Kelsi Worrell Blasts Fastest Ever Fly Split of 49.25

Mar 21, 2015; Greensboro, NC, USA; Kelsi Worrell swims 200 butterfly during NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving-Championships at Greensboro Aquatic Center. Mandatory Credit: Evan Pike-USA TODAY Sports

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Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell cranked out the fastest butterfly split of all time at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

Worrell clocked a scorching 49.25 after already putting up a second-ranked 20.84 50 free split earlier in the day.

The 49.25 cleared her previous record of 49.56 from Louisville’s 400 medley relay during the 2015 NCAA Championships.

Original 400 medley relay report:

Stanford picked up the top seed out of the medley relay prelims this morning with Janet Hu (51.19), Sarah Haase (57.89), Lindsey Engel (51.08) and Ella Eastin (47.94) racing their way to a 3:28.10 for the win.

Stanford is looking to add to its NCAA-record 11 wins in this event at NCAAs.

Previous Stanford Wins:

1987 Stanford (Michelle Donahue, Susie Rapp, Jenna Johnson, Aimee Berzins), 3:38.17
1990 Stanford (Dede Trimble, Lori Heisick, Suzy Buckovich, Janel Jorgensen), 3:38.84
1991 Stanford (Janel Jorgensen, Lori Heisick, Summer Sanders, Suzy Buckovich), 3:39.51
1992 Stanford (Lea Loveless, Lori Heisick, Summer Sanders, Janel Jorgensen), 3:35.64
1993 Stanford (Lea Loveless, Lori Heisick, Janel Jorgensen, Lisa Jacob), 3:37.27
1998 Stanford (Catherine Fox, Elin Austevoll, Misty Hyman, Siobhan Cropper), 3:33.61
1999 Stanford (Shelly Ripple, Elin Austevoll, Misty Hyman, Catherine Fox), 3:33.75
2001 Stanford (Shelly Ripple, Tara Kirk, Misty Hyman, Siobhan Cropper), 3:32.43
2002 Stanford (Amy Wagner, Tara Kirk, Shelly Ripple, Lacey Boutwell), 3:31.74
2014 Stanford (Maya DiRado, Katie Olsen, Felicia Lee, Lia Neal) 3:27.51
2015 Stanford (Ally Howe, Katie Olsen, Janet Hu, Simone Manuel) 3:26.41

Should Stanford win tonight, it would give the Cardinal their first three-year streak since winning four straight from 1990-93.

Louisville’s Alina Kendzior (53.06), Andee Cottrell (58.09), Kelsi Worrell (49.25) and Mallory Comerford (47.84) qualified second in 3:28.24. On the opposite end of the spectrum from Stanford, Louisville is looking for its first relay title in program history after Worrell delivered the team’s first individual titles with a 100-200 fly sweep last year.

Indiana’s Marie Chamberlain (52.75), Lilly King (56.82), Gia Dalesandro (52.23) and Kennedy Goss (48.05) qualified third with a 3:29.85, largely thanks to the smoking breaststroke split by King, who is a favorite to win an NCAA individual breaststroke title this week.

Georgia (3:29.89), USA (3:29.89), Virginia (3:30.00), Arizona (3:30.07) and Missouri (3:30.55) also earned spots in the championship final.

Courtney Bartholomew had an impressive 50.60 backstroke leadoff for Virginia.

