# Team USA standout Jack Alexy sets 100m freestyle world record at USA Swimming Short Course Trials

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/team-usa-standout-jack-alexy-sets-100m-freestyle-world-record-at-usa-swimming-short-course-trials/
- Published: 2026-10-31T20:05:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T21:50:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/team-usa-standout-jack-alexy-sets-100-meter-freestyle-world-record-usa-swimming-short-course-trials
- Topics: Americas, Culture, Fashion, World

## Key points

- Jack Alexy set a 100m freestyle world record in 44.64 seconds.
- He beat the previous mark by 0.20 seconds.
- He plans to target faster times in Beijing.

## Summary

Jack Alexy set a world record in the men’s 100-metre freestyle at the USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials in Illinois. The 2024 Olympic team member clocked 44.64 seconds, beating the previous mark of 44.84.

Swimming for the California Golden Bears, Alexy finished ahead of fellow Olympians Chris Guiliano, who recorded 45.22 seconds, and Caeleb Dressel, on 45.65. The record came four weeks after Russia’s Egor Kornev had equalled the previous short-course mark. Alexy said he hopes to swim even faster at the world championships in Beijing from 1 to 6 December.

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