Thomas Langlois (Whittier College bio here, @thomaslangloisopenwaterswimmer) may have been the smallest swimmer among the 40 swimmers in the 2026 MPSF 5 km Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach, California, but he was – by far – the fastest.

The senior Poet from Haut-Richelieu in Québec, Canada won his third straight MPSF Championship title. While his first two titles were tight end-to-end races with close finishes where he is literally only a step ahead of the second and third finishers, this time Langlois left absolutely nothing to chance.

He took off right from the start and never looked back, eventually beating Tanner Nelson (BYU bio here, @t.nels_00) by a minute and 16 seconds and Gavin Willyerd (BYU bio here) by a minute and 54 seconds.

The water was flat and 71.2°F under cloudy skies and warm Southern California temperatures.

The event was live streamed on Game On Live Studio.

“We were very excited to host the fourth MPSF Open Water Swimming Championship,” said MPSF Associate Commissioner for Championships Kaia Hedlund. “We have 16 schools participating from seven different states with 133 athletes competing. We have over 50 volunteers and expect a lot of spectators with Long Beach being the Aquatic Capital of America.”

2026 MPSF Open Water Swimming Championship Results

1st Thomas Langlois 57:55.0
2nd Tanner Nelson 59:11.7
3rd Gavin Willyerd 59:49.2
4th Thomas Olsen 59:53.8
5th Reid Caswell 1:00:00.5
6th Ian Pickles 1:00:03.0
7th Batu Servi 1:00:09.2
8th Dane Weber 1:00:10.0
9th Jack Luken 1:00:49.8
10th Wojciech Chalat 1:01:22.7
11th Owen Berry 1:01:45.8
12th Joe Stephenson 1:01:48.5
13th Colin Campbell 1:02:08.7
14th Carter Rankin 1:02:43.8
15th Jackson Cooper 1:02:45.1
16th Gergely Torok 1:04:13.8
17th Easton Mousser 1:04:29.6
18th Jaden Akpan 1:04:36.0
19th Sam Lyon 1:04:51.7
20th Jack Reardon 1:05:02.3
21st AJ Ceja 1:05:05.2
22nd Jarrod Coy 1:05:51.7
23rd Zeke Garzon 1:07:19.1
24th Yanis Benhamou 1:07:58.2
25th Luka Cavic 1:08:05.7
26th Carter Lavold 1:08:06.8
27th Caleb O’Donnell 1:08:09.3
28th Luke Rettig 1:09:30.6
29th Walker Slay 1:09:35.0
30th Matthew Glennon 1:09:52.0
31st Matthew Borovik 1:10:33.6
32nd Sam Allison 1:11:41.8
33rd Gavin Legere 1:11:42.0
34th Ben Swanton 1:12:11.2
35th Alex Song 1:14:28.0
36th Brody Perkins 1:15:26.5
DSQ Anthony Ramirez
DNF Laird Delbridge
DSQ Anthony Sampson
DSQ Francisco Soares Brito

Men’s 2 km Relay Results

1. University of Northern Colorado 26:00.7
2. Brigham Young University 26:05.4
3. Washington State University 26:06.5
4. University of California Santa Barbara 26:44.4
5. Grand Canyon University 27:05.2

Men’s Team Results

1. BYU 137
2. Grand Canyon University 106
3. Whitter College 100

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