2025 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, June 3 – Saturday, June 7, 2025
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indiana University Natatorium
- LCM (50 meters)
- World Championship Selection Criteria
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets (Updated 6/02)
- Live Results
- How To Watch (USA Swimming Network)
- Prelims Live Recap: Day 1
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1
Women’s 100 Freestyle — Final
- World Record: 51.71 — Sarah Sjöström, Sweden (2017)
- American Record: 52.04 — Simone Manuel (2019)
- U.S. Open Record: 52.54 — Simone Manuel, United States (2018)
- 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Kate Douglass — 52.56
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 54.25
- Torri Huske (AAC) – 52.43
- Gretchen Walsh (NYAC) – 52.78
- Simone Manuel (TXLA) – 52.83
- Kate Douglass (NYAX – 53.16
- Erin Gemmel (TXLA) – 53.51
- Anna Moesch (GSCY) – 53.54
- Maxine Parker (CA-Y) – 53.56
- Claire Weinstein (SAND) – 53.72
Torri Huske swam to a new US Open Record en route to a win on night one of competition in Indianapolis. Huske earned the win in the 100 free in a 52.43, breaking Simone Manuel‘s US Open record of a 52.54 that Manuel swam back in 2018 at Nationals in July. The swim also marked Huske’s first current US Open record.
Split Comparison
| Huske – 2025 Nationals | Manuel – 2018 |
Huske PB- 2024 Paris
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| 50 | 25.09 | 25.62 | 25.06 |
| 100 | 27.34 | 26.92 | 27.23 |
| 52.43 | 52.54 | 52.29 |
Huske was out faster today (25.09) than Manuel was in 2018 (25.62) and was far enough ahead of the record to sneak under it. Huske was out about as fast as she was at the 2024 Paris Olympics in a 25.06 when she swam to her personal best of a 52.29 to earn silver.
Although she was slightly off her personal best, the swim is Huske’s #2 performance in her career. Her season best entering the meet was a 52.95 from the Pro Series stop in Fort Lauderdale.
With her win, Huske punched her ticket to the 2025 World Championships that are set to begin next month in Singapore. She also is the #2 seed in the 50 free and 100 fly, #3 seed in the 200 IM, #4 seed in the 50 fly, and #7 seed in the 200 free this week. Manuel also will make the trip to Singapore after finishing 3rd tonight in a 52.83.
Who hates her?
I love her. I think she’s the queen of the USA swimming. She’s my favorite.
I don’t think anyone HATES her they just disrespect her cuz of Gretchen. Not purposely but it’s just they never talk about how good Torri is
So got curious about the PB’s of the fastest performers ever and dug up some splits. I stopped with all the sub 52.6 performers. Note this is just their PB’s you’d need to look at a lot more trials / championship races to really analyze how they swam the race in general. There is still some value in how they swam their best ever though. That being said we’ve seen enough of Mollie to know that she is just built different. I made a note about Britta too because the Supersuits changed how you swam races too.
Sarah Sjoestroem (24.83, 26.88, 2.05) 51.71
Emma McKeon (25.08, 26.88, 1.80) 51.96
Siobhan Haughey (25.08, 26.94, 1.86) 52.02
Cate Campbell… Read more »
now this is cool — torri and simones split gaps rly stick out. i will note ss coach said watching the paris final that it will take the front end speed and starts of someone like torri or big gretch to lower the wr. now they just have to put together the back end closing speed which torri has clearly been working on
Wow! Really interesting that Emma McKeon And Sarah Sjostrom had the same closing split….. Sarah with that front end speed though.
Wasn’t Huske’s first US Open record at ‘21 trials in 100 fly?
And y’all keep hating on her, when y’all gonna realize she’s the real deal
Who keeps hating on Huske? She seems like one of the most universally liked on here (the only exception being after her 58 split in Fukuoka)
Maybe hate is too strong of a word, I guess disrespect. Everyone only talks about Gretchen and not Torri, when Torri’s done it all and Gretchen hasn’t done anything (yet)
Do first and second place make the team or just first place?
Only first place automatically makes the team in most events. In the 100/200 free, the top four make the team. The US can only have 26 swimmers of each sex on its team. For the women, with many swimmers expected to earn multiple spots, the second place finishers will also get to go, along with the fifth and sixth place finishers in the 100 and 200 free.
1st and 2nd. 3rd and 4th get to swim the final of the relay, 5th and 6th swim the prelims, usually along with 3rd and 4th
Not always.
In Singapore, coaches will decide who will swim the relays from the team. First and second will swim 4×100 free relay final.
5th and 6th are not first priority and not guaranteed to be included depending on the number of swimmers. When many swimmers double, there’s a chance 5th and 6th swimmers are included. But we’ll see, this time first and second swimmers on 50 strokes are first priority.
That depends cause like last year at the Olympics there are third and fourth swimmers also swims on the prelims to see where they’re at along with fifth and sixth swimmers and usually they go with the fastest one
For 100 freestyle,
First, second, third, and fourth place are first priority and make the team.
(It’s for relays)
She’s amazing at LCM in particular
Didn’t huske go 52.9 in 2022 leading of the 4×100 free relay?
yup she went 52 high off the relay and individually to win bronze in budapest in 2022.
it seems like this was an unpopular take but its pretty clear from these splits torri is more a front half swimmer than simone (even as shes improved her back half) — so given that i wonder what her actual ceiling is in the 50. as i noted her current pb of 24.09 came at a meet where she was .6 off her current pb in the 100…
https://swimswam.com/2025-u-s-world-trials-previews-the-paris-4×100-free-relay-team-takes-aim-at-the-50-freestyle/#comment-1563766
torris event selection tomorrow will be interesting w the 200 free / 50 fly double. i expect her to swim both prelims and see what happens tbh. she might not even make the final in the 200 free which would make that decision for her. ledecky weinstein… Read more »
Torri’s over the top speed is incredible, if she has a good start and good finish I could see her possibly even clipping KD’s AR in the 50. At Trials last year it looked like she went really deep on her start.
Tbh I see her scratching the 2 free. Seems like it would just tire her out with a busy schedule to come this week, plus a lot of risk and not much reward as I can’t see her getting top 6 in that but who knows.