Gretchen Walsh Sets Sette Colli Meet Record 54.82 100 Fly, #5 Performance All-Time

67th SETTE COLLI TROPHY 

WOMEN’S 100 FLY – FINAL

  • World Record – 54.33, Gretchen Walsh (USA), 2026
  • World Junior Record – 56.43, Clair Curzan (USA), 2021
  • European Record – 55.48, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2016
  • European Junior Record – 56.46 Benchmark
  • Italian Record – 57.04, Elenna Di Liddo, 2019
  • Meet Record – 55.47, Gretchen Walsh, 2026

GOLD – Gretchen Walsh (USA), 54.82 *Meet Record
SILVER  – Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL), 57.24
BRONZE – Anna Ntountounaki (GRE), 57.79

Gretchen Walsh swam to another meet record in the 100 butterfly. After posting a 55.47 to set a new Sette Colli meet record this morning, Walsh touched in a 54.82 tonight. That swim also sits as the #5 performance all-time and Walsh’s 5th time breaking the 55-second mark. Prior to today, the meet record stood at a 56.04 set by Sarah Sjostrom in 2015.

All-Time Top Performances, LCM Women’s 100 Butterfly

  1. Gretchen Walsh, 54.33, 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open
  2. Gretchen Walsh, 54.60, 2025 Pro Swim Series – Fort Lauderdale
  3. Gretchen Walsh, 54.73, 2025 World Champs
  4. Gretchen Walsh, 54.76, 2025 National Championships
  5. Gretchen Walsh, 54.82, 2026 Sette Colli Trophy
  6. Gretchen Walsh, 55.00, 2026 Pro Swim Series – Indianapolis

Walsh holds the World Record with a 54.33 from the Fort Lauderdale Open at the start of May. Her time tonight was faster than her swim of a 55.00 that she swam just last weekend at the Pro Series in Indianapolis. In Indianapolis as well as yesterday in Rome, Walsh has said she has a goal to become the first woman to go sub-54 in the long course 100 fly. She will is the only sub-55 second woman in the event and holds the top 15 performances in history as Torri Huske‘s 55.52 sits as the #16 swim all-time.

The 23 year old Walsh swam to an American Record during yesterday’s finals session in Rome, swimming to a 24.51 in the 50 butterfly. That was the #2 performance all-time, only behind Sjostrom’s World Record of a 24.43.

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