Claire Curzan Takes Down National High School 100 Back Record in 50.47
Claire Curzan is back to her record-setting ways.
A senior at Cardinal Gibbons High School, Curzan impressed at the North Carolina 4A East Regional Championships on Feb. 3-5 at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary. Her winning time of 50.47 in the 100 back eclipsed the previous National High School record of 50.89 set by Phoebe Bacon on Feb. 8, 2020.
She also posted a time of 50.42 to win the 100 fly, just off her national high school mark of 50.35 set on three different occasions throughout 2020 and 2021. Her best time in the 100 back sits at 50.03 while her fastest 100 fly time is 49.51, both swum at the TAC Sectional Championships in March 2021.
Curzan will have a chance to lower both records yet again at the North Carolina 4A State Championships on Thursday, Feb. 10. She owns the North Carolina 4A and overall state record in both the 100 back and 100 fly and has twice been named the meet’s Most Outstanding Swimmer.
A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Curzan does her club swimming with the TAC Titans and is on the U.S. National Team. She earned her Olympic berth last summer after finishing second in the 100m fly at Olympic Trials, going on to place 10th in that event in Tokyo.
No stranger to the record books, she owns a total of 13 National Age Group records. She is also the owner of the World Junior records in the 50m free and 100m fly.
Curzan has committed to Stanford and will arrive on The Farm this fall.
I don’t understand. How can she break the high school record when she has faster best times? Isn’t a high school record the fastest time swum by someone who attends high school?
Her best times were likely swum in USA Swimming sanctioned meets as compared to a High School meet.
she’s in high school?