Isabelle Stadden Becomes 6th American Woman Under 1:00 in 100 Back by 16

2019 CLOVIS PRO SWIM SERIES

16-year old Isabelle Stadden broke a minute in the women’s 100 long course meter backstroke on Friday at the 2019 Clovis Pro Swim Series, which marks the first time that she’s been under that symbolic barrier in the event.

Her 59.71 to win in the final moves her up to 4th-place on the all-time rankings in the event. That jumps her 1 spot ahead of Rachel Bootsma, who in 2009, while training with the same Aquajets team in Minneapolis where Stadden currently swims, was a 59.77.

Stadden’s previous best time coming into the meet was a 1:00.06 from the 2018 Irish Open Championships in April of that year, where she was competing as part of the NCSA Junior National travel squad. She wound up just missing that time, by .01 seconds, at US Summer Nationals, when she won the B final.

Top 5 All-Time, American 15-16 Girls, 100 LCM Backstroke

  1. Regan Smith, 2018 – 58.83
  2. Phoebe Bacon, 2018 – 59.12
  3. Missy Franklin, 2011 – 59.18
  4. Isabelle Stadden, 2019 – 59.71
  5. Rachel Bootsma, 2009 – 59.77

She also moves up to 17th-place all-time among American women in the event at any age.

Stadden is a member of the American team that will race at the Pan American Games later this summer.

Stadden, who is a part of the high school class of 2020 (rising seniors), is the #4 ranked swimmer in her grade, and is verbally committed to Cal.

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Coachy
5 years ago

Can we please put Kate on more national team staffs? She is a top 5 coach in the country. Regardless of gender, college coaches, professional coaches, etc.

NEWTOSWIMSWAM
5 years ago

Out of top five, three from MN, two from the same club!

Chas
5 years ago

Kind of crazy to see so many young backstrokers coming out of one state, good job MN.

Roch
Reply to  Chas
5 years ago

We only get to see the sun (and swim outside) three months out of the year, so doing backstroke allows us more time to look at it. We’re desperate for vitamin D.

chronic.cougher
Reply to  Chas
5 years ago

makes it damn hard for the rest of us who arent freaks of nature

Chas
Reply to  chronic.cougher
5 years ago

that too

Dan
5 years ago

Team Record!

Nswim
5 years ago

Kind of crazy how fast the US backstroke group is, especially given there’s a bunch of young names on that list

hambone
Reply to  Nswim
5 years ago

US is gonna kill it in the 4×100 backstroke relay

Shibly
5 years ago

Great to see…USA Olympic trial Will be on fire…so much depth in USA swimming..

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Shibly
5 years ago

indeed , so many newcomers are shining brightly

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