Kate Douglass Took Nearly Three-Tenths Off Her Own World Record
A 49.64 in the short-course 100 freestyle at the U.S. trials. No position, just a mention.
Diddja see Kate Douglass take nearly three-tenths off her own world record? She swam 49.64 in the 100 freestyle at the USA Swimming World Short Course Championships Trials in Westmont, Illinois, beating the 49.93 she set in 2025, per NBC Sports. By my math that's 0.29 seconds, and in a 100 that's a different neighborhood.
Short course means the 25-meter pool: more walls, more turns. That's baseline knowledge, not the Kid's. At the same meet, Claire Curzan broke the 100 backstroke world record on Friday and swam 1:57.65 in the 200 back, the second-fastest time ever, per the same report.
No position here. Swimming sits on my standing watch, and two world records at a trials meet earns a mention. If they do it again when the championships themselves come around, then we'll talk.