Torri Huske

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Torri Huske
Personal information
National team United States
Born (2002-12-07) December 7, 2002 (age 19)
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle, individual medley
ClubArlington Aquatics
College teamStanford University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships (SC) 2 1 0
World Junior Championships 5 1 0
Total 7 3 0
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4x100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×200 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 100 m freestyle

Victoria Huske (born December 7, 2002) is an American competitive swimmer. She is the American record holder in the 100-meter butterfly. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the final, placing fourth in the 100-meter butterfly, and placing fifth in the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay where she also swam butterfly on the finals relay. At the 2019 World Junior championships, she won five gold medals and one silver medal.

Early life and education[]

Huske is from Arlington, Virginia.[1] Her mother, Ying, is an architect from Guangzhou, China and emigrated to the United States in 1991.[2][3] Her father is Jim Huske.[3] Huske's mother would take Huske to swim when she was a young girl. Around age seven, Huske was swimming faster than her mother. She caught the attention Evan Stiles, a professional coach for the Arlington Aquatic Club,[4] because of her speed and because she wore a wetsuit as she could not stand the cold water.[3] Swimming had not been Huske's first choice sport but she came to realize that her performance increased as she committed more time to training. Stiles said Huske was one of their most committed members who would not shirk arduous training exercises.[5]

Huske attended and swam for Yorktown High School in Arlington County. In July 2021, Huske was announced as one of the 2020–2021 high school All-American swimmer by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association.[6] In September 2021, USA Swimming named Huske as one of the recipients of Scholastic All-American honors for the 2020–2021 high school season, it was her fourth year receiving the honor.[7][8]

Huske started attending Stanford University in autumn 2021, where she competes collegiately as part of Stanford Cardinal.[5] She committed verbally to swimming for Stanford in June 2020, a little over a year in advance of arriving on campus in 2021.[9]

Career[]

2019[]

At the 2019 US National Championships in Stanford, California, Huske broke the 38-year-old National Age Group record in the 100-meter butterfly for the girls 15–16 age group with a time of 57.80 seconds, which was 0.13 seconds faster than the previous record of 57.93 seconds set by Mary Meagher in 1981.[10]

2019 World Junior Championships[]

2019 World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m mixed medley 3:44.84 (WJ,CR)
Gold medal – first place 50 m butterfly 25.70
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m freestyle 3:37.61
Gold medal – first place 100 m butterfly 57.71
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:59.13
Silver medal – second place 100 m freestyle 54.54

In August 2019, Huske won six medals at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary, five of which were gold medals and one of which was a silver medal. On August 21, Huske won a gold medal in the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in 58.04 seconds and helping the relay finish in a new world junior record and Championships record time of 3:44.84.[11] The next day Huske won a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 54.54 seconds in the final that was 8-tenths of a second behind gold medalist and fellow American Gretchen Walsh.[12] In the final of the 50-meter butterfly on August 23, Huske finished ahead of American teammate Claire Curzan, who won the bronze medal, to win the gold medal with a time of 25.70 seconds.[13] Huske won her fourth medal of the Championships on August 24 in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, splitting a 54.50 for the second leg to help the relay win the gold medal in a time of 3:37.61.[14] On August 25, the final day of the Championships, Huske won the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 57.71 seconds, breaking her own National Age Group record in the event.[15][16] For her sixth medal, Huske won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in 57.86 seconds and contributing to the total time of 3:59.13.[17]

Huske's swims throughout the 2019 year earned her the Swammy Award from SwimSwam for "Age Group Swimmer of the Year" for the girls 15–16 age group.[18]

2021[]

2020 US Olympic Trials[]

At the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Huske swum a new Americas record, American record, US Open record, and Championships record time of 55.78 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly semifinals.[19][20] Her new American record broke the record of 55.98 seconds set at the 2012 Summer Olympics by Dana Vollmer.[20] The next day, June 14, Huske broke her own Americas, American, US Open, and Championships records from the day before, setting the new records in the final of the 100-meter butterfly at 55.66 seconds and swimming the third fastest performance in the event to date.[1][2][21] Huske qualified for a spot on the 2020 USA Olympic Team, a noted accomplishment considering she was only able to train in a long course meters swimming pool once a week leading up to the Olympic Trials.[22] Following her performances at the US Olympic Trials, national newspaper USA Today highlighted Huske as one of their "10 to watch", that is one of ten Olympians, selected from all sports, to keep an eye on during the 2020 Olympic Games.[23]

2020 Summer Olympics[]

See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
2020 Summer Olympics
Silver medal – second place 4×100 m medley relay 3:51.73

Competing in the 100-meter butterfly final on day three of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Huske finished fourth, one-hundredth of a second behind bronze medalist Emma McKeon of Australia.[24] In the final of the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay on day eight, Huske and her finals relay teammates of Ryan Murphy, Lydia Jacoby, and Caeleb Dressel placed fifth.[25] On the ninth and final day of competitive swimming at the Olympic Games, Huske competed in the 4×100-meter medley relay final for Team USA with teammates Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, and Abbey Weitzeil. Team USA finished second with a time of 3:51.73, just 0.13 seconds behind Australia's Olympic-record time of 3:51.60, earning Huske a silver medal.[26]

