thorpe’s legendary Australian document.

Prime 5 Males’s LCM 400 Freestyle Performers of All-Time:

Paul Beidermann (GER) – 3:40.07 (2009)
Ian Thorpe (AUS) – 3:40.08 (2002)
Solar Yang (CHN) – 3:40.14 (2012)
Lukas Maertens (GER) — 3:40.33 (2024)
Sam Quick (AUS) – 3:40.68 (2023)

Michael Andrew may also be competing, swimming his second lengthy course meet on U.S. soil since he started coaching with the professional group at ASU after he missed the Olympic crew final 12 months. He’s entered within the 50 breast, 100 breast, 50 fly, 100 fly, 50 free, and 200 IM. His finest end on the Westmont cease got here within the 100 breast, the place he touched the wall 1st in a time of 1:00.85.

There are numerous huge names lacking that we often see on the circuit, resembling Summer time McIntosh, Texas execs Regan Smith, Shaine Casas, Simone Manuel, and Carson Foster, and Gator execs Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke.

On the Westmont cease earlier this month, McIntosh was the clear spotlight, as she secured wins within the 200 fly (2:04.00), 200 IM (2:07.42), and 400 IM (4:26.98). All three of her swims topped the world rankings, and the 400 IM time was a brand new U.S. open document.

Additionally lacking are many NCAA stars, resembling Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, and Rex Maurer, however that’s no shock given the NCAA Championships are wrapping up this week. It’s seemingly that we’ll see a lot of these names on the subsequent cease in Fort Lauderdale, which commences April thirtieth.

Notable Entries:

Maxime Grousset — 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 100 Free
Beryl Gastaldello — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free
Yohann Ndoye Brouard — 50 Again, 100 Again, 200 Again
Penny Oleksiak — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly
Michael Andrew — 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 200 IM
Sam Quick — 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free
Tommy Neill — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM
Maximillian Giuliani — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free
Anastasia Gorbenko — 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Again, 100 Breast, 200 IM
Justina Kozan — 200 Free, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Trenton Julian — 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM
Rachel Klinker — 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Free

After subsequent week’s meet in Sacramento, there’ll solely be another cease on the circuit earlier than the collection concludes on the Professional Championships in Irvine in August. See the complete schedule beneath.