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Claire Curzan, 14, Wipes Out Missy Franklin 100 FR NAG Record – 47.67

2019 SPEEDO SECTIONALS – CARY, NC

  • March 7-10, 2019
  • Triangle Aquatic Center, Raleigh, NC
  • SCY Format
  • Live Results

Fourteen-year-old Claire Curzan has broken her second national age group record of the week at Cary Sectionals, and this one’s a particular doozy: she went 47.67 to take down Missy Franklin‘s previous 13-14 record of 47.94, which stood since 2010.

Curzan, representing the TAC Titans, split 22.86/24.81 en route to her win. She beat second-place finisher Brooke Zettel, 15, by a full three seconds. Curzan’s best time before the meet began was 49.09, but she went 48.77 leading off the 400 free relay Thursday, making Sunday’s performance a 1.1-second drop.

Earlier in the meet, Curzan re-broke her own 100 fly NAG record, going 50.64. Saturday, she went 22.01 in the 50 freestyle to become the No. 3 16-and-under performer of all time, just .01 off Gretchen Walsh‘s 13-14 NAG.

Curzan is just the second 13-14-year old in history to go under 48 seconds. She is now also the second-fastest 16&U performer of all time, ahead of Simone Manuel‘s47.73 from 2013.

Top Five Performers in History: 13-14 Girls 100 Freestyle (SCY)

  1. Claire Curzan – 47.67, 2019
  2. Missy Franklin – 47.94, 2010
  3. Maddy Rabick – 48.32, 2015
  4. Taylor Ruck – 48.54, 2014
  5. Gretchen Walsh – 48.72, 2017

Top Five Performers in History: 16&U Girls 100 Freestyle (SCY)

  1. Gretchen Walsh – 47.49, 2019
  2. Claire Curzan – 47.67, 2019
  3. Simone Manuel – 47.73, 2013
  4. Dagny Knutson – 47.89, 2008
  5. Isabel Ivey – 47.88, 2016

 

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Father RJ
5 years ago

Oh good! 14 year old girls beating me!

carlo
5 years ago

She ( claire curzan) does not seem tall which might be a problem in long course meters sprinting but then there are outliers.

How tall is Reagan smith?

KeithM
Reply to  carlo
5 years ago

Regan Smith was listed at 5ft 7 1/2in on USA Swimming’s 2018 Pan Pacs media guide.

dave
5 years ago

TAC titans poached another stud from surrounding clubs

NCSwimFan
Reply to  dave
5 years ago

That’s the thing about TAC. They’ve got such a talented group of swimmers and one of the best facilities in the area. They won this meet by a wide margin, and Hook & Curzan posted some eye-popping times for girls of any age, not just for age-groupers. And yet, the team doesn’t have a lot of love or respect from other teams in the area, as they are seen as “poachers” of strong swimmers from other clubs in the area.

I am not taking anything away from Claire or from their coaching staff. She was already setting 11-12 NAGs while she was on Raleigh Swimming Association, and has only continued that success and then some with TAC. I do find… Read more »

Billy
5 years ago

Is Regan Smith tall? It’s hard to tell when you watch her on TV. Her times are mind boggling too. Aye carumba!

googoodoll
Reply to  Billy
5 years ago

Compared to Tyrian Lanister – Yep.

Wild Bill
Reply to  Billy
5 years ago

Wow! for many –

Regan, Claire, the Walsh sisters –

Pleas add others

wow
Reply to  Wild Bill
5 years ago

with a google search, it says regan is 5’7, but she looks taller, around 5’9-10 imo

RenéDescartes
Reply to  Billy
5 years ago

Taller than DeSorbo.

Billy
5 years ago

This young lady’s times are astounding. How tall is she and what might she weigh? She just keeps getting faster and faster. If she swam when I was in high school, her times would have been faster than about 98% of the HS All_Americans. Good grief!

monsterbasher
Reply to  Billy
5 years ago

Wtf. This is a really creepy comment. Why in seven hells would you wanna know what she weighs???

Billy
Reply to  monsterbasher
5 years ago

Oh calm down. No harm was meant by the question. Take two aspirin and call your doctor. Sheesh……

NCSwimFan
Reply to  Billy
5 years ago

Both Curzan and Smith aren’t the tallest on deck, that’s for sure. I would estimate about 5’8” for the pair of them. They’re just so incredible underwater, though, I mean they’re bodylengths ahead of the field after just one wall.

Yozhik
5 years ago

What a beautiful age. You are doing all these boring practices in the early morning and after school. Day by day. And suddenly at the low key dual meet from nowhere you are discovering that you are 2 sec better at 100.
For those who are not a NAG record holder read a wonderful story about Ugly Duckling: there is no Simone Manuel’s name in the list of best performing 13-14 years old girls.

Dan
Reply to  Yozhik
5 years ago

Simone was a 22.7/49.0/1:47 at 14yrs old, so not sure this applies

Pvdh
Reply to  Yozhik
5 years ago

Simone isn’t an ugly duckling. At the time she was one of the best young sprinters ever. The sport has just advanced.

Karl Ortegon
Reply to  Yozhik
5 years ago

Another absurd take from Yozhik – everyone keep it moving. Nothing to see here.

BSD
5 years ago

Regan just went 1:47.1 200 back

Pvdh
Reply to  BSD
5 years ago

I’m in a coma

Wild Bill
Reply to  BSD
5 years ago

and 49.66 100 Back Lead off for the 400MR

Wild Bill
Reply to  Wild Bill
5 years ago

1:47.16 & 49.66 – both ARs!

Mr Piano
5 years ago

That’s just nasty man

Mr Piano
Reply to  Mr Piano
5 years ago

It looks like I gave the wrong email or something 🤔

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Torrey Hart

Torrey is from Oakland, CA, and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College, where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team. Outside of SwimSwam, she has bylines at Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, SB Nation, and The Student Life newspaper.

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