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Forbes
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Jack Alexy Breaks Dressel's 100 Free American Record At 2025 Worlds
Jack Alexy has shattered Caeleb Dressel's 100 freestyle American record at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore during the semifinals, a record that had stood since 2019. The 22-year-old ripped a 46.81 to break Dressel's 46.96. That time also makes him the third-fastest performer in history in the event. Dressel set the previous American record of 46.96 at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Korea, where he won gold. He went on to win gold in the 100 freestyle at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and is considered one of the greatest sprinters in U.S. history. In total, he has nine Olympic gold medals and one silver. He earned one of his golds in the 400 freestyle relay alongside Alexy in Paris. Alexy's previous personal best of 46.99, set at the 2025 U.S. National Championships in June, was the U.S. Open Record. That swim made him only the sixth man ever to go sub-47 in the 100 freestyle. Following close behind during the semifinals in Singapore was Romania's David Popovici, who posted a 46.84. The two battled in the final, with Popovici capturing gold and recording the second-fastest performance in history and a new European record with his time of 46.51. Alexy secured the silver medal in 46.92. Kyle Chalmers of Australia won bronze with a time of 47.17. The only person to go faster than Popovici's 46.51 is world record holder Pan Zhanle of China, who posted a time of 46.40 at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to win gold. In Singapore, Zhanle's time of 47.81 in the semifinals was not enough to advance to the final. Popovici also won the 200 freestyle at the championships with a time of 1:43.53, the same event he won at the Paris Games last year. He finished ahead of American swimmer Luke Hobson, who took silver in 1:43.84. Who Is Jack Alexy? Alexy is originally from Morristown, New Jersey. He attended Delbarton School, where he won state titles in the 50 and 100 freestyle events. Alexy broke Caeleb Dressel's National Age Group record (17-18) with a time of 48.69 at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, beating Dressel's previous mark of 48.78 set in 2015 during the U.S. Summer Nationals. He swam collegiately at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a senior for the 2024-2025 season. Alexy is a two-time NCAA champion, winning the 800 freestyle relay in both 2024 and 2025. He also helped Cal win back-to-back NCAA team titles in 2022 and 2023. Alexy was also a three-time ACC champion in 2025, winning titles in the 100 freestyle, 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay. He was previously a four-time Pac-12 champion, capturing the 200 and 400 freestyle relay titles in both 2022 and 2023. Alexy comes from a family of athletes. His grandfather, Bill Ebben, played in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons during the 1957–58 season. His mother, Lynn Ebben, was a guard for the Notre Dame women's basketball team in the 1980s and helped the program win two conference titles. Alexy's brother, Rob, also swam for Cal, and his sister, Kate, swam for Kenyon College.
Fox News
30-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Jack Alexy sets American record in 100-meter freestyle at World Aquatics Championships
American Jack Alexy made waves in the pool at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Wednesday. Alexy blew past Caeleb Dressel's national record in the 100-yard freestyle in the second semifinal heat. He tapped the wall with a time of 46.81, earning him the top spot in the final. Dressel finished in 46.96 at the 2019 World Championships to set the record previously. The mark was 0.18 seconds better than the U.S. Open record he set in June and is third all time, according to Swim Swam. The Morristown, New Jersey, native still has the challenge of bringing home a podium spot in the final. He won a silver medal in the 2023 championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Romanian swimmer David Popovici is among the favorites in the event. American Patrick Sammon will also swim in the race. Shockingly, China's Pan Zhanle, who holds the world record in the 100 freestyle, finished with a 47.81 mark. Pan set the world record at the Paris Olympics with time of 46.40. Alexy won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics in 2024. He was a part of the 4x100 freestyle team. He and the U.S. also earned a silver medal in the 4x100 medley. The world championships' 100 freestyle final is scheduled for Thursday.
New York Times
30-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
At swimming worlds, Luca Urlando and Jack Alexy make loud statements for U.S.
