{"id":465010,"date":"2021-03-14T19:58:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T02:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=465010"},"modified":"2021-03-15T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:52:40","slug":"regan-smith-clips-american-record-in-100-yard-backstroke-moves-to-no-2-in-200-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/regan-smith-clips-american-record-in-100-yard-backstroke-moves-to-no-2-in-200-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Regan Smith Clips American Record in 100-Yard Backstroke; Moves to No. 2 in 200 Butterfly (RACE VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regan Smith Clips American Record in 100-Yard Backstroke; Moves to No. 2 in 200 Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n

18-year-old\u00a0Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>of Riptide<\/a> in Minnesota broke the American record in the 100 backstroke on Sunday at the Aquajets March Invite in Minneapolis with a 49.16. Smith took a smidge off of\u00a0Beata Nelson’s\u00a0<\/strong>American record of 49.18 from the 2019 NCAAs<\/a> as Smith got her American record back that she originally set two years ago before Nelson set the standard two weeks later. Smith lowered her own best time of 49.66 as she now holds the American records in the 100 and 200 backstroke in both yards and in long course meters.<\/p>\n

Smith was out in 23.78 and back in 25.38, in near identical splits to Nelson’s record setting effort when she flipped at 23.76 and came back in 25.42. She is currently in a gap year as she is staying home for a year to prepare for the delayed Olympic Trials and Games with coach\u00a0Mike Parratto\u00a0<\/strong>in her home state of Minnesota. After the Games, Smith will head west to Palo Alto to train with head Olympic coach\u00a0Greg Meehan\u00a0<\/strong>as her long-awaited debut will make Stanford a very dangerous team next season in the NCAA race.<\/p>\n