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That\u2019s the fastest time in the league this season, and it slices four-hundredths of a second off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/american-swimming-records-short-course-meters\/\">the American record<\/a> set by <strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson went out in 26.08 seconds, the fastest in the field. She was the fourth-fastest coming home in 31.82. Margalis, when she set the record for the Condors in <a href=\"http:\/\/mediainfo.u.isl.global\/2020\/04_Match_4\/127_Women_100m_Individual_Medley\/C73A1_Result_127_Final_1_Women%27s%20100m%20Individual%20Medley.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Match 4 of the 2020 season<\/a>, was out in 26.89 and came back in 31.05, almost polar opposite approaches to the race.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson has been circling the record for a while. She went 57.99 her last time out to buzz close to Margalis\u2019 record. 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