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The high school senior slashed nearly a second off her lifetime best, which had been a 47.59 from last March&#8217;s American Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Weitzeil turned at 22.29 at 50 yards, which is .21 faster than Manuel&#8217;s split in her American record swim. Weitzeil came home .12 faster than Manuel as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weitzeil: 22.29\/24.00 \u2013 46.29<\/li>\n<li>Manuel: 22.50\/24.12 \u2013 46.62<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The time is also a U.S. Open record as the fastest time swum in the 50 United States, regardless of nationality.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a banner month for Weitzeil, who was part of a world record-setting 200 mixed freestyle relay at the short course world championships in Doha. 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