By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
2025 U.S. Masters Summer National Championships
- Wednesday, August 6 – Sunday, August 10, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
- Start Times
- 8:00 AM Pacific (12 PM Eastern)
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream
Competitors of all ages will come together at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington, for the 2025 U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championship from Wednesday through Sunday. With five full days of racing on the schedule, this year’s event will bring together over 1,100 athletes, representing 216 clubs, across five countries.
The 2025 Summer Nationals is the fifth time Federal Way has played host to a USMS National Championship and the first time since the 2007 Summer Nationals.
As has been the case in past years, this year’s Masters Nationals will feature athletes competing at the highest level while participating in a wide range of age groups. The oldest competitor on the entry list is 95-year-old Frank Manheim, who is entered in the 50 and 100 freestyle and 50 and 100 backstrokes. He’s joined by four other swimmers over the age of 90, as well as nearly 30 others in their 80s (104 athletes are age 75 or older).
Competitors from the 18–24 age group up to age 95-99 are entered to compete in a full schedule of long-course events from 50-meter sprints to the 1500 freestyle, all racing in their respective five-year age groups.
Four Olympic veterans will also be on hand this week as they showcase their skills alongside fellow Masters swimmers:
Puget Sound Masters will be represented by Rick Colella, who represented the USA and won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Kurt Grote won a gold medal in the 4×100 medley relay for the U.S. at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and is racing this week as well.
Two-time Olympian Dan Jorgensen (1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona) represented the United States and won both gold and bronze medals during his swimming career.
Puerto Rican Olympian Francisco Canales swam in three events at the 1976 Montreal Games and will also be competing in the 2025 Summer Nationals.
Swimming for the 2025 Summer Nationals begins Wednesday morning with the 1500-meter freestyle and continues through Sunday with several events on each day of the championship. The complete program includes all standard long-course events, along with relays.
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