Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien
Westchester Aquatic Club’s Kate Douglass blasted a 22.04 to win the women’s 50 free at Speedo Junior Nationals in Columbus. That effort matched Simone Manuel’s 15-16 girls’ NAG record that was previously set in 2013.
Douglass, 15, was victorious in the race by four tenths of a second over Gator’s Isabel Ivey, who picked up her second podium finish of the night when she touched in 22.44.
She must have just aged up in last several weeks because at the New York high school Championshios middle of last month she broke Dara Torres’ 13-14 NAG record w/her 22.21. Dara’s old record was 22.4 from the U.S. Nationals @. Florida (Gainesville) in April of 1982.
Dara went on to a pretty good career, all things considered, and eventually became a quintuple Olympian/medalist, and an American record- holder (she still hoods the 50 meter standard from Beijing)
My error: Douglass broke her own 13-14 NAG record (22.3) from qualifying. Before that the reord was 22.44 by Dara Torres from the spring 1982 U.S. Nationals at the University of Florida.