Watch: Torri Huske Wins 100 Fly Battle vs. Regan Smith, Breaks Sarah Sjostrom’s PSS Record

2024 PRO SWIM SERIES – WESTMONT

The star-studded women’s 100 butterfly final did not disappoint on Thursday night as American record holder Torri Huske held off Regan Smith for the victory, with both swimmers reaching the wall under the previous Pro Swim Series record (56.38) set by the legendary Sarah Sjostrom back in 2016.

Splits Comparison, Pro Swim Series Records

Sarah Sjostrom, Jan. 2016 Torri Huske, March 2024
26.51 26.03
56.38 (29.87) 56.13 (30.10)

Huske got her hand on the wall first in 56.13, which would have won the world title last month ahead of Germany’s Angelina Kohler (56.28). She has been as fast as 55.64 on her way to the world title in 2022 before bringing home bronze last summer in 56.61.

“I feel really good about where I am right now,” Huske said afterward. “I think that I’m on a good path right now. I knew Regan was going to swim a really fast race — she always does. I don’t really look at people during the race, but I knew she was right there.”

Smith posted a new lifetime best with her runner-up finish in 56.36, knocking a couple tenths off her previous-best 56.60 from last March’s Pro Swim Series stop in Fort Lauderdale. She had the fastest final 50 in the field at 29.53, more than a second quicker than Huske (30.10). Smith now ranks 4th in the world this season behind Huske, Kohler (56.11), and Zhang Yufei (55.86).

2023-2024 LCM Women 100 Fly

GretchenUSA
WALSH
06/15
55.18 WR
2Torri
HUSKE
USA55.5206/16
3Regan
SMITH
USA55.6206/16
4Yufei
ZHANG
CHN55.8609/27
5Angelina
KOHLER
GER56.1102/11
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WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

Top 8:

  1. Torri Huske (AAC) – 56.13
  2. Regan Smith (SUN) – 56.36
  3. Leah Shackley (BRY) – 58.39
  4. Harriet Jones (SW) – 58.50
  5. Beata Nelson (WISC) – 58.54
  6. Katerine Savard (TQ) – 58.63
  7. Dakota Luther (TXLA) – 58.84
  8. Andrea Sansores (UARK) – 1:00.20

Leah Shackley was more than two seconds behind Huske with a 3rd-place finish in 58.39. The 17-year-old NC State commit owns a personal best of 57.98 from last summer.

Harriet Jones (58.50), Beata Nelson (58.54), Katerine Savard (58.63), and Dakota Luther (58.84) were all within half a second of Shackley.

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Swim dad
9 months ago

Great swim by Victoria! Always big fan of Regan Smith’s, but as great as she is, her events are so stacked that making the Olympic team is going to be a challenge.

swifter
9 months ago

Video unavailable for many users outside the US.

It will forever be unfathomable to me:

A) What the broadcaster gains from this international geo-block (for goodness sake this is just a swim meet).

B) Why the meet organizer doesn’t demand lifting of geo-block as a prerequisite to filming the meet.

C) How pro swimmers put up with this. Just don’t attend a meet where the video audience is deliberately limited by the broadcaster.
Take charge!

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Reply to  swifter
9 months ago

From this other article
https://swimswam.com/watch-simone-manuel-wins-200-free-by-01-from-lane-eight-day-2-westmont-race-videos/

You can see all the videos from USA swimming. Should not be geoblocked

Pan Fan
Reply to  swifter
9 months ago

Agreed.

Geoblocking for swim meets like PSS makes no sense.

It literally has zero commercial value outside USA.

swifter
9 months ago

Video unavailable for many users outside the US.

It will forever be unfathomable to me:

A) What the broadcaster gains from this international geo-block (for fuck’s sake this is just a swim meet).

B) Why the meet organizer doesn’t demand lifting of geo-block as a prerequisite to filming the meet.

C) How pro swimmers put up with this. Just don’t attend a meet where the video audience is deliberately limited by the broadcaster.
Take charge!

420openwaterswimmer
9 months ago

Torri going 56.1 right now is great!

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