Regan Smith sets U.S. Open meet record in the 200-meter backstroke

The Lakeville native won four events at last weekend's Pro Swim Series event in Westmont, Ill.

April 18, 2023 at 1:13AM
Lakeville native Regan Smith posed with her silver medal after the women’s 200-meter butterfly final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (Matthias Schrader, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Lakeville native Regan Smith won four events at last weekend's Pro Swim Series event in Westmont, Ill., earning titles in the 100-meter backstroke, 200 back, 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly.

Smith, who now trains in Arizona, set a U.S. Open meet record in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 4.76 seconds.

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