{"id":414620,"date":"2020-02-08T19:43:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T02:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=414620"},"modified":"2020-02-08T19:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T02:56:58","slug":"phoebe-bacon-becomes-third-swimmer-to-lower-100-back-national-high-school-record-in-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/phoebe-bacon-becomes-third-swimmer-to-lower-100-back-national-high-school-record-in-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoebe Bacon Becomes Third Swimmer to Lower 100 Back National High School Record in Two Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Phoebe<\/strong> Bacon<\/strong>, the overall National High School record in the 100 back keeps getting lower.<\/p>\n

And lower.<\/p>\n

And lower.<\/p>\n

Claire Curzan <\/strong>first broke the National High School record in the 100 back<\/a> on February 7 at the North Carolina 4A State Championships with a time of 51.38.<\/p>\n

The following day on February 8, Alex Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>eclipsed Curzan’s mark<\/a> at the Tennessee State Championships with a quick 51.35 to lower the record yet again.<\/p>\n

Also on February 8,\u00a0Phoebe Bacon\u00a0<\/strong>crushed the former record with a blazing 50.89 at the Metro Championships while representing Stone Ridge School. She became the first high school female to dip under the 51-second barrier in the event with her impressive performance.<\/p>\n

Her splits:<\/em><\/p>\n