Kelsi Worrell Breaks Championship Record, Sub-50 in 100 Yard Fly

Braden Keith
by Braden Keith 0

December 01st, 2017 National, News

2017 U.S. WINTER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Swimming in her first meet since getting married earlier this year, Kelsi Worrell (Dahlia is her married name) swam a 49.87 in the women’s 100 yard butterfly. That swim broke the pool and Championship records, and stands as the 3rd-fastest 100 yard fly in history.

The old Meet Record belonged to Rachel Komisarz in 50.10. Komisarz was one of Worrell’s coaches for a time at Louisville, though she left in 2014 to take over the team at Ohio University. The pool record was set by Worrell in prelims at 50.32.

There have only been 5 times sub-50 seconds in the history of this event, and they all belong to Worrell. Natalie Coughlin is the next-fastest swimmer in history at 50.01.

Worrell was 4th in this event at NCAAs as a freshman at Louisville in 2013, 2nd as a sophomore, and during her junior season jumped to champion – and it wasn’t even close. She broke the NCAA Record in both her junior and senior year.

Fastest 100 yard butterfly performances, All-Time

  1. Kelsi Worrell, Louisville, 49.43 – 2016 NCAA Championships
  2. Kelsi Worrell, Lousiville, 49.81 – 2015 NCAA Championships
  3. Kelsi Worrell, Cardinal Aquatics, 49.87 – 2017 Winter National Championships
  4. Kelsi Worrell, Louisville, 49.88 – 2016 NCAA Championships (prelims)
  5. Kelsi Worrell, Louisville, 49.89 – 2015 NCAA Championships (prelims)
  6. Natalie Coughlin, Cal, 50.01 – 2002 NCAA Championships
  7. Farida Osman, Cal, 50.05 – 2017 NCAA Championships
  8. Kelsi Worrell, Louisville, 50.06 – 2016 ACC Championships
  9. Rachel Komisarz, Lakeside Swim Team, 50.10 – 2007 Winter Nationals
  10. Kelsi Worrell, Lousiville, 50.17 -2015 ACC Championships

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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