Canyons’ Abbey Weitzeil turned up the heat this morning in the women’s 50-yard free at the 2016 American Short Course Championships.
Weitzeil threw down a scorching fast time of 21.42. That’s not far off Lara Jackson’s American record of 21.27 set as a relay leadoff for Arizona during the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Weitzeil’s time broke her personal best of 21.49 set as a leadoff for Canyons at the 2014 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals, and moved her up to fifth all time ahead of the legendary Natalie Coughlin (21.46 in 2007).
Jackson, Simone Manuel (21.32), Farida Osman (21.32) and Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (21.34) are the only swimmers faster.
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.
Weitzeil will be looking to cut some more time during finals tonight.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Abbey Weitzeil 19 CANY 21.68 21.42 qA
r:+0.68 10.28 21.42 (11.14)
2 Stanzi Moseley 17 CANY 22.11 22.39 qB
r:+0.70 10.94 22.39 (11.45)
3 Jessica Hardy 28 GWSC 22.45 22.83 qB
r:+0.72 11.10 22.83 (11.73)
4 Katherine Wagne 18 CANY 23.07 23.00 q
r:+0.73 11.07 23.00 (11.93)
5 Eva Merrell 16 AZOT 22.71 23.19 q
r:+0.78 11.34 23.19 (11.85)
6 Hannah Rogers 22 UN 22.58 23.24 q
r:+0.73 11.19 23.24 (12.05)
7 Lauren Green 17 UNQSS 23.00 23.25 q
r:+0.76 11.33 23.25 (11.92)
8 Kyla Valls 17 Miami Swimming 23.72 23.48 q
r:+0.73 11.53 23.48 (11.95)
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Ridiculous
In finals she blew it out of the water. 21.12. Crazy insane goosebumps to be on deck and watch!