2024 SC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
- Meet Central
- Roster Index
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Pick’em
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
- Complete final results (PDF)
Regan Smith surprised herself on night 3 of the 2024 Short Course World Championships when she not only won the 50 back, but broke Maggie MacNeil‘s world record in the event, clocking 25.23. Smith said she didn’t hit her turn at the 25m wall so she wasn’t optimistic heading into the finish but it was a very, very pleasant surprise when she saw the result.
Happy swimmer, fast swimmer. Great to see how self-actualized she has become!
really makes me wonder what she could go in SCY now. I feel like 22.5, 48.3, 1:45 high are all reasonable
SCM to SCY are pretty accurate. You could just convert her times.
Wasn’t there another good backstroker or has Regan just taken over
No. Only Yanks are good at backstroke, and all the other swimming strokes, for that matter. Competitors from all the other countries compete purely and solely to remind everyone how great American swimmers are.
good for regan, but i just saw that sjostrom is taking some time off from swimming 2025.. 🙁
What does Sarah Sjostrom have to do with the backstroke?
Where?
Tbh I didn’t think she’d break it either, that MacNeil record was powerful
Way to go Regan!
In your co-interview with Kate Douglass last week, you mentioned to the host that you sometimes give your medals away to deserving people (often volunteers working at the meets).
I think it would be wonderful if you’d give a first place medal to that interviewer.
Then he would be known as:
“GOLD MEDAL COLE.” (Deservedly so.)
That would make his year!
This gave me a good chuckle