Watch: Luana Alonso’s Heartwarming Reaction to New Paraguayan Record at PSS – Westmont

2023 PRO SWIM SERIES – WESTMONT

• April 12-15, 2023
• FMC Aquatic Center, Westmont, Illinois
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Luana Alonso made the most out of her Thursday night swim after she snuck into the B-final of the women’s 100-meter butterfly as the last seed thanks to a late scratch.

The 19-year-old SMU sophomore became the first Paraguayan woman under a minute in the 100 fly, clocking a 59.88 to win the B-final out of lane eight. She broke her own national record, a 1:00.13 from last year’s South American Youth Games. Alonso is now the fastest South American woman in the event so far this year.

The best part came when she caught a glimpse of the results and punctuated her performance with the celebration of the week.

All the emotions 🤍

After finishing 17th in prelims, Luana Alonso was later added in as the last seed of the B final after a scratch and ended up WINNING her heat from lane eight 🙌#TYRProSeries pic.twitter.com/l1rGNcP3xz

— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) April 14, 2023

At 17 years old, Alonso competed at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. She placed 28th in the 100 fly with a time of 1:00.37. At last summer’s World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Alonso placed 20th in the 100 fly (1:01.25).

She joined the NCAA ranks during the 2021-22 season at Virginia Tech before transferring to SMU this past season. She helped the Mustangs capture an AAC title in the 200 free relay while also posting top-five times in program history in the 100 fly (52.08) and 200 fly (1:56.60).