Abbey Weitzeil blasted the American record in the women’s 50-yard free during her individual event at the 2016 American Short Course Championships in Austin.
She scorched finals with a 21.12 for the win tonight, breaking Lara Jackson’s American record of 21.27 set as a relay leadoff for Arizona during the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Weizeil initially missed the American record by the slimmest of margins during the 200-yard free relay. She clocked a 21.28 leadoff to just miss.
This morning during prelims, Weitzeil threw down a swift time of 21.42.
That time broke her personal best of 21.49 set as a leadoff for Canyons at the 2014 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals, and had moved her up to fifth all time ahead of the legendary Natalie Coughlin (21.46 in 2007).
Weitzeil is on fire this weekend in Austin. She already moved to sixth in the world in the 50-meter free with a 24.72 and seventh in the world in the 100-meter free with a 54.00 during the LCM portion of the meet.
=== A - Final ===
1 Abbey Weitzeil 19 CANY 21.42 21.12 A
r:+0.70 10.12 21.12 (11.00)
2 Stanzi Moseley 17 CANY 22.39 22.14 B
r:+0.70 10.80 22.14 (11.34)
3 Jessica Hardy 28 GWSC 22.83 22.96 B
r:+0.77 11.23 22.96 (11.73)
3 Katherine Wagne 18 CANY 23.00 22.96 B
r:+0.70 11.03 22.96 (11.93)
5 Lauren Green 17 UNQSS 23.25 23.10
r:+0.68 11.16 23.10 (11.94)
6 Hannah Rogers 22 UN 23.24 23.19
r:+0.72 11.23 23.19 (11.96)
7 Eva Merrell 16 AZOT 23.19 23.39
r:+0.76 11.18 23.39 (12.21)
8 Kyla Valls 17 Miami Swimming 23.48 23.57
r:+0.74 11.49 23.57 (12.08)
1 CANY 'B' 1:37.17 1:32.48
1) Abbey Weitzeil 19 2) r:+0.38 Katherine Wagner 18
3) r:+0.30 Sophia Morici 16 4) r:+0.30 Courtney Skelley 18
r:+0.69 21.28 44.00 (22.72)
1:08.27 (24.27) 1:32.48 (24.21)
2 AZOT 1:35.19 1:34.67
1) Eva Merrell 16 2) r:+0.14 Molly McCance 15
3) r:+0.17 Katie Glavinovich 16 4) r:+0.46 Kate Krolikowski 16
r:+0.76 23.27 47.27 (24.00)
1:10.98 (23.71) 1:34.67 (23.69)
3 TPA 1:33.24 1:35.20
1) Claire Maiocco 17 2) r:+0.23 Caroline White 18
3) r:+0.17 Grace Olivardia 16 4) r:+0.14 Isabella English 17
r:+0.74 23.53 47.35 (23.82)
1:11.07 (23.72) 1:35.20 (24.13)
4 MTAC 1:37.43 1:36.34
1) Sarah Thompson 17 2) r:+0.26 Ali MacQueen 18
3) r:+0.28 Abby Bowers 16 4) r:+0.45 Hayley Lambert 13
r:+0.69 23.41 47.87 (24.46)
1:12.28 (24.41) 1:36.34 (24.06)
5 GWSC 1:38.22 1:38.06
1) Sydney Rouse 15 2) r:+0.32 Samantha Le 16
3) r:+0.19 Alyson Mendez 17 4) r:+0.37 Nora Deleske 17
r:+0.69 24.34 48.98 (24.64)
1:13.78 (24.80) 1:38.06 (24.28)
6 AZOT 'B' 1:38.65 1:38.29
1) Samantha Pearson 14 2) r:+0.25 Nicole Lin 17
3) r:+0.55 Princess Ferguuyen 17 4) r:+0.33 Riley Lexvold 14
r:+0.76 24.55 48.91 (24.36)
1:13.75 (24.84) 1:38.29 (24.54)
-- CANY 1:32.29 DQ
1) Nikol Popov 16 2) r:+0.20 Alexa Skorus-Neely 16
3) r:-0.03 Kaila Wong 16 4) r:+0.27 Victoria Kirshner 16
r:+0.70 23.55 47.02 (23.47)
1:10.86 (23.84) DQ (23.95)
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hen Jackson swam that 21.27 leading off the Mildcats’ 200 fre relay @. Texas A&M seven years ago she had the advantage of the now-banned fullbody suit.
Her reaction time was more than .30 quicker than Weitzei’s (0.35 vs. 0.69) so if Abbey can get off the blocks a tad quicker she should go faster than Caeleb Dressel’s 18.23 men’s record (in my — and her– dreams!)
Huh
.30 reaction time? That seems wrong, I thought Vald Morozov had the fastest reaction time ever with a .42
Why isn’t she swimming in college? Seems she’d have a better training atmosphere and swimmers to train with?