Alex Shackell Clocks 2:06.10 200 Fly, Breaks 17-18 National Age Group Record
2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
June 15-23, 2024
Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
LCM (50 Meters)
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WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY — SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 2:01.81 — Liu Zige (CHN), 2009
American Record: 2:03.87 — Regan Smith, 2023
U.S. Open Record: 2:03.87 — Regan Smith (USA), 2023
World Junior Record: 2:04.06 – Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2023
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: 2:05.85 — Hali Flickinger
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:08.43
In the semifinals of the women’s 200 butterfly at the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials, 17-year-old Alex Shackell clocked a new best time of 2:06.10, breaking Regan Smith‘s U.S. 17-18 girls’ national age group record time of 2:06.39 set back in 2020.
Shackell’s previous best was a time of 2:06.71 from preliminary heats, which previous had her ranked second behind in her age group behind Smith’s old mark. Headed into trials, she had been as fast as 2:07.13.
All-Time Age Group Rankings, Girls’ U.S. 17-18 200-meter Butterfly (LCM):
Alex Shackell — 2:06.10 (2024)
Regan Smith — 2:06.39 (2020)
Tess Howley — 2:06.85 (2023)
Katie McLaughlin — 2:06.95 (2015)
Kathleen Hersey — 2:06.96 (2008)
Compared to Smith’s old record, Shackell was only faster on her second 50, but that 1.17-second gap for that split was enough to make the difference between the two swimmers.
Split Comparison:
Alex Shackell, 2024 U.S. Olympic trials
Regan Smith, 2020 Des Moines Pro Series (old NAG)
5om
28.36
28.04
100m
31.33
32.50
150m
32.65
32.58
200m
33.76
33.27
Total
2:06.10
2:06.39
Shackell and Smith will face off right next to each other in the 200 fly final Thursday night, with Smith being the top seed and Shackell being the second seed in the event.
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