NCAA Women’s Championships: Kaitlyn Dobler Aims to Defend 100 Breaststroke Title

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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)

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