2026 Pan Pacific Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Key Points:

• The 2026 Pan Pacific Championships took place in Irvine, California, featuring top international swimmers competing in various events including the 400 IM, 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 50 backstroke, and 4×200 freestyle relays.
• Summer McIntosh of Canada set a new Pan Pacs record in the women's 400 IM with a time of 4:28.01, winning gold ahead of Australia's Jenna Forrester and Argentina's Agostina Hein, who set a national record.
• In the men's 400 IM, Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita won gold with a championship record of 4:06.75, followed closely by Americans Carson Foster and Bobby Finke who took silver and bronze.
• Meg Harris of Australia upset favorite Gretchen Walsh in the women's 100 freestyle final, winning in 52.60, while Jack Alexy of the USA claimed the men's 100 freestyle title with a championship record of 47.14.
• American swimmers dominated the backstroke and breaststroke events, with Katharine Berkoff setting a new American and championship record in the women's 50 backstroke (26.90) and Van Mathias winning the men's 100 breaststroke in 58.02, just shy of his American record.