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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Katie Ledecky<\/strong> swam under world-record pace for the first half of her 400 free Saturday evening at U.S. Nationals, 21-year-old Kathleen Baker<\/strong> and her coach, David<\/strong> Marsh<\/strong>, were watching. When Ledecky ultimately fell off the pace, Marsh turned to Baker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never do this to Kathleen\u2014I never do outcome stuff with her. She\u2019s so big on goals that I try to back off outcome,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cI said, \u2018Do you know what this crowd needs tonight? It needs a world record.\u2019 She goes, \u2018It does.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

A few minutes later, Marsh turned to his youngest daughter, Maddie,<\/strong> and asked her to look at her heat sheet\u2014specifically, at the world record, a 58.10 set by Kylie Masse<\/strong> last summer at the World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see that record? It\u2019s going to get broken tonight,\u201d Marsh told her. \u201cI never do that either\u2014it\u2019s sort of jinxing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marsh knew what was coming. He didn\u2019t really know why. Her efforts in training had been solid, but she was just as fast last summer, if not faster. He just had a hunch that after tying Regan Smith<\/strong> for the national title in the 200 back\u2014and not winning outright\u2014that Baker might have something special up her sleeve.<\/p>\n

What everyone at the Woollett Aquatic Center saw was the most aggressive 100-meter backstroke ever swum by a female. Despite hugging the lane line as she closed in on the turn, Baker swam the first 50 in 27.90, more than six tenths faster than world-record pace (28.51).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been someone who likes to go out fast, and that\u2019s how I like to do my races,\u201d Baker said. \u201cI have a lot of adrenaline when I swim, and I get really excited to race. Usually, I don\u2019t feel that fast until I do the turn, and then I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh wow, that hurt a little bit.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For comparison, Olivia Smoliga won the 50 back national title\u2014Baker didn\u2019t swim that race\u2014in 27.70. If Baker had touched the wall at the halfway point of her 100 instead of flipping, she would have been just as faster or faster\u2014and she still had another 50 to go.<\/p>\n

She held on\u201430.10 was her homecoming split\u2014and she produced a world record. It was the first long course world record set on U.S. soil by a swimmer other than Ledecky since full-body and rubberized suits were outlawed in 2009. It was the first at a U.S. Nationals since Ledecky broke the 400 free record in 2014.<\/p>\n

Narrating the race from above, public address announcer Chris Hindmarch-Watson<\/strong> broke into an elongated scream: \u201cNEW WORLD RECORD!\u201d Baker thrust her left arm into the air and spun around 360 degrees. When she came back around, the clock still read 58.00.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was literally, like, shook,\u201d Baker said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my gosh\u2014I just broke a world record!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Before her first Olympics in 2016, Baker revealed to the world that she suffers from Crohn\u2019s disease. She doesn\u2019t often speak about her health, but she still deals with the effects of the illness daily. When Marsh is coaching her, he always knows he will have to adjust the workout based on however Baker is feeling on a given day.<\/p>\n

Even on the day of her first world record, Baker had to deal with her Crohn\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning she came in looking puffy-eyed and rough,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m glad you slept in until 10 this morning.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Baker didn\u2019t feel like she walked into the pool with her health compromised. When she woke up today, she felt \u201cexcited to race.\u201d She broke into a smile and proclaimed, \u201cI love the 100 backstroke.\u201d<\/p>\n

The day Masse set the 100 back world record at the World Championships in Budapest, Baker swam in the heat and finished second in 58.58, almost a half-second behind the Canadian. That night, Baker set a reminder in her phone: 58.10. Every evening at 8 p.m. for the next 367 days, Baker would receive a notification showing that number.<\/p>\n

On day 368, Baker was finishing up her round of interviews around 8 p.m. PT, and she resolved to set a new reminder: 57.99. Sounds easy, right? She just needs to find one more hundredth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think almost not hitting the lane rope when I do a flip turn might help. I almost smacked my face on the lane rope turning over,\u201d Baker said. \u201cJust fine-tuning some things, there\u2019s always ways to improve.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe Baker will get that extra hundredth at the Pan Pacific Championships, where she will go head-to-head with Masse for the first time since Budapest. Also in that heat will be Emily<\/strong> Seebohm<\/strong>, the 2015 World Champion and the bronze medalist from Budapest.<\/p>\n

And for the first time in Baker\u2019s career, she will be the favorite. She is the world record-holder. Masse, Seebohm and all the others are coming after her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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