                      === Preliminaries ===                        
 
  1 Stanford                      3:26.25    3:28.10Pq      
     1) Hu, Janet SO                  2) r:0.30 Haase, Sarah SR       
     3) r:0.19 Engel, Lindsey SO      4) r:0.15 Eastin, Ella FR       
    r:+0.66  24.44        51.19 (51.19)
        1:18.26 (27.07)     1:49.08 (57.89)
        2:12.41 (23.33)     2:40.16 (51.08)
        3:03.23 (23.07)     3:28.10 (47.94)
  2 Louisville                    3:28.32    3:28.24Pq      
     1) Kendzior, Alina FR            2) r:0.15 Cottrell, Andee JR    
     3) r:0.28 Worrell, Kelsi SR      4) r:0.11 Comerford, Mallory FR 
    r:+0.61  25.55        53.06 (53.06)
        1:19.95 (26.89)     1:51.15 (58.09)
        2:13.86 (22.71)     2:40.40 (49.25)
        3:03.32 (22.92)     3:28.24 (47.84)
  3 Indiana                       3:30.17    3:29.85 q      
     1) Chamberlain, Marie SO         2) r:0.28 King, Lilly FR        
     3) r:0.27 Dalesandro, Gia JR     4) r:0.40 Goss, Kennedy SO      
    r:+0.65  25.39        52.75 (52.75)
        1:18.97 (26.22)     1:49.57 (56.82)
        2:13.69 (24.12)     2:41.80 (52.23)
        3:05.13 (23.33)     3:29.85 (48.05)
  4 Georgia                       3:30.83    3:29.89 q      
     1) Smoliga, Olivia JR            2) r:0.09 Cameron, Emily JR     
     3) r:0.12 Stewart, Kylie SO      4) r:0.31 Flickinger, Hali SR   
    r:+0.77  24.94        51.01 (51.01)
        1:18.96 (27.95)     1:50.94 (59.93)
        2:15.03 (24.09)     2:41.90 (50.96)
        3:04.78 (22.88)     3:29.89 (47.99)
  4 USC                           3:30.29    3:29.89 q      
     1) Weiss, Hannah SO              2) r:0.16 Scott, Riley FR       
     3) r:0.41 Stewart, Kendyl SR     4) r:0.23 Apostalon, Anika JR   
    r:+0.57  25.16        52.09 (52.09)
        1:19.86 (27.77)     1:51.91 (59.82)
        2:15.26 (23.35)     2:42.84 (50.93)
        3:05.27 (22.43)     3:29.89 (47.05)
  6 Virginia                      3:28.25    3:30.00 q      
     1) Bartholomew, Courtney SR      2) r:0.09 Simon, Laura JR       
     3) r:0.21 Rauth, Shannon JR      4) r:0.09 Cooper, Caitlin SO    
    r:+0.69  24.85        50.60 (50.60)
        1:17.31 (26.71)     1:48.19 (57.59)
        2:12.87 (24.68)     2:41.36 (53.17)
        3:04.46 (23.10)     3:30.00 (48.64)
  7 Arizona                       3:31.02    3:30.07 q      
     1) Ochitwa, Annie FR             2) r:0.18 Schoettmer, Emma SR   
     3) r:0.11 Rumrill, Mackenzie FR  4) r:0.23 Konopka, Katrina FR   
    r:+0.72  25.16        51.21 (51.21)
        1:18.50 (27.29)     1:50.30 (59.09)
        2:14.11 (23.81)     2:42.47 (52.17)
        3:04.98 (22.51)     3:30.07 (47.60)
  8 Missouri                      3:31.29    3:30.55 q      
     1) Laemmler, Nadine JR           2) r:0.28 Duncan, Abby SR       
     3) r:0.25 Patterson, Anna SR     4) r:0.03 Stevens, Hannah SO    
    r:+0.67  25.33        52.18 (52.18)
        1:19.01 (26.83)     1:50.22 (58.04)
        2:14.86 (24.64)     2:42.55 (52.33)
        3:05.01 (22.46)     3:30.55 (48.00)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Tex AM                        3:29.86    3:30.85 q      
     1) Bratton, Lisa SO              2) r:0.23 Caneta, Jorie SO      
     3) r:0.96 Gibson, Sarah JR       4) r:0.28 Gastaldello, Beryl SO 
    r:+0.67  25.72        52.09 (52.09)
