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WATCH: Claire Curzan Destroys Own 13-14 100 FL (SCY) NAG at Cary

2019 SPEEDO SECTIONALS – CARY, NC

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

In the 100 fly finals on day 2 of the Cary Sectionals, 14-year-old Claire Curzan of TAC Titans destroyed her own NAG by nearly a second in a tight race against 17-year-old Regan Smith (Riptide).

Curzan’s finals time of 50.64 took down her previous NAG of 51.60 from February of this year. Ranking Curzan among all 18&U swimmers all-time, she would be third behind Regan Smith who swam 50.45 this morning, and Olivia Bray (50.19).

Below is a split comparison between Curzan from her February NAG and her new NAG from today.

Claire Curzan NAG February 2019 Claire Curzan NAG March 2019
23.90 23.94
27.70 26.70
51.60 50.64

In the final, Curzan was trailing behind Smith’s 23.53 first 50 split. But Curzan challenged Smith in the final 50 with her 26.70 versus Smith’s 27.00 split. Smith won the race, but gained from her prelims swim with a 50.53.

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HulkSwim
5 years ago

SMASH

Snarky
5 years ago

She will be 49 easily if she works getting in and out of the walls faster.

Gahhh
Reply to  Snarky
5 years ago

I’m sure there is nothing “easy” about that.

Klorn8d
5 years ago

This would rank her top 100 all time for 13-14 boys…

NCSwimFan
5 years ago

Claire is clearly a gamer. Obviously she already had an amazing time, but going out in about the same 50 time with no one there as she does here with Regan beside her seemed to set Claire up to really go and race down the stretch. Always better to have a race versus not. UWs are absolutely incredible. Intrigued to see how she translates this to the long pool; 59.8 in the long course 1 fly seems like chump change next to this.

Pvdh
5 years ago

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X Glide
5 years ago

W o w. Not very often where we have the fortune to witness two 50 point 100 flys in the same heat at an age group level meet, let alone one.

The Ready Room
Reply to  X Glide
5 years ago

Yeah, I would hazard a guess that’s never happened before on the women’s side.

PVSFree
5 years ago

This would be a good time for a guy. In high school. In his senior year. What

SwimGeek
Reply to  PVSFree
5 years ago

. . . in the 90s

Wow
Reply to  SwimGeek
5 years ago

I’d say a 50 would definitely be a GOOD time for a high school boy…
Not everyone is a record breaker.

James
Reply to  Wow
5 years ago

The average high school out there doesn’t have that many boys swimming Freestyle 100s in that time. People on this site are skewed by only hearing about dedicated (mostly year around club, etc) swimmers.

Coach Mike 1952
Reply to  Wow
5 years ago

What the young ladies are doing now I would have loved to do in the early 1970’s as a guy. Wasn’t quite that fast then. Mark Spitz held the AR yards at 49 lowthen (before hundredths were used no less). LOL

Wild Bill
Reply to  Coach Mike 1952
5 years ago

I believe he ended at 47.9 –

Things have changed since then (1972).

SwimGeek
Reply to  SwimGeek
5 years ago

I’m just joking — yes, :50 is a good time today. But quite a run recently of HS girls going 50/51 (Smith, Curzan, Bray, Huske) – amazing

Ladymanvol
5 years ago

It’s all this galblammed underwater kickin whats making these kids go so fast…DANGEROUS too!!! When we has a children pop a lung, start coughin up blood and stuff – then everyone will say I was right and smart. Sure don’t want it ta happen!!!

IUkicker
Reply to  Ladymanvol
5 years ago

At the speeds they are going, they are only underwater for about 6 seconds. I feel like they are conditioned enough for that.

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