2026 U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials
MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Final
Top 8 Finishers
- Jack Alexy (CAL) — 44.64
- Chris Guiliano (TXLA) — 45.22
- Caeleb Dressel (SJAC) — 45.65
- Matt King (ISC) — 46.03
- Gabriel Jett (CAL) — 46.18
- Destin Lasco (PDR) — 46.20
- Grant House (SUN) — 46.26
- Patrick Sammon (NYAC) — 46.49
Jack Alexy swam to a new World Record in the men’s 100 freestyle en route to the win on Friday night in Westmont, touching in a 44.64. That drops two-tenths off the previous World Record of a 44.84 set by Kyle Chalmers of Australia back in 2021 at the World Cup in Kazan and Egor Kornev of Russia earlier this month at the World Cup stop in Baku.
In addition to breaking the World Record, Alexy also broke his own previous American Record of a 45.05 he swam in 2024 while leading off the U.S. at the SCM World Championships and his own US Open Record of a 45.09 that he swam this morning in prelims.
Split Comparison
| Alexy-Finals | Kyle Chalmers | Egor Kornev | Alexy-Prelims | |
| 50 | 21.25 | 21.4 | 21.62 | 21.59 |
| 100 | 23.39 | 23.44 | 23.22 | 23.5 |
| 44.64 | 44.84 | 44.84 | 45.09 |
Alexy was out fast tonight, flipping in a 21.25 at the 50 mark to already be over a tenth ahead of Chalmers’ and Kornev’s World Record pace swims. He came home strong to touch 0.20 seconds under the record.
Alexy now holds three World Records as he also holds the long course mixed 4 × 100m freestyle relay and the short course men’s 4 × 100m freestyle relay.