With Katie Ledecky getting the day off and Caeleb Dressel not competing, the future of U.S. swimming was in the spotlight Wednesday at the swimming world championships in Singapore. And Luca Urlando, Jack Alexy and Claire Weinstein all made a mark. Urlando, 23, delivered the American men their first gold medal at these championships, winning the 200-meter butterfly in a personal-best time for the biggest achievement in a career that once looked in jeopardy due to a shoulder injury. Urlando won in 1:51.87, holding off a charge in the last 50 meters from Poland's Krzysztof Chmielewski, who took silver in 1:52.64. Australia's Harrison Turner won bronze in 1:54.17. Luca Urlando dominates the 200m butterfly for his FIRST world title! #AQUASingapore25 📺 Peacock — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2025 French sensation Léon Marchand, the Paris Olympic champion in the 200 fly, opted not to contest the event at worlds. Hungary's Kristóf Milák, the Paris silver medalist who owns seven of the top 10 times in the event, is also not competing in Singapore. But that's not going to matter to Urlando, who has worked his way back from a 2022 shoulder surgery to secure his first medal on the senior international stage. His time Wednesday is the ninth-best ever in the 200 fly. Only Marchand, Milák and American legend Michael Phelps have ever done it faster. Advertisement 'It has felt like a six-year process to get back to this moment,' Urlando, who had multiple shoulder issues, said in an interview on Peacock after the race. 'A lot of doubt, a lot of really hard times, a lot of things that people don't see on an everyday basis. … Obviously, doing it on a world stage like this is just absolutely amazing.' Not long before, the 22-year-old Alexy swam a 46.81 in the 100-meter freestyle semifinals, setting a new American record and topping a scorching-fast field heading into Thursday's final. Dressel had the previous U.S. record, a 46.96 set at the 2019 worlds. What a swim by Jack Alexy! A NEW American record in the 100m free to move on to the final. #AQUASingapore25 📺 Peacock — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2025 The time would've won gold at the Paris Olympics, where Alexy finished sixth in the fastest 100 free final in history. All eight swimmers there finished in under 48 seconds. The semifinals of any event are typically slower than the final, with the top swimmers trying to conserve as much energy as possible for the medal race. But in the short 100-meter races, the margin for error is smaller. On Wednesday, all eight swimmers in Alexy's semifinal went under 48 seconds, and the last qualifier for the final posted a 47.64. Pan Zhanle of China, the world-record holder and defending Olympic champion, missed the final with a 47.81. 'I was pretty surprised with that for a semifinal race,' Alexy said on Peacock. 'That was probably the most fun I've had (racing). The job's not finished. Obviously, really happy with the time, the American record. But the job's not done. I'm really excited for tomorrow.' In the women's 200-meter freestyle final, Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan passed American teenager Claire Weinstein with a strong turn at the 100-meter mark and went on to win gold by over a second in 1:53.48. China's Li Bingjie took silver, 0.15 ahead of bronze-medalist Weinstein. It was the second time in two days Weinstein, 18, had posted a personal-best in the event as she secured her first individual medal on the world stage. She was among the U.S. swimmers affected by the stomach flu that has impacted the team this week. Advertisement 'I definitely wanted a better time than that,' Weinstein said on Peacock. 'I think the training that I've put in this year, I really wanted to get 1:53. Considering how I was a week ago, I didn't even know if I was going to be able to swim in this meet.' In other action Wednesday, Tunisia's Ahmed Jaouadi turned in the third-best time ever in the men's 800-meter freestyle final at 7:36.88 to win gold. The 20-year-old just missed the podium at last year's Paris Olympics. A pair of Germans, Sven Schwarz and Lukas Märtens, rounded out the podium. Ireland's Daniel Wiffen and American Bobby Finke, who topped the Olympic podium, both struggled Wednesday. Finke faded in the second half of the race and took fourth, nearly 10 seconds behind Jaouadi. Wiffen, who posted an Olympic-record time to win gold in Paris, finished in last, almost 22 seconds back. The final medal event Wednesday will be the mixed 4×100 medley relay, but the Americans won't be in it. Missing three swimmers from their Olympic champion squad in the event, the U.S. struggled to a fourth-place finish in their heat in Wednesday's morning session (Tuesday night, Eastern time) and missed the final. Marchand and Canadian star Summer McIntosh were both scheduled to race semifinals later Wednesday. Marchand had the best time in the men's 200-meter individual medley heats, while McIntosh topped the women's 200-meter butterfly field in prelims. (Top photo of Luca Urlando after his gold-medal swim Wednesday: Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)
NBC Sports
08-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Alexy wins men's 50m freestyle at U.S Nationals
