Claire Curzan runs 53.92 in 100 back SCM at Westmont trials, first woman under 54, beats Regan Smith’s 54.02 record
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At the U.S. Short Course World Championship Trials in Westmont, American Claire Curzan, 22, swam 53.92 in the 100 backstroke short course metres, the first woman under 54 seconds and faster than fellow American Regan Smith’s 54.02 world record from the 2024 short course world championships, which Smith had also equalled in Westmont; Curzan won head-to-head as Smith took third in 54.82 behind Katharine Berkoff’s 54.72, costing Smith a place at next month’s World Championships after Curzan dropped from a 55.74 lifetime best and 55.49 prelim time.
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