{"id":524778,"date":"2023-03-17T08:29:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=524778"},"modified":"2023-03-17T08:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:29:26","slug":"ncaa-womens-championships-kaitlyn-dobler-aims-to-defend-100-breaststroke-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-championships-kaitlyn-dobler-aims-to-defend-100-breaststroke-title\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Women’s Championships: Kaitlyn Dobler Aims to Defend 100 Breaststroke Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCAA Women’s Championships: Kaitlyn Dobler Aims to Defend 100 Breaststroke Title<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships continued from Knoxville, Tennessee, on Friday with the Day 3 prelims session.<\/p>\n

The Day 3 prelims session consists of the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at the 100 breaststroke.<\/p>\n

The first circle-seeded heat saw Texas freshman Lydia Jacoby, the Olympic gold medalist in this event, was first to the wall in 57.98.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the second seeded heat, Tennessee junior Mona McSharry<\/strong>, swimming in her home pool, pulled away late in her heat to get to the wall in 57.67.<\/p>\n

The final heat saw defending NCAA champion Kaitlyn Dobler<\/strong> of USC use her quick stroke to go even faster and finish in 57.35 to take the top seed overall.<\/p>\n

Dobler will lead the field into the NCAA finals (57.35) where she will look to defend her national title.<\/p>\n

Texas junior Anna Elendt<\/strong> took the second seed in 57.49, followed by McSharry (57.67), Ohio State’s Josie Panitz<\/strong> (57.88), Jacoby (57.98), NC State’s Heather MacCausland<\/strong> (58.14), Ohio State senior Hannah Bach<\/strong> (58.52) and Virginia freshman Emma Weber<\/strong> (58.90).<\/p>\n

Based on prelims, it looks like an intriguing race between the top five qualifiers. But Dobler remains the favorite to defend.<\/p>\n