{"id":406927,"date":"2019-12-13T16:01:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T23:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=406927"},"modified":"2019-12-16T19:41:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T02:41:56","slug":"claire-curzan-breaks-second-15-16-nag-record-of-east-juniors-with-50-8-100-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/claire-curzan-breaks-second-15-16-nag-record-of-east-juniors-with-50-8-100-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Curzan Breaks Second 15-16 NAG Record of East Juniors With 50.8 100 Fly (RACE VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Speedo Winter Juniors (Claire Curzan)<\/em><\/p>\n

Day Three Finals<\/em><\/p>\n

15-year-old\u00a0Claire Curzan\u00a0<\/strong>broke her second national age group weekend of the 2019 East Speedo Winter Juniors in Atlanta<\/a>, this time taking a win in the 100 butterfly after she swam a 21.7 in the 50 free last night<\/a>. Curzan swam a 50.87 to win the 100 butterfly, surpassing\u00a0Beata Nelson’s\u00a0<\/strong>51.08 NAG record that had stood since 2014.<\/p>\n

Curzan’s time also broke the meet record of 51.73 set by\u00a0Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>in 2016. She won the final tonight ahead of 17-year-old\u00a0Tristen Ulett <\/strong><\/a>(52.07), who will be a freshman at the University of Louisville next fall. She moved up to 31st all-time in the 17-18 age group in the 100 butterfly. Gabi Albiero<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>finished third at 52.64 and will also be in Louisville next year.<\/p>\n

Curzan has a successful history in the 100 butterfly even at age 15. She already holds the national age group record in the 11-12 (53.95)<\/a> and 13-14 (50.65) 100 butterfly and has since stamped her name on the 15-16 record at the bottom of the age group. Curzan is clearly a rising talent in the United States, winning three individual medals at the FINA World Juniors this summer, claiming a bronze in this event at the long course level. She is just in her sophomore year of high school but her time tonight would put her sixth in Division I at this point in the season.<\/p>\n

Claire Curzan still has a long way to go to try and make the 2020 Olympic Team but she was ranked 25th in the world and seventh in the United States this year in the 100 butterfly. If she keeps improving at this pace, then she certainly has a bright future.<\/p>\n

15-16 All-Time Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 50.87,\u00a0Claire Curzan<\/strong>, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. 51.08,\u00a0Beata Nelson<\/strong>, 2014<\/li>\n
  3. 51.29,\u00a0Torri Huske<\/strong>, 2019<\/li>\n
  4. 51.48,\u00a0Olivia Bray<\/strong>, 2017<\/li>\n
  5. 51.63,\u00a0Regan Smith<\/strong>, 2018<\/li>\n
  6. 51.75,\u00a0Grace Oglesby<\/strong>, 2015<\/li>\n
  7. 51.78,\u00a0Katie McLaughlin<\/strong>, 2014<\/li>\n
  8. 51.88,\u00a0Emma Sticklen<\/strong>, 2019<\/li>\n
  9. 51.93,\u00a0Eva Merrell<\/strong>, 2016<\/li>\n
  10. 51.97,\u00a0Gabi Albiero<\/strong>, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n