🗣️ BREAKING: The USA TODAY Girls Athlete of the Year is... North Carolina's Claire Curzan! Still fresh off her first Olympic Games in Tokyo where she won a silver medal with Team USA in the 4x100-meter-relay and placed 10th in the 100 butterfly at the age of 17, @Claire.Curzan recently captured 5 gold medals at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. 🥇 She was true to form at this year’s North Carolina High School state championship meet with her eyes set on national records. She lowered the nation’s high school standard in the 100 backstroke to 49.61 seconds, and added an overall American record in the 100 fly of 49.24 seconds. See her next at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. 🔥 Well-deserved, Claire! Congratulations! 👏 #USATODAYHSSA