Where the girls high school 100 butterfly record is now

After I wrote about Claire Curzan setting the national high school record for the girls 100-yard butterfly with an astounding 50.38 in the North Carolina states, I speculated that Virginia's Torri Huske had probably planned on taking the record she set last year at 51.32 at least under 51, but maybe not that fast.

What I didn't know at the time was that she'd already done that, at an invitational, going 50.47.  So at last weekend's Virginia state high school championships, Huske took another shot.  She didn't get Curzan's high school record, but because Curzan attends a private school, Huske's 50.69 set the national public high school record.

It's also the third-fastest time for the event in the 17-18 age group, which kind of surprised me too.  Olivia Bray at the University of Virginia has clocked a really low 50.17.

And the national record (but not the US Open record) got set by Erika Brown on 2/20/2020 with a 49.38 at the SEC Championships.  With the NCAAs coming up, she might go faster.

The Olympic Trials should be fun in this event -- even if there isn't going to be an Olympics.