Tennessee senior Erika Brown got within a finger nail of the 100 butterfly NCAA record on Thursday night at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships in Auburn, Alabama as she swam a 49.38. Brown just missed the 49.26 record that is joint-held by USC’s Louise Hansson and Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil, but she was able to break the American record that was a 49.43 set by Kelsi Dahlia in 2016.
Both MacNeil and Hansson are still in the NCAA and if Brown elects too swim this event at nationals, it will be one of the can’t-miss races of the NCAA Championships. Brown is now third all-time in the 100 butterfly and wins her third straight SEC title in the event.
Alabama sophomore Rhyan White finished in the runner-up spot with a 50.80 as she got under 51 seconds for the second time today. Florida senior Sherridon Dressel (51.20) finished in third place as the Gators are still in the hunt for the team title.
Tennessee picked up a good amount of points from Brown and sophomore Trude Rothrock (51.60), who finished fourth in a tie with Kentucky’s Izzy Gati (51.60).
Alabama’s Flora Molnar (51.94), Georgia’s Dakota Luther (52.04) and South Carolina’s Christina Lappin (52.32) also swam in the championship final.
This is the second American record to fall this week at the SEC Championships as Florida’s Kieran Smith broke the 500 record last night. Erika Brown also nearly broke the 50 freestyle American record last night in winning the SEC title at 21.03 to put herself second all-time.
American Record Progression – Women’s 100 Butterfly
- 49.38, Erika Brown, 2020
- 49.43, Kelsi Worrell, 2016
- 49.81, Kelsi Worrell, 2015
- 49.89, Kelsi Worrell, 2015
- 50.01, Natalie Coughlin, 2002
- 50.67, Natalie Coughlin, 2002
- 51.18, Natalie Coughlin, 2001
- 51.34, Misty Hyman, 1997
- 51.75, Misty Hyman, 1998
- 51.75, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, 1992
Event 18 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 49.26 12/6/2019 L. Hansson & M. MacNeil, USC & Michigan
SEC Meet: S 49.85 2/15/2019 Erika Brown, Tennessee
Pool: P 50.62 3/21/2003 Natalie Coughlin, California
50.92 A
53.76 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Brown, Erika J SR Tennessee 50.39 49.38SA 32
r:+0.63 10.52 22.83 (12.31)
35.79 (12.96) 49.38 (13.59)
2 White, Rhyan E SO Alabama 50.97 50.80 A 28
r:+0.66 11.05 23.84 (12.79)
36.90 (13.06) 50.80 (13.90)
3 Dressel, Sherri SR FLOR 51.60 51.20 B 27
r:+0.64 10.93 24.01 (13.08)
37.46 (13.45) 51.20 (13.74)
4 Gati, Izzy G SO Kentucky 52.02 51.60 B 25.5
r:+0.65 11.23 24.15 (12.92)
37.99 (13.84) 51.60 (13.61)
4 Rothrock, Trude SO Tennessee 51.53 51.60 B 25.5
r:+0.64 10.84 24.03 (13.19)
37.61 (13.58) 51.60 (13.99)
6 Molnar, Flora JR Alabama 52.32 51.94 B 24
r:+0.66 10.72 23.79 (13.07)
37.43 (13.64) 51.94 (14.51)
7 Luther, Dakota SO Georgia 51.99 52.04 B 23
r:+0.69 11.31 24.46 (13.15)
38.12 (13.66) 52.04 (13.92)
8 Lappin, Christi SR South Carolina 52.27 52.32 B 22
r:+0.73 10.95 24.24 (13.29)
37.86 (13.62) 52.32 (14.46)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 18 1. Tennessee, University of, Knox 553.5 2. University of Florida 488.5 3. Kentucky, University of 404.5 4. Texas A&M University 387 5. Auburn University 383 6. Georgia, University of 354 7. University of Alabama 331.5 8. Missouri 237 9. University of Arkansas 215 10. South Carolina, University of, 207 11. Louisiana State University 171 12. Vanderbilt University 90
Women’s NCAA Champs! Great battle.
Malinda Sharp
Congratulations
That’s just impressive!!