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Baker was battling the entire race with Olympic teammate and Georgia senior Olivia Smoliga, who finished second at 50.04. Smoliga is now sixth all time in the 100 backstroke. Missouri&#8217;s <strong>Hannah Stevens<\/strong> was third at 50.57.<\/p>\n<p>American Record holder <strong>Ally Howe<\/strong> of Stanford finished fourth at 50.58. Stanford&#8217;s <strong>Janet Hu<\/strong> (50.73), Texas&#8217; <strong>Claire Adams<\/strong> (50.95), Missouri&#8217;s <strong>Nadine Laemmler<\/strong> (51.13) and North Carolina&#8217;s <strong>Hellen Moffitt<\/strong> (51.14) also swam in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p>California has now won six of the last seven NCAA titles in the 100 back and has 11 titles overall, the most of any school. Baker joins <strong>Rachel Bootsma<\/strong> (2013, 2015, 2016), <strong>Cindy Tran<\/strong> (2011, 2012), <strong>Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> (2001-2004) and <strong>Marilyn Chang<\/strong> (1999) as 100 back NCAA winners.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 12  Women 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 49.69  2\/23\/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford\r\n         Meet: C 49.80  3\/16\/2017 Kathleen Baker, California\r\n     American: A 49.69  2\/23\/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford\r\n    U.S. Open: O 49.69  2\/23\/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford\r\n         Pool: P 49.80  3\/16\/2017 Kathleen Baker, California\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals NISCA Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Kathleen Baker   SO California          50.63      49.84   197   20  \r\n    r:+0.59  23.98        49.84 (25.86)\r\n  2 Olivia Smoliga   SR Georgia             50.31      50.04   195   17  \r\n    r:+0.61  24.07        50.04 (25.97)\r\n  3 Hannah Stevens   JR Missouri            50.61      50.57   190   16  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.62        50.57 (25.95)\r\n  4 Ally Howe        JR Stanford            50.80      50.58   190   15  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.59        50.58 (25.99)\r\n  5 Janet Hu         JR Stanford            50.75      50.73   188   14  \r\n    r:+0.53  24.76        50.73 (25.97)\r\n  6 Claire Adams     FR Texas               51.10      50.95   186   13  \r\n    r:+0.60  24.94        50.95 (26.01)\r\n  7 Nadine Laemmler  SR Missouri            50.96      51.13   184   12  \r\n    r:+0.61  24.71        51.13 (26.42)\r\n  8 Hellen Moffitt   SR UNC                 50.94      51.14   184   11  \r\n    r:+0.58  25.11        51.14 (26.03)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Baker swam the second and third fastest 100 backstrokes of all time last night and tonight to win her first 100 back title. 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