Anna Moesch Crushes U.S. Open Document in 100 Freestyle with 52.11, Simply 0.17 Off American Document
For the second time in lower than a month, Anna Moesch has proven that she belongs within the dialog for the perfect 100 freestyler on this planet. Within the final ladies’s championship ultimate on the Professional Swim Collection in Indianapolis, Moesch took down a pair of embellished worldwide performers by an enormous margin whereas swimming the quickest time ever on American soil.
Moesch, contemporary off a breakout sophomore season for the Cavaliers, just lately lowered the 100 freestyle American report on the AP London Worldwide, taking down a seven-year-old mark beforehand held by Simone Manuel and going 51.94. Moesch grew to become the third-fastest performer in historical past within the occasion with that effort, and she or he additionally proved herself to be a global contender within the 50 and 200.
In Indianapolis, Moesch raced subsequent to College of Virginia coaching accomplice Kate Douglass, who broke the world report within the 50 free Friday, whereas Torri Huske swam two lanes additional away. Whereas he two College of Virginia-trained swimmers earned the highlight based mostly on their performances within the dash occasions in current weeks, Huske has been the perfect 100 freestyler in the USA the previous two years, profitable Olympic silver in Paris and ending 2025 because the top-ranked swimmer on this planet.
This showdown belonged to Moesch, nonetheless, as she shortly pulled right into a three-tenth lead on the midway level. She break up 24.98, positioning herself for a run at that American report. Her again half of 27.13 was a bit off, however she nonetheless powered to the wall in 52.11. That smashed the earlier U.S. Open report of 52.43 set by Huske eventually 12 months’s U.S. Nationals. Though Dutch sprinter Marrit Steenbergen ranks forward of Moesch on this 12 months’s rankings, Moesch’s time right here was quicker than the occasions required to win Olympic gold in Paris in addition to the title eventually 12 months’s World Championships.
Huske positioned second in 53.05, good for the No. 8 spot on this 12 months’s world rankings and a powerful in-season swim as she prepares for the Pan Pacific Championships in August. Douglass, who adopted up her 50 free world report with a win within the 50 butterfly earlier within the session, returned to take third in 53.09, simply behind her season-best of 53.01.
Rylee Erisman, the 17-year-old who dominated the freestyle races eventually 12 months’s World Junior Championships, positioned fourth in 53.24, inside a half-second of her greatest time of 52.79. Indiana’s Liberty Clark took fifth in a lifetime better of 53.51, surpassing her earlier prime mark of 53.72. Seven different ladies, three within the A warmth plus 4 within the B ultimate, recorded occasions within the 54-second vary.
With these outcomes, the USA continues to indicate off the velocity and depth required to problem longtime frontrunner Australia within the ladies’s 400 freestyle relay. The staff shall be lacking a significant weapon at Pan Pacs with Moesch not a part of the staff, which was chosen based mostly on ends in 2025. Nonetheless, the Individuals ought to be formidable with Huske, Douglass, Erisman, Manuel, Gretchen Walsh and Erin Gemmell as potentialities for the relay. Moesch’s anticipated addition ought to additional bolster the Individuals in 2027 and past.
Occasion 31 Ladies 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 51.71 7/23/2017 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
American: A 51.94 5/25/2026 Anna Moesch, USA
U.S. Open: O 52.43 6/3/2025 Torri Huske, Arlington Aquati
Professional Swim: M 52.74 4/11/2024 Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong
Jr World: 52.70 8/11/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN
Title Age Crew Prelims Finals
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=== A – Remaining ===
1 Moesch, Anna 20 Larger Somerset 52.88 52.11O
r:+0.70 24.98 52.11 (27.13)
2 Huske, Torri 23 New York Athleti 54.32 53.05
r:+0.58 25.32 53.05 (27.73)
3 Douglass, Kate 24 New York Athleti 53.77 53.09
r:+0.73 25.39 53.09 (27.70)
4 Erisman, Rylee 17 Laker Swim-FL 53.66 53.24
r:+0.68 25.79 53.24 (27.45)
5 Clark, Liberty 18 Indiana Universi 54.11 53.51
r:+0.52 25.69 53.51 (27.82)
6 Vincent, Cadence 21 Univ Alabama Swi 53.92 54.21
r:+0.51 25.91 54.21 (28.30)
6 Pelaez, Erika 19 NC State Univers 54.49 54.21
r:+0.64 26.33 54.21 (27.88)
8 Gemmell, Erin 21 Longhorn Aquatic 54.24 54.43
r:+0.57 26.13 54.43 (28.30)
