Overview
- Walsh reset her own mark to 54.33 at the Fort Lauderdale Open, improving on the 54.60 she swam in the same pool last May.
- This was her fourth world record in the event, and she now holds the 13 fastest swims ever, all recorded since June 2024.
- Her 54.33 stands over a second faster than Sarah Sjostrom’s 55.48, which is the biggest gap seen in any women’s or men’s 100m event.
- She won by more than four seconds over Claire Curzan’s 58.44 and posted the fastest time of the season by more than two seconds.
- The Pro Swim stop serves as an early-season check before major summer meets, with Pan Pacifics in Irvine and the European Championships in Paris on the calendar.