Kelsi Dahlia, Husband Thomas Dahlia Welcome Baby Girl
Kelsi Dahlia and her husband Thomas Dahlia welcomed a baby into the world on Thursday. Zia is their first child.
“We welcomed Zia Mae to our family on February 5th at 8lb 4oz & 20.75inches. God answered so many of our prayers with her arrival and we are loving life as a new family of three,” Kelsi Dahlia posted on Instagram.
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Dahlia retired from competitive swimming last year.
Originally from Westampton, N.J., and a graduate of the University of Louisville, Dahlia was a multi-time NCAA champion during her career with the Cardinals (then Kelsi Worrell). She is currently an assistant coach at Notre Dame.
She was an Olympian for the United States in 2016 where she won gold in the 400 medley relay as a prelims swimmer and an individual bronze medalist at the 2017 World Championships in the 100 butterfly.
Dahlia narrowly missed qualifying for the 2020 Olympic team as she finished fourth in the 100 fly at Olympic Trials, but she rebounded less than six months later to set the world record in the short course meters 100 fly in December 2021. In April 2022, month, she placed third in the 100 fly at the U.S. International Team Trials in Greensboro, N.C., and that turned out to be her last race.
During her standout college career at Louisville, Dahlia became the first woman to break 50 seconds in the 100-yard fly at the 2015 NCAA Championships, and she won national titles in that event and in the 200 fly in 2015 and 2016. She qualified for the Olympic team with an upset win over then-world-record holder Dana Vollmer in the 100-meter fly at the 2016 Olympic Trials.
Congratulations Kelsi and Thomas, SO happy for your new addition sweet Zia Mae.
Love from Louisville,
Alice
She now coaches at Notre Dame.