Torri Huske is an Olympic medalist, world champion and NCAA champion in competitive swimming who represents the United States internationally.
Huske was first reported by SwimSwam in December of 2017, when at age 15, she blasted a 53.3 100 yard fly, which made her over 3 seconds faster in that event than she had been a year prior. Huske continued her progression, and by the end of her sophomore year, was at the top of her class in the 100 fly, putting her 2nd on SwimSwam’s Way Too Early NCAA Recruit Ranks: Girls Class of 2021.
2019 Northern Virginia’s 6A Regional Championships
Huske turned some heads at this meet, winning 4 events in total. She placed 1st individually in the 200 IM (1:58.13, breaking Cassidy Bayer’s regional record) and 100 free (50.04, breaking Hannah Baker’s regional record). She also helped Yorktown to titles in the 200 medley relay (23.38 fly, new regional record) and 400 free relay (48.24, coming from behind on the anchor leg by more than 2 seconds, race video below).
100 Fly National High School Record
Less than 2 weeks after having a sensational meet at regionals, Huske was back to swimming faster than ever. At the state championships, she threw down a 51.29 100 fly, breaking both the national public school and overall high school records in the event.
2019 Swammy Awards
For her accomplishments in 2019, Huske earned the Age Group of the Year (15-16) Swammy Award.
2020 VHSL Class 6 State
At the 2020 State meet, Huske lowered her own 100 fly National Public High School record, going 50.69. She also took the 50 free title (breaking her won state record) in 21.83.
College (Stanford)
2021-2022
Huske went multiple personal bests in her first season on the Farm. At her first Pac-12 Champs, She captured individual titles in the 200 IM (1:52.42), 100 fly (49.43), and 100 free (47.07), as well as helped Stanford to titles in the 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, and 400 medley relays, as well as the overall team title.
At the NCAA Championships, Huske took 2nd in the 200 IM (1:51.81) and 100 fly (49.17), and 9th in the 100 free (46.98). She also helped Stanford to an NCAA title in the 800 free relay, 2nd place in the 400 free relay, 3rd place in the 400 medley relay, and 6th place in the 200 free relay.
2022-2023
At her 2nd Pac-12 Championships, Huske defended her title in the 100 fly (49.27) and 100 free (47.18) plus added one in the 50 free (21.67). She also helped Stanford to titles in the 200, 400, and 800 free relays and the 400 medley relay.
Huske once again showed out at the NCAA Championships, going PBs in the 200 IM (1:50.06, 2nd), 100 fly (48.96, 3rd), and 100 free (46.46, 2nd). She also helped Stanford to 2nd place showings in the 200, 400, 800 free relays and a 4th place finish in the 400 medley relay.
National/International Competition
2019 NCSA Spring Junior National Championship
Huske continued her short course rampage in Orlando at the NCSA’s. She took titles in the 100 IM (54.20), 100 free (48.70), 200 free (1:46.66), 50 fly (22.96), and 50 free (22.36), as well as placed 4th in the 200 fly (1:56.18) and 200 IM (1:58.70). After being DQ’ed in the prelims of the 100 fly, she time-trialed the event, touching in 51.86, a time that would have won the final heat. She was the 2nd highest individual female point scorer at the meet with 212, behind only Phoebe Bacon.
2019 National Championships
Huske transferred her success to long course, showing her progress at the 2019 national championships. In the 100 fly she touched for 4th place overall in 57.80, breaking one of the oldest National Age Group records in the books, the 15-16 100 fly mark of 57.93 set by Mary T. Meagher in 1981. 15-year-old Claire Curzan was also under the previous record at 57.87, placing 5th in the heat right behind Huske.
Huske also placed 10th in the 100 free (54.73). This qualified Huske to swim the 50/100 fly and 100 free individually at the 2019 World Junior Championships.
2019 World Junior Championships
On day 2 of the competition, Huske split 58.04 on the fly leg in finals of the 400 mixed medley relay to help Team USA earn gold as well as break the world record by over 1 second.
On day 3 in Budapest, Huske touched 2nd in the 100 free for silver, nearly matching her personal best of 54.52 from the semi-finals, finishing in 54.54. Huske kept the medals flowing on day 4, touching 1st in the 50 fly with a time of 25.70, a massive personal best.
Huske again contributed to an American gold, this time on the 4×100 free relay on day 5.
On the final day, Huske won the 100 fly in a new personal best of 57.71, lowering her 15-16 NAG in the event even further for gold. Huske finished her program with the fly leg of the 4×100 medley relay, splitting 57.86 to help USA earn gold.
2021 Olympic Trials
Huske exploded in the first heat of women’s 100 fly semifinals on night 1 of Trials, breaking the American Record. After showing off her speed this morning, splitting under World Record pace on the first 50, Huske blasted a 55.78 to touch first tonight. The swim marks a personal best by nearly a full second, and makes Huske just the 2nd American of all-time to break 56 seconds in the event.
On Night 2 of Trials, Torri Huske put on a dominant performance in the women’s 100 butterfly final, punching her ticket to the Olympic Games next month in American Record fashion of 55.66.
2020 Olympic Games
After advancing through the prelims and semi-finals on Day 1 of the Games, Huske swam in the 100 fly final, swimming very close to her personal best and touching at 55.73, touching 4th and just outside of medaling by .01.
