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It was definitely a case of fly-and-die for Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell, but she had enough in the tank to pick up the women’s 200-yard fly at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Worrell raced her way to a 1:50.96 to sweep the butterfly events, and defend her title from last year.
Worrell, out well under American and NCAA record page at the 150, nearly let Stanford’s Ella Eastin ahead of her before closing out the win. Eastin came scorching home to take second in 1:51.04. That’s the seventh-fastest time ever.
Worrell was so exhausted following the swim, she had to take several minutes to collect herself before taking part in the standard post-race television interview as her team looked after her. Worrell admitted that she might have blacked out at the end of the swim.
All Time 200 Fly Top 10:
1 1:49.92 Elaine Breeden Stanford 2/28/09
2 1:50.61p Kelsi Worrell Louisville 3/19/216
3 1:50.96 Kelsi Worrell Louisville 3/19/16
4 1:50.98 Elaine Breeden Stanford TAMU 3/21/09
5 1:51.02 Katinka Hosszu USC 12/2/10
6 1:51.03 Katinka Hosszu USC Austin, Texas 12/1/11
7 1:51.04 Ella Eastin Stanford 3/19/16
8 1:51.11 Kelsi Worrell Louisville 3/21/15
9 1:51.18 Kathleen Hersey Texas TAMU 3/21/09
10 1:51.28 Mary DeScenza Bulldog Long Beach, Calif. 1/17/09
Worrell, who defended her title, became part of a long list of swimmers to win the 200 fly more than once.
Multiple Winners:
4 – Mary DeScenza, Georgia
4 – Mary T. Meagher, California
3 – Elaine Breeden, Stanford
2 – Tracy Caulkins, Florida
2 – Julie Gorman, Florida
2 – Katinka Hosszu, USC
2 – Misty Hyman, Stanford
2 – Janel Jorgensen, Stanford
2 – Limin Liu, Nevada
2 – Berit Puggaard, SMU
2 – Summer Sanders, Stanford
2 – Cammile Adams, Texas A&M
Georgia’s Megan Kingsley (1:53.10), Georgia’s Hali Flickinger (1:53.32), Texas A&M’s Sarah Gibson (1:53.55), California’s Kelly Naze (1:53.55), Virginia Tech’s Klaudia Nazieblo (1:53.77) and California’s Noemie Thomas (1:54.84) finished third through eighth.
=== A - Final ===
1 Worrell, Kelsi SR Louisville 1:50.61 1:50.96 20
24.45 52.34 (27.89)
1:20.64 (28.30) 1:50.96 (30.32)
2 Eastin, Ella FR Stanford 1:52.30 1:51.04 17
25.15 53.40 (28.25)
1:22.00 (28.60) 1:51.04 (29.04)
3 Kingsley, Megan SO Georgia 1:53.61 1:53.10 16
25.86 54.77 (28.91)
1:24.07 (29.30) 1:53.10 (29.03)
4 Flickinger, Hal SR Georgia 1:53.51 1:53.32 15
25.95 54.25 (28.30)
1:23.36 (29.11) 1:53.32 (29.96)
5 Gibson, Sarah JR Tex AM 1:53.43 1:53.55 13.5
25.88 55.47 (29.59)
1:24.12 (28.65) 1:53.55 (29.43)
5 Naze, Kelly SR California 1:53.46 1:53.55 13.5
25.18 54.17 (28.99)
1:23.67 (29.50) 1:53.55 (29.88)
7 Nazieblo, Klaud SO VT 1:53.91 1:53.77 12
25.87 54.71 (28.84)
1:23.72 (29.01) 1:53.77 (30.05)
8 Thomas, Noemie SO California 1:54.53 1:54.84 11
25.68 54.57 (28.89)
1:24.11 (29.54) 1:54.84 (30.73)
=== B - Final ===
9 Engel, Lindsey SO Stanford 1:55.40 1:54.13 9
25.75 54.80 (29.05)
1:24.04 (29.24) 1:54.13 (30.09)
10 Jones, Kaitlyn JR Virginia 1:54.75 1:54.36 7
25.57 54.47 (28.90)
1:23.99 (29.52) 1:54.36 (30.37)
11 Chenault, Chels JR USC 1:55.27 1:54.96 6
25.89 55.11 (29.22)
1:24.72 (29.61) 1:54.96 (30.24)
12 Dalesandro, Gia JR Indiana 1:54.90 1:55.02 5
25.81 55.17 (29.36)
1:25.00 (29.83) 1:55.02 (30.02)
13 Brady, Sharli SO Missouri 1:55.85 1:56.43 4
26.00 55.56 (29.56)
1:25.51 (29.95) 1:56.43 (30.92)
14 Katz, Taylor JR Florida 1:55.55 1:56.54 3
26.67 56.04 (29.37)
1:26.24 (30.20) 1:56.54 (30.30)
15 Tegner, Maddy JR Tennessee 1:55.87 1:57.36 2
26.54 56.68 (30.14)
1:26.95 (30.27) 1:57.36 (30.41)
16 Pressey, Bailey JR Indiana 1:55.85 1:57.43 1
26.65 56.49 (29.84)
1:26.77 (30.28) 1:57.43 (30.66)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 19 1. Georgia 380 2. Stanford 332 2. California 332 4. Texas A&M 271 5. Virginia 250 6. Indiana 228 7. Southern Cali 204.5 8. Louisville 196 9. Michigan 132 10. NC State 127 10. Missouri 127 12. Arizona 108 13. Tennessee 89 14. Ohio St 82 15. Texas 71 16. UCLA 66 17. Florida 57.5 18. Wisconsin 49 18. Nevada 49 20. UNC 47 21. Minnesota 44 22. Kentucky 40 23. Purdue 35 24. Miami University (Ohio) 33 25. Virginia Tech 23 26. Alabama 20 27. Penn St 19 28. Umbc (W) 18 29. South Carolina 17 30. Auburn 14 31. Kansas 11 31. Air Force (W) 11 33. Denver 10 34. Iowa 9 35. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7 35. Lsu 7 37. Miami (Fl) 6 37. Smu 6 39. University of Hawaii (W) 4 39. Pittsburgh 4 41. Eastern Mich 3 42. Cincinnati 2 43. Florida Gulf 1 43. Rutgers 1
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