{"id":359788,"date":"2019-03-22T16:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T23:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=359788"},"modified":"2020-03-17T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:49:27","slug":"beata-nelson-unleashes-49-18-in-100-back-for-new-american-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/beata-nelson-unleashes-49-18-in-100-back-for-new-american-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Beata Nelson Unleashes 49.18 in 100 Back for New American Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin junior\u00a0Beata Nelson<\/strong>, fresh off the second fastest 200 IM ever last night, came back Friday night at the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a new NCAA American Record in the 100 back. Nelson swam a 49.18, lowering her NCAA record of 49.67 from the Texas Invite in the fall.<\/p>\n

Nelson also broke\u00a0Regan Smith’s\u00a0<\/strong>newly minted American Record of 49.66 from Speedo Sectionals earlier this month. Nelson won her second title of the meet this week for the Badgers as they now have three NCAA titles as a program. Nelson and\u00a0Maggie Meyer\u00a0<\/strong>have won NCAA titles for Wisconsin, ironically both occurred at the University of Texas.<\/p>\n

Nelson was the only one under 50 seconds in the final with Cal senior\u00a0Amy Bilquist\u00a0<\/strong>placing second at 50.05, moving up to 10th all-time with that swim. Stanford freshman\u00a0Taylor Ruck<\/strong>, swimming her second race of the night after getting the runner-up spot in the 200 free, finished third at 50.34, moving up to 12th all-time.<\/p>\n

Cal continued its momentum on Friday night as\u00a0freshman\u00a0Izzy Ivey\u00a0<\/strong>placed fourth for the Golden Bears at 50.42. Ivey has been a huge help for Cal this meet, winning the B-Final in the 200 IM last night, and placing sixth in the 100 fly earlier tonight. She is now tied for 13th all-time in this event.<\/p>\n

Kentucky’s\u00a0Asia Seidt\u00a0<\/strong>(50.68), Michigan’s\u00a0Maggie MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>(50.98), Florida’s\u00a0Sherridon Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>(51.03) and Auburn’s\u00a0Aly Tetzloff\u00a0<\/strong>(51.33) also placed in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

All-Time List:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Beata Nelson<\/strong>, Wisconsin, 49.18 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Regan Smith<\/strong>, Riptide, 49.66 (2019)<\/li>\n
  3. Ally Howe<\/strong>, Stanford, 49.69 (2017)<\/li>\n
  4. Kathleen Baker<\/strong>, Cal, 49.80 (2017)<\/li>\n
  5. Janet Hu<\/strong>, Stanford, 49.93 (2018)<\/li>\n
  6. Natalie Coughlin<\/strong>, Cal, 49.97 (2002)<\/li>\n
  7. Courtney Bartholomew<\/strong>, Virginia, 50.01 (2014)<\/li>\n
  8. Rachel Bootsma<\/strong>, Cal, 50.03 (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n