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Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell lowered her own NCAA and American record from prelims in the women’s 100-yard fly at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Worrell, who broke the 13-year-old record of 50.01 set by Natalie Coughlin back in 2002 with a 49.89 this morning, took even more time off the record with a smoking effort of 49.81.
With the win, she’s the first female swimmer to ever win an NCAA title for Arthur Albiero’s Louisville Cardinals.
Kelsi Worrell
On the win
“I just want to give all the glory to God, I wouldn’t be here without him. I just want to give all the glory to him. I want to thank all my teammates. I have so many family members in the stands and I am just so grateful that they are here and that I get to share this with them.”
Worrell beat Denver’s Sam Corea by 1.05 seconds in a dominating victory. Corea hit the wall second in 50.86 to move to seventh all time in the event’s history.
That’s not the most dominant win ever in the 100 fly in NCAA history. Mistyfly herself, Misty Hyman of Stanford took the 1998 title with a 1.35-second victory. Hyman clocked a 51.34, ahead of North Carolina’s Richelle Fox (52.69).
USC’s Kendyl Stewart put up a third-place time of 50.92 to take 11th all time, while California’s Farida Osman also broke 51-seconds for the first time with a fourth-place 50.94.
1 Worrell, Kelsi JR Louisville-KY 49.89 49.81ND1-A 20
r:+0.65 23.58 49.81 (26.23)
2 Corea, Sam SR Denver-CO 51.01 50.86 D1-A 17
r:+0.63 24.06 50.86 (26.80)
3 Stewart, Kendyl JR Southern Cali-CA 51.03 50.92 D1-A 16
r:+0.82 24.14 50.92 (26.78)
4 Osman, Farida SO California-PC 51.00 50.94 D1-A 15
r:+0.78 24.11 50.94 (26.83)
5 Hinds, Natalie JR Florida-FL 51.46 51.30 D1-A 14
r:+0.72 23.94 51.30 (27.36)
6 Bechtel, Christ SR Kentucky-KY 51.24 51.68 D1-A 13
r:+0.75 24.26 51.68 (27.42)
7 Barbiea, Dani SR Missouri-MV 51.77 51.73 D1-B 12
r:+0.69 24.18 51.73 (27.55)
8 Britt, Chelsea SO Florida State-FL 51.86 52.49 D1-B 11
r:+0.70 24.30 52.49 (28.19)
1. Georgia 246 2. California 237 3. Louisville 145 4. Stanford 140 5. Texas A&M 116.5 6. Virginia 106 7. Tennessee 96 8. Texas 82 9. Southern California 76 10. Missouri 71 11. Wisconsin 59 12. Florida 52 13. NC State 51 14. Arizona 44 15. Auburn 34 15. Kentucky 34 17. Minnesota 32 18. Florida State 30 19. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 20. UNC 25.5 21. Notre Dame 24 22. Penn State 19 23. Denver 17 24. Purdue 14 25. Illinois State University 12 26. So. Methodist 9.5 27. Nevada 9 28. Indiana 7 28. Miami University (Ohio) 7 30. University of Miami (Florida) 6 30. UCLA 6 32. Ohio State 5 33. Kansas 4 33. Iowa 4 33. San Diego State 4 36. Michigan 3 36. Lsu 3 36. Hawaii (W) 3
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results
finisher allti d and first medalist for either sex.
Go Pioneers- even if us Canadian.well maybe this’ll push her over the top to make Canada’s World Championships team @. next month’s Trials.
Consider the night Mark Spitz had:
He was the first person ever under :50.0 in 100 Fly; April, 1967 AAU Championships in Dallas at :49.9.
Now Kelsi Worrell at :49.81.
He was the first person ever under 1:40.0 in 200 free; March, 1969 NCAA in Bloomington, Ind at 1:39.5.
Now Missy Franklin at 1:39.12.
A good night, ladies!
Shortchanged Missy; 1:39.10