{"id":322782,"date":"2018-07-31T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T18:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=322782"},"modified":"2019-07-29T09:00:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:00:50","slug":"lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-baker-lights-up-nationals-with-new-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-baker-lights-up-nationals-with-new-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Baker Lights Up Nationals With New World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, <\/span>sponsored by LumaLanes<\/span><\/a>, goes to <\/span>Kathleen Baker<\/b>, who stunned the crowd at the Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, CA with a new world record in the 100 backstroke at the 2018 Phillips 66 US National Championships. <\/span><\/p>\n

Baker\u2019s swim was nothing if not aggressive, with the 21-year-old flipping an astonishing 6-tenths ahead of world record pace at the 50 in 27.90. That time would have put her third in the 50 back from earlier in the meet (which she elected not to swim) with a time that was <\/span>to her feet. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

While she was hugging the lane line heading into the turn, she was able to hold on with a 30.10 closing 50 split that pushed her past <\/span>Kylie Masse\u2019s <\/b>world record from last summer by a tenth to become the fastest woman in history with a 58.00. If you haven\u2019t already, you can catch Baker\u2019s swim below:<\/span><\/p>\n