Feb. 9, 2021
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Torri Huske broke her own national public school record in the 100 fly, and the James Madison girls and Langley boys won the VHSL Northern Region Champs.
Feb. 7, 2021
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Yorktown High School senior Torri Huske just edged out her own national public high school record in the 100 fly today at the VHSL Northern Region Champs.
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Torri Husk blistering 100 fly. New National HS record.
Feb. 6, 2021
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Torri Huske, a Stanford commit and contender to qualify for the Tokyo Games, broke her own National Public School record in the 100 butterfly.
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Torri Husk blistering 100 fly. New National HS record.
July 19, 2020
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16-year-old Claire Curzan , fresh off a best time in the 50 freestyle on Friday , swam an extremely impressive 50.03 in the 100 butterfly on Saturday afternoon at her home club’s intrasquad meet in North Carolina. Curzan crushed her best time of 50.35 that she set earlier this year at the North Carolina high school state championships, which also stands as the national high school record and the national age group record for 15-16-year-olds. Due to USA Swimming’s restrictions on times in the month of July , Curzan’s time will not count as a national age group record, pending a change ...
July 19, 2020
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Stanford University has landed another big recruit for the 2021-22 season, this time from Bellevue, Wash. native and U.S. National Junior Team member Amy Tang . She will join Anna Shaw, Samantha Tadder, Torri Huske and Meghan Lynch, as well as diver Lauren Burch, as a member of the Cardinal’s class of 2025. At the 7th FINA World Junior Championships last summer in Budapest, Tang swam the third leg on the winning mixed 4x100m free relay along with Luca Urlando, Adam Chaney, and Gretchen Walsh.
July 18, 2020
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Bellevue, Washington native Amy Tang , the number 4 recruit on our list of top 20 girls from the high school class of 2021 , has announced her intention to swim at Stanford University beginning in the fall of 2021. Tang is the last of our Top 20 recruits to make her decision known. She will join #2 Torri Huske , #8 Samantha Tadder , “best of the rest” category member Meghan Lynch , Anna Shaw , and Lauren Burch in the Cardinal class of 2025. “I am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at Stanford University! It has been my dream ever since I was twelve, and I a ...
July 18, 2020
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Anna Shaw has given her verbal pledge to Stanford University beginning in the fall of 2021. She will join Samantha Tadder , Torri Huske and Meghan Lynch , as well as diver Lauren Burch , as a member of the Cardinal’s class of 2025. Regarding her commitment, she said: “Beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and continue my academics at Stanford University. It is an absolute dream come true and I can’t thank my family, coaches and friends enough for all their support through this process.
July 17, 2020
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Anna Shaw , a rising senior at Heritage High School in Littleton, Colorado, has announced her intention to attend Stanford University in 2021-22. Shaw specializes in sprint freestyle and is the reigning Colorado high school 5A state champion in the 50 free. At the 2020 CHSAA Girls 5A State Championships in February, she won the 50 free in 22.99, the only sub-23 sprinter in the field. She also placed 2nd in the 100 free (50.10), led off the 3rd-place medley relay (26.22 for the 50 backstroke), and contributed a leg (50.32) to the 9th-place 400 free relay. A two-time USA Swimming Schol ...
July 17, 2020
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17-year-old Anastasiya Shkurdai of Belarus blasted a 56.95 in the 100 butterfly at the Belarusian Cup in her home town of Brest. Shkurdai, who was the silver medalist at last summer’s World Junior Championships behind American Torri Huske in the 100 butterfly, broke her own national record of 57.39 set last year at the European Juniors. She had been as fast as a 58.2 earlier this year in March, and is not far off of the current world junior record of 56.46 set by Canada’s Penny Oleksiak on her way to Olympic silver in 2016. The time puts Shkurdai third in the world rankings for 2020 ...
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Anastasiya Shkurdai in good form: 56.9 LCM #Butterfly, 3rd women's 2020 world ranking
June 4, 2020
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According to NISCA, the tournament is intended to create a fun activity in light of the coronavirus pandemic, especially since swim meets around the country have been canceled. In order to enter, teams had to fill out a form and include their top times all-time for their entries. Each swimmer was allowed to “swim” up to two individual events and two relays like they would in a traditional high school dual meet. Real times from verified high school competition had to be used for entries. Once the field was narrowed down to 64 schools, the regional finals were completed. Teams that mad ...
March 7, 2020
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On the same night that 17-year-old broke the national age group record in the 17-18 age group with a 57.3, 15-year-old Claire Curzan swam an impressive 58.00 at the Speedo Sectionals Cary meet in North Carolina. Curzan is second all-time in the 15-16 age group behind Torri Huske , who was a 57.48 in December. Curzan’s best is a 57.8 and she has been dubbed as a swimmer to watch out for in the next couple of years. Curzan of the TAC Titans also won the 200 freestyle minutes earlier with a 2:02.27.
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Rising star Claire Curzan impressive 100m #butterfly and 200m #freestyle at Speedo Sectionals
March 7, 2020
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2020 CARY SECTIONALS With several standout performances this morning in yards, tonight’s finals saw TAC Titans 15-year-old Claire Curzan post a 58.00 in the 100 fly in long course. Curzan has only been quicker once before this, a 57.87 that sits just off of Torri Huske’s 57.71 15-16 NAG record. This morning in yards, Curzan was 50.89, not far from her personal best of 50.35.
Feb. 24, 2020
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The 2020 Virginia Class 6 State Swimming and Diving Championships took place on Saturday, Feb. 22 at George Mason University’s Jim McKay Natatorium in Fairfax, Va. Yorktown junior Victoria “Torri” Huske stole the show at this meet, lowering her own National Public High School record in the 100 fly with a blazing 50.69.
Feb. 24, 2020
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Yorktown High School junior set the national public high school record in the 100 fly for the second year in a row, this time with a 50.69.
Feb. 23, 2020
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It was an incredibly fast weekend of racing, including some great swims from some of the top high schoolers in the nation at the VHSL Class 6 Championships.
Feb. 23, 2020
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The Woodson boys and James Madison girls won VHSL Class 6 State Championships yesterday, while Torri Huske set a new national public school 100 fly record.
Feb. 23, 2020
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Victoria “Torri” Huske stole the show at the 2020 Virginia Class 6 State Championships held at the Jim McKay Natatorium on George Mason University’s campus. dd
Jan. 23, 2020
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Torri Huske Reflects on Record Year, Looks Ahead to 2020 Olympic Trials. The high school sensation won a U.S. Open title from lane one.