Michezo · Short-course swimmingWestmont swimming record: Jack Alexy swims 44.64 in short-course 100mImeandikwa 31 Oktoba 2026, 22:48 UTCTazamaNakala ya maneno0:07Jack Alexey swam the one hundred meter freestyle in forty four point six four0:11seconds.0:11He beat the shared short course world benchmark by two tenths of a second at the US0:16Selection Trials.0:17Where does that leave his swim in the official record?0:19Alexe raced at FMC Natatorium in Westmont, Illinois on Friday, October thirty.0:24The trials ran from October twenty, eight through October thirty one.0:27His performance came in the final.0:28After an earlier qualifying swim that morning, the race date was October thirty.0:33October thirty one was the publication date attached to the story that initially0:36placed the race on Saturday.0:37Alexis forty four point six four beats the previous forty, four point eight four by0:42zero point two zero seconds.0:43That benchmark belonged to two swimmers.0:45Kyle Chalmers first said it, and Egor Kornev had matched it just four weeks before0:49Alexis's race.0:50Alexey's performance belongs to short course swimming, where the pool is twenty-five0:54meters long.0:55That pool length gives the time its meaning.0:57Swimmers turn more often than they do in the fifty-meter pool used at the Olympics.1:01A one hundred meter race in a twenty-five meter pool takes four lengths and three1:05turns.1:06In a fifty-meter pool, it takes two lengths and one turn.1:08Those different race conditions are one reason the two formats keep separate world1:12records.1:13Alexey lowered a mark that had first been set five years earlier, but the record had1:17also drawn a new challenger this month.1:19When Kornev brought himself level with Chalmers, Australia's Kyle Chalmers swam1:23forty, four point eight four in Kazan on October twenty nine, two thousand and1:27twenty-one.1:27Russia's Igor Kornev matched it in Baku on October two, two thousand and twenty-six.1:31Alexey then swam forty, four point six four in Westmont on October thirty.1:36Chris Giliano reportedly finished second in the final in forty five point two two1:39seconds, with Caleb Dressel third in forty five point six five.1:43Those times put Alexey zero point five eight seconds ahead of Giliano.1:47Alexei had swum forty five point zero nine in the heats before reaching forty four1:51point six four in the final.1:52Guliano's morning time was forty five point one seven, followed by his reported1:56forty five point two two in the final.1:58The morning swims decided who advanced to the later race.2:01Alexy's first reaction was simple.2:03He said, That felt pretty good.2:05His objective at the meet was to qualify individually in both the fifty and the one2:09hundred freestyle.2:10Alexi said he tried to ride the crowd's adrenaline.2:12Racing a US field at a selection meet made him more nervous, and he welcomed that2:17pressure.2:18He said it was the kind of pressure they would face ahead.2:20His qualifying goal doesn't confirm an official team birth.2:23His next competitive target is Beijing, where he hopes to swim faster again.2:27Beijing will host the World Aquatic Swimming Championships in a twenty-five meter2:31pool.2:31The championships are reportedly scheduled for December one through six.2:34Alexey has already said he wants to improve on the time he swam in Westmont.2:38World Aquatics listed Chalmers and Kornev together at forty-four point eight four in2:42its rankings dated October twenty nine.2:44That list came before Alexis's race.2:46His forty four point six four clears their shared benchmark by two tenths of a2:50second, but formal recognition of his swim hasn't been confirmed.Soma makalaMfuatano wa matukio ya habariHeyDex
