GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Following a strong fall campaign, 15 Florida swimmers are set to compete on national and international stages this week.
 
Four former Gators and nine current Gators are set to race at the 2025 Toyota U.S. Open, held Dec. 2-6 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. Long course competition begins Wednesday at 5 p.m., followed by prelims Thursday-Saturday at 10 a.m. and finals each night at 7 p.m.
 
This event has been approved by World Aquatics to serve as a qualifying event for the World  Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) – Beijing 2026.
 
On the professional side, Bobby Finke, Caeleb Dressel, Kieran Smith and Emma Weyant will each compete in at least three events, with Smith entered in five and both Finke and Weyant set for four.
 
Grace Rabb leads the women’s entries with seven events, while Aiden Norman paces the men’s group with six.
 
Seven men will represent Florida’s current roster, including Devin Dilger, Charlie Hutchison and Aleksas Savickas who are each entered in four events, while Matthew Cairns will race the 200m fly.
 
On the women’s side, Lainy Kruger is slated for five events, with teammates Molly Mayne entered in four  and JoJo Ramey set for three.
 
Every session will be livestreamed on the USA Swimming Network. This is the only way to watch the prelims sessions and the distance free session to open the meet, while day two and day three finals sessions will be on Peacock. 
 
Internationally, sophomore Bea Bezerra and future Gator Koen De Groot will represent Florida. Bezerra is competing at the Brazilian Junior Nationals from Dec. 2-6 in Rio de Janeiro, while De Groot is slated to race the 50m and 100m breaststroke at the European National Championships in Lublin, Poland from Dec. 2-7.

U.S. Open Event Schedule  

Day                                                                                   Event(s)

Wednesday (5:00 p.m.)                                                    1500m free

Thursday (Prelims: 10:00 a.m. & Finals: 7:00 p.m.)          50m back, 400m free, 200m IM, 50m Breast, 50m Free

Friday (Prelims: 10:00 a.m. & Finals: 7:00 p.m.)               100m fly, 400m IM, 100m breast, 100m back, 200m free

Saturday (Prelims: 10:00 a.m. & Finals: 7:00 p.m.)           800m free, 50m fly, 200m back, 200m breast, 100m free, 200m fly

 

U.S. Open Championships | December,3-6, 2025 | Austin, Texas

        Name                                             Event(s) Entered

1. Matt Cairns                                  200m fly
2. Devin Dilger                                 50m free, 200m free, 50m fly, 100m free
3. Bobby Finke                                 1500m free, 400m free, 400m IM, 800m free
4. Charlie Hutchison                         400m free, 200m IM, 400m IM, 200m free
5. Aleksas Savickas                         200m IM, 50m breast, 100m breast, 200m breast
6. Aiden Norman                              100m free, 50m back, 200m IM, 100m back, 200m free, 200m back
7. Kieran Smith                                 100m free, 400m free, 200m IM, 200m free, 200m back
8. Caeleb Dressel                             50m free, 100m fly, 50m fly
9. Lainy Kruger                                 200m fly, 200m IM, 100m fly, 200m free, 50m fly
10. Molly Mayne                                  200m IM, 50m breast, 100m breast, 200m breast
11. Grace Rabb                                   50m back, 200m IM, 50m breast, 100m breast, 100m back, 50m fly, 200m breast
12. JoJo Ramey                                  400m free, 200m free, 200m back
13. Emma Weyant                              400m free, 400m IM, 200m free, 200m breast

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