SMITH Regan

United States of America

Date of Birth: 9 Feb 2002

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Place of birth: LAKEVILLE, MN

Birth Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke	3
	Women's 200m Butterfly	2
	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay USA United States	2
	Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay USA United States	5

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WR	Women's 200m Backstroke	2:03.35	26 July, 2019	Gwangju (KOR)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Butterfly - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinal 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Butterfly Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	200Back	4x100Medley W
2019	Gwangju, KOR	1st (2:03.69)	1st (3:50.40)
2017	Budapest, HUN	8th (2:07.42)	-

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	100Back	200Back	100Fly
2018	Tokyo, JPN	4th (58.95)	3rd (2:06.46)	Final B (58.62)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	50Fly	100Fly	4x200Free	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2017	Indianapolis, IN, USA	4th (28.12)	1st (59.11)	1st (2:07.45)	H (27.47)	6th (59.03)	4th (8:02.40)	2nd (3:59.19)	2nd (3:46.80)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Riptide Rocket (swimswam.com, 15 Jun 2019)

Spending time with friends, watching TV shows, watching ice skating and gymnastics. (si.com, 09 Aug 2019; nytimes.com, 22 May 2020; nbcolympics.com, 27 Apr 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Languages spoken:

Riptide Swim Team [Apple Valley, MN, USA]

Greg Meehan [national], USA; Mike Parratto

She first got into the pool at age two and started competing at age seven. She began her competitive swimming career for South Metro Storm Swim Club in Lakeville, MN, United States of America. (startribune.com, 25 Jun 2016; twincities.com, 23 Dec 2016)

Neither of her parents had a swimming background so they signed her up for swim lessons to learn water safety. After watching her sister, Brenna, swim at a competition she decided she wanted to give it a try. "My first swim meet memory was at my swim school when I was seven. I remember winning my first race and feeling so hooked that I wanted to keep going and never stop." (twincities.com, 23 Dec 2016; swimswam.com, 15 Jun 2019; nbcolympics.com, 27 Apr 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (twincities.com, 23 Dec 2016)

"I train eight times a week in the pool and I double twice a week. On a typical double day, I will wake up at 04:50. Practice is from 05:30-06:40. I have school and homework from 09:00 to 14:00 and then I have my second practice of the day from 15:00 to 17:30." (nbcolympics.com, 27 Apr 2021)

Breaking Missy Franklin's 200m backstroke world record at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (kyma.com, 23 Apr 2021)

US swimmers Missy Franklin and Michael Phelps. (si.com, 09 Aug 2019; kyma.com, 23 Apr 2021)

"I always pack my pink Crocs [foam clogs] when going to meets. Even if I don't always wear them on deck, they're always packed with me. I have had them for almost five years [speaking in 2021]." (nbcolympics.com, 27 Apr 2021)

Philosophy:

"I am always afraid that I'm not good enough to be competing at this level. I always walk into meets with low expectations because I really don't believe that I'm capable of much more. However, I've proven that I am very capable and hope to work past this mental block." (nbcolympics.com, 27 Apr 2021)

She was named 17-18 Age Group Swimmer of the Year for 2020 and 2019 at the swimming website SwimSwam's Swammy Awards. (swimswam.com, 03 Jan 2021)

She was named 2019 Female Swimmer of the Year and 2019 World Junior Female Swimmer of the Year at the Swammy Awards. (swimswam.com, 31 Dec 2019, 22 Dec 2019)

She received the 2019 Breakout Performer of the Year and 2019 Female Race of the Year awards at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles Awards. She was also part of the team that won the 2019 Relay Performance of the Year award. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 24 Nov 2019)

She received the Performance of the Year award at the USA Swimming House of Delegates meeting as part of the USAS Convention. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 14 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
STAYING PRESENT DURING MEETS
In 2021 she said that listening to music was not part of her pre-race routine. "I actually hate listening to music before I race because I feel like it distracts me. I think I feed off the energy in the crowd really well and that motivates me more than any song. I like being present in the moment at competitions instead of zoning out with music." (nbcolympics.com, 27 Apr 2021)

DELAYING MOVE TO STANFORD
In June 2019 she declared her verbal commitment to study and swim at Stanford University in the United States of America for the 2020/21 academic year. However, she decided to defer her enrolment for a year as a result of the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She planned to remain in Minnesota training under coach Mike Parratto at Riptide Swim Club. She also planned to take online courses from Normandale Community College during the year. "After talking a lot with Greg [Meehan, Stanford women's swim coach and US Olympic swim coach], we just decided that it would be better for me and my training to have more consistency at home. This was a really, really hard decision to make. Especially because I felt so firm for so long about going off to school [at Stanford] this fall [autumn 2020]." (Instagram profile, 30 Jun 2019; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 30 Jun 2019; swimswam.com, 29 Jul 2020; startribune.com, 13 Oct 2020)

Milestones

She was the youngest member of the US team at the 2017 and 2019 world championships. (usaswimming.org, 29 Sep 2017; swimswam.com, 15 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WR:: World Record

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