TYR Summer Championships, Day Three Finals: Brooks Curry Tops Tight Field in 100 Freestyle
The efforts of Brooks Curry and Caeleb Dressel highlighted the Day Three morning session of the TYR Pro Championships in Irvine, California. The question: Can they be faster at night? Curry (100 freestyle) and Dressel (50 butterfly) will chase qualification to the Pan Pacific Championships during Thursday night’s finals at the William Woollett Aquatic Center.
Curry needs to be faster than 47.58 to secure a spot in the 100 freestyle while Dressel needs to better 23.21 in the 50 butterfly. Both marks are within reach for the Americans. A two-time Olympian, Curry owns a personal best of 47.90. As for Dressel, he’s the American-record holder in the 50 butterfly at 22.35.
In addition to finals in the 100 freestyle and 50 fly, championship races will be held in the 400 individual medley and 100 backstroke.
Here is an event-by-event recap of the Day Three finals:
Day One Finals
Day Two Finals
Meet Results
Women’s 100 Freestyle
A three-way battle in the opening final of the night went to Australia’s Jaimie De Lutiis, as she managed to clip Sandpipers’ Bella Sims and Carmel’s Alex Shackell. De Lutiis, the runnerup in the 50 freestyle earlier in the meet, stopped the clock in 54.36, which was slightly quicker than the 54.45 of Sims. De Lutiis had the lead at the turn and didn’t yield down the final length of the pool.
Shackell, the winner of the 100 butterfly on Wednesday night, finished third in 54.53.
Event 19 Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 51.71 7/23/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 52.04 7/26/2019 Simone Manuel, USA
U.S. Open: O 52.43 6/3/2025 Torri Huske, Arlington Aquati
Jr World: J 52.70 8/11/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN
Pro Swim: P 52.74 4/11/2024 Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong-IT
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Jaimie DE Lutii 20 Australia-IT 54.65 54.36
r:+0.61 26.20 54.36 (28.16)
2 Bella Sims 20 Sandpipers Of Ne 54.68 54.45
r:+0.54 26.41 54.45 (28.04)
3 Alex Shackell 18 Carmel Swim Club 55.09 54.53
r:+0.62 26.29 54.53 (28.24)
4 Rachel Bockrath 19 Ohio State Unive 55.31 54.71
r:+0.72 26.45 54.71 (28.26)
5 Chloe Stepanek 23 Long Island Aqua 55.18 54.90
r:+0.66 26.33 54.90 (28.57)
6 Erika Pelaez 19 Eagle Aquatics-F 55.01 55.05
r:+0.65 26.36 55.05 (28.69)
7 Eloise Riley 24 Etoile 55.25 55.08
r:+0.71 26.78 55.08 (28.30)
8 Madi Mintenko 17 Pikes Peak Athle 55.25 55.13
r:+0.73 26.65 55.13 (28.48)
Men’s 100 Freestyle
Top-seeded Brooks Curry bolted to a commanding lead and was able to hang on for victory in the 100 freestyle, a time of 48.48 getting the job done. Curry was out in a quick 22.64, building a considerable advantage on the field at the midway point, and while the opposition closed down the stretch, Curry was able to get his hand on the wall first. A two-time Olympian, Curry will have the 200 freestyle on Friday.
Just .03 separated the second through fourth-place finisher, with Julian Koch taking runnerup honors in 48.57. He was followed by Grant House in 48.59 and Jerry Fox in 48.60.
Event 20 Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 46.40 7/31/2024 Zhanle Pan, CHN
American: A 46.96 7/25/2019 Caeleb Dressel, USA
U.S. Open: O 46.99 6/3/2025 Jack Alexy, California Aquat
Jr World: J 46.86 8/13/2022 David Popovici, ROU
Pro Swim: P 48.00 4/16/2016 Nathan Adrian, Cal Aquatics
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Brooks Curry 24 California Aquat 48.35 48.48
r:+0.63 22.64 48.48 (25.84)
2 Julian Koch 19 Univ Pittsburgh- 49.08 48.57
r:+0.65 23.35 48.57 (25.22)
3 Grant House 27 Sun Devil Swimmi 49.35 48.59
r:+0.64 23.62 48.59 (24.97)
4 Jerry Fox 20 Wolfpack Elite-N 48.94 48.60
r:+0.67 23.31 48.60 (25.29)
5 Dylan Smiley 20 Indiana Swim Clu 49.25 49.33
r:+0.61 23.62 49.33 (25.71)
6 Marco Antonio F 27 Unisanta-IT 49.30 49.58
r:+0.60 23.39 49.58 (26.19)
7 Ahmed Ismail 22 Ohio State Unive 49.69 49.85
r:+0.68 24.02 49.85 (25.83)
8 Sage Sungail 21 Southern Methodi 50.02 50.04
r:+0.61 24.32 50.04 (25.72)
Women’s 400 Individual Medley
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