﻿{"id":343337,"date":"2018-12-29T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=343337"},"modified":"2018-12-23T19:56:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T02:56:30","slug":"world-record-performance-of-the-year-kathleen-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-record-performance-of-the-year-kathleen-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"World Record Performance of the Year: Kathleen Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kathleen Baker<\/strong> is the winner of <em>Swimming World<\/em>\u2019s World Record Performance of the Year after she posted an all-time best time of 58.00 in the 100-meter LC backstroke at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine, California.<\/p>\n<h3>Original race report:<\/h3>\n<p>The 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships continues tonight in Irvine, California, with the best of the United States vying for spots on a number of international rosters for this summer and next year\u2019s World Championships team.<\/p>\n<p>There were plenty of shocking swims tonight, with the most impressive having to go to<strong> Kathleen Baker<\/strong>. The swimmer stunned the crowd with a new world record in the women\u2019s 100-meter LC backstroke on the fourth night of finals in Irvine, blasting a 58.00 to nearly become the first woman under 57 seconds in the event and make her the fastest swimmer in the event in 2018 by more than half a second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kathleen Baker<\/strong> stunned the crowd with the first world record of the 2018 Nationals meet, nearly becoming the first woman under 58 seconds with a 58.00. Baker was out very fast, flipping nearly 6-tenths under world record pace at 27.90. She was able to hold on down the stretch to get to the wall in 58.00, breaking Canadian <strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong>\u2019s record from World Championships last year while also erasing <strong>Missy Franklin<\/strong>\u2019s 2012 American record and Baker\u2019s own U.S. Open record from last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The top three finishers were all under 59 seconds, with <strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> punching her ticket to Pan Pacs with a 58.75 that improves her best time by .02. <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> followed in third in 58.83, a best time and another new world junior record holder for the 16-year-old. Phoebe Bacon, who was the second seed out of prelims, was slightly off her morning time to finish in fourth in this final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> was fifth in 59.77, which is the 17-year-old\u2019s first time under 1:00. NC State\u2019s <strong>Elise Haan<\/strong> was sixth in 1:00.08, while <strong>Ali DeLoof<\/strong> (1:00.13) and <strong>Lisa Bratton<\/strong> (1:00.55) rounded out the final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"322093\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?attachment_id=322093\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1604,920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-07-28 at 10.14.58 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-07-28 at 10.14.58 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-1024x587.png\" class=\"wp-image-322093 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1604px) 100vw, 1604px\" srcset=\"\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM.png 1604w, \/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-280x161.png 280w, \/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-1024x587.png 1024w, \/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-150x86.png 150w, \/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-500x287.png 500w\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-07-28 at 10.14.58 PM\" width=\"1604\" height=\"920\" data-attachment-id=\"322093\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/screen-shot-2018-07-28-at-10-14-58-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1604,920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-07-28 at 10.14.58 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-07-28 at 10.14.58 PM&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"\/\/swimmingworld.azureedge.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-28-at-10.14.58-PM-1024x587.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Baker is the winner of Swimming World\u2019s World Record Performance of the Year after she posted an all-time best time of 58.00 in the 100-meter LC backstroke at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":322181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[25418,72993],"class_list":["post-343337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-usa","tag-kathleen-baker","tag-world-record-performance-of-the-year"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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