Overview
- Moesch lowered her own American 100m freestyle record to 51.88 seconds to win at the Toyota USA Swimming National Championships, a performance published across national outlets for the Tuesday finals.
- She first took the American record at the AP Race in London on May 25 with 51.94, showing a steady progression that pushed her from a mid-pack junior to an elite long-course sprinter this year.
- Moesch backed up the 100 with a personal-best victory in the 200m freestyle in 1:55.05, giving her two national titles in two days and expanding her range beyond the sprint distance.
- The meet also featured veteran returns and fast swims: Caeleb Dressel won the men’s 100m free in 47.70, his best since 2024, and Ilya Kharun set a U.S. Open and meet record of 22.59 in the 50m fly while beginning a nationality switch to the U.S.
- Moesch’s rise traces to surgery in late 2022, technical work under coach Todd DeSorbo, and an NCAA breakthrough in March, and her times now sit among the fastest globally though still short of Marrit Steenbergen’s 51.68 world record.