Huske continued her Games in the final of the mixed 400 medley relay, where she swam 56.27 on the fly leg to help USA finish 5th.
She finished her Games in the 400 medley relay final, where she split 56.16 to help the USA finish 2nd, earning a silver medal.
2021 Short Course World Championships
In Abu Dhabi, Huske helped Team USA to 3 relay medals, including gold in the 200 and 400 free relays and silver in the 800 free relay. She also placed 4th individually in the 50 and 100 fly and 6th in the 100 free.
2022 World Championship Trials
On night 1, Huske booked her ticket to the Budapest world championships, winning the 100 free in 53.35, a new personal best. The next night, she swam in the final of the 50 fly, placing 2nd in 25.68. On night 3, she won the 100 fly in 56.28 against Claire Curzan, the winner of the 50 fly, likely meaning Huske would get the chance to swim the 50 and 100 fly individually in Budapest.
2022 World Championships
Huske started off her campaign in Budapest strong, helping Team USA to a bronze medal in the 400 free relay on night 1 while advancing to the final of the 100 fly. In that final on Night 2, Huske swam a superbly executed race, leading from start to finish to clock a 55.64, breaking her own American record, and earning her first world title.
On day 4, Huske swam on the 400 mixed medley relay in finals, splitting 56.17 to help USA dominate the heat and win gold.
On day 6, Huske swam the final of the 100 free, clocking a PB of 52.92 and earning a bronze medal, just .06 ahead of Canada’s Penny Oleksiak.
On Day 7, Huske helped the US to a bronze in the mixed 400 free relay and qualified for the final of the 50 free. On the final day of the meet, Huske finished 6th in the 50 free final before helping USA to gold in the 400 medley relay, splitting 56.67 on the fly leg.
2022 Short Course World Championships
In Melbourne, Huske won her 2nd world title (and first SCM title) in the 50 fly, tying with Maggie MacNeil in 24.64. She also placed 2nd in the 100 fly (54.75) and helped USA to gold in the 4×50 free, 4×100 medley, and mixed 4×50 medley relays as well as silver in the 4×100 free and 4×50 medley relays.
2023 U.S. International Team Trials (Indianapolis, Indiana)
In the 100 free, Huske sat back in 5th with a 53.67 in a speedy 100 free prelims. In the final, Huske dropped down to a 53.41, about half a second off her best but found her World Championships status slightly up in the air as she finished 5th. In the 50 fly final, Huske was under her American Record of 25.38 with a 25.33 but still had not confirmed her Worlds status as Gretchen Walsh took first and broke her record with a 25.11.
In the 100 fly final, Gretchen Walsh got out to the lead at the 50 under the World Record pace with a 25.68 while Huske sat 2nd with a 25.89. Huske and Kate Douglass pulled closer down the stretch to steal a way to victory on the finish as Huske finished 1st and Walsh 2nd. The top three finishers: Huske (56.18), Walsh (56.34), and Kate Douglass (56.43) posted the top three times in the World. This marks the 2nd consecutive 100 fly Worlds berth.
While Huske wasn’t able to add a 4th or 5th event on the final night, Huske still came away with some solid times in the 200 IM and 50 free. In the 200 IM, she took 3rd in 2:09.75, her first sub-2:10 outing. In the 50 free she posted a season-best 24.72 for 5th.
2023 World Aquatics Championships (Fukuoka, Japan)
On day 1, Huske took on the 100 fly. She was easy through prelims with a 57.66. In the same session, she led off the American 400 free prelims relay with a solid 53.55. She was not chosen for the finals relay as both Olivia Smoliga (52.91) and Abbey Weitzeil (52.54) were faster, even accounting for relay starts. That night, the relay secured silver and Huske was 2nd in the 100 fly semis with a 56.76. In the final, Huske was near even (just .01 off) with Zhang Yufei for the lead at the turn. She was passed by Maggie MackNeil down the stretch as Huske took bronze with a 56.61.
On the 400 mixed medley relay, Huske had a disastrous 58.19 100 fly split but the US still managed to snag a bronze. Per Ryan Murphy’s post meet interview with SwimSwam, Huske thought she had false started. Her 50 fly was solid, with a 25.98 in prelims and a 25.75 in semis. Huske was a little better in the final with a 25.64 for 5th. Huske also split 57.42 on the fly leg of the prelims 400 medley relay that took gold in the final.
2024 US Olympic Team Trials (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Huske was textbook in her progression through the 100 fly prelims, semis, and finals. In prelims, she was 2nd behind Gretchen Walsh with a solid 56.26. In semis, she found more speed in the first semifinal, clocking a 55.79, just .15 seconds off her American Record. In the 2nd semi, Walsh reset that mark and the WR with a 55.18. Walsh went out well under her WR pace in the final, but Huske turned 2nd in a 25.93. Walsh’s lead proved to be too much but Huske nearly bridged the gap, surging home in a 29.59 to touch 2nd in a PB of 55.52. That secured a likely Olympic bid for Huske.
In the 100 free, Huske moved through prelims in 4th with a 53.62. In semis, she reset her PB by .02 seconds with a 52.90 to get lane 4 in the final. There, she flipped in 3rd with a 25.20, exactly as she had in semis. She powered home with a 27.73 to move past Gretchen Walsh but Kate Douglass moved past her and touched first. Huske ended up 2nd, .37 seconds back of Douglass with a 52.93 to add another individual event to her Olympic schedule.
