NCAA Women’s Championships: Torri Huske Impresses with 49.77; Loaded Field Chasing With Sticklen, Douglass, Curzan, Albiero, Mac Neil

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NCAA Women’s Championships: Torri Huske Impresses with 49.77; Loaded Field Chasing With Sticklen, Douglass, Curzan, Albiero, Mac Neil

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 butterfly, one of the most loaded events in recent memory on the women’s side.

Stanford sophomore Torri Huske started off the circle-seeded heats with a strong showing. She was out fast and hung on for a 49.77 to hold off Louisville’s Gabi Albiero (50.46) in the heat.

In the second circle-seeded heat, Stanford freshman Claire Curzan held off LSU’s Maggie Mac Neil to finish in 50.45. Mac Neil was second in the head in 50.51.

The final heat of the NCAA prelims saw Virginia’s Kate Douglass go a 50.11 to finish behind Texas’ Emma Sticklen (50.00).

Overall, Huske has the top seed in 49.77, followed by Sticklen (50.00), Douglass (50.11), Curzan (50.45), Albiero (50.46), Mac Neil (50.51), Ohio State’s Katherine Zenick (50.84) and NC State’s Kylee Alons (50.85).

Who gave their fastest race to get into the NCAA finals? Who still has some left in the tank?

Six of the top eight have a serious shot at contending for this title, more than any event we have seen so far this season.

 NCAA Event 9  Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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         NCAA: N 48.84  2/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
         Meet: M 48.89  3/19/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan
     American: A 48.84  2/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
      US Open: O 48.84  2/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
         Pool: P 49.73  11/20/2020Kate Douglass, Virginia
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Huske, Torri           SO Stanford            49.25      49.77  
    r:+0.65  22.74        49.77 (27.03)
  2 Sticklen, Emma         JR Texas               49.79      50.00  
    r:+0.67  23.51        50.00 (26.49)
  3 Douglass, Kate         SR Virginia            48.84      50.11  
    r:+0.63  23.61        50.11 (26.50)
  4 Curzan, Claire         FR Stanford            49.93      50.45  
    r:+0.63  23.63        50.45 (26.82)
  5 Albiero, Gabi          JR Louisville          50.04      50.46  
    r:+0.62  23.58        50.46 (26.88)
  6 MacNeil, Maggie        5Y LSU                 48.99      50.51  
    r:+0.69  23.62        50.51 (26.89)
  7 Zenick, Katherine      JR Ohio St             51.03      50.84  
    r:+0.64  23.72        50.84 (27.12)
  8 Alons, Kylee           5Y NC State            50.64      50.85  
    r:+0.65  23.52        50.85 (27.33)
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  9 Arens, Abby            JR NC State            50.84      50.86  
    r:+0.63  23.91        50.86 (26.95)
 10 Cuomo, Lexi            SR Virginia            51.47      51.18  
    r:+0.71  23.62        51.18 (27.56)
 11 Lee, Meghan            JR Auburn              51.01      51.20  
    r:+0.58  23.95        51.20 (27.25)
 12 Guevara, Miriam        5Y Northwestern        51.59      51.24  
    r:+0.50  23.73        51.24 (27.51)
 13 Regenauer, Christiana  SR Louisville          51.03      51.35  
    r:+0.71  23.96        51.35 (27.39)
 14 Kragh, Mia             SO California          51.63      51.38  
    r:+0.73  23.95        51.38 (27.43)
 15 Ulett, Tristen         JR Louisville          51.59      51.50  
    r:+0.73  24.11        51.50 (27.39)
 16 Peoples, Olivia        SO Florida             51.81      51.62  
    r:+0.63  24.08        51.62 (27.54)
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 17 Daniel, Abby           SO Akron               51.65      51.66  
    r:+0.65  24.27        51.66 (27.39)
 18 Harter, Abby           JR Virginia            52.11      51.71  
    r:+0.71  24.16        51.71 (27.55)

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