NCAA Division I Women’s 100 Breaststroke: Eneli Jefimova Pulls Away in Three-Headed Battle
The Day 2 finals at the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the 100-yard breaststroke.
In one of the closely contested races of the meet so far, the 100 breaststroke proved to bring everyone to the edge of their seats.
The lead changed on every turn. It was Tennessee’s McKenzie Siroky who was out fastest and turned first at the 25, then Florida’s Anita Battazzo turned in front at the 50, then NC State’s Eneli Jefimova, turned first at the 75 and held on for the victory.
“The race was great. I did a PB and felt better than the morning. I just felt powerful,” Jefimova said. “I saw the other girls on the 25 and 75 turns and I knew that (Siroky) was really fast the first half of the race and I focus on the back half a little more. I tried to think about my own race, but I definitely looked to see where they were.”
Jefimova got to the wall in a pool-record 56.30 to hold off the NCAA field and break the school record.
“I was five hundredths of a second away from it at ACCs, so it was great to get that,” she said. “I am really happy to represent the Wolfpack.”
Siroky and Battazzo were so close they tied in 57 seconds flat.
Louisville sophomore Anastasia Gorbenko took fourth in 57.56, followed by Texas sophomore Piper Enge (57.76), Ohio State’s Maria Ramos Najji (57.99), Virginia senior Emma Weber (58.21) and Cincinnati senior Joleigh Crye (58.59).
Event 8 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 56.77 2/20/2026 Eneli Jefimova, NC State
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Jefimova, Eneli FR NC State 57.41 56.30P 20
r:+0.66 12.04 26.67 (14.63)
41.36 (14.69) 56.30 (14.94)
2 Siroky, McKenzie SO Tennessee 56.93 57.00 16.5
r:+0.63 12.01 26.63 (14.62)
41.46 (14.83) 57.00 (15.54)
2 Bottazzo, Anita SO Florida 57.34 57.00 16.5
r:+0.65 12.15 26.52 (14.37)
41.50 (14.98) 57.00 (15.50)
4 Gorbenko, Anastasia SO Louisville 57.52 57.56 15
r:+0.67 12.72 27.24 (14.52)
42.40 (15.16) 57.56 (15.16)
5 Enge, Piper SO Texas 57.92 57.76 14
r:+0.60 12.52 27.23 (14.71)
42.45 (15.22) 57.76 (15.31)
6 Ramos Najji, Maria SO OSU 57.95 57.99 13
r:+0.66 12.33 27.09 (14.76)
42.24 (15.15) 57.99 (15.75)
7 Weber, Emma SR Virginia 57.76 58.21 12
r:+0.70 12.48 27.26 (14.78)
42.38 (15.12) 58.21 (15.83)
8 Crye, Joleigh SR Cincinnati 57.90 58.59 11
r:+0.73 12.41 27.42 (15.01)
42.74 (15.32) 58.59 (15.85)
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