Texas Corridor of Fame Invite
UPDATE: Texas Longhorn, Rex Maurer, later in the identical meet swam 4:04.45 to change into the primary American underneath 4:05. Learn extra about that swim right here.
After years of grueling work to make his first Olympic Workforce, Carson Foster has returned to the tub, a brief course yards pool with the identical depth that noticed him win two medals within the Paris and shatter the American Report within the 500 free, stopping the clock unofficially in 4:05.81.
Swimming exhibition at his alma mater’s mid-season invite, the Texas pro-group swimmer, Foster, seems to have simply rewitten the American report.
Carson Foster women & gentleman 😤🤘
Carson unofficially breaks the American Report along with his time of 4:05.81 ‼️#HookEm pic.twitter.com/Au0xSGmig3
— Texas Males’s Swimming & Diving (@TexasMSD) November 21, 2024
The time improves the outdated report of 4:06.32 by over half a second and makes Foster the second quickest performer ever, behind solely French star Leon Marchand. Along with his time tonight, Foster overtakes fellow 2024 Paris Olympic teammate Kieran Smith‘s time of 4:06.32, which Smith swam twice, as soon as on the 2020 SEC after which once more a yr later on the 2021 SEC.
When splits change into out there, we are going to replace the chart under,
Splits Comparability:
| MARCHAND, 2024 NCAAS | FOSTER, 2024 Texas Corridor of Fame Invite | FOSTER, 2022 Minnesota Invite | SMITH, 2020 SECS | SMITH, 2021 SECS | |
| 50 | 21.09 | 22.37 | 22.45 | 22.04 | |
| 100 | 44.62 (23.53) | 46.90 (24.53) | 47.28 (24.83) | 46.31 (24.27) | |
| 150 | 1:08.61 (23.99) | 1:12.10 (25.50) | 1:12.07 (24.79) | 1:10.81 (24.50) | |
| 200 | 1:33.12 (24.51) | 1:37.55 (25.45) | 1:37.08 (25.01) | 1:35.70 (24.89) | |
| 250 | 1:57.94 (24.82) | 2:03.18 (25.63) | 2:02.25 (25.17) | 2:00.86 (25.16) | |
| 300 | 2:22.31 (24.37) | 2:28.98 (25.76) | 2:27.35 (25.10) | 2:26.23 (25.37) | |
| 350 | 2:47.18 (24.87) | 2:54.54 (25.60) | 2:52.40 (25.05) | 2:51.53 (25.30) | |
| 400 | 3:12.30 (25.12) | 3:19.85 (25.31) | 3:17.25 (24.85) | 3:16.90 (25.37) | |
| 450 | 3:37.76 (25.46) | 3:45.28 (25.43 | 3:42.19 (24.94) | 3:42.06 (25.16) | |
| 500 | 4:02.31 (24.55) | 4:05.81 | 4:10.31 (25.03) | 4:06.32 (24.13) | 4:06.32 (24.26) |
The swim, apart from being a brand new American report, holds some very fascinating facet tales. Foster, who swam collegiately in Texas, competed underneath Eddie Reese however is now a part of the professional group underneath the brand new Texas Director of Swimming, Bob Bowman. Bowman, earlier than taking on this place, was the ASU head coach and is the coach of Marchand, who, along with holding the NCAA and US Open report within the 500 (4:02.31) beat Foster in Paris within the 400 IM.
Marchand, nevertheless has not but returned to Texas after his residence Olympics, because the Frenchman has opted to coach in his hometown of Toulouse, by means of the World Quick Course Championships, which kick off in lower than a month.
Foster in addition to Smith will each characterize america in Hungary at Worlds. Foster didn’t swim the 400 free on the Olympic Trials and didn’t qualify for the Worlds crew within the 400, however with solely Smith seemingly entered in it, Foster could discover himself chasing after Smith and his American report of three:34.38. Foster has a private finest of three:45.29, courting again to 2022, and based mostly on tonight’s outcomes and the PB drop of over 4 seconds may very well be in line for a powerful swim in Budapest. The lads’s 400 Free doesn’t battle with both of the IM occasions.
