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Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell, who already demolished the NCAA/American record in the women’s 100-yard fly, scorched the women’s 200-yard fly prelims with the second-fastest time ever at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Worrell hit the wall in 1:50.61, leapfrogging Katinka Hosszu (1:50.61) into second in the all time rankings and putting Elaine Breeden’s NCAA/American record of 1:49.92 on notice.
All Time 200 Fly Top 10
1 1:49.92 Elaine Breeden Stanford 2/28/09
2 1:50.61p Kelsi Worrell Louisville 3/19/16
3 1:51.02 Katinka Hosszu USC 12/2/10
4 1:51.18 Kathleen Hersey Texas TAMU 3/21/09
5 1:51.28 Mary DeScenza Bulldog Long Beach. 1/17/09
6 1:51.91 Natalie Coughlin California Auburn, Ala. 12/7/02
7 1:51.96 Ella Eastin Stanford 2/27/16
8 1:52.08 Christina Bechtel Kentucky 3/21/15
9 1:52.19 Cammile Adams Texas A&M 2/18/14
10 1:52.33 Hali Flickinger Georgia 2/19/16
Worrell, the defending champion, is looking to join a long list of swimmers who have won this event multiple times in a career.
Multiple 200 Fly 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
Stanford’s Ella Eastin will be looking for the upset and her third individual title after sweeping the IMs. Eastin qualified second in 1:52.30, and has been faster than that with a seventh-ranked 1:51.96 personal best from Pac 12s. It will be interesting to see if she can give Worrell a run for her money this evening.
Should Eastin win, that would be an NCAA-record 11th win for Stanford in its history.
Previous Stanford Winners:
1990 Janel Jorgensen, Stanford, 1:55.75
1991 Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1:54.17
1992 Summer Sanders, Stanford, 1:53.42
1993 Janel Jorgensen, Stanford, 1:57.43
1998 Misty Hyman, Stanford, 1:55.70
2001 Misty Hyman, Stanford, 1:53.63
2002 Shelly Ripple, Stanford, 1:54.23
2007 Elaine Breeden, Stanford, 1:53.02
2009 Elaine Breeden, Stanford, 1:50.98
2010 Elaine Breeden, Stanford, 1:52.39
Texas A&M’s Sarah Gibson (1:53.43), California’s Kelly Naze (1:53.46), Georgia’s Hali Flickinger (1:53.51), Georgia’s Megan Kingsley (1:53.61), Virginia Tech’s Klaudia Nazieblo (1:53.91) and California’s Noemie Thomas (1:54.53) comprised the rest of the championship heat.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Worrell, Kelsi SR Louisville 1:51.36 1:50.61Cq
r:+0.69 25.04 53.02 (27.98)
1:21.37 (28.35) 1:50.61 (29.24)
2 Eastin, Ella FR Stanford 1:51.96 1:52.30Pq
r:+0.72 25.30 53.72 (28.42)
1:22.59 (28.87) 1:52.30 (29.71)
