{"id":340219,"date":"2018-12-01T15:30:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T22:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=340219"},"modified":"2018-12-01T16:37:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T23:37:53","slug":"beata-nelson-cracks-american-record-in-100-back-with-49-67-at-texas-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/beata-nelson-cracks-american-record-in-100-back-with-49-67-at-texas-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"RACE VIDEO: Beata Nelson Cracks American Record in 100 Back With 49.67 At Texas Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin junior\u00a0Beata Nelson\u00a0<\/strong>rocketed to the fastest 100 back of all-time on Friday night at the Texas Invitational with a 49.67, breaking the American and US Open Record of 49.69 by\u00a0Ally Howe\u00a0<\/strong>of Stanford from the 2017 Pac-12’s.<\/p>\n

Nelson was second all-time with her 49.78 from Big Ten’s last year<\/a>. She won the 100 back final in Austin tonight in front of a trio of impressive Longhorns in\u00a0Claire Adams\u00a0<\/strong>(50.95),\u00a0Julia Cook\u00a0<\/strong>(51.70) and\u00a0Grace Ariola\u00a0<\/strong>(51.86).<\/p>\n

Nelson was second last year at NCAA’s in the 100 back behind Howe, and is looking to become just the second Badger in women’s swimming and diving to win an NCAA title after\u00a0Maggie Meyer\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 back in 2011.<\/p>\n

Nelson also swam an impressive 100 butterfly earlier today with a 50.90 this morning. She scratched the 100 fly final, most likely to focus on the 100 back tonight. This was a big improvement for Nelson, who swam her first 100 fly best time since high school in November 2014.<\/p>\n

Beata Nelson was\u00a0Swimming World’s\u00a0<\/em>High School Swimmer of the Year<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n

All-Time Rankings:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Beata Nelson<\/strong>, Wisconsin, 49.67 (2018)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Ally Howe<\/strong>, Stanford, 49.69 (2017)<\/li>\n
  3. Kathleen Baker<\/strong>, California, 49.80 (2017)<\/li>\n
  4. Janet Hu<\/strong>, Stanford, 49.93 (2018)<\/li>\n
  5. Natalie Coughlin<\/strong>, California, 49.97 (2002)<\/li>\n
  6. Courtney Bartholomew<\/strong>, Virginia, 50.02 (2014)<\/li>\n
  7. Rachel<\/strong> Bootsma<\/strong>, California, 50.03 (2015)<\/li>\n
  8. Olivia Smoliga<\/strong>, Georgia, 50.04 (2017)<\/li>\n
  9. Cindy Tran<\/strong>, California, 50.31 (2012)<\/li>\n
  10. Elise Haan,<\/strong>\u00a0NC State, 50.42 (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n