Kate Douglass Blasts 51.93 In 100 Free Time Trial at U.S. Nationals, #4 Performer in Historical past

2026 U.S. National Championships

In Time Trials on the ultimate day of the 2026 U.S. Nationals, Kate Douglass dropped a monster 51.93 within the girls’s 100 free, changing into the fifth girl in historical past to interrupt 52 seconds and the 4th quickest performer of all time.

Douglass scratched her 50 freestyle prelims this morning, the place she was the 2nd seed to world file holder Gretchen Walsh, selecting to concentrate on this Time Trial as an alternative, and it labored out in her favor.

She is now the 2nd quickest American in historical past, solely behind teammate and American file holder Anna Moesch, who swam 51.88 to win the 100 free on night time one of many meet. She additionally strikes as much as the 4th quickest performer all-time, behind world file holder Marrit Steenbergen, Sarah Sjostrom, and Moesch, surpassing Australia’s Emma McKeon.

Top 10 Performers All-Time

1. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) — 51.68
2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) — 51.71
3. Anna Moesch (USA) — 51.88
4. Kate Douglass (USA) — 51.93
5. Emma McKeon (AUS) — 51.96
6. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) — 52.02
7. Cate Campbell (AUS) — 52.03
8. Simone Manuel (USA) — 52.04
9. Britta Steffen (GER) — 52.07
10. Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) — 52.08

Before this season, solely two athletes in historical past had ever been beneath 52 seconds. That quantity has greater than doubled this yr as Steenbergen, Moesch, and now Douglass have all dipped beneath that barrier within the final three months.

Douglass was out in 24.85 earlier than coming house in 27.08 to take greater than half a second off her former lifetime greatest within the occasion of 52.56, which she set in June of 2024 on the Olympic Trials.

Split Comparison — All Five Sub-52 Performers

Douglass will get just a few extra pictures on the occasion on the Pan Pacific Championships later this month.