Florida swimmer Josh Liendo set a world record in the 100-meter butterfly Thursday in Toronto in the opening night of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup.
Liendo, a senior, represented Canada at the meet. He touched in at 47.68 seconds, shattering the short course meters Canadian Record. More notably, he took the World Record from Noe Ponti by just three-hundredths of a second.
Liendo dominated the race from the start, taking the lead almost immediately. He split 10.26 on the first 25-meters, just seven hundredths off of the world record pace. He controlled the lead through the entire race, pulling away before the final 25, where he split 0.26 seconds ahead of Ponti…