Regan Smith Opens Up After ‘Selling Soul’ in 200 Back Prelims, Still Winning in Final

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
2026 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPSAugust 12-15, 2026
Irvine, California
William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center
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Regan Smith turned some heads in the prelims of the 200 Back, touching in 2:04.1 to take the top seed decisively. Smith came back at night and swam a 2:05.5, a considerable time add, but still enough to take the win and earn gold. After the race, Smith said in h