Van Mathias wins four medals at Pan Pacific Championships
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 15, 2026, 10:02 PM
Last updated Aug 15, 2026
Van Mathias debuted for the U.S. senior national team at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California, winning two golds and two silvers across four events. Competing in the men's swimming event, he anchored the victorious 4 x 100-meter medley relay, which set a world record. Mathias also secured gold in the 100 breaststroke with a championship-record time. His surprising return to competitive swimming follows a hiatus where he took up weightlifting. The competition continues into its final night.
- •Mathias won two gold medals and two silvers at Pan Pacs.
- •He swam the breaststroke leg in a world record-setting relay.
- •He set a championship record in the 100 breaststroke event.
- •Mathias previously trained and worked at Indiana University.
- •The competition wraps up its final night on Saturday.
- 10:02 PMYahoo Sports — From Indiana U operations desk to Pan Pacs podium: Van Mathias’ 4-medal breakout in the pool
"Van Mathias has made a huge splash in his U.S. senior national team debut this week at the Pan Pacific Championships, the biggest international swim meet of the year for the Americans. Quite a stunner from a guy whose day job is director of operations for Indiana University's swimming and diving program. Mathias, who turns 26 later this month, swam five years for the Hoosiers.
Sources
External linksOriginal reporting and copyright belong to the linked sources. SportsNewsReport.com aggregates and links — it does not republish full articles.
Related Stories
Last 14 days
Swimming•Aug 15, 2026, 10:55 PMMichael Phelps returns poolside with his sons as 8-year-old Beckett eyes swimming
Swimming•Aug 15, 2026, 9:49 PMGreat Britain win gold with mixed freestyle 4x200m championship record
SwimmingSwimming•Aug 15, 2026, 7:16 PMPREP GIRLS SWIMMING: Carley Fredericks hopes to bring excitement to Danville
Swimming•Aug 15, 2026, 6:53 PMLiebmann and Douglass set world records on same day
Swimming•Aug 15, 2026, 6:18 PMLiebmann sets world record to win European gold in 1,500m freestyle
Swimming•Aug 15, 2026, 1:25 PMLani Pallister, who saved Katie Ledecky's autograph, has a chance to snap Ledecky's gold-medal streak