Exhausted Kelsi Worrell Cranks Out 3rd-Fastest 200 Fly Ever

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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It was definitely a case of fly-and-die for Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell, but she had enough in the tank to pick up the women’s 200-yard fly at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.

Worrell raced her way to a 1:50.96 to sweep the butterfly events, and defend her title from last year.

Worrell, out well under American and NCAA record page at the 150, nearly let Stanford’s Ella Eastin ahead of her before closing out the win. Eastin came scorching home to take second in 1:51.04. That’s the seventh-fastest time ever.

Worrell was so exhausted following the swim, she had to take several minutes to collect herself before taking part in the standard post-race television interview as her team looked after her. Worrell admitted that she might have blacked out at the end of the swim.

All Time 200 Fly Top 10:

1 1:49.92 Elaine Breeden Stanford 2/28/09
2 1:50.61p Kelsi Worrell Louisville 3/19/216
3 1:50.96 Kelsi Worrell Louisville 3/19/16
4 1:50.98 Elaine Breeden Stanford TAMU 3/21/09
5 1:51.02 Katinka Hosszu USC 12/2/10
6 1:51.03 Katinka Hosszu USC Austin, Texas 12/1/11
7 1:51.04 Ella Eastin Stanford 3/19/16
8 1:51.11 Kelsi Worrell Louisville 3/21/15
9 1:51.18 Kathleen Hersey Texas TAMU 3/21/09
10 1:51.28 Mary DeScenza Bulldog Long Beach, Calif. 1/17/09

Worrell, who defended her title, became part of a long list of swimmers to win the 200 fly more than once.

Multiple Winners:

4 – Mary DeScenza, Georgia
4 – Mary T. Meagher, California
3 – Elaine Breeden, Stanford
2 – Tracy Caulkins, Florida
2 – Julie Gorman, Florida
2 – Katinka Hosszu, USC
2 – Misty Hyman, Stanford
2 – Janel Jorgensen, Stanford
2 – Limin Liu, Nevada
2 – Berit Puggaard, SMU
2 – Summer Sanders, Stanford
2 – Cammile Adams, Texas A&M

Georgia’s Megan Kingsley (1:53.10), Georgia’s Hali Flickinger (1:53.32), Texas A&M’s Sarah Gibson (1:53.55), California’s Kelly Naze (1:53.55), Virginia Tech’s Klaudia Nazieblo (1:53.77) and California’s Noemie Thomas (1:54.84) finished third through eighth.

                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Worrell, Kelsi   SR Louisville        1:50.61    1:50.96         20  
                 24.45        52.34 (27.89)
        1:20.64 (28.30)     1:50.96 (30.32)
  2 Eastin, Ella     FR Stanford          1:52.30    1:51.04         17  
                 25.15        53.40 (28.25)
        1:22.00 (28.60)     1:51.04 (29.04)
  3 Kingsley, Megan  SO Georgia           1:53.61    1:53.10         16  
                 25.86        54.77 (28.91)
        1:24.07 (29.30)     1:53.10 (29.03)
  4 Flickinger, Hal  SR Georgia           1:53.51    1:53.32         15  
                 25.95        54.25 (28.30)
        1:23.36 (29.11)     1:53.32 (29.96)
  5 Gibson, Sarah    JR Tex AM            1:53.43    1:53.55         13.5
                 25.88        55.47 (29.59)
        1:24.12 (28.65)     1:53.55 (29.43)
  5 Naze, Kelly      SR California        1:53.46    1:53.55         13.5
                 25.18        54.17 (28.99)
        1:23.67 (29.50)     1:53.55 (29.88)
  7 Nazieblo, Klaud  SO VT                1:53.91    1:53.77         12  
                 25.87        54.71 (28.84)
        1:23.72 (29.01)     1:53.77 (30.05)
  8 Thomas, Noemie   SO California        1:54.53    1:54.84         11  
                 25.68        54.57 (28.89)
        1:24.11 (29.54)     1:54.84 (30.73)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Engel, Lindsey   SO Stanford          1:55.40    1:54.13          9  
                 25.75        54.80 (29.05)
        1:24.04 (29.24)     1:54.13 (30.09)
 10 Jones, Kaitlyn   JR Virginia          1:54.75    1:54.36          7  
                 25.57        54.47 (28.90)
        1:23.99 (29.52)     1:54.36 (30.37)
 11 Chenault, Chels  JR USC               1:55.27    1:54.96          6  
                 25.89        55.11 (29.22)
        1:24.72 (29.61)     1:54.96 (30.24)
 12 Dalesandro, Gia  JR Indiana           1:54.90    1:55.02          5  
                 25.81        55.17 (29.36)
        1:25.00 (29.83)     1:55.02 (30.02)
 13 Brady, Sharli    SO Missouri          1:55.85    1:56.43          4  
                 26.00        55.56 (29.56)
        1:25.51 (29.95)     1:56.43 (30.92)
 14 Katz, Taylor     JR Florida           1:55.55    1:56.54          3  
                 26.67        56.04 (29.37)
        1:26.24 (30.20)     1:56.54 (30.30)
 15 Tegner, Maddy    JR Tennessee         1:55.87    1:57.36          2  
                 26.54        56.68 (30.14)
        1:26.95 (30.27)     1:57.36 (30.41)
 16 Pressey, Bailey  JR Indiana           1:55.85    1:57.43          1  
                 26.65        56.49 (29.84)
        1:26.77 (30.28)     1:57.43 (30.66)

                Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 19                 
 
  1. Georgia                           380   2. Stanford                          332
  2. California                        332   4. Texas A&M                         271
  5. Virginia                          250   6. Indiana                           228
  7. Southern Cali                   204.5   8. Louisville                        196
  9. Michigan                          132  10. NC State                          127
 10. Missouri                          127  12. Arizona                           108
 13. Tennessee                          89  14. Ohio St                            82
 15. Texas                              71  16. UCLA                               66
 17. Florida                          57.5  18. Wisconsin                          49
 18. Nevada                             49  20. UNC                                47
 21. Minnesota                          44  22. Kentucky                           40
 23. Purdue                             35  24. Miami University (Ohio)            33
 25. Virginia Tech                      23  26. Alabama                            20
 27. Penn St                            19  28. Umbc (W)                           18
 29. South Carolina                     17  30. Auburn                             14
 31. Kansas                             11  31. Air Force (W)                      11
 33. Denver                             10  34. Iowa                                9
 35. University of Nebraska-Lincoln      7  35. Lsu                                 7
 37. Miami (Fl)                          6  37. Smu                                 6
 39. University of Hawaii (W)            4  39. Pittsburgh                          4
 41. Eastern Mich                        3  42. Cincinnati                          2
 43. Florida Gulf                        1  43. Rutgers                             1

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Becky Lambert Schoeppner

8 years ago

So awesome!