Anna Moesch Fires Off 51.94 100 Free For American Record, #2 Performer Ever

2026 AP RACE LONDON INTERNATIONAL

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – FINAL

• British Record – 52.75, Anna Hopkin, 2021
• European Record – 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017
• Meet Record – 52.77, Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 2025

GOLD – Anna Moesch (USA), 51.94 *Meet Record* *U.S. Record*
SILVER – Barbora Janickova (CZE), 54.06
BRONZE – Theodora Taylor (GBR), 54.21

Anna Moesch swam to a brand new American Record within the girls’s 100 freestyle, touching in a 51.94 on the AP Race International on Monday. That additionally made her the #2 performer all-time as she sits simply off the World Record of a 51.71 set by Sarah Sjostrom again in 2017 on the World Championships in Budapest.

Moesch broke the earlier American Record of a 52.04 set by Simone Manuel again on the 2019 World Championships.

Split Comparison

Moesch was out a lot slower than each Manuel and Sjostrom however got here house a lot sooner to get beneath Manuel’s previous American Record. Moesch was additionally 0.12 than Sjostrom was coming house.

Despite being the quickest in American historical past ever, Moesch is not going to symbolize the U.S. this upcoming summer time on the 2026 Pan Pac Championships. Moesch was sixth within the 100 free in a 53.54 at 2025 U.S. Summer Nationals to guide her ticket to the 2025 World Championships the place she swam in prelims of the U.S. girls’s 4×100 and 4×200 free relays.

In addition to her 100 freestyle greatest time, Moesch additionally swam to a 24.27 within the 50 free this weekend in London to develop into the #9 American all-time. She entered the meet with a lifetime better of a 53.25 that she swam simply final month on the 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open.

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