NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Kelsi Worrell Vaults to 3rd All Time in 200 Fly With Fly Sweep
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Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell is now Louisville’s first two-time NCAA champion after sweeping the butterfly events with a 200-yard fly victory at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Worrell uncorked a smoking time of 1:51.11 for the win. That swim vaulted her to third ever in the 200-yard fly.
All Time 200 Fly
Rank | Name | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Elaine Breeden | 1:49.92 |
2 | Katinka Hosszu | 1:51.02 |
3 | Kelsi Worrell | 1:51.11 |
4 | Kathleen Hersey | 1:51.18 |
5 | Mary DeScenza | 1:51.28 |
Entering the meet, Louisville had never had a female NCAA champion, and now Worrell is a two-time victor after becoming the first person to break 50 seconds in the 100-yard fly.
Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
“I’m so shocked…my time! I’m just so shocked.”
“Oh, it’s all Jesus right now, that’s for sure. My leg’s hurting and this was like the 13th swim or something so it’s all… Jesus, my legs, my body… Just get to the wall, I didn’t want to t-rex it like this morning.”
Kentucky’s Christina Bechtel hit the wall second in 1:52.08 to jump to seventh in the all time history, while Georgia’s Hali Flickinger placed third in 1:52.73.
1 Worrell, Kelsi JR Louisville-KY 1:53.24 1:51.11PD1-A 20 r:+0.70 24.99 53.55 (28.56) 1:21.92 (28.37) 1:51.11 (29.19) 2 Bechtel, Christ SR Kentucky-KY 1:53.49 1:52.08PD1-A 17 r:+0.79 25.86 53.99 (28.13) 1:22.87 (28.88) 1:52.08 (29.21) 3 Flickinger, Hal JR Georgia-GA 1:52.97 1:52.73PD1-A 16 r:+0.80 25.94 54.60 (28.66) 1:23.51 (28.91) 1:52.73 (29.22) 4 Harrington, Lau SR Georgia-GA 1:53.76 1:53.92 D1-A 15 r:+0.71 25.94 55.11 (29.17) 1:24.45 (29.34) 1:53.92 (29.47) 5 Kylliainen, Tan SR Louisville-KY 1:54.18 1:54.62 D1-B 14 r:+0.65 25.63 54.95 (29.32) 1:24.24 (29.29) 1:54.62 (30.38) 6 Dalesandro, Gia SO Indiana-IN 1:54.93 1:54.66 D1-B 13 r:+0.69 25.60 54.43 (28.83) 1:24.37 (29.94) 1:54.66 (30.29) 7 Thomas, Noemie FR California-PC 1:54.80 1:54.94 D1-B 12 r:+0.68 25.79 54.84 (29.05) 1:24.26 (29.42) 1:54.94 (30.68) 8 Britt, Chelsea SO Florida State-FL 1:54.49 1:55.98 D1-B 11 r:+0.67 24.76 53.37 (28.61) 1:23.35 (29.98) 1:55.98 (32.63)
1. California 479 2. Georgia 420 3. Stanford 319 4. Virginia 223 5. Texas A&M 201 6. Louisville 185 7. Southern California 146 8. Texas 130 9. Tennessee 123 10. Indiana 106 11. Florida 105 12. Missouri 100 13. Arizona 95.5 14. Minnesota 86 15. Kentucky 80 16. Wisconsin 77 17. Penn State 56 18. Notre Dame 55 19. NC State 51 20. UNC 45.5 21. Florida State 45 22. Auburn 44 23. Michigan 38 24. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5 25. Denver 33 25. UCLA 33 27. Alabama 31 28. Virginia Tech 27 28. So. Methodist 27 30. University of Miami (Florida) 26 31. Miami University (Ohio) 24 31. Purdue 24 33. Nevada 16 34. Lsu 13 35. Illinois State University 12 35. Oregon State 12 37. Iowa 10 38. San Diego State 9 39. Ohio State 5 40. Kansas 4 40. Hawaii (W) 4 42. Umbc (W) 2.5 43. Pittsburgh 2 43. Arkansas 2 45. Cincinnati 1
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results