SwimSwam 2025 U.S. Nationals Kicks Off In Indianapolis, McIntosh Confirms Move To Join Bowman

Nationals Get Underway In Indy: The 2025 U.S. National Championships will kick off on Tuesday from the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, with the five-day competition set to run through Saturday with World Championship spots on the line.

Also: Summer McIntosh reveals her plans to join Bob Bowman at Texas, the 2028 U.S. Olympic Trials will head back to Indianapolis, and the CSCAA updates its proposal for changes to the NCAA Championships (and announces a new Power 4 dual meet).

Racing Begins Tuesday At 2025 U.S. National Championships

The action is underway at the 2025 U.S. National Championships, with the five-day competition kicking off on Tuesday morning in Indianapolis and running through Saturday, June 7.

Nationals will serve as the lone qualifying meet for the U.S. team at the 2025 World Championships, and it will also be used for selection to the World University Games and World Junior Championships later this year.

Below, find everything you need to follow along with the event.

• Dates: Tuesday, June 3 – Saturday, June 7, 2025
• Location: Indiana University Natatorium – Indianapolis, Indiana
• Start Times (ET): Prelims - 10 am, Finals - 7 pm
• World Championship Selection Criteria
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• How To Watch
• All The Links You Need
• Six Storylines To Watch At U.S. Nationals

When the psych sheets were released for Nationals last week, we learned of several key names sitting out from the meet, including Olympic medalists Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink and Chase Kalisz, to go along with some names who had previously announced they wouldn't be competing such as Ryan Murphy, Hunter Armstrong, Lydia Jacoby and Paige Madden.

During Day 1 prelims, Jack Alexy set a new U.S. Open Record of 46.99 in the men's 100 free, becoming just the sixth swimmer in history under the 47-second barrier.

Check out the full Day 1 Prelims Live Recap here.

Summer McIntosh Confirms Move To Join Bob Bowman At Texas

Three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh confirmed last week that she will be joining Bob Bowman and his pro group at the University of Texas following this summer’s World Championships.

McIntosh, 18, announced in February that this season would be her last training under coach Brent Arckey with the Sarasota Sharks, and specifically mentioned Bowman's pro group at Texas as a possible destination given his track record, both with his current crop of swimmers and having coached Michael Phelps to the greatest career in Olympic history.

“I think there’s a lot of excitement, and I think it was something that most people could have guessed even when I started off just because I do similar events to what Bob coaches,” McIntosh said, according to CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux. “Some might say it was basically inevitable, but I think now that it’s actually happening, hopefully people will be excited.

“Bob has been absolutely incredible throughout the whole process, and I knew that at some point I was going to make the move, so him making it so easy and being so welcoming, I’m really excited for next season.”

McIntosh, who won gold in the women's 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM at the Paris Olympics and added a silver medal in the women's 400 free, will join Bowman's elite pro group that includes fellow Olympic gold medalists Leon Marchand, Regan Smith and Simone Manuel.

McIntosh specifically mentioned Bowman's experience training Phelps as one of the factors in determining where to move.

“Michael Phelps is the greatest of all time, and he was absolutely incredible, and Bob not only created Michael but so many other amazing swimmers as well, so it just shows the consistency of his coaching and his craft, and it gives me a lot of confidence,” McIntosh said, according to Heroux. “I know I can trust him wholeheartedly with my training.

“I have really big goals and I know that he can match that with the work that he gives me and all of his things that he knows. I can go into a program having full confidence in the training I do day to day and be alongside so many amazing and like-minded athletes and swimmers.”

McIntosh is preparing to compete at the Canadian Swimming Trials, set to run June 7-12 in Victoria, British Columbia, where she'll vie to qualify for the Canadian World Championship team. In late August, following a post-Worlds break, McIntosh plans on heading to Austin. Read more here.

2028 U.S. Olympic Trials Returning To Indianapolis

After it was reported late last week, USA Swimming confirmed Tuesday that the 2028 U.S. Olympic Trials will return to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis in three years' time.

The nine-day competition is planned to run in mid-June, mirroring the 2024 event, which ran from June 15-23.

“The Olympic Trials are unlike any other event in our sport – they represent the pinnacle of competition, emotion, and national pride,” said USA Swimming Interim CEO Bob Vincent.

“Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium provide the perfect venue to prepare our athletes and coaches for the scale of the LA28 Games at SoFi Stadium. We are proud to partner again with the Indiana Sports Corp and the city of Indianapolis. Securing our host location now allows us to build training plans with confidence and best prepares our athletes to dominate the next three years.”