        1:20.15 (28.06)   1:52.40 (1:00.31)
        2:16.04 (23.64)     2:43.53 (51.13)
        3:05.97 (22.44)     3:30.85 (47.32)
 10 California                    3:29.10    3:31.04 q      
     1) Bilquist, Amy FR              2) r:0.29 Garcia Urzainqurina JR
     3) r:0.21 Thomas, Noemie SO      4) r:0.29 Osman, Farida JR      
    r:+0.79  25.07        51.24 (51.24)
        1:19.20 (27.96)   1:51.50 (1:00.26)
        2:14.40 (22.90)     2:42.15 (50.65)
        3:05.42 (23.27)     3:31.04 (48.89)
 11 Texas                         3:30.43    3:31.50 q      
     1) Karosas, Tasija JR            2) r:0.20 Cox, Madisyn JR       
     3) r:0.30 Schneider, Mimi SO     4) r:0.23 Millard, Rebecca SO   
    r:+0.60  25.13        52.14 (52.14)
        1:19.79 (27.65)     1:51.16 (59.02)
        2:14.87 (23.71)     2:43.32 (52.16)
        3:06.32 (23.00)     3:31.50 (48.18)
 12 NC State                      3:30.58    3:32.45 q      
     1) Zevnik, Alexia JR             2) r:0.25 Brumbaum, Kayla JR    
     3) r:0.42 Labonge, Natalie JR    4) r:0.28 Caldwell, Courtney FR 
    r:+0.63  25.55        51.96 (51.96)
        1:20.10 (28.14)   1:52.05 (1:00.09)
        2:16.31 (24.26)     2:44.36 (52.31)
        3:07.29 (22.93)     3:32.45 (48.09)
 13 Ohio St                       3:34.39    3:32.81 q      
     1) Rabold, Camey SR              2) r:0.34 Vargo, Taylor JR      
     3) r:0.21 Li, Liz SO             4) r:-0.03 Jongekrijg, Annie SR 
    r:+0.68  25.84        53.60 (53.60)
        1:21.90 (28.30)     1:53.58 (59.98)
        2:17.52 (23.94)     2:44.81 (51.23)
        3:07.52 (22.71)     3:32.81 (48.00)
 14 UNC                           3:32.92    3:32.96 q      
     1) Baldwin, Caroline SO          2) r:0.31 Canty, Rachel SR      
     3) r:0.01 Moffitt, Hellen JR     4) r:0.21 Hitchens, Sarah JR    
    r:+0.64  25.34        52.43 (52.43)
        1:20.90 (28.47)   1:53.75 (1:01.32)
        2:17.09 (23.34)     2:44.34 (50.59)
        3:07.35 (23.01)     3:32.96 (48.62)
 15 VT                            3:33.88    3:33.27 q      
     1) Nazieblo, Klaudia SO          2) r:0.24 Paluszek, Weronika SR 
     3) r:0.15 Gruber, Margaret JR    4) r:0.19 Hespeler, Jessica JR  
    r:+0.59  25.41        52.54 (52.54)
        1:20.15 (27.61)     1:51.56 (59.02)
        2:15.57 (24.01)     2:43.72 (52.16)
        3:07.35 (23.63)     3:33.27 (49.55)
 16 Alabama                       3:34.44    3:33.45 q      
     1) Korst, Caroline JR            2) r:0.12 Blood, Bridget JR     
     3) r:0.20 Musser, Hannah SO      4) r:0.35 Saunders, Emma SR     
    r:+0.71  25.85        53.47 (53.47)
        1:20.54 (27.07)     1:51.90 (58.43)
        2:16.12 (24.22)     2:44.84 (52.94)
        3:08.15 (23.31)     3:33.45 (48.61)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 17 Michigan                      3:31.98    3:33.48        
     1) Smiddy, Clara SO              2) r:0.30 Kopas, Emily SO       
     3) r:-0.03 Haughey, Siobhan FR   4) r:0.07 Deloof, Ali SR        
    r:+0.67  25.55        52.42 (52.42)
        1:20.65 (28.23)   1:52.90 (1:00.48)
        2:17.58 (24.68)     2:45.91 (53.01)
        3:08.23 (22.32)     3:33.48 (47.57)
 18 LSU                           3:33.97    3:33.49        
     1) Stirrat, Danielle SR          2) r:0.12 O'Neil, Colleen JR    
     3) r:0.30 Kopcso, Kara JR        4) r:0.12 Troskot, Leah JR      
