2024 Short Course World Championships
- December 10-15, 2024
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- SCM (25m)
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Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay- Final
Top 8 Relays:
- Neutral Athletes B- 3:30.47
- United States- 3:30.55
- Canada- 3:31.97
- Australia- 3:32.83
- Great Britain- 3:35.46
- Spain- 3:35.52
- Italy- 3:35.54
- Netherlands- 3:36.04
Regan Smith led off the US mixed medley relay in a time of a 54.19, a time that is faster than her own World Record of a 54.27 in the SCM 100 backstroke. Her swim from tonight will not count though as it was done leading off a mixed medley relay.
Split Comparison
| Relay Lead Off (Not Official WR) | WR Time (World Cup) | |
| 50 | 26.16 | 26.06 |
| 100 | 54.19 (28.03) | 54.27 (28.21) |
Smith was out a tenth slower today but came back fast enough to be under her official record.
Smith holds all three SCM backstroke World Records after swimming her 54.27 in the 100 and a 1:58.83 in the 200 at the World Cup stop this fall in Singapore. She added the 50 record to her resume this week in Budapest posting a 25.23, breaking the old record of a 25.25 held by Canada’s Maggie MacNeil.
Smith was the fastest of the women in the 100 back lead off split by over a second as Canada’s Ingrid Wilm was the 2nd fastest of the five women leading off with a 55.82.
The US opted for the F-F-M-M lineup and finished 2nd. The team was 8th at the final exchange but Jack Alexy charged on the free leg to just miss gold by 0.08 seconds.
Hooray for Regan! That women’s 4×100 medley relay should set a WR that’ll last for a long time.
Interesting lineup FFMM. why not
Casas
King
Walsh
Alexy
WRs don’t count .. congrats to Smith on a great swim.
the time not counting as a world record doesn’t make any sense
Probably has something to do with having an advantage by pacing off of male competitors during the race whereas a traditional race would be female only.
Hope she leads of the MR with a 53.99!
Id be surprised since she has the 200 back right before the medley relay tomorrow. But you never know.
I hope Regan Smith still has gas left in the tank:
Day 6 – heats/final of the W 200 BK
She needs to go full GW for us!