Claire Curzan Goes 56.20 in the 100 Fly; Passes Dahlia for #2 American All-time

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16-year-old Claire Curzan, who last set the Girls 15-16 National Age Group Record in the 100 meter butterfly with 56.61 at 2020 U.S. Open last November, lowered her mark to 56.20 in the final at TAC Titans Long Course Premier Invitational on Saturday. Curzan was out in 26.21 and home in 29.99, improving her second half by .62 while easing up .21 on the front end. Curzan also broke the World Junior Record and become the second-fastest American in history.

Canada’s Penny Oleksiak has been in the FINA record-books as the owner of the ratified 100 fly World Junior Record since 2016 when she went 56.46 to win the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. 15-year-old Sarah Sjostrom went 56.05 at 13th FINA World Championships in Rome (2009) in the supersuit era, but that swim remains unratified.

Some comparative splits:

Swimming next to Curzan in lane 5, Torri Huske dropped an eye-popping 56.69 to finish in second place with a new 17-18 National Age Group Record. That erases Regan Smith’s mark of 57.34 from last year’s Pro Swim Series Des Moines. Huske, with splits of 26.21-30.48, moved to #4 on the all-time list of American performers.

Curzan remains #2 in the world for the 2020-21 LCM season while Huske takes over at #4.

ALL-TIME TOP U.S. PERFORMERS

1. Dana Vollmer, PC CAL: 55.98 – 2012 Olympic Games 7/27/2012 London
2. Claire Curzan, NC TAC: 56.20 – 2021 TAC Titans Premier Invite 4/10/2021
3. Kelsi Dahlia (Worrell), KY UN: 56.37 – 2017 World Championships 7/22/2017 Budapest
4. Torri Huske, PV AAC: 56.69 – 2021 TAC Titans Premier Invite 4/10/2021
5. Christine Magnuson, US TENN: 57.08 – 2008 Olympic Games 8/8/2008 Beijing

Curzan jumped to the #8 spot in history worldwide.

ALL-TIME TOP WORLD PERFORMERS

1. Sarah Sjostrom, SWE: 55.48 – 2016 Olympic Games 8/5/2016 Rio
2. Zhang Yufei, CHN: 55.62 – 2020 Chinese Champs 9/25/2020 Qingdao
3. Maggie MacNeil, CAN: 55.83 – 2019 World Champs 7/21/2019 Gwangju
4. Dana Vollmer, USA: 55.98 – 2012 Olympic Games 7/27/2012 London
5. Liu Zige, CHN: 56.07 – 2009 CHN Open 10/17/2009 Jinan
6. Rikako Ikee, JPN: 56.08 – 2018 Pan Pacific Champs 8/8/2018 Tokyo
7. Emma McKeon, AUS: 56.18 – 2017 World Champs 7/22/2017 Budapest
8. Claire Curzan, USA: 56.20 – 2021 TAC Titans Premier Invite 4/10/2021
9. Jessicah Schipper, AUS: 56.23 – 2009 World Champs 7/25/2009 Rome
10. Kelsi Dahlia (Worrell), USA: 56.37 – 2017 World Champs 7/22/2017 Budapest
11. Penny Oleksiak, CAN: 56.46 – 2016 Olympic Games 8/5/2016 Rio
12. Jeanette Ottesen, DEN: 56.51 – 2014 European Championships 8/17/2014 Berlin
13. (tie 12) Inge De Bruijn, NED: 56.61 – 2000 Olympic Games 9/16/2000 Sydney
14. (tie 12) Chen Xinyi, CHN: 56.61 – 9/20/2014 INCHEON