    r:+0.77  26.07        53.52 (53.52)
        1:20.97 (27.45)     1:52.81 (59.29)
        2:16.94 (24.13)     2:45.64 (52.83)
        3:08.48 (22.84)     3:33.49 (47.85)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 19 Kentucky                      3:34.85    3:33.94        
     1) Galyer, Danielle JR           2) r:0.13 Crew, Kendra JR       
     3) r:0.00 McInerny, Haley FR     4) r:0.08 Freriks, Geena FR     
    r:+0.64  25.44        51.78 (51.78)
        1:20.21 (28.43)   1:52.22 (1:00.44)
        2:16.23 (24.01)     2:45.27 (53.05)
        3:08.54 (23.27)     3:33.94 (48.67)
 20 Tennessee                     3:31.40    3:33.96        
     1) Toussaint, Kira JR            2) r:0.32 Holman, Hannah FR     
     3) r:0.41 Banic, Maddy FR        4) r:0.33 Johnson, Faith SR     
    r:+0.61  25.19        51.89 (51.89)
        1:20.45 (28.56)   1:53.15 (1:01.26)
        2:17.41 (24.26)     2:45.46 (52.31)
        3:08.69 (23.23)     3:33.96 (48.50)
 21 Auburn                        3:33.84    3:34.54        
     1) Vitarius, Jillian SR          2) r:0.16 Lazor, Annie SR       
     3) r:0.23 Tetzloff, Alyssa FR    4) r:0.20 Purcell, Aly JR       
    r:+0.65  25.30        52.79 (52.79)
        1:20.58 (27.79)     1:52.57 (59.78)
        2:16.33 (23.76)     2:45.01 (52.44)
        3:08.34 (23.33)     3:34.54 (49.53)
 22 UCLA                          3:34.27    3:34.82        
     1) Mack, Linnea JR               2) r:0.12 Schanz, Emma FR       
     3) r:0.26 Grover, Katie SO       4) r:0.17 McTaggart, Caroline FR
    r:+0.80  24.73        51.63 (51.63)
        1:20.08 (28.45)   1:53.10 (1:01.47)
        2:17.26 (24.16)     2:45.24 (52.14)
        3:08.81 (23.57)     3:34.82 (49.58)
 23 Minnesota                     3:35.26    3:35.88        
     1) Avestruz, Zoe FR              2) r:0.28 Munson, Rachel FR     
     3) r:0.17 Nack, Danielle SO      4) r:0.19 Votava, Lauren SR     
    r:+0.57  25.57        54.10 (54.10)
        1:22.06 (27.96)   1:54.11 (1:00.01)
        2:18.11 (24.00)     2:47.72 (53.61)
        3:11.00 (23.28)     3:35.88 (48.16)
 24 Wisconsin                     3:34.96    3:36.52        
     1) Unicomb, Jessica FR           2) r:0.15 Carlson, Maria JR     
     3) r:0.31 Grindall, Dana JR      4) r:0.32 Kinney, Chase JR      
    r:+0.57  25.44        53.32 (53.32)
        1:21.96 (28.64)   1:54.82 (1:01.50)
        2:19.47 (24.65)     2:47.62 (52.80)
        3:10.60 (22.98)     3:36.52 (48.90)
 25 Penn St                       3:35.18    3:36.61        
     1) Ackman, Alyson SR             2) r:0.11 Rodriguez, Melissa SR 
     3) r:0.39 Price, Niki SO         4) r:0.31 Jones, Kaitlin SR     
    r:+0.72  26.00        54.06 (54.06)
        1:21.96 (27.90)     1:53.96 (59.90)
        2:18.80 (24.84)     2:47.42 (53.46)
        3:10.97 (23.55)     3:36.61 (49.19)
 26 Florida                       3:34.52    3:37.73        
     1) Hohmann, Georgia JR           2) r:0.35 McKnight, Lindsey SR  
     3) r:0.22 Hinds, Natalie SR      4) r:0.03 Linn, Ashlee SR       
    r:+0.67  26.26        53.49 (53.49)
        1:22.23 (28.74)   1:56.64 (1:03.15)
        2:20.39 (23.75)     2:48.56 (51.92)
        3:11.98 (23.42)     3:37.73 (49.17)

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Niles Keeran

8 years ago

Think RIO, Kelsi!