Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month is a recurring SwimSwam feature shedding light on a U.S.-based swimmer who has proven themselves over the past month. As with any item of recognition, Swimmer of the Month is a subjective exercise meant to highlight one athlete whose work holds noteworthy context – perhaps a swimmer who was visibly outperforming other swimmers over the month, or one whose accomplishments slipped through the cracks among other high-profile swims. If your favorite athlete wasn’t selected, feel free to respectfully recognize them in our comment section.
16-year-old Claire Curzan was already the best butterflyer and freestyler in 15-16 age group history. But in December, she also became one of the best backstrokers the age group has ever seen.
The TAC Titan hit career-bests in the 100-yard back (50.18) and 200-yard back (1:49.35) at the TAC Blizzard Blitz in early December. Both were sizable time drops: Curzan cut eight tenths of a second in the 100 back for her first swim ever under 51, and her 200 back was a a drop of 1.7 seconds.
Curzan is already the National Age Group (NAG) record-holder in the 50 free (21.51), 100 free (47.23) and 100 fly (49.73). In December, she added the 100 back, beating world record-holder Regan Smith, who was just 50.58 as a 16-year-old. Meanwhile Curzan moved to #2 all-time behind Smith’s 1:48.30 in the all-time 15-16 200 back ranks.
Curzan carried a busy event schedule at TAC’s December meet. She also went 22.1 and 21.7 in a pair of 50 frees, 47.5 and 48.6 in a pair of 100 frees, and 49.8 and 51.0 in a pair of 100 fly races.
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Such a boss. Can’t wait to see her in Tokyo!
Anyone know what schools she’s considering? I know every school in the country is recruiting her.
Having NAG records in three different strokes at the same time is amazing! Wondering how many other swimmers have done that? Has to be just a handful at most so that is some pretty elite company she’s in.
Congratulations!
Excited for what the future could hold