Kelsi Dahlia Moves to Fourth In the World In 100 Fly In Irvine

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Louisville’s Kelsi Dahlia moved to fourth in the world rankings in the 100 fly heats on Friday morning at the 2018 Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine. Dahlia swam a 56.86 in her heat to sit just behind Rikako Ikee (56.23), Sarah Sjostrom (56.29) and Emma McKeon (56.61).

Dahlia is well in front of the rest of the field as Kendyl Stewart is the second seed for tonight with a 57.97 and Katie McLaughlin (58.04) is the third seed.

The United States needs a solid second 100 butterflyer behind Dahlia as Stewart is only 16th in the 2018 World Rankings with that swim.

Last year, Sarah Gibson finished second in the 100 fly behind Dahlia and she is the fourth seed for tonight at 58.09.

Mallory Comerford (58.32), Hellen Moffitt (58.56), Dakota Luther (58.58) and Veronica Burchill (58.62) also made it to tonight’s championship final.

Big A-Final misses came from Regan Smith in 10th (58.83) and Amanda Kendall in 9th (58.79). Erika Brown was 13th at 59.12.

2018 World Rankings:

  1. Rikako Ikee, JPN, 56.23
  2. Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 56.29
  3. Emma McKeon, AUS, 56.61
  4. Kelsi Dahlia, USA, 56.86
  5. Madeline Groves, AUS, 57.19
  6. Svetlana Chimrova, RUS, 57.23
  7. Brianna Throssell, AUS, 57.30
  8. Elena Di Liddo, ITA, 57.38
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