2019 SPEEDO SECTIONALS – CARY, NC
- March 7-10, 2019
- Triangle Aquatic Center, Raleigh, NC
- SCY Format
- Live Results
Coming off the No. 2 17-18 100 fly performance of all-time Friday at Cary Sectionals, 17-year-old Regan Smith obliterated the 100 back 17-18 national group record in prelims Saturday. The next-fastest finisher was 14-year-old Claire Curzan – who obliterated a NAG record of her own in the 100 fly yesterday – in 53.14.
Smith, who represents Riptide and turned 17 in February, split 24.27/25.47 for a final time of 49.74. The previous NAG record of 50.50 was set by Amy Bilquist, now a senior at Cal, at Pac-12s in 2016. Smith also took nearly a second off her own previous best time of 50.58, set leading off a relay at 2018 Speedo Winter Juniors – West as a 16-year-old last December.
| Regan Smith Previous PR (2018) | Amy Bilquist NAG (2016 |
Regan Smith NAG (2019)
|
| 24.63 | 24.76 | 24.27 |
| 25.95 | 25.74 | 25.47 |
| 50.58 | 50.5 | 49.74 |
With this swim, Smith becomes the No. 3 short course yards 100 backstroker of all-time, with the fourth-fastest performance. She’s only .07 off Beata Nelson’s American record.
Top Five Performers of All-Time: Women’s SCY 100 Backstroke
- Beata Nelson, 49.67 – 2018
- Ally Howe, 49.69 – 2017
- Regan Smith, 49.74 – 2019
- Kathleen Baker, 49.80 – 2017
- Janet Hu, 49.93 – 2017
Top Five Performances of All-Time: Women’s SCY 100 Backstroke
- Beata Nelson, 49.67 – 2018
- Ally Howe, 49.69 – 2017
- Ally Howe, 49.70 – 2017
- Regan Smith, 49.74 – 2019
- Beata Nelson, 49.78 – 2018
Smith owns the 15-16 NAG records in the 100 back, 200 back (1:48.30), and 200 fly (1:51.24). At the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships last summer, she earned her first national title in the LCM 200 backstroke (2:06.43) by tying for first with Kathleen Baker. She also finished third in the 200 fly (2:07.42) and 100 back (58.83) in Irvine.
Mind blowing. She Ledeckied the field in a 100. (Finished with nobody else even in the picture.)
There are people in the crowd NOT EVEN WATCHING IT! I can’t imagine. What are you doing?!?
My goodness she’s talented.
It all this crazy underwater stuff going on – WHICH IS DANGEROUS AS HECK. Just you wait until a poor child does this and pops a lung…comes up coughing up blood and junk and cryin. Then everybody will say “Oh we shoulda done somethin about that NOW. I am just tryin ta pretect all of the swimmers from tradgedey.
She swims fast in the morning which is good for Tokyo.
Kraken released! Time to drop the hammer! Riptide Rocket = Quantam Realm! Anything is possible!
Let’s not forget this is faster than Coughlin’s American Recoed that stood for a very long time until recently.
This feels like when Goten and Trunks effortlessly go SSJ a few years after Goku becomes the first Super Saiyan in centuries…hello? Where did everyone go? What do you mean ‘too nerdy’?
I get it!
This was my first thought upon reading this. Regan’s time would have won NCAAs every every year in history, including eclipsing Coghlin’s insane time, until Howe went 49.6 a couple of years ago.
…wait, edit, I just realized this was a prelims swim. WTH?
Wow, she’s good.
I miss Bobo Gigi
Where did Bobo go?