TAC’s Claire Curzan Takes 0.01 Off Own 50 FR SCY 15-16 NAG at 21.50 | SwimSwam

By Nick Pecoraro on SwimSwam

2021 ESSZ SENIOR SECTIONAL MEET

• March 4-7, 2021
• Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, NC
• SCY (25y)
• Hosted by TAC Titans
• Friday Psych Sheet – A Flight | B Flight
• Saturday Psych Sheet – A Flight | B Flight
• Sunday Psych Sheet – A Flight | B Flight
• Live Results

Claire Curzan does it again in Cary, going 2-for-2 in her NAG record-setting frenzy, this time in the 50-yard free. The 16-year-old of TAC Titans cruised to a 22.06 during prelims of the 2021 ESSZ Senior Sectional meet before ripping out a 21.50. That shaves one one-hundredth off her own 15-16 NAG of 21.51, which she set at a TAC intrasquad meet in July 2020. Her record swim in July was in question of being sanctioned due to the nationwide pandemic closures and procedures that were occurring at the time.

Yesterday in Cary, Curzan re-set her own 100 fly NAG by two-tenths at 49.51. Into today’s 50 free swim, she re-affirms her top ranking in 15-16 age group history as well as her No. 5 rank in 18&U history, only behind Simone Manuel (21.32), Gretchen Walsh (21.41), Torri Huske (21.43), and Abbey Weitzeil (21.53). Curzan also remains at 14th in US history and the 18th-fastest swimmer in event history.

For the 2020-2021 season, Curzan currently ranks 5th among all US and NCAA swimmers. Ranking first is 18-year-old Walsh’s 21.41, which is the second-fastest swim in 18&U history, followed by UVA’s Kate Douglass (21.42), 18-year-old Huske’s 21.43, and Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil (21.44).

2020-2021 Women’s US 50 FR SCY Rankings

1. 21.41, Gretchen Walsh
2. 21.42, Kate Douglass (UVA)
3. 21.43, Torri Huske
4. 21.44, Maggie MacNeil (MICH)
5. 21.50, Claire Curzan**
6. 21.69, Kalia Antoniou (BAMA)
7. 21.70, Kylee Alons (NCS)
8. 21.76, Sarah Thompson (MIZZ)
9. 21.77, Simone Manuel
10. 21.82, Cora Dupre (BAMA)

All-Time US Women’s 50 FR SCY Rankings

1. 20.90, Abbey Weitzeil, 2019
2. 21.03, Erika Brown, 2020
3. 21.17, Simone Manuel, 2017
4. 21.21, Olivia Smoliga, 2016
5. 21.27, Lara Jackson, 2009
6. 21.41, Gretchen Walsh, 2020
7. 21.42, Kate Douglass, 2020
8. 21.43, Torri Huske, 2020
9. 21.44, Katerina Parowski, 2018
10. 21.46, Natalie Coughlin, 2007
11. 21.48, Liv Jensen, 2012/Caroline Baldwin, 2017
12. –
13. 21.49, Mallory Comerford, 2019
14. 21.50, Claire Curzan, 2021**
15. 21.52, Amy Bilquist, 21.52

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