Jack Alexy won the men's 50m freestyle in 21.36 seconds, becoming the second-fastest American in history behind Caeleb Dressel and beating his past previous season best of 21.49.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
U.S. men's swimming rankings going into 2025 Toyota National Championships
The new Olympic quad could usher in a new era for U.S. men's swimming. Bobby Finke is the lone individual Olympic men's gold medalist entered so far in next week's Toyota U.S. Championships, the meet that determines the team for the World Championships in July and August in Singapore. Advertisement Three other Olympic champions — Caeleb Dressel, Chase Kalisz and Ryan Murphy — were not on the initial entry list. Dressel has raced in one meet since Paris and Kalisz strictly in November 2024 trials, according to USA Swimming's database. Murphy said he is taking a break from competition in 2025 with an eye on coming back later in the quad for a 2028 Olympic bid. At nationals, the top two finishers per event — plus up to the top six in the 100m and 200m freestyles for relay purposes — make the team for worlds, should they meet a minimum qualifying time and the total roster not exceed 26 swimmers per gender. Shaine Casas, who placed ninth in the 200m individual medley in his Olympic debut in Paris, goes into nationals with the country's best time in 2025 in the 50m and 100m backstroke and 50m and 100m butterfly, plus the 200m IM. USA Swimming National Championships 2025 Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships TV, live stream schedule Advertisement The U.S. Championships determine the team for this summer's World Championships in Singapore. The last time somebody won five events at one spring or summer nationals was at the 2008 Olympic Trials (Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff). Granted, the 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly, two events that debut at the Olympics in 2028, haven't always been held at national meets. Carson Foster, the Olympic 400m IM bronze medalist, has the top U.S. time in 2025 in the 400m IM, plus in the 200m and 400m freestyles. Then there's Finke, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in the distance freestyles who again tops the seeds in the 800m and 1500m. 2025 U.S. Men's Swimming Rankings Times taken from USA Swimming's database. Not all swimmers are entered in the U.S. Championships. The late entry deadline is the end of Sunday. Advertisement 50m Freestyle 1. Jack Alexy -- 21.94 2. Michael Andrew -- 21.97 3. Brooks Curry -- 22.03 4. Quintin McCarty -- 22.12 5. Caeleb Dressel -- 21.21 100m Freestyle 1. Brooks Curry -- 48.30 2. Shaine Casas -- 48.31 3. Jack Alexy -- 48.43 4. Chris Guiliano -- 48.49 5. Grant House -- 48.50 200m Freestyle 1. Carson Foster -- 1:46.46 2. Shaine Casas -- 1:46.49 3. Brooks Curry -- 1:46.74 4. Luke Hobson -- 1:46.76 5. Rex Maurer -- 1:46.79 400m Freestyle 1. Carson Foster -- 3:46.20 2. Rex Maurer -- 3:46.52 3. Kieran Smith -- 3:47.04 4. Ryan Erisman -- 3:48.57 5. Luka Mijatovic -- 3:48.95 800m Freestyle 1. Bobby Finke — 7:50.79 2. Rex Maurer -- 7:51.19 3. Alec Enyeart -- 7:54.38 4. Lance Norris -- 7:56.09 5. Ryan Erisman -- 7:58.97 Advertisement 1500m Freestyle 1. Bobby Finke — 14:54.49 2. Aiden Hammer -- 15:15.37 3. Luka Mijatovic -- 15:16.31 4. Colin Jacobs -- 15:16.33 5. Alec Enyeart -- 15:20.03 Gretchen Walsh U.S. women's swimming rankings going into 2025 Toyota National Championships Gretchen Walsh leads the way with No. 1 rankings in four events going into nationals. 50m Backstroke 1. Shaine Casas -- 24.23 2. Quintin McCarty -- 24.45 3. Michael Andrew -- 25.00 4. Tommy Janton -- 25.01 5. Jack Dolan -- 25.30 100m Backstroke 1. Shaine Casas -- 53.54 2. Tommy Janton -- 53.82 3. Will Modglin -- 54.18 4. Daniel Diehl -- 54.25 5. Jack Wilkening -- 54.30 Advertisement 200m Backstroke 1. Keaton Jones -- 1:57.30 2. Kieran Smith -- 1:57.32 3. Gavin Keogh -- 1:58.47 4. Shaine Casas -- 1:58.51 5. Daniel Diehl -- 1:58.67 50m Breaststroke 1. Michael Andrew -- 27.01 2. Campbell McKean -- 27.40 3. Pavel Romanov -- 27.46 4. Garrett Clasen -- 27.61 5. Charlie Egeland -- 27.69 100m Breaststroke 1. Campbell McKean -- 1:00.40 2. Michael Andrew -- 1:00.54 3. Matt Fallon -- 1:00.73 4. Nate Germonprez -- 1:01.08 5. Josh Matheny -- 1:01.14 200m Breaststroke 1. Matt Fallon -- 2:09.58 2. Josh Bey -- 2:12.61 3. AJ Pouch -- 2:13.12 4. Ben Delmar -- 2:13.21 5. Noah Cakir -- 2:14.19 Advertisement 50m Butterfly 1. Shaine Casas -- 23.25 2. Caeleb Dressel -- 23.32 3. Michael Andrew -- 23.44 4. Kamal Muhammad -- 23.68 5. Quintin McCarty -- 23.91 100m Butterfly 1. Shaine Casas -- 50.82 2. Dare Rose -- 50.93 3. Luca Urlando -- 51.32 4. Kamal Muhammad -- 52.36 5. Trenton Julian -- 52.45 200m Butterfly 1. Luca Urlando -- 1:52.37 2. Carson Foster -- 1:55.84 3. Trenton Julian -- 1:56.02 4. Ryan Branon -- 1:56.45 5. Jack Dahlgren -- 1:56.83 200m Individual Medley 1. Shaine Casas -- 1:56.52 2. Carson Foster -- 1:57.04 3. Grant House -- 1:58.22 4. Kieran Smith -- 1:59.01 5. Michael Hochwalt -- 2:00.08 Advertisement 400m Individual Medley 1. Carson Foster — 4:09.51 2. Bobby Finke -- 4:13.67 3. Kieran Smith -- 4:15.10 4. Rex Maurer -- 4:16.61 5. Michael Hockwalt -- 4:16.88 Swimming - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 3 Ryan Murphy soaks up life changes while keeping his feel for the water Ryan Murphy, a nine-time Olympic medalist, is taking a break from competition after a distinguished decade in the pool.
