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Minnesota 15-year-old and 200 back runner-up <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> is second going into finals at 59.70. Olympian <strong>Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> (59.93), Michigan&#8217;s <strong>Ali DeLoof<\/strong> (59.97) and <strong>Hannah Stevens<\/strong> (1:00.06) are all within striking distance of the team. Stevens won the 50 back last night for her first Worlds team. DeLoof and Smoliga are searching for their first long course Worlds team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caroline Baldwin<\/strong> (1:00.34), <strong>Claire Adams<\/strong> (1:00.42) and <strong>Bridgette Alexander<\/strong> (1:00.50) will also compete in tonight&#8217;s A-final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kathleen-baker-rips-through-100-back-prelims-with-top-seed\/screen-shot-2017-06-30-at-11-46-10-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-11.46.10-AM-e1498837612602.png\" data-orig-size=\"774,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"100-back-women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-06-30 at 11.46.10 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-11.46.10-AM-e1498837612602-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-11.46.10-AM-1024x640.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-263837\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-11.46.10-AM-e1498837612602-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-06-30 at 11.46.10 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic silver medalist Kathleen Baker swam a 59.49 in the 100 back prelims to grab the top seed into Friday&#8217;s finals at the 2017 Phillips 66 USA Swimming Nationals. 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