2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- When:
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Wave II Dates: June 13-20, 2021
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Prelims: 10am CDT | Finals: 7pm CDT
- Where: CHI Health Center / Omaha, Nebraska
- Wave I & II Event Order
- LCM (50m)
- Wave II Psych Sheet
- Live Stream Links
- Wave II Live Results
- Day 1 Prelims Heat Sheets
18-Year-Old Arlington Aquatic Club swimmer Torri Huske just exploded in the first heat of women’s 100 fly semifinals, breaking the American Record. After showing off her speed this morning, splitting under World Record pace on the first 50, Huske blasted a 55.78 to touch first tonight. The swim marks a personal best by nearly a full second, and makes Huske just the 2nd American of all-time to break 56 seconds in the event.
The previous American Record was held by Dana Vollmer at 55.98, which she set at the 2012 Olympics. The swim also makes Huske the #3 performer in the world all-time, behind only World Record holder Sarah Sjostrom, and Zhang Yufei. Here is a split comparison between the old American Record, and Huske’s swim tonight:
| Splits | Torri Huske, 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials – Semifinals | Dana Vollmer, 2012 Olympics – Final |
| 50m | 25.96 | 26.39 |
| 100m | 29.82 | 29.59 |
| Final Time | 55.78 | 55.98 |
All-Time World Top 5:
| Rank | Swimmer | Time | Country |
| 1 | Sarah Sjostrom | 55.48 | SWE |
| 2 | Zhang Yufei | 55.62 | CHN |
| 3 | Torri Huske | 55.78 | USA |
| 4 | Maggie MacNeil | 55.83 | CAN |
| 5 | Emma McKeon | 55.93 | AUS |
All Time American Top 5:
| Rank | Swimmer | Time | Date |
| 1 | Torri Huske | 55.78 | 6/13/2021 |
| 2 | Dana Vollmer | 55.98 | 7/28/2012 |
| 3 | Claire Curzan | 56.20 | 4/10/2021 |
| 4 | Kelsi Dahlia | 56.37 | 7/23/2017 |
| 5 | Kate Douglass | 57.07 | 6/13/2021 |
2020-2021 World Top 5:
| 1 | ZHANG YUFEI |
CHN | 55.62 | 09/29 | 2020 CHINESE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS QINGDAO, CHN |
| 2 | TORRI HUSKE |
USA | 55.78 | 06/13 | 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS WAVE II OMAHA, USA |
| 3 | EMMA MCKEON |
AUS | 55.91 | 06/12 | 2021 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS ADELAIDE, AUS |
| 4 | MAGGIE MACNEIL |
CAN | 56.14 | 05/27 | 2021 TAKE5 HIGH PERFORMANCE EVENT TORONTO, CAN |
| 5 | CLAIRE CURZAN |
USA | 56.20 | 04/10 | 2021 TAC TITANS LC PREMIER INVITATIONAL MEET CARY, NC |
In terms of the impact on the Olympic picture, of course Huske has to finish in the top 2 tomorrow night to advance to the Olympics. Assuming she does that, she’s now in the thick of it with Yufei, who hails from China, and the defending World Champion, Maggie MacNeil, both of whom are sub-56 100 flyers.
In addition to breaking the American Record, Huske broke the USA’s 17-18 girls National Age Group Record, and the U.S. Open Record. Huske was under the World Junior Record, however, she turns 19 in December of this year, making her ineligible to count as a junior swimmer.
It has been amazing watching Claire and Torri race it out!!
Blown away! What can Huske do in Tokyo? And you know this means she has a 52 mid flat start 100 free in her. Question– is Curzan playing possum? Or a bit off?
we shall see today and later this week ….100 free mystery race ….
Curzan Came in with pressure, Huske came in with fuel as an underdog
I’m so annoyed by FINA’s junior swimmer rules. It benefits swimmers born in January compared to those born in December. Just base it off of their birthdays
Indeed, it is flawed. But it doesn’t matters for Huske either way; ‘girls’ are only eligible through the year they turn 17, so Huske, born in 2002, was a junior in FINA’s eyes through 2019
Torri Huske posted the 10th fastest all-time performance in the women’s 100 meter butterfly.
https://www.fina.org/swimming/rankings?gender=F&distance=100&stroke=BUTTERFLY&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=all&startDate=&endDate=×Mode=ALL_TIMES®ionId=all&countryId=
Torri Huske’s performance knocks Maggie MacNeil out of the top ten.
Michael Andrew’s AR was expected. This one was not. I thought 56.0 was the fastest we’d possibly see tonight.
I hope she can sleep tonight. If I were her I wouldn’t.
I would sleep like a baby. It’s Kelsi Dahlia who is on pins and needles.
Anyone know where Torri Huske is going to college?
Stanford
Stanford- the Stanford social media is all over this American record.
Isn’t Kate Douglass also 5th American all time now
I thought 100 fly WR might be vulnerable at trials….might’ve picked wrong teenager to break it, however
I thought the same thing! Could we see a mid 52 from huske later this week?