No one was beating Regan Smith in her signature event. Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a world record in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the U.S.

Although the 100 butterfly is not one of her events on the international stage, Regan Smith has flourished in the discipline.

Over the past three years, Regan Smith has won 11 international medals in backstroke, reaching the podium at every opportunity. Three of those medals were gold, all from the Short Course World ...

Regan Smith finished her 2025 World Championships in the same manner she concluded her 2024 Olympic games — with a gold medal. With a world record. With a bang. Smith led off Team USA’s 4×100 meter ...

Lakeville’s Regan Smith recorded a season-best time in the 200-meter backstroke final at the World Championships on Saturday in Singapore, touching the wall in 2 minutes, 4.29 seconds. That was less ...

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown edged American Regan Smith to win gold in the women’s 100-meter backstroke final Tuesday at the swimming world championships in Singapore, a blistering-fast edition of the ...