Current:Home > StocksRegan Smith sets American record at Olympic swimming trials in 100 back-LoTradeCoin
Regan Smith sets American record at Olympic swimming trials in 100 back
View Date:2024-12-23 22:54:56
Regan Smith hasn’t qualified for her second Olympic Games yet, but she’s looking like a medal contender for Paris after breaking her own American record in the women’s 100-meter backstroke Monday night at the U.S. Olympic trials.
Smith comfortably won the second 100 back semifinal of the night at Lucas Oil Stadium with a 57.47 swim, knocking off her previous American record of 57.51 from May.
Starting off strong, the 22-year-old Stanford swimmer posted a 28.02 50-meter split, which was about one-tenth of a second ahead of world record pace. Smith finished with a solid second half, and until about the last five meters, it looked like she had a serious shot of breaking Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown’s 57.33 world record.
While trying again to reclaim the 100 back world record — which Smith set in 2019 — will have to wait at least another day, she's the clear frontrunner at U.S. trials in the event and the top seed entering Tuesday night’s top-8 final.
A three-time Olympic medalist, she won a bronze in the 100 back at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, along with two silvers in the 200-meter butterfly and the women’s 4x100-meter medley relay.
Smith finished third in the women’s 100-meter butterfly Sunday, just missing the top-2 qualifying spots.
veryGood! (79)
Related
- Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline, shrugging off Wall Street’s overnight rally
- Colorado releases 5 wolves in reintroduction program approved by voters
- NFL suspends Steelers' Damontae Kazee for rest of season for hit on Colts receiver
- Meghan Markle Reveals the One Gift Budding Photographer Archie Won't Be Getting for Christmas
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Take the Day Off
- Trump blasted for saying immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country
- Mining company agrees with court decision ordering Guatemala to grant property rights to community
- Accused serial killer lured victims by asking them to help dig up buried gold, Washington state prosecutors say
- Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Reveals Name of Baby Daughter After Missing Film's LA Premiere for Her Birth
- Live updates | Israel launches more strikes in Gaza as UN delays vote on a cease-fire resolution
Ranking
- Multi-State Offshore Wind Pact Weakened After Connecticut Sits Out First Selection
- Kate Middleton's Adorable Childhood Photo Proves Prince Louis Is Her Twin
- Eric Montross, a former UNC and NBA big man, dies at 52 after cancer fight
- Holiday gift ideas from Techno Claus for 2023
- SNL's Chloe Fineman Says Rude Elon Musk Made Her Burst Into Tears as Show Host
- 'It looks like a living organism': California man's mysterious photo captures imagination
- Jonathan Majors dropped by Marvel Studios after being found guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend
- YouTuber Ruby Franke Pleads Guilty in Child Abuse Case
Recommendation
-
A list of mass killings in the United States this year
-
Appeals court says Mark Meadows can’t move Georgia election case charges to federal court
-
Man shot to death, woman clinging to life after being stabbed multiple times in Atlanta home
-
Storm slams East Coast with wind-swept rain flooding streets, delaying travel: Live updates
-
Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies
-
No, it's not your imagination, Oprah Winfrey is having a moment. Here's why.
-
Are Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Ready to Get Married? She Says…
-
Shania Twain Jokes Brad Pitt's 60th Birthday Don't Impress Her Much in Cheeky Comment