Anna Moesch Breaks Down 51.94 100 Free American Record, Training More Aerobic Than Ever
6/2/202634 min
NCAA Champion Anna Moesch turned heads last weekend when, at the AP Swim International, she clocked a 51.94 100 Freestyle. This was not only a new American record, but it was the first time a woman had dipped under the 52-second barrier since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (in 2021) when Emma McKeon won gold in 51.96. This made Moesch the #2 performer all-time in the event at the time, a position she has since ceded to Marrit Steenbergen, who went 51.86 just days later in Canet, France. Moesch came on the SwimSwam Podcast and revealed what her last year has looked like. Last summer, Moesch missed qualifying for the US National team by one place and subsequently told her coach, Todd DeSorbo, that she never wanted that to happen again. Moesch has been putting a much bigger emphasis on threshold and middle distance training this year, even going into longer IM groups once or twice per week, in favor of just focusing on sprint training. This appears to have shown up in the back half of her races, specifically in her 51.9 100 free, where she came home in 26.7.
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First 90 secondsColeman Hodges· Host0:00
Welcome to The Swim Swam Podcast. I'm today's host, Coleman Hodges, and joining us today, she just set an American record in a long course 100 meter freestyle in a 51.94 at the AP Race International in London. She is also the NCAA champion in the 200 free, clocking a time of 139.23, the second fastest yards 200 free in history. She's a multiple time NCAA champion. She... And once again, she is the new American record holder in the 100 freestyle, the number three performer of all time. Today, we're sitting down with Anna Moche. I'm a simple man. Don't wanna complicate ya. Complicate ya. Compli- compli- compli. People wanna. People wanna. People wanna. People wanna complicate ya. People wanna. The Swim Swam Podcast is sponsored by Commit Swimming, the only club management software built exclusively for swim teams. Since 2015, Commit has been the go-to for coaches writing workouts, planning seasons, and tracking performance data. National level coaches around the world rely on it every day. Now Commit brings that same swimming first design to team management, combining workouts, performance, meet entries, billing, communication, websites, volunteer tracking, and more all under one roof.