Prince George Barracudas swimmer Haley Black is making waves at the FINA short course world championships in Hangzhou, China.
The 22-year-old qualified for today's 50-metre butterfly final when she clocked 25.60 seconds in the semifinals on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, Black broke the Canadian women's record with a time of 25.43 seconds in her preliminary swim. Her time was eight-thousandths of a second quicker than the previous national record of 25.51 set by two-time Olympian Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., in the 2016 world short course championships in Windsor, Ont.
Black was ranked 29th in the word in the 50m fly going into the meet in Hangzhou. She is also scheduled to compete in the 100m butterfly event today.
She now attends Auburn University in Alabama, where she's a three-time All-American. After a full decade with the Barracudas swim club, Black began her NCAA career at Western Kentucky, where she competed for her freshman season (2014-15). She transferred to Auburn after the Western Kentucky swim program folded in 2015.
Black is being groomed by Swimming Canada for more international competitions upcoming this season, including the long-course FINA world championships in Gwangju, Korea, the FINA world junior championships in Budapest, Hungary, and the FISU Summer Universiade Games in Naples, Italy. She's also vying for a national team spot for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
