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Jack Alexy sets 100m freestyle short course world record
Alexy broke the 44.84 mark shared by Kyle Chalmers and Egor Kornev, and his own American record of 45.05; two people had to share the old one.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on this story, from Late Night BBN at 10:42 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Fox News's, the jokes are ours.

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At a glance
- First reported by Fox News: “Team USA standout Jack Alexy sets 100m freestyle world record at USA Swimming Short Course Trials”, with reporting from SwimSwam and Swimming World Magazine.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 10:42 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
- BBN covered this story before: Hellebuyck 'really excited to play hockey again' after trade to Devils (October 25).
The real story
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- Fox NewsTeam USA standout Jack Alexy sets 100m freestyle world record at USA Swimming Short Course Trials
- SwimSwamJack Alexy After 100 Free World Record: "Hoping to go even faster in Beijing" October 31, 2026 · facts used on air
- Swimming World MagazineU.S. Short Course Trials, Day Three Men's Finals: Jack Alexy Rips World Record; Luca Urlando Pops American Mark October 30, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJack Alexy swam the hundred freestyle in forty-four point six four seconds at the short course trials in Westmont, Illinois, and that is a new world record, Fox News reports.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorForty-four seconds? I can't hold a plank that long, and I run a podcast about discipline.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe old record was forty-four point eight four, and two swimmers shared it: Kyle Chalmers of Australia and Egor Kornev of Russia.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShared. So he didn't beat a record, he ended a joint account.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentKornev only tied it four weeks earlier at a World Cup event. That's a month of co-ownership.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo tenths of a second is a decisive mandate, and I'll hear no other framing.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe went out in twenty-one twenty-five and came home in twenty-three thirty-nine.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo tenths.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRated a ten out of ten, and he said childhood hero Caeleb Dressel told him to sit on the lane line and celebrate.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe's already hoping to go even faster in Beijing.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo people held that record, and he evicted both of them in forty-four seconds.
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