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Morning Splash<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2002, Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> swam a 49.97 in the women\u2019s 100-yard backstroke. It took 15 years for anyone to swim under 50 seconds again.<\/p>\n

Of course, it wasn\u2019t for a lack of trying. In 2013, Cal freshman Rachel Bootsma<\/strong> won the NCAA title in the event in 50.13, then the second-fastest time ever in the event. She needed to go 16 hundredths quicker to hit Coughlin\u2019s record, so of course she would get there eventually\u2014right?<\/p>\n

For the next 20 months, no one swam quicker\u2014until December 5, 2014, at the Georgia Invite. Virginia junior Courtney Bartholomew<\/strong> touched the wall in 50.01, a mere four hundredths off Coughlin\u2019s mark\u2014but she never could improve on that time.<\/p>\n

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Rachel Bootsma — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

That season at the NCAA championships, Bartholomew\u2019s top time was 50.19, set leading off the Cavaliers\u2019 400 medley relay. The next day, Bootsma won the individual title in 50.03, her lifetime best but still six hundredths short of the gold standard. Neither of those women would approach their top times as seniors the following season.<\/p>\n

And then, finally, in late February 2017, the record went down. Olympic silver medalist Kathleen Baker<\/strong> was in the field for the 100 back at the women\u2019s Pac-12 championships, but Stanford junior Ally Howe<\/strong> took her down that day and finished in 49.69. That long-elusive record was crushed.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, the floodgates opened. That season at the NCAA championships, Baker joined Howe and Coughlin in the sub-50 club, recording a best time of 49.80, and two more swimmers broke 50 during their conference championship meets in February: Wisconsin\u2019s Beata Nelson<\/strong> (49.78) and Howe\u2019s Stanford teammate Janet Hu<\/strong> (49.93).<\/p>\n

Those four, along with perhaps Missouri senior\u00a0Hannah Stevens<\/strong>, the U.S. National champion in the 50 back, will be in contention for an NCAA crown in that event. Nelson had the hot hand Thursday night on the 4×100 medley relay, when she posted the only sub-50 leadoff split, at 49.83.<\/p>\n

Howe’s American record from the 2017 Pac-12 meet still stands, but it could be in danger in the 100 back NCAA final. On top of that, sudden, it\u2019s likely to take faster than Coughlin\u2019s former record to finish in the top three. After it took 15 years to catch up to one of the greatest short course swimmers ever in her best event, the country\u2019s best backstrokers have finally made the leap forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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