{"id":359490,"date":"2019-03-21T15:51:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T22:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=359490"},"modified":"2020-03-17T09:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:51:51","slug":"beata-nelson-shocks-ella-eastin-in-200-im-final-narrowly-misses-american-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/beata-nelson-shocks-ella-eastin-in-200-im-final-narrowly-misses-american-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Beata Nelson Shocks Ella Eastin in 200 IM Final, Narrowly Misses American Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin junior\u00a0Beata Nelson\u00a0<\/strong>stunned the field in the 200 IM final on Thursday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 1:50.79. Nelson moved up to second all-time in the 200 IM as she narrowly missed\u00a0Ella Eastin’s\u00a0<\/strong>American Record set in 2018 of 1:50.67. Nelson’s previous best time was a 1:52.27 as she had a monster breaststroke split of 32.33, the third fastest in the field.<\/p>\n

Eastin finished in second at 1:51.81 as she held off a hard charge from Texas A&M senior\u00a0Sydney Pickrem\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.84). The two seniors were expected to fight for the win but ended up in second and third.<\/p>\n

Eastin was going for a third title in this event, adding on to her titles from 2016 and 2018. But she was still able to finish in the top two all four years of her career. Eastin will keep her American Record as Nelson has one more year of college swimming to chase it down.<\/p>\n

USC’s\u00a0Louise Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>was the early leader in the race with a 23.86 on the fly. She placed fourth for the Trojans with a 1:52.14. She moved up to ninth all-time with her swim.<\/p>\n

Kentucky’s\u00a0Asia Seidt\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.54), South Carolina’s\u00a0Emma Barksdale\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.54), Tennessee’s\u00a0Meghan Small\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.57) and Indiana’s\u00a0Bailey Andison\u00a0<\/strong>(1:54.17) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

Nelson is just the second swimmer from Wisconsin to win an NCAA title as she joins\u00a0Maggie Meyer\u00a0<\/strong>as winners for the Badgers. Meyer won the 200 back in 2011 in this same pool at the University of Texas.<\/p>\n

All-Time List<\/h3>\n
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  1. Ella Eastin<\/strong>, Stanford, 1:50.67 (2018)<\/li>\n
  2. Beata Nelson<\/strong>, Wisconsin, 1:50.79 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Kathleen Baker<\/strong>, California, 1:51.25 (2018)<\/li>\n
  4. Meghan Small<\/strong>, Tennessee, 1:51.62 (2019)<\/li>\n
  5. Sydney Pickrem<\/strong>, Texas A&M, 1:51.66 (2019)<\/li>\n
  6. Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong>, California, 1:51.77 (2012)<\/li>\n
  7. Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>, Southern Cal, 1:51.80 (2012)<\/li>\n
  8. Missy Franklin<\/strong>, California, 1:52.11 (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n