TYR Pro Series: USA’s Torri Huske Rewrites History to Clinch Gold in Record Time

Amid the 2024 Paris Olympics preparation, the USA’s swimming attention has been centered on the ongoing 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series at Westmont, California. The event was kicked off on Wednesday, with 800 men’s and women’s freestyle at the FMC Natatorium indoor swimming pool and Katie Grimes and David Johnston on the center stage. Keeping up with the excitement, Torri Huske took the lead on day two of the event.

In a neck-to-neck competition with teammate Regan Smith, Torri Huske emerged victorious. On her way to grabbing the gold, she also smashed records, putting up the fastest 100m fly in the TYR Pro series. 

Torri Huske breaks 8-year-old record

To share the ecstatic triumph of Torri Huske at the 2024 TYR Pro Swim Series, USA Swimming took it to their official Twitter account and posted a couple of pictures of her. Along with the pictures, they penned, “NEW. MEET. RECORD. Torri Huske’s 56.13 is the fastest 100 fly in #TYRProSeries HISTORY.“

In her run, Torri Huske, as she reached the wall, broke the record set by the legendary Sarah Sjostrom back in 2016. Sarah’s record was of 56.38s, which the NCAA redshirt broke. In this fifth-best time of her career, Torri also put up her best time since the 2022 World Championship with 55.64. Soon after the commencement of the race, Torri Huske said, “I feel really good about where I am right now…I think that I’m on a good path right now.” On that note, she also spared a thought for Regan Smith, who emerged as a tough competitor in the race. 

A thrilling race between two teammates

The race between Torri Huske and Regan Smith was one to remember. The major reason for Regan diving into the spotlight is her impressive closing split of 29.53. This was almost a second faster than Huske’s 30.10. Despite the formidable opening, Torri faced the challenge of maintaining her prowess in the back half of her races to overcome Smith. Regan Smith posed her personal best time of 56.36 in her second-place finish. And Torri Huske has all but praise for that.

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“I knew Regan was going to swim a really fast race — she always does. I don’t really look at people during the race, but I knew she was right there,” Huske said after the race. Notably, the Legendary coach Bob Bowman has surely a role to play in this triumph of Smith. Last year in a conversation with Olympics.com Huske had said that Bowman was making her work hard, and she liked that.

“With swimming, I just haven’t felt true happiness like I have these past nine months since… pre-Covid…I just love showing up to practice every day,” Smith had told in the same conversation. It remains to be seen how the Huske-Smith rivalry spans out in the coming days, giving more such enthralling races.

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