2026 U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials
WOMEN’S 200 IM – Final
- World Record: 2:01.63, Kate Douglass (USA) – 2024
- American Record: 2:01.63, Kate Douglass – 2024
U.S. Open Record: 2:02.76, Kate Douglass (USA) – 2025- Beijing ‘A’ Qualification Time: 2:09.37
Top 8 Finishers
- Kate Douglass (NYAC) — 2:01.66 *NEW U.S. OPEN RECORD
- Alex Walsh (NYAC) — 2:04.54
- Torri Huske (NYAC) — 2:07.83
- Lucy Bell (ALTO) — 2:09.03
- Phoebe Bacon (NCAP) — 2:10.06
- Lucy Velte (EKC) — 2:12.28
- Sedona Stratton (SAW) — 2:13.94
- Adalyn Lee (BREA) — 2:15.39
Kate Douglass broke her own US Open Record in the 200 IM, touching in a 2:01.66 to win the event on Friday in Westmont. That broke her own US Open Record of a 2:02.76 that she swam just two weeks ago at the UVA Pro Elite SCM Worlds Prep Meet. Douglass’s swim was also the #2 performance all-time, only behind her own World Record swim of a 2:01.63 that she swam to win gold back at the 2024 World Championships.
Split Comparison
| Douglass SCM Trials | Douglass UVA Prep | ||
| Fly | 25.90 | 26.14 | 26.04 |
| Back | 31.08 | 31.58 | 31.57 |
| Breast | 35.81 | 36.02 | 35.3 |
| Free | 28.87 | 29.02 | 28.72 |
| 2:01.66 | 2:02.76 | 2:01.63 |
Douglass was out fast, under World Record pace at the butterfly leg by 0.14 and under pace by 0.63 seconds at the halfway mark. She was just under pace heading into the freestyle leg and came home slightly slower than her own World Record pace. All four of her 50s tonight were faster than her previous US Open Record pace.
Douglass continues her strong week so far in Westmont as she also tied Gretchen Walsh‘s World Record in the 50 freestyle, touching in a 22.75 last night.
