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Rylee Erisman Breaks Gretchen Walsh’s 100 Free National High School Record with 46.73

Don Henshaw
from SwimSwam news
BY ROBERT GIBBS 47

November 15th, 2025High School, News, Previews & Recaps, Records

Only a junior, Rylee Erisman of Windermere High School broke Gretchen Walsh‘s five-year old National High School record with a 46.73 in the 100 free today at Florida’s 4A State Championships.

Walsh, who went on to break numerous records while swimming for the University of Virginia, had been the fastest high school competitor ever after going 46.98 at the 2020 Tennessee state championships.

Traditionally, organizations have tracked separate records for public and independent (private) schools. Walsh will retain the independent school record while Erisman will hold the public school record, having also gone under Abbey Weitzeil‘s mark of 47.09 from 2015. Functionally, though, Erisman’s swim is the fastest-ever in high school competition.

Splits Comparison:

  RYLEE ERISMAN GRETCHEN WALSH
  New HS Best All-Time Old HS Best All-Time
50y 22.75 22.66
100y 23.98 24.32
Total Time 46.73 46.98

Erisman just-missed Weitzel’s 100 free public schools record at last year’s meet when she swam 47.14. Weitzel is a six-time Olympic medalist.

Despite setting a high school record, Erisman was actually just a bit off her best time, a 46.69 she swam at last year’s Junior Nationals while representing her club team, the Windermere Lakers. That time stands as the 15-16 National Age Group record. This summer, she followed up her yards record by also breaking the NAG record in the 100m freestyle, and collected eight medals at the Junior World Championships.

Erisman won all four events she contested today, helping Windermere to a runner-up finish behind Riverview Sarasota. First, Erisman anchored the 200 medley in 21.51, helping Windermere to a time of 1:38.96 to win the event by over four seconds. Next, she clocked a 21.67 in the 50 free, just off the 21.61 she swam last year to set the national public school record. After her individual 100 free, she closed out the day by once again anchoring a Windermere relay to victory. This time, she split 47.48 as Windermere won in 3:19.16, over six seconds ahead of Riverview Sarasota.

In spite of Erisman’s efforts, a very deep Riverview Sarasota team wound up winning the meet 395-305 over Erisman’s Windermere High.

While Erisman has not yet announced her college commitment, she took official visits to Texas, Tennessee,  Michigan, Cal, and Virginia.