3 Gibson, Sarah JR Tex AM 1:53.75 1:53.43 q
r:+0.73 25.83 54.90 (29.07)
1:23.90 (29.00) 1:53.43 (29.53)
4 Naze, Kelly SR California 1:53.98 1:53.46 q
r:+0.86 25.24 53.94 (28.70)
1:23.37 (29.43) 1:53.46 (30.09)
5 Flickinger, Hal SR Georgia 1:52.33 1:53.51 q
r:+0.74 26.05 54.75 (28.70)
1:24.40 (29.65) 1:53.51 (29.11)
6 Kingsley, Megan SO Georgia 1:53.76 1:53.61 q
r:+0.68 25.84 54.92 (29.08)
1:24.15 (29.23) 1:53.61 (29.46)
7 Nazieblo, Klaud SO VT 1:55.30 1:53.91 q
r:+0.74 25.95 54.91 (28.96)
1:24.22 (29.31) 1:53.91 (29.69)
8 Thomas, Noemie SO California 1:53.85 1:54.53 q
r:+0.61 25.58 54.88 (29.30)
1:24.31 (29.43) 1:54.53 (30.22)
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9 Jones, Kaitlyn JR Virginia 1:54.64 1:54.75 q
r:+0.70 25.76 54.83 (29.07)
1:24.46 (29.63) 1:54.75 (30.29)
10 Dalesandro, Gia JR Indiana 1:54.77 1:54.90 q
r:+0.63 25.64 54.42 (28.78)
1:24.34 (29.92) 1:54.90 (30.56)
11 Chenault, Chels JR USC 1:55.16 1:55.27 q
r:+0.80 26.11 55.65 (29.54)
1:25.01 (29.36) 1:55.27 (30.26)
12 Engel, Lindsey SO Stanford 1:55.58 1:55.40 q
r:+0.70 25.39 54.39 (29.00)
1:23.79 (29.40) 1:55.40 (31.61)
13 Katz, Taylor JR Florida 1:55.69 1:55.55 q
r:+0.82 26.62 55.68 (29.06)
1:25.27 (29.59) 1:55.55 (30.28)
14 Pressey, Bailey JR Indiana 1:56.98 1:55.85 q
r:+0.78 26.51 55.86 (29.35)
1:25.30 (29.44) 1:55.85 (30.55)
14 Brady, Sharli SO Missouri 1:55.73 1:55.85 q
r:+0.76 26.01 54.95 (28.94)
1:24.82 (29.87) 1:55.85 (31.03)
16 Tegner, Maddy JR Tennessee 1:55.84 1:55.87 q
r:+0.77 26.29 55.49 (29.20)
1:25.52 (30.03) 1:55.87 (30.35)
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17 Cheung, Hilvy JR UC Davis 1:56.52 1:56.07
r:+0.64 26.58 56.29 (29.71)
1:25.76 (29.47) 1:56.07 (30.31)
18 Stoppa, Frances FR Rutgers 1:56.85 1:56.34
r:+0.71 25.76 55.36 (29.60)
1:25.63 (30.27) 1:56.34 (30.71)
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19 Grindall, Dana JR Wisconsin 1:56.60 1:56.40
r:+0.74 25.78 55.01 (29.23)
1:25.24 (30.23) 1:56.40 (31.16)
20 Wright, Maddie FR USC 1:56.60 1:56.42
r:+0.71 25.91 55.34 (29.43)
1:25.49 (30.15) 1:56.42 (30.93)
21 Grover, Katie SO UCLA 1:55.45 1:56.43
r:+0.68 26.93 56.00 (29.07)
1:25.73 (29.73) 1:56.43 (30.70)
22 Koucheki, Sarah JR UNC 1:55.85 1:56.62
r:+0.75 25.81 55.20 (29.39)
1:25.59 (30.39) 1:56.62 (31.03)
23 Nunn, Emma SR UNC 1:56.64 1:56.69
r:+0.97 26.33 55.97 (29.64)
1:26.14 (30.17) 1:56.69 (30.55)
24 Li, Celina JR California 1:57.13 1:56.73
r:+0.62 25.68 55.02 (29.34)
1:25.17 (30.15) 1:56.73 (31.56)
25 Paez, Isabella SO Duke 1:56.04 1:56.75
