Kate Douglass tied a world record, while Katharine Berkoff and Van Mathias broke their first individual world records at USA Swimming’s World Short Course Championships Trials in Westmont, Illinois, on Thursday.
Douglass tied training partner Gretchen Walsh’s world record in the 50m freestyle. Berkoff broke the 50m backstroke record, and then Mathias swam the fastest short course 100m breaststroke in history.
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They made the team for the World Short Course Championships in Beijing’s Water Cube from Dec. 1-6.
Short course meets are held in 25-meter pools rather than 50-meter pools (long course) used at the Olympics and other major meets in the summer.
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