﻿{"id":159119,"date":"2015-11-03T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=159119"},"modified":"2015-11-03T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T18:41:50","slug":"beata-nelson-national-high-school-record-holder-commits-to-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/beata-nelson-national-high-school-record-holder-commits-to-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Beata Nelson, National High School Record Holder, Commits To Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website <a href=http:\/\/www.agonswim.com target=_blank>AgonSwim.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>National high school record holder <strong>Beata Nelson<\/strong> just gave the Wisconsin Badgers another potential NCAA champion, making a verbal commitment to attend the school next fall.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson, the national high school record holder in the 100 butterfly, is staying in her native Wisconsin to help beef up coach <strong>Whitney Hite\u2019s<\/strong> program. When she arrives on campus next year, she\u2019ll join transfer <strong>Cierra Runge<\/strong> as a new member of the team as the two look to bring Wisconsin into a possible top 10 finish at the NCAA championships.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson has been making great inroads these past two years in the 100 butterfly, transitioning from also-ran to national high school record holder. The Verona Area High School star posted a 51.70 in the 100 butterfly at last November\u2019s Wisconsin high school championships, which held as the overall national record until <strong>Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> broke it the following May. (Nelson\u2019s time still stands as the national public high school record.) <\/p>\n<p>Nelson went even faster a week later at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Minneapolis with a 51.08. If she can swim that time this month at the Wisconsin high school meet, she\u2019ll reclaim her place as the fastest in the 100 butterfly in high school history.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson\u2019s current best time would have been a top-eight finish at the NCAA championships, and when she races as a freshman for Wisconsin, she could contend for the national title with the likes of California\u2019s McLaughlin and others. <\/p>\n<p>Nelson\u2019s expertise in the pool isn\u2019t limited to her 100 butterfly. She could tackle the 100 fly-100 back double at the NCAA championships, and score big points in both. A lifetime best of 51.67 in the 100 back wouldn\u2019t score as high as her 100 fly, but it would still make a big statement for the Badgers. Look for Nelson to also excel for Hite in the 200 IM, thanks to a 1:57.88 lifetime best.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson would be a key freestyle relay component for Wisconsin. She is capable of a sub-22 second split on the 200 free relay (lifetime best 22.51) and will be vital in the 400 free relay (lifetime best 49.02).<\/p>\n<p>Though Nelson excels in short course thanks to superb underwater kicking skills, she is no slouch in the long course pool. She broke 1:00 for the first time in the long course 100 fly at the U.S. nationals with a 59.97, which placed second in the C final and was 15th overall. 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