r:+0.69 26.31 56.35 (30.04)
1:26.07 (29.72) 1:56.75 (30.68)
26 Wang, Sonia FR Harvard 1:57.02 1:56.83
r:+0.70 26.76 57.31 (30.55)
1:26.75 (29.44) 1:56.83 (30.08)
27 Kopcso, Kara JR LSU 1:54.46 1:57.24
r:+0.68 25.66 55.09 (29.43)
1:25.66 (30.57) 1:57.24 (31.58)
28 Yambor-Maul, Al JR Florida 1:56.10 1:57.30
r:+0.75 26.54 56.27 (29.73)
1:26.54 (30.27) 1:57.30 (30.76)
29 Rowe, Katie SR Penn St 1:56.23 1:57.49
r:+0.88 26.17 56.26 (30.09)
1:26.66 (30.40) 1:57.49 (30.83)
29 Casazza, Caitli FR Georgia 1:56.47 1:57.49
r:+0.81 26.93 56.62 (29.69)
1:26.02 (29.40) 1:57.49 (31.47)
31 Rawson, Emmy SO Purdue 1:56.52 1:57.55
r:+0.77 26.79 56.54 (29.75)
1:26.76 (30.22) 1:57.55 (30.79)
32 Pugh, Marah SO Louisville 1:55.63 1:57.65
r:+0.66 26.58 55.71 (29.13)
1:25.81 (30.10) 1:57.65 (31.84)
33 Gruber, Margare JR VT 1:57.65 1:57.68
r:+0.73 26.65 56.22 (29.57)
1:26.36 (30.14) 1:57.68 (31.32)
34 Houck, Abbie JR Louisville 1:56.05 1:57.87
r:+0.80 26.10 55.42 (29.32)
1:26.12 (30.70) 1:57.87 (31.75)
35 Griffith, Mary SR Tennessee 1:55.94 1:57.90
r:+0.77 26.97 56.22 (29.25)
1:26.29 (30.07) 1:57.90 (31.61)
36 Nero, Bailey FR Auburn 1:55.89 1:57.95
r:+0.79 26.30 56.23 (29.93)
1:26.52 (30.29) 1:57.95 (31.43)
37 Kinnear, Katie SR UCLA 1:56.60 1:58.67
r:+0.72 26.16 56.22 (30.06)
1:27.38 (31.16) 1:58.67 (31.29)
38 Worrall, Lucy SR USC 1:56.93 1:58.76
r:+0.71 27.16 57.80 (30.64)
1:28.31 (30.51) 1:58.76 (30.45)
39 Brown, Megan FR FSU 1:57.45 1:58.81
r:+0.82 26.74 56.49 (29.75)
1:27.28 (30.79) 1:58.81 (31.53)
40 Nonnenberg, Mia SO Alabama 1:58.53 1:59.06
r:+0.69 26.86 56.60 (29.74)
1:27.63 (31.03) 1:59.06 (31.43)
41 Miller, Chelsie SR Kansas 1:58.25 1:59.13
r:+0.88 26.85 57.08 (30.23)
1:27.91 (30.83) 1:59.13 (31.22)
42 Norman, Laura SO Tex AM 1:59.59 1:59.37
r:+0.64 26.15 56.11 (29.96)
1:26.95 (30.84) 1:59.37 (32.42)
43 Sowinski, Katel JR Penn St 1:57.57 1:59.53
r:+0.67 26.89 57.13 (30.24)
1:28.11 (30.98) 1:59.53 (31.42)
44 Algee, Angela JR Miami (FL) 1:58.68 1:59.58
r:+0.71 27.13 57.68 (30.55)
1:28.01 (30.33) 1:59.58 (31.57)
45 Cefal, Michelle JR Tennessee 1:56.17 2:00.38
r:+0.72 27.13 57.30 (30.17)
1:28.42 (31.12) 2:00.38 (31.96)
46 Rule, Remedy FR Texas 1:55.89 2:00.45
r:+0.75 26.17 56.54 (30.37)
1:27.97 (31.43) 2:00.45 (32.48)
47 Nack, Danielle SO Minnesota 1:56.55 2:00.86
r:+0.76 26.48 56.52 (30.04)
1:28.02 (31.50) 2:00.86 (32.84)
-- Bopp, Amy JR Ohio St 1:58.51 DFS
Declared false start
-- Erasmus, Marne JR SMU 1:58.26 SCR
-- Votava, Lauren SR Minnesota 1:59.39 SCR
Shaylyne R. Fisher
I can barely swim the 100 fly in that time at that time