8 Big Things from Week 2 of Major Conference Meet Action
3 of the 5 best 200 flyers in NCAA history performed at separate times and in separate places last week, further building the excitement for when all three finally meet head to head.
UNC’s Megan Bestor leaps into NCAA invite contention at Georgia Last Chance Saturday finals
Finals of the Georgia Last Chance Meet saw a couple more swimmers improve their standing for an NCAA invite, most notably North Carolina’s Megan Bestor.
Kelsi Worrell Goes Lifetime Best in 100 Meter Fly in Session 1 of Winter Nats Long Course Time Trial
Kelsi Worrell is now the 4th-fastest American 100 meter butterflier over the last 12 months.
Kelsi Worrell Sets Pool Record On Day Three Prelims of Louisville Cardinals Invite
Kelsi Worrell who has been lighting it up at this meet with some very fast swims set herself up perfectly for another, taking the top seed in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.86. The Louisville swimmer broke the pool record in the process with that time, and wasn’t that far off her Louisville team record of 48.48.
Tanja Kylliainen With Extremely Fast 400 IM On Day Two Finals of Louisville Cardinal Invite
Tanja Kylliainen won the first individual event, the women’s 400 IM, with a swift 4:07.88. She was well ahead of her competition in prelims and proved to do the same tonight as her teammate Abby Chin finished second just over seven seconds behind in 4:15.03. That time for Kyllainen beat her previous season best of 4:10.89.
