2026 Pan Pacific Championships: Katharine Berkoff breaks American Document in 50 backstroke to win gold

In the course of the second night time of competitors on the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, American Katharine Berkoff delivered the most important particular person swim of the night time. Berkoff set a brand new American Document within the 50 backstroke, touching in 26.90 to win the gold medal.

Two straight head-to-head wins over one of many sport’s greatest stars is an actual accomplishment for Berkoff.

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It is her second straight night time getting the higher of American teammate Regan Smith, the 100 again world report holder, after upsetting her in that occasion on day one. Smith once more took second, with Australia’s Iona Anderson third.

Listed below are the highlights from the second night time of motion:

Summer season McIntosh wins 400 Particular person Medley gold

Summer season McIntosh was visibly upset after struggling defeat within the 200 freestyle on the primary day of competitors. The Canadian prodigy has been on a tear this season, and barely settles for any shade medal apart from gold.

Within the girls’s 400 IM, McIntosh delivered the response many anticipated. The occasion’s world report holder blew away the sphere in 4:28.01, a brand new championship report.

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Jenna Forrester of Australia took second in 4:31.50, with Argentina’s Agostina Hein settling for third in 4:32.54. Alex Walsh was the highest American finisher, taking fifth in 4:33.73.

Tomoyuki Matsushita outlasts Carson Foster in 400 Particular person Medley

Japan’s energy within the IM occasion lived as much as its billing as Tomoyuki Matsushita got here out on high, successful in 4:06.75 for a brand new championship report.

American Carson Foster battled with Matsushita from the beginning, inserting second in race in 4:07.11. Bobby Finke took third folllowing up his silver medal within the 800 freestyle final night time.

Meg Harris upsets Gretchen Walsh in 100 freestyle

Gretchen Walsh, the quickest qualifier out of prelims within the girls’s 100 freestyle, was contemporary off an enormous opening night time at Pan Pacs. Within the championship ultimate she was out quick on the 50 meter mark, however Australia’s Meg Harris did not let her get away.

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The Aussie discovered an additional kick over the again half to run down Walsh and out-touch her on the end, successful in 52.60 to 52.78. It is Walsh’s first defeat of the meet after successful the 50 fly and being aside of the U.S.’s world-record blended medley relay final night time.

Olivia Wunsch made it a 1-3 end for Australia, taking bronze in 52.98.

Jack Alexy dominates 100 freestyle

Brazilian Gui Caribe acquired off to a fantastic begin within the males’s 100 freestyle, but it surely was by no means sufficient to problem Jack Alexy.

The American took over and broke his personal championship report to win in 47.14. It is a large assertion for Alexy, the American Document holder who raced unrested at Nationals particularly to save lots of his finest for Pan Pacs.

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Patrick Sammon backed up his personal Nationals type with a second place end in 47.62, with Caribe holding on for third in 47.89.

Chris Guiliano had a giant swim within the comfort ultimate, throwing down a 47.16, solely two hundredths off of Jack Alexy’s successful time.

McKenzie Siroky tops podium in 100 breaststroke

Within the girls’s 100 breaststroke McKenzie Siroky, who upset Kate Douglass by two-hundredths at Nationals, went out and beat the sphere once more, successful Pan Pacs gold in 1:05.32.

Siroky beat out China’s Tang Qianting and Japan’s Satomi Suzuki to take the win. Douglass, the 2025 nationwide champion and world championship silver medalist within the occasion, missed the rostrum, ending fourth in 1:05.81.

Van Mathias wins 100 breaststroke title

Van Mathias’s story retains getting higher. The previous Indiana swimmer turned director of operations, now coaching as a professional on the aspect, raced to a Pan Pacs win within the males’s 100 breaststroke.

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Mathias broke his personal championship report to win in 58.02, narrowly lacking his personal American Document within the course of. Japan’s Shin Ohashi took second in 58.54, a brand new world junior report, with Australia’s Samuel Williamson rounding out the rostrum in third at 59.34.

Quintin McCarty takes 50 backstroke title

Quintin McCarty, who received the 50 backstroke at U.S. Nationals, delivered on the worldwide stage tonight, breaking the championship report to win in 24.51.

Australia’s Isaac Cooper, the quickest qualifier out of prelims, took second in 24.59, with fellow American Will Modglin, contemporary off day a world-record blended medley relay, was third in 24.66.

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United States males, Australia girls win 4×200 freestyle relays

The U.S. males received the 4×200 freestyle relay in 6:49.37. Luke Hobson, Aaron Shackell, Patrick Sammon, and Gabriel Jett got here collectively to set a brand new championship report.

Three of the 4 legs have been truly beneath the tempo they wanted to threaten the world report, a reminder of simply how exhausting a relay report is to take down even with that sort of velocity.

Australia’s Charlie Hawke made issues attention-grabbing on the third leg, however Gabriel Jett got here by means of with an unimaginable ultimate flip to tug the Individuals away for good. Australia took silver in 7:01.10, with Japan third in 7:02.74.

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Within the girls’s race, Australia beat out the U.S. for gold, successful in 7:42.40, a brand new championship report, with the Individuals simply seven-tenths again in 7:43.10 for silver. Katie Ledecky fought exhausting throughout her anchor leg but it surely wasn’t sufficient to catch the Aussies. Canada completed third to win bronze in 7:52.74.

Tomorrow’s Schedule — Day 3 (Friday, August 14)

Heats start at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET); finals at 6 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET), streaming stay on Peacock within the U.S. and CBC Sports activities in Canada.

• Girls’s & Males’s 400 Freestyle

• Girls’s & Males’s 100 Butterfly

• Girls’s & Males’s 200 Backstroke

• Girls’s & Males’s 50 Breaststroke

• Girls’s & Males’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay