2025 EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 2-7, 2025
- Lublin, Poland
- SCM (25 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Recaps:
WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinal
- WR: 49.93 – Kate Douglass, USA (2025)
- WJR: 51.45 – Kayla Sanchez, CAN (2018)
- ER: 50.58 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
- EJR: 52.36 – Anastasya Gorbenko, ISR (2020)
- CR: 50.95 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED (2017)
Top 8 Qualifiers
- Sara Curtis (ITA) – 51.29
- Eva Okaro (GBR) – 51.48
- Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 51.56
- Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 51.57
- Minna Abraham (HUN) – 52.08
- Barbora Janickova (CZE) – 52.14
- Milou van Wijk (NED) – 52.16
- Nina Jane Holt (GER) – 52.56
Sara Curtis swam to a new Italian National Record with a 51.29 during semifinals of the 2025 European Championships. That broke the previous National Record of a 52.10 set by Federica Pellegrini back in 2019.
Split Comparison
| Curtis- Semifinals | Pellegrini |
Curtis- Prelims (Old PB)
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| 50 | 24.5 | 25.43 | 24.81 |
| 100 | 26.79 | 26.67 | 27.48 |
| Final | 51.29 | 52.1 | 52.29 |
Curtis was out much faster today than Pellegrini was in 2019. Curtis swam to a best time of a 52.29 during prelims and dropped exactly one second tonight, but the difference was seen more from her back half.
Curtis is the top seed heading into tomorrow’s final. The 19 year old has already been on fire this week, most notably splitting a 22.71 to anchor Italy’s mixed 4×50 free relay to a World Record as the team touched in a 1:27.26. Only one other woman, Kasia Wasick of Poland who split a 22.95, swam a sub-23 second split.
With her swim, Curtis now becomes the 14th fastest performer all-time in the 100 free. The Virginia freshman joins the all-time list that also includes fellow Cavaliers Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh.
All-Time Top Performers, Women’s SCM 100 Free
- Kate Douglass, 49.93, (USA) — World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2025
- Cate Campbell, 50.25, (AUS) — Hancock Prospecting 2017 (25m)
- Gretchen Walsh, 50.31, (USA) — World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) 2024
- Emma McKeon, 50.58, (AUS) — FINA Swimming World Cup 2021
- Sarah Sjöström, 50.58, (SWE) — FINA Swimming World Cup 2017
- Beryl Gastaldello, 50.63, (FRA) — World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) 2024
- Siobhán Haughey, 50.79, (HKG) — ISL Final – Match 18
- Mollie O’Callaghan, 50.82, (AUS) — World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2025
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo, 50.95, (NED) — European Swimming Championships (25m) 2017
- Libby Lenton, 51.01, (AUS) — New Zealand National Championships (25m)
- Marrit Steenbergen, 51.10, (NED) — World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2025
- Fran Halsall, 51.19, (GBR) — FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2009
- Abbey Weitzeil, 51.26, (USA) — ISL 2020 Season – Match 10
- TIE: Femke Heemskerk, 51.29, (NED) — FINA Swimming World Cup 2018/ Sara Curtis, 51.29, (ITA) – 2025 European Championships
Now for Curtis to work on the 100 BK for the University of Virginia women’s 4 x 100 yard medley relay:
Curtis – Canny/Weber – Curzan – Moesch
👍🏻 on Todd DeSorbo sending holiday cards to top 3 finalists
Watching Sara Curtis’s freestyle in a short course pool, I saw something similar to Kate Douglass’s; she extends her arms and body a lot. It’s clear she’s following Virginia’s advice.
Virginia, home of female sprinters
Not to understate the good coaching at Virginia, but she always swam like that. The main change I see on her is how more muscular she is. Which should not come as a surprise since under her Italian coach she didn’t do much gym work.