After being held in Omaha for four straight editions from 2008 until 2021, Indianapolis successfully hosted the 2024 Olympic Trials, with a reported 285,000 people attending the 17 sessions, including a single-session high and all-time record of 22,209 during Day 5 finals.

Lucas Oil Stadium’s capacity during NFL games is 70,000, but only approximately 30,000 seats were made available during the Trials.

“We are thrilled to welcome the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming back to Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium in 2028,” said Indiana Sports Corp President Patrick Talty.

“The 2024 Trials epitomized our mission of impacting the community through sports and showcased, once again, why Indy is the best host city in the country. We’re grateful to USA Swimming and USOPC for the continued partnership and the opportunity to host this event. We look forward to all lanes returning to Indy in 2028.”

According to USA Swimming, live primetime coverage of the 2024 Trials saw a 20% viewership increase compared to 2021, and the event generated more than $132 million in economic impact for the city of Indianapolis.

CSCAA Updates Proposal For NCAA Championships, Announces Power 4 Dual Challenge

The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) issued a proposal for changes to the NCAA Championship format early last week, and after much discussion within the swimming community, released an updated version and hosted a town hall on Friday.

The CSCAA has two clear goals with the proposal: “Expand the sports' reach by meeting the needs of broadcast partners, ensuring the championship is an attractive and accessible product for linear exposure [and] increase the value of college swimming & diving by updating the qualification process, increasing access without impacting any scoring and maintaining the overall competitive integrity” of the event.

The initial proposal included the addition of stroke 50s to the NCAA Championship schedule, having the 'B' finals swim in a separate earlier session from the 'A' finals, adding a team diving event, moving the 1650 free to the opening day of racing, and shifting around the timing of some of the relays on Day 1.

The updated proposal removes the stroke 50s, and also switches out the proposed 'B' finals session into simply scoring the 9th-16th places of each event from the prelims.

There was also a new qualification model proposed, with a single time standard, and winners of conference championship meets ensured berths at NCAAs:

• Establish one NCAA Championship swimming qualifying standard
• Swimmer who wins their conference championship and meets or exceeds the qualifying standard receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Championship.
• Remainder of the field is filled with those who meet or exceed the qualifying standard following the same process currently in place.

The CSCAA will now submit the plan to the NCAA, which will host meetings in June. If the NCAA accepts the proposal, it will land on the desk of the Sport Oversight Committee, which meets in August and is the next round of approval.

The proposal is designed to be implemented as early as the 2026 NCAA Championships as a proof of concept for potential broadcast partners. Read more here.

The CSCAA also announced a new mid-November competition, the "CSCAA Power 4 Dual Meet Challenge," which will feature Virginia, Tennessee, Arizona State and Michigan racing in a double-elimination, bracket-style dual meet over three days in November. Read more here.

QUICK HITS

• Prior to the start of U.S. Nationals, legendary American breaststroker Lilly King announced that the 2025 season would be her last, noting how fitting it is that her final meet on American soil will be at the Indiana University Natatorium, where she's been competing throughout her career.
• Kameron Chastain has been promoted to interim head coach at Notre Dame after Chris Lindauer took the head coaching job with the Stanford women's team. Chastain previously served as an associate coach with the Fighting Irish.
• The psych sheets for the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials have been released, with Summer McIntosh entering seven events despite saying she only plans on racing in five of them. The meet will begin on June 7.
• The psych sheets for the Australian Trials have also been released—the competition will kick off on June 9.
• Aussie breaststroker Sam Williamson will not be in action, having suffered a knee injury that will keep him out of the water for approximately nine months.
• Legendary American sprinter Matt Biondi has been announced as the new head coach of the Redding Swim Team, a USA Swimming club based in Northern California.
• The USA Swimming Board of Directors has provided an update on their search for a new permanent CEO, stating in a press release last week that “following a recent round of in-person engagements, [they] are actively working with a strong pool of candidates.”

All The Links You Need For The 2025 U.S. National Championships

Summer McIntosh Confirms Move To Join Bob Bowman At Texas In August 2025

CSCAA Updates Proposal For NCAA Championships: No New Events, 9th-16th Scored From Prelims

Kameron Chastain Named Interim at Notre Dame; Irish Repopulate Men’s Swimming Roster

Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink Among US Medalists Absent From 2025 US Nationals Psych Sheets

World Record Holder Lilly King Announces 2025 Will Ber Her Final Season

Jack Alexy Rips 46.99 In 100 Free Prelims At U.S. Nationals, Becomes Sixth Man Sub-47