RACE VIDEO: Regan Smith Downs Mary T. Meagher’s 1981 15-16 200 SCY FLY NAG Record
Regan Smith continued her successful weekend at the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships West with a dominating showing in the final of the women’s 200 fly.
Smith, representing Riptide Swim Team, flew to an immediate lead over the competition and continued to build her lead as she propelled herself closer and closer to the finish and Mary T. Meagher’s elusive 1981 National Age Group (NAG) record.
There was little doubt in the final 50 yards that Smith was going to achieve her feat; she had turned at the 150 yard mark with a time of 1:21.38, leaving her 31.60 seconds to make it to the wall and claim her next NAG record. It only took her 29.53 seconds. Smith stopped the clock at a 1:51.24 to claim gold, the NAG record, and a new meet record.
Smith had flirted with the NAG record once before, posting a 1:53.50 in March of 2018 at the 2018 LE Speedo Sectionals.
Event 33 Women 200 Yard Butterfly ========================================================================= Jrs West: * 1:54.37 12/13/2014Ella Eastin, SOCAL Aquatics A SC Jrs Meet: # 1:53.49 12/9/2017 Olivia Carter, Enfinity Aquatic 13-14 NAG: 1:56.01 2013 Cassidy Bayer 15-16 NAG: 1:52.99 1981 Mary T. Meagher 17-18 NAG: 1:51.04 2016 Ella Eastin Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === Championship Final === 1 Smith, Regan 16 Riptide-MN 1:54.87 1:51.24# 20 r:+0.74 24.63 52.67 (28.04) 1:21.38 (28.71) 1:51.24 (29.86)
Nice job Regan! Congrats Coach Parratto!
One of the ones I once naively thought would never go down.
So great for her!!
Just WOW!!!!! It was amazing.
Incredible Regan! Congrats to you.
37 years, wow!
How good was that swim/time/record?
It wasn’t that good since the record only stood for 37 years.
Congrats Regan !!!
No surprise! Way to go!!
That’s amazing!!
Congratulations
Wow!
Wow. Congratulations Regan!
Pretty impressive.
Awesome, congratulations on yet another great swim.
Awesome swim!
Murron Roff
Josh Aldrich
Madam Butterfly gets her wings clipped!! ?
Great to see this happen! Reminds us all of how amazing Mary T was in her nylon suit way back then…