French & Australian Contingents Highlight Sacramento Pro Swim Series Psych Sheets

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam

2025 Pro Swim Series — Sacramento

• April 2-5, 2025
• North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA
• LCM (50 Meters)
• Start Times 
  • Wednesday Distance: 8pm (EST)
  • All Prelims: 12pm (EST)
  • Thurs-Sat Finals: 8pm (EST)
• Meet Central
• Pre-Scratch Psych Sheets

The pre-scratch psych sheets for the second stop of the 2025 Pro Swim Series have been posted, and large international presence will be swimming in Sacramento.

Highlighting the psych sheet are names such as Maxime Grousset, Beryl Gastaldello, and Yohann Ndoye-Brouard from France. Grousset is the 2023 World Champion in the 100 butterfly, and he’ll be contesting the 50 fly, 100 fly, 50 free, and 100 free. Gastaldello, an Olympic finalist in the 100 back, will focus on the 50, 100, and 200 free events. Ndoye-Brouard, as expected, will swim the three backstroke distances. 

Australia will be sending another large squad, having done the same for the previous stop. Damien Jones-trained Sam Short is the clear headliner, and he’ll compete in the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle events, after swimming the same events—minus the 1500—in Westmont. He won the 400m (3:44.83) and 800m (7:45.02) in Westmont. His 800m time was more than three seconds faster than Ahmed Hafnaoui’s Pro Swim Series record of 7:48.50 from 2023. It was also more than a second-and-a-half quicker than the 7:46.83 he swam at last summer’s Olympic Games, where he finished one spot out of the final in 9th. Short has been as quick as 7:37.76 in the 800, a time he clocked en route to silver at the 2023 World Championships. That performance ranks him 4th on the all-time list.

Westmont was Short’s first return to racing since the 2024 Olympic Games, where he finished out of the medals in all of his events. After the Olympics, he took a couple of months off to rehab his shoulder.

As a refresher, Short was the 2023 World Champion in the 400m. He had a close battle with Tunisia’s defending Olympic Champion Hafnaoui down the backstretch of that race, but Short ultimately edged him out at the finish by just 0.02 seconds. At the time, Short’s swim (3:40.68) was the fastest in the event since the London 2012 Olympic Games. The performances of both Short and Hafnaoui catapulted them into the top five performers of all time, with Short just 0.60 seconds shy of Ian Thorpe’s legendary Australian record.

Short is known to swim very fast around this time of the year, having clocked 3:41.64 at the Australian Nationals in early April last year. He’s coming off an altitude training camp as well, which can often aid in producing some fast times, especially in the longer races.

Michael Andrew will also be competing, swimming in his second long course meet on U.S. soil since he began training with the pro group at ASU after missing the Olympic team last year. He’s entered in the 50m breast, 100m breast, 50m fly, 100m fly, 50m free, and 200m IM. His best finish at the Westmont stop came in the 100m breast, where he touched the wall 1st with a time of 1:00.85.

There are many big names missing that we usually see on the circuit, such as Summer McIntosh, Texas pros Regan Smith, Shaine Casas, Simone Manuel, and Carson Foster, as well as Gator prosKatie Ledecky and Bobby Finke.

At the Westmont stop earlier this month, McIntosh was the clear highlight, securing wins in the 200 fly (2:04.00), 200 IM (2:07.42), and 400 IM (4:26.98). All three of her swims topped the world rankings, and her 400 IM time set a new U.S. Open record.

Also missing are many NCAA stars, including Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, andRex Maurer. However, that’s no surprise given that the NCAA Championships are wrapping up this week. It’s likely we’ll see many of these names at the next stop in Fort Lauderdale, which begins on April 30th.

Some NCAA swimmers will attempt the quick turnaround, however, and Georgia’s Luca Urlando is among them. He is slated to swim a whopping nine events: the 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly, 50 back, and 200 IM. The Chmielewski twins, Krzysztof and Michal, from USC, will also make the trip, though they will only swim the 200 fly.

Krzysztof is widely known for winning silver at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships, where he bolted to the wall with a personal best time of 1:53.62. He also finished 4th at the Paris Summer Olympics, clocking in at 1:53.90. Michal owns a best of 1:54.64, which he posted for 9th in Paris.

Notable Entries:

• Maxime Grousset— 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 100 Free
• Beryl Gastaldello— 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free
• Yohann Ndoye-Brouard— 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back
• Penny Oleksiak— 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly
• Michael Andrew— 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 200 IM
• Sam Short— 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free
• Tommy Neill— 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM
• Maximillian Giuliani— 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free
• Anastasia Gorbenko— 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM
• Justina Kozan— 200 Free, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
• Trenton Julian— 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM
• Rachel Klinker— 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Free
• Taylor Ruck— 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back
• Luca Urlando— 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 50 Back, 200 IM
• Krzysztof Chmielewski— 200 Fly
• Michal Chmielewski— 200 Fly

After next week’s meet in Sacramento, there will only be one more stop on the circuit before the series concludes at the Pro Championships in Irvine in August. See the full schedule below.

2025 Pro Series Schedule:

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