{"id":611303,"date":"2025-05-03T15:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T22:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=611303"},"modified":"2025-05-04T09:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T16:45:54","slug":"tyr-pro-swim-series-fort-lauderdale-regan-smith-swims-57-46-in-100-back-for-seventh-fastest-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tyr-pro-swim-series-fort-lauderdale-regan-smith-swims-57-46-in-100-back-for-seventh-fastest-time-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale: Regan Smith Swims 57.46 in 100 Back for Seventh-Fastest Time Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale: Regan Smith Swims 57.46 in 100 Back for Seventh-Fastest Time Ever<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final evening of racing in Fort Lauderdale began with a bang as\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong> dropped a world record for the first time since 2018<\/a>. Three heats later,\u00a0Regan Smith<\/strong> put a scare into yet another record as she was dominant in the women’s 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n

Smith already owns the two quickest times ever in the 100 back, most notably the world record of 57.13 she posted at last summer’s Olympic Trials to dethrone Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> from the global pinnacle. McKeown would edge Smith for Olympic gold in the event in Paris, but Smith blasted back with an Olympic-record time of 57.28 leading off the U.S. women’s 400 medley relay, which eventually secured gold.<\/p>\n

Now, at the end of a Pro Series performance in which she has already won the 200 butterfly and 200 backstroke, Smith took out the final in 28.02, just eight hundredths shy of her record split of 27.94. She finished off the race in 29.44, more than a second quicker than the Olympic medalists on either side of her, and that was good for a time of 57.46.<\/p>\n

That mark is the fastest in the world this year and the seventh-fastest in history, with only Smith and McKeown having ever posted quicker swims. Smith took down her own Pro Series record while surpassing McKeown’s 57.65 for the fastest time in the world this year.<\/p>\n

Finishing second was\u00a0Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> in 58.79, with Canada’s\u00a0Kylie Masse<\/strong> third in 58.90. Those swimmers became the third and fourth-fastest swimmers in the world this year, respectively.\u00a0Claire Curzan<\/strong> got to the wall third in 59.46, with\u00a0Charlotte Crush<\/strong> and\u00a0Rhyan White<\/strong> also under the 1:00-barrier.<\/p>\n

Later in the evening, Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> would provide a third world record with her incredible time of 54.60 in the 100 butterfly<\/a>.\u00a0The session would also include the men’s 800 free, 100 back and 100 fly plus competition for both genders in the 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and 50 freestyle.<\/p>\n