{"id":534547,"date":"2023-07-31T15:40:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T22:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=534547"},"modified":"2023-07-31T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T22:40:19","slug":"worlds-resilient-regan-smith-grateful-to-be-back-on-global-stage-in-200-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/worlds-resilient-regan-smith-grateful-to-be-back-on-global-stage-in-200-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Worlds: Resilient Regan Smith Grateful to Be Back on Global Stage in 200 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Worlds: Resilient Regan Smith Grateful to Be Back on Global Stage in 200 Back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even at her age, even with her pedigree, <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> was deeply worried about the 200 back.<\/p>\n<p>She may have had a world record and a world championship before she was old enough to vote in the United States. But two summers without swimming what she once hoped would be her signature event at a major competition gave room for thoughts to spool in her mind. What if she never got back on top in the 200 back? Not just globally, but within the United States, with its deep wells of backstroke talent, to even get a chance to prove herself internationally?<\/p>\n<p>The relief was evident on Smith\u2019s face Saturday night, adorned by a silver medal around her neck.<\/p>\n<p>Smith picked up her fourth individual medal of the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-seven-200m-backstroke-kaylee-mckeown-sweeps-the-backstrokes-and-australias-12th-gold-medal-of-the-meet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by finishing second in the 200 back<\/a>. It brought more poise than any of the others, for the doubts that it had conquered on the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means a lot, honestly,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHaving the opportunity to be here, competing internationally again in the 200 back, is something that for a while I thought I\u2019d never get to do again. It means a lot that I got to be here, and that\u2019s the second time I\u2019ve ever gone 2:04, so I\u2019m going to take that swim.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2023-world-aquatics-championships\">World Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2023\/world-aquatics-championships-sw-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smith\u2019s journey with the 200 back has been fraught. She famously put the world on notice at age 17 when she obliterated <strong>Missy Franklin\u2019s<\/strong> world record in 2:03.35 en route to the world title in Gwangju.<\/p>\n<p>Since those Worlds, though, she\u2019s struggled in the event. She didn\u2019t get back to 2:05-low again until the Toyota U.S. Open last year, then she blasted a 2:04.76 at TYR Pro Swim Series in Westmont. The 2:03.80 she turned in at U.S. Trials, then the third-fastest time ever, banished some demons.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_534549\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-534549\" data-attachment-id=\"534549\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/worlds-resilient-regan-smith-grateful-to-be-back-on-global-stage-in-200-back\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-449\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Regan Smith of United States of America, silver, Kaylee Mckeown of Australia, gold, Katharine Berkoff of United States of America, bronze show the medals after competing in the 100m Backstroke Women Final during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690288452&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;44&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Smith of United States of America, silver, Kaylee Mckeown of Australia, gold, Katharine Berkoff of United States of America, bronze show the medals after competing in the 100m Backstroke Women Final during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, Regan Smith of United States of America, silver, Kaylee Mckeown of Australia, gold, Katharine Berkoff of United States of America, bronze, 100m Backstroke Women Final&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Smith, left, in the podium of the 100 back; Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-534549\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382.jpg\" alt=\"Regan Smith of United States of America, silver, Kaylee Mckeown of Australia, gold, Katharine Berkoff of United States of America, bronze show the medals after competing in the 100m Backstroke Women Final during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023.\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-1350x900.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM02382-533x355.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-534549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regan Smith, left, in the podium of the 100 back; Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But between Gwangju and Fukuoka, Smith had seen her share of hardships. She failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in the 200 back, finishing behind <strong>Phoebe Bacon<\/strong> and <strong>Rhyan White<\/strong> in the crucible of U.S. Team Trials. She avoided the event altogether last summer, a second dose of seeing a reigning world record-holder compete at a meet but not in the event in which her name tops the record board. She watched <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> surpass her, taking down her world record in March after winning the Olympic gold medal and the world championship in Budapest in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing that label as world record holder weighed her down, and the 21-year-old is only now freeing herself from that pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think no one really prepares you for how hard it is to achieve something like that at such a young age,\u201d she said. \u201cI just wasn\u2019t ready for it. I don\u2019t think I mentally prepared myself for what was to come after that. That, coupled with COVID stalling everything, it just really screwed with me mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith appears to be back at near her best, or at least in position to plot a path to her best. She garnered three silvers in the Fukuoka, all in backstroke events behind McKeown, who authored a Swimmer of the Meet performance. Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-night-5-summer-mcintosh-makes-statement-with-204-06-wjr-in-200-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added bronze in the 200 fly<\/a>, an emerging event in which she could compete for the podium, especially since it\u2019s not the strongest event among Americans or globally.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamic between McKeown and Smith, from all accounts, seems cordial and mutually beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a great competitor and she\u2019s been on fire for a very long time now,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThis is a place that I never really thought that I could get to again for a couple of years of my life. So to be here and see that I\u2019m on the rise back up is really awesome for me. It gives me a lot of confidence going into this next year leading up to Paris. It\u2019s been great. She\u2019s a great competitor. I think I race my best when I\u2019m against her and it\u2019s a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s great experience,\u201d McKeown said. \u201cIt definitely brought out my nerves, but without her pushing me and without me pushing her, I don\u2019t think we\u2019d be the swimmers we are today. I\u2019m super grateful that we have that competitive rivalry and we probably spoke the most the most that we have this week than we have in all of our careers. We\u2019ve been racing each other since 2017 when we were both juniors. It\u2019s gone back way before anyone ever thought. It\u2019s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s speed over 100 meters is fine and likely to grow with more training. Her 200 strokes are coming along, and Fukuoka brought positive building blocks in both. She led the final of the 200 back for 150 meters before McKeown overtook her on the final turn. The 200 fly saw Smith go out fast, then fade to fourth before rallying with a powerful final 50 on the back end of a double to get bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Her coach, <strong>Bob Bowman<\/strong>, praised her fight and took the blame for a training miscalculation that they hope to resolve for Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Regan has done a great job effort wise and giving her best in these races,\u201d Bowman. \u201cTo give you the short answer, I miscalculated the preparation for her trials. That miscalculation, because I\u2019d never tapered her before, was not able to be fully corrected between the Trials and now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe clearly want better times than that. I rested her too much for the trials. I\u2019ve learned now that she tapers for like two days, not eight days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s fight may be the lasting legacy from her time in Fukuoka. If she ends up back atop the podium in Paris, the climb will have gotten a major boost from the resilience of Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is that more blatant than in the 200 back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really value and take a lot of pride in my mental toughness and my ability to bounce back,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m never going to give up and I\u2019m never going to quit on a race like that, so I\u2019m really proud of that. Being here again means a lot, and I\u2019m really proud of myself for getting out of that place I was in for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worlds: Resilient Regan Smith Grateful to Be Back on Global Stage in 200 Back Even at her age, even with her pedigree, Regan Smith was deeply worried about the 200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":534551,"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":[70622,10818,51047,57822,45350,30862],"class_list":["post-534547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-usa","tag-2023-world-aquatics-championships","tag-bob-bowman","tag-kaylee-mckeown","tag-phoebe-bacon","tag-regan-smith","tag-rhyan-white"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Worlds: Resilient Regan Smith Grateful to Be Return in 200 Back<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Even at her age, even with her pedigree, Regan Smith was deeply worried about the 200 back. 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