NCAA Women’s Championships: Kaitlyn Dobler Aims to Defend 100 Breaststroke Title
The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships continued from Knoxville, Tennessee, on Friday with the Day 3 prelims session.
The Day 3 prelims session consists of the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.
Here is a look at the 100 breaststroke.
The first circle-seeded heat saw Texas freshman Lydia Jacoby, the Olympic gold medalist in this event, was first to the wall in 57.98.
In the second seeded heat, Tennessee junior Mona McSharry, swimming in her home pool, pulled away late in her heat to get to the wall in 57.67.
The final heat saw defending NCAA champion Kaitlyn Dobler of USC use her quick stroke to go even faster and finish in 57.35 to take the top seed overall.
Dobler will lead the field into the NCAA finals (57.35) where she will look to defend her national title.
Texas junior Anna Elendt took the second seed in 57.49, followed by McSharry (57.67), Ohio State’s Josie Panitz (57.88), Jacoby (57.98), NC State’s Heather MacCausland (58.14), Ohio State senior Hannah Bach (58.52) and Virginia freshman Emma Weber (58.90).
Based on prelims, it looks like an intriguing race between the top five qualifiers. But Dobler remains the favorite to defend.
NCAA Event 11 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
Meet: M 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
American: A 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
US Open: O 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: P 56.64 12/1/2017 Molly Hannis, TNAQ
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Dobler, Kaitlyn JR USC 56.94 57.35
r:+0.63 26.89 57.35 (30.46)
2 Elendt, Anna JR Texas 57.48 57.49
r:+0.66 26.64 57.49 (30.85)
3 McSharry, Mona JR Tennessee 57.25 57.67
r:+0.67 27.31 57.67 (30.36)
4 Panitz, Josie SR Ohio St 58.29 57.88
r:+0.69 27.12 57.88 (30.76)
5 Jacoby, Lydia FR Texas 57.29 57.98
r:+0.67 27.31 57.98 (30.67)
6 MacCausland, Heather SR NC State 58.16 58.14
r:+0.62 27.18 58.14 (30.96)
7 Bach, Hannah SR Ohio St 58.19 58.52
r:+0.61 27.33 58.52 (31.19)
8 Weber, Emma FR Virginia 58.61 58.90
r:+0.68 27.98 58.90 (30.92)
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9 Smith, Skyler SO UNC 59.30 59.01
r:+0.64 27.62 59.01 (31.39)
10 Sim, Letitia SO Michigan 58.71 59.02
r:+0.61 27.57 59.02 (31.45)
11 Chue, Christie SO FIU 59.28 59.10
r:+0.61 27.66 59.10 (31.44)
12 Podmanikova, Andrea 5Y NC State 58.56 59.13
r:+0.67 27.94 59.13 (31.19)
13 Vovk, Tara 5Y Miami (FL) 58.89 59.14
r:+0.69 27.66 59.14 (31.48)
14 Gridley, Kaelyn FR Duke 59.12 59.15
r:+0.71 27.95 59.15 (31.20)
15 Peplowski, Noelle 5Y Indiana 59.10 59.18
r:+0.67 27.58 59.18 (31.60)
16 Odgers, Isabelle 5Y USC 58.88 59.19
r:+0.74 28.27 59.19 (30.92)
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17 Kucheran, Nina 5Y Florida 59.12 59.30
r:+0.67 28.18 59.30 (31.12)
18 Hartman, Zoie SR Georgia 58.65 59.33
r:+0.70 28.05 59.33 (31.28)
