{"id":340142,"date":"2018-11-30T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T22:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=340142"},"modified":"2018-12-03T16:47:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T23:47:17","slug":"amanda-kendall-holds-off-olivia-bray-for-100-fly-winter-nats-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/amanda-kendall-holds-off-olivia-bray-for-100-fly-winter-nats-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Kendall Holds Off Olivia Bray for 100 Fly Winter Nats Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amanda Kendall<\/strong>, a 27-year-old now training at Indiana, put up a lifetime best to take the win in the 100 fly at Winter Nationals. Her time of 57.80 bumped her up to No. 4 in the country this year behind\u00a0Kelsi Dahlia<\/strong>,\u00a0Katie McLaughlin<\/strong> and\u00a0Kendyl Stewart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Teenager\u00a0Olivia Bray<\/strong>\u00a0of the Virginia Gators put together a very impressive 58.55 to take second, making her the ninth-fastest American this year and the fastest under the age of 18.\u00a0Torri Huske\u00a0<\/strong>took third in 59.27.<\/p>\n

Dana Vollmer<\/strong>, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist and the second-fastest swimmer all-time in the event, took fourth in 59.38. Vollmer has competed sparingly since the 2016 Olympics. She gave birth to her second son in 2017 and has not competed at a Nationals since 2016.<\/p>\n

Canadian\u00a0Rebecca Smith\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth in 59.42, followed by TAC’s\u00a0Claire Curzan<\/strong> (59.82), Athens Bulldogs’\u00a0Megan Kingsley\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.40) and\u00a0Leah Gingrich\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.78).<\/p>\n