2024 US OLYMPIC TRIAL
100 WOMEN’S BUTTERFLY – SEMI-FINALS
World record: 55.48, Sara Sjostrom (SUE) – 2016 Olympic GamesAmerican record: 55.64, Torri Huske – World Championship 2022US Open record: 55.66, Torri Huske (USA) – 2021 US Olympic Trials- Youth world record: 56.20, Claire Curzan (USA) – 2021 TAC Titans Premier Invitational
- 2021 US Olympic Trials Champion: Torri Huske55.66
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 57.92
Qualifiers for the final:
- Gretchen Walsh (NAC), 55.18 WR
- Torri Huske (CAA), 55.79
- Regan Smith (TXLA), 55.92
- Alex Shackell (CSC), 56.78
- Claire Curzan (TAC), 57.24
- Emma Sticklen (TXLA), 57.77
- Beata Nelson (UN-WI), 57.80
- Kelly Pash (TXLA), 57.97
Answer to Gretchen WalshThe momentous new world swimming record has been pouring in, including from some of the world’s best swimmers. While her closest competitors surrounded the UVA athlete in the pool, the electronic support has been just as resounding. Walsh, who dropped the WR by three-tenths of a second, said after the race that she “…was probably the most surprised of the people I know“
Furthermore, in that interview, in response to the question: “How does it feel to break a world record held by Sara Sjostrom?” Walsh responded by saying
It’s crazy. I mean, she’s an amazing athlete, swimmer, and role model to me, so to even be in the same sentence as her is already crazy, so it’s really a dream come true.
The former world record holder, who held the record from 2009 to 2012 and then regained it Dana Vollmer In 2015 he published the following message on Instagram.
Sjostrom also responded to fans who were hoping Sjostrom would pick up the puck again at some point in the future with a fun message: “That’s not going to happen.”
Since placing seventh in the 100 butterfly at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sjostrom has moved away from the event in international competition and placed more emphasis on the 50 freestyle and 50 butterfly, of which she holds the world record in both.
Sjostrom and Walsh faced each other three times last summer. In the 50 free and 50 fly individually as well as in the women’s 4×100 free relay. The Swede bested Walsh in every race, as she bested Walsh in the 50 and the relay by 1.82 seconds. The pair took the podium together in the 50 butterfly, as Walsh won the bronze medal, 0.69 seconds behind world record holder Sjostrom.
Former world and American record holder Dana Vollmer She appeared to be in the pool as a screenshot from her Instagram Story shows her filming the swim.
One of his UVA coaches, tyler fenwickposted a fun message linking their results to the Lucas Oil Stadium venue.