2021 ESSZ Senior Sectional Meet
- March 4-7, 2021
- Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, NC
- SCY (25y)
- Hosted by TAC Titans
- Friday Psych Sheet – A Flight | B Flight
- Saturday Psych Sheet – A Flight | B Flight
- Sunday Psych Sheet – A Flight | B Flight
- Live Results
TAC 16-year-old Claire Curzan shattered her own National Age Group Record in the SCY 100 fly tonight at the Cary Sectionals. Curzan blasted a 49.51 in tonight’s final of the women’s 100 fly, winning the race by nearly 4 seconds. The swim comes in .22 seconds under her previous lifetime best of 49.73, which stood, until tonight, as the girls 15-16 NAG.
Additionally, Curzan’s performance tonight is the 7th-fastest women’s SCY 100 fly in history. Her previous best of 49.73 was tied for 11th-fastest all-time with UVA star Kate Douglass. Curzan remains the 5th-fastest performer of all-time, behind only Louise Hansson, Maggie MacNeil, Erika Brown, and Kelsi Dahlia. At just 16 years old, tonight’s performance puts Curzan just .13 seconds off Erika Brown‘s American Record (49.38), and .25 seconds off the U.S. Open Record, held by Louise Hansson and Maggie MacNeil (49.26).
Women’s SCY 100 Fly All-Time Performances
| Rank | Swimmer | Time |
| T-1 | Louise Hansson | 49.26 |
| T-1 | Maggie MacNeil | 49.26 |
| 3 | Louise Hansson | 49.34 |
| 4 | Erika Brown | 49.38 |
| 5 | Maggie MacNeil | 49.42 |
| 6 | Kelsi Dahlia | 49.43 |
| 7 | Claire Curzan | 49.51 |
| 8 | Maggie MacNeil | 49.57 |
| 9 | Maggie MacNeil | 49.59 |
| 10 | Maggie MacNeil | 49.66 |
Women’s SCY 100 Fly All-Time Performers
| Rank | Swimmer | Time |
| T-1 | Louise Hansson | 49.26 |
| T-1 | Maggie MacNeil | 49.26 |
| 3 | Erika Brown | 49.38 |
| 4 | Kelsi Dahlia | 49.43 |
| 5 | Claire Curzan | 49.51 |
| 6 | Kate Douglass | 49.73 |
| 7 | Torri Huske | 49.95 |
| 8 | Katie McLaughlin | 49.97 |
| 9 | Natalie Coughlin | 50.01 |
| 10 | Farida Osman | 50.05 |
Here is a split comparison between Curzan’s 49.51 tonight, and her previous best of 49.73:
| 3/5/2021 | 8/8/2020 | |
| 1st 50 | 22.85 | 23.07 |
| 2nd 50 | 26.66 | 26.66 |
| Final Time | 49.51 | 49.73 |
Incredibly, Curzan’s 2nd 50 split tonight was the exact same as it was when she swam her former previous best in August 2020. The difference for Curzan tonight was that she took the race out under 23 seconds on the first 50, splitting a blistering 22.85. The only 1st 50 split we could find that was faster than 22.85 was Erika Brown‘s 22.83 she swam during her American Record performance of 49.38.
what a madwoman
Will she be the first woman to go under 50 in the 100 fly and 100 back? I could see it by the end of college
In fact, by the end of the day today if she does the 100 back.
Only .04 from doing that – great swimming
Smokin’ fast. This young lady is the real deal. Congratulations Claire – look to see you got the first sub 49 in history.
Dang! That is fast. Pretty cool that she tied her 2nd 50 split (26.66) from her old best, think she keeps tying after she tied her own national HS record and she was tied with Douglass in the all-time ranks.
Cannot wait to see her swim her other events as well. Tomorrow could we see a 21 low 50 free or a 49 100 back?
3rd fastest American in the 100 y fly?!?! This young woman is a name that needs to be remembered. Not only will she fit into the NCAA format perfectly (likely eventually setting the AR in both the 100 fly and possibly a second event), but she may even eventually get a WR! I see some very very high potential for Claire, and honestly, I see her 200 fly becoming much faster.
Fantastic swim but I honestly expected faster after her 49.7 in august
Mademoiselle Butterfly
Uhhhhhhhhhhhh what