Sam Short on Pan Pacs Campaign: “I talked the talk and hopefully I walked the walk”

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
2026 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPSAugust 12-15, 2026
Irvine, California
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Coming into Pan Pacific Champs, Australia’s Sam Short was not shy about the fact that he wanted to come to the USA and beat the top distance swimmers, namely Bobby Finke, on home soil. And when the dust settled, Short had done just that.
Sweeping the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle, there was nothing that