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Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell demolished her NCAA, U.S. Open and American record in the women’s 100-yard fly at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Worrell, who went out in 23.09, came home in 26.34 to win in 49.43. That performance obliterated her previous record of 49.81 to win NCAAs last year. To think, it was amazing just a year ago when Worrell became the first person to crack Natalie Coughlin’s record of 50.01. Within a year, Worrell is on the other side of being halfway to breaking 49 seconds.
Worrell is the only swimmer ever to break 50 seconds, and that’s the fourth time she’s done it. Her splits for her now-former record for comparison’s sake: 23.58, 49.81 (26.23).
Her victory was nearly record breaking in terms of how dominant it was. She won by 1.18 seconds, nearly beating the record of 1.35 seconds set by Stanford’s Misty Hyman in 1998 when she beat North Carolina’s Richelle Fox (51.34 to 52.69).
Worrell also joined another short list of names as a multiple winner in the 100 fly:
4 – Natalie Coughlin, California
2 – Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Arizona
2 – Mary DeScenza, Georgia
2 – Misty Hyman, Stanford
2 – Jenna Johnson, Stanford
2 – Mary T. Meagher, California
2 – Amanda Sims, California
2 – Jenny Thompson, Stanford
Texas A&M’s Sarah Gibson took second overall in 50.61, moving up to seventh in the all time rankings, while California’s Farida Osman placed third in 50.76. Osman missed her sixth-ranked lifetime best of 50.53 from Pac 12s.
Stanford’s Janet Hu (51.03), North Carolina’s Hellen Moffitt (51.16), California’s Noemie Thomas (51.39), California’s Rachel Bootsma (51.40) and Georgia’s Kylie Stewart (51.68) closed out the rest of the top eight.
Notably, Arizona’s Annie Ochitwa threw down a 51.02 to win the B final.
=== A - Final ===
1 Worrell, Kelsi SR Louisville 49.88 49.43N 20
r:+0.63 23.09 49.43 (26.34)
2 Gibson, Sarah JR Tex AM 50.84 50.61 17
r:+0.67 23.89 50.61 (26.72)
3 Osman, Farida JR California 51.30 50.76 16
r:+0.69 23.83 50.76 (26.93)
4 Hu, Janet SO Stanford 51.13 51.03 15
r:+0.67 24.09 51.03 (26.94)
5 Moffitt, Hellen JR UNC 51.44 51.16 14
r:+0.75 23.94 51.16 (27.22)
6 Thomas, Noemie SO California 50.79 51.39 13
r:+0.61 23.44 51.39 (27.95)
7 Bootsma, Rachel SR California 51.56 51.40 12
r:+0.65 24.24 51.40 (27.16)
8 Stewart, Kylie SO Georgia 51.58 51.68 11
r:+0.73 24.54 51.68 (27.14)
=== B - Final ===
9 Ochitwa, Annie FR Arizona 52.20 51.02 9
r:+0.74 23.54 51.02 (27.48)
10 Stewart, Kendyl SR USC 51.96 51.23 7
r:+0.82 23.81 51.23 (27.42)
11 Erasmus, Marne JR SMU 51.98 51.47 6
r:+0.72 24.38 51.47 (27.09)
12 Engel, Lindsey SO Stanford 52.05 51.84 5
r:+0.66 24.07 51.84 (27.77)
13 Gastaldello, Be SO Tex AM 52.10 52.01 4
r:+0.66 24.32 52.01 (27.69)
14 Dalesandro, Gia JR Indiana 52.04 52.12 3
r:+0.64 24.28 52.12 (27.84)
15 Banic, Maddy FR Tennessee 51.90 52.62 2
r:+0.73 24.55 52.62 (28.07)
16 Labonge, Natali JR NC State 52.39 52.81 1
r:+0.71 24.51 52.81 (28.30)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 9 1. Georgia 204 2. California 191.5 3. Texas A&M 172.5 4. Stanford 150 5. Southern Cali 128.5 6. Virginia 118 7. Louisville 114 8. Arizona 80 9. Indiana 69 10. NC State 68 11. Tennessee 62 12. Ohio St 59 13. Michigan 54 14. Texas 48 15. Missouri 40 16. UCLA 37 17. UNC 36 18. Nevada 29 19. Wisconsin 25 20. Florida 19.5 21. South Carolina 17 22. Miami University (Ohio) 16 23. Minnesota 15 24. Alabama 13 25. Kansas 11 26. Denver 10 26. Kentucky 10 28. Purdue 8 29. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7 30. Virginia Tech 6 30. Smu 6 30. Penn St 6 33. Air Force (W) 4 33. University of Hawaii (W) 4
Démoli, ratatiner, ratiboisé ….