INDIANAPOLIS — Not all world records are equal. They might seem like they’d all be uniformly awesome in an uncomplicated way, but they don’t all feel like it. Not to Regan Smith, at least. Five years ...

In 2019, a 17-year-old Smith set two backstroke world records before newfound pressure “ate her alive.” Pushed by an Australian rival, Smith reclaimed one of her records Tuesday and seems primed for ...

At the 2024 U.S. trials, Regan Smith set a new world record in 100-meter backstroke in long course. “I spent the last two years and a half being this close to it. I knew I was good enough that I had ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Olympic medalist Regan Smith reclaimed ownership of the 100-meter backstroke world record Tuesday night at the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Smith swam a time of 57.13 ...

On Tuesday, Regan Smith set a new world record in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2024 Olympic trials. Smith lowered the time to 57.13 in the finals to qualify for her second Olympics. She was ...