Kathleen Baker and Regan Smith saved their best for the 100m back on the final night of the TYR Pro Swim Series - Des Moines. The winner established a meet record.
The 100m backstroke closed out the busy day of swimming, with the talented women’s group of Regan Smith (Lakeville, Minn/Riptide Swim Team), Kathleen Baker (Winston-Salem, N.C./Team Elite) and Phoebe Bacon (Chevy Chase, Md./Nation’s Capital Swim Club) once again on display. Ultimately, it was Baker who finished first, touching in 59.82.
“I definitely was dusting off the cobwebs and broke out a l...
The first event on Day 4 of the 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series at San Antonio was the decorated women’s 100m backstroke, which featured six U.S. National Team members, the current and former world-record holder and the reigning Olympic silver medalist in the event. The race lived up to its hype, coming down to a single hundredth of a second separating Olivia Smoliga (59.49) and Regan Smith (59.50).
“I ...