2021–2022 Collegiate season beginnings[]

Kickstarting her collegiate career, Huske became the first collegiate swimmer to sign an official, professional, sponsorship deal with TYR Sport, Inc., a swimwear company, announcing the partnership in mid-August 2021.[27][28] Huske made her collegiate debut on October 1 in a dual meet against San Jose State University, winning the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:51.33 and the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.58 seconds for her school, Stanford University.[29] On the first day, November 18, of her first collegiate invitational, the 2021 North Carolina State Fall Invitational, Huske won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:52.82, won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.70 seconds, and helped her relay finish second in the 4x50-yard freestyle relay.[30] The next day, Huske helped her relay place second in the 4x50-yard medley relay, won the 100-yard butterfly in 50.30 seconds, and helped her relay win the 4x200-yard freestyle relay event by splitting a 1:42.59 lead-off leg.[31] The third and final day of competition, Huske brought her tally of event wins to six and tally of first or second place finishes to eight by winning the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.39 seconds and helping win the 4x100-yard freestyle relay, splitting a 46.27 for the fourth leg of the relay.[32]

2021 World Short Course Championships[]

2021 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m freestyle 3:28.52
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m freestyle 1:34.22
Silver medal – second place 4×200 m freestyle 7:36.53

On October 28, Huske was named to the 2021 World Short Course Championships team for the United States in four individual events, while the announcement of the team, including Huske, was ranked by Swimming World as number two for the week's "The Week That Was" honor.[33][34] She entered to compete in the 100 meter freestyle, 50 meter butterfly, and 100 meter butterfly individual events.[35]

Day one of competition, December 16, Huske anchored the 4×100 meter freestyle relay in 53.01 seconds in the prelims heats, helping qualify the relay to the final ranked second behind the Netherlands relay team.[36] In the final, Abbey Weitzeil substituted in for Huske and the relay won a gold medal in a time of 3:28.52 with Huske receiving a gold medal for her prelims contributions as well.[37][38] The next day, Huske finished third in her heat of the prelims in the 100 meter freestyle with a 53.34 and qualified for the semifinals ranked eighth overall.[39] In the same prelims session, she split a 24.23 on the anchor leg of the 4×50 meter mixed freestyle relay to help advance it to the final ranked fourth.[40] For the finals relay, Kate Douglass substituted in for Huske and the relay placed fourth.[41] Huske, qualified for the final of the 100 meter freestyle in the evening, swimming a 52.48 and ranking seventh overall.[42]

The morning of day three, Huske swam in lane seven in prelims heat seven and qualified for the semifinals of the 50 meter butterfly ranking seventh with a 25.43.[43] In the evening, she placed sixth in the final of the 100 meter freestyle in 51.93 seconds.[44] Huske also qualified for the final of the 50 meter butterfly, tying in rank for fifth overall in the semifinals with Arina Surkova of Russia and Claire Curzan at 25.20 seconds.[45] In the final of the 50 meter butterfly on day four Huske placed fourth, finishing less than four-tenths of a second behind bronze medalist and teammate Claire Curzan.[46] The following morning, Huske qualified for the semifinals of the 100 meter butterfly with a 56.59 in the prelims that ranked her fourth overall.[47] In the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, Huske led-off the relay in 1:56.41 to help qualify the relay to the final ranking second.[48] In the evening, Huske swam a 56.13 in the semifinals of the 100 meter butterfly and qualified for the final ranking fourth.[49] She split a 1:54.72 for the first leg of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay in the final, helping win the silver medal in a time of 7:36.53.[50]

The final day of competition, day six, Huske helped qualify the 4×50 meter freestyle relay to the final ranking first with a split of 24.44 for the second leg of the relay in the prelims heats.[51] In her second event of the morning, Huske split a 58.81 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 meter medley relay, helping qualify the relay for the final ranking fourth.[52] Huske was substituted out on the finals relay for the 4×50 meter freestyle relay in the evening and won a gold medal for her prelims contributions when the finals relay finished first.[53][54] For the final of the 100 meter butterfly she swam a 55.75 and finished fourth behind teammate and bronze medalist Claire Curzan.[55] In the final of the 4×100 meter medley relay, Claire Curzan substituted in for Huske on the butterfly leg of the relay and the relay placed fourth.[56]

Continental and national records[]

Long course meters (50 m pool)[]

No. Event Time Meet Date Location Type Status Ref
1 100 m butterfly 55.78 sf 2020 US Olympic Trials June 13, 2021 Omaha, Nebraska AM, NR, US Former [19][20]
2 100 m butterfly (2) 55.66 2020 US Olympic Trials June 14, 2021 Omaha, Nebraska AM, NR, US Current NR, US [21][2]
Legend: AM – Americas record; NR – American record; US – U.S. Open record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Awards and honors[]

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