Aug 4, 2024; Nanterre, France; Caeleb Dressel (USA) within the males’s 4 x 100-meter medley relay last in the course of the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer time Video games at Paris La Défense Area. Necessary Credit score: Rob Schumacher-Imagn Photos Anna Moesch topped her personal nationwide document whereas profitable the ladies’s 100-meter freestyle on Tuesday because the U.S. Swimming Championships bought underway in Irvine, Calif.
Moesch completed in 51.88 seconds, topping the U.S. mark of 51.93 that she established in London two months in the past. Her time was additionally a meet document, besting the 52.04 mark set by Torri Huske final yr.
Talking about her enchancment this yr, the 20-year-old informed NBC Sports activities, “Assume I’ve modified quite a bit about each a part of my stroke, my kick, … my underwaters, my begin. I am actually studying piece all of them collectively.”
Rylee Erisman was the runner-up at 52.92, and Liberty Clark captured third place in 52.97.
Caeleb Dressel gained the lads’s 100-meter freestyle in 47.70, with the nine-time Olympic gold medalist prevailing in a person occasion for the primary time in two years.
His final main solo win was within the 100-meter butterfly on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, and the 29-year-old final gained the U.S. title within the 100 freestyle in 2022, per NBC Sports activities.
“I have never seen a one subsequent to my identify in a very long time, so it feels good,” Dressel informed NBC Sports activities. “I really like this sport a lot. It feels good to be again swimming, having fun with myself. It looks like freshman yr proper now, fairly good time for freshman yr.”
Brooks Curry (47.81) and Patrick Sammon (47.87) completed simply behind Dressel.
Within the males’s 200-meter butterfly, Luca Urlando prevailed whereas competing within the occasion for the primary time since he captured the world championship in 2025. Urlando gained in 1 minute, 54.45 seconds, topping Ilya Kharun (1:54.59) and Enzo Solitario (1:54.99).
Hannah Bellard earned the ladies’s 200-meter butterfly crown in 2 minutes, 6.86 seconds. Bella Sims (2:07.19) and Lindsay Looney (2:07.26) took second and third place, respectively.
The competitors continues by way of Saturday.
–Discipline Stage Media
