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Walsh Breaks 50 Fly World Record, Leads Standings as World Cup Opener Wraps in Carmel

Walsh and Hubert Kos lead the World Cup standings heading to Westmont.

Overview

  • Gretchen Walsh completed a three-win weekend that included a 23.72 world record in the 50m butterfly and a 53.69 in the 100m fly, and she leaves Carmel atop the standings by 0.2 points.
  • Hubert Kos swept all three backstrokes to take the men’s points lead, while training partner Léon Marchand left without a win and is not expected at later stops.
  • Shaine Casas set an American record of 1:49.43 in the 200m individual medley to defeat Marchand.
  • Kate Douglass also won three events, highlighted by a 2:13.97 in the 200m breast that extends her grip on the event, and she is slated to race the full series.
  • Regan Smith lowered the American 200m fly record to 2:00.28 and won the 100m back as Kaylee McKeown posted 25.42 in the 50m back and 1:58.86 in the 200m back, with Summer McIntosh absent due to illness but a possible return next weekend.