Kelsi Worrell

Views from Mesa – The Final Day 2 Photo Vault

Lot’s of fun and fast swimming here on the first full day of the 2015 USA Swimming Pro Swim Series…

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SwimSwam’s Way-too-early preview of the 2016 Women’s NCAA Championships

Rachel Bootsma had a resurgent 2015 season, and that momentum joined by a devastating recruiting class make Cal the early favorite picks for the 2016 NCAA title, pending one major enrollment decision elsewhere in the Pac-12.

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Bilis, Worrell Named 2014-2015 ACC Swimmers of the Year

North Carolina State sprint star Simonas Bilis took home ACC Swimmer of the Year honors on Monday, as awarded by the conference.

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Video: Louisville Recaps Their Sixth Place Finish At The Women’s NCAA Championships

Louisville set a goal to finish top 10 at the end of the season and blew it away with a sixth place finish as a team.

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Vote: Which Record Breaking Performance From The NCAA Championships Was The Most Impressive?

Team SwimSwam has been debating about who had the most impressive swim, but we have not been able to come to a consensus.

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Post NCAAs: A look back at our final Power Rankings for men and women

We were as shocked as Kelsi Worrell when her Louisville Cardinals jumped all the way up to 6th place at the women’s meet after earning the 10-spot in our final Power Rankings.

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Franklin, Manuel, Smith, Worrell Nominated for Collegiate Women Sports Award in Swimming

Kelsi Worrell, who broke the American Record in the 100 fly at the NCAA Championships, is one of four nominees for the Collegiate Women Sports Awards.

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2015 Women’s NCAA Championships: SwimSwam Awards

Our picks for swimmer of the meet, diver of the meet, freshman of the meet, and coach of the year from the 2015 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving championships.

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Top 5 Individual Swims From Women’s NCAAs That Will Go Down In History

Three individual American records were broken, and plenty of other historic marks were set at the Greensboro Aquatic Centre. Due to the historic nature of these championships, we’re counting down some of the swims we think will be remembered for a long time.

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PHOTO VAULT: Night 3 of the 2015 Women’s NCAA Championships

Saturday night’s action included Simone Manuel’s American record in the 100 free, plus repeat wins from Virginia’s Leah Smith, Cal’s Missy Franklin and Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell as well as a 200 breast that saw Minnesota’s Kierra Smith upset reigning American record-holder Emma Reaney for the title.

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Kelsi Worrell Video Interview: I’m just glad there was no T-Rexing the last 50

Video produced by Coleman Hodges. Reported by Tony Carroll.  200 BUTTERFLY – FINALS NCAA – 1:49.92 – Elaine Breeden, Stanford –…

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2015 Women’s NCAAs Day 3 ACC Roundup: Kelsi Worrell, college swimming’s new butterfly queen

After becoming the best 50 and 100 flyer in history on Friday, Kelsi Worrell erased any doubt that she’s the best all-around flyer in the country, winning the 200 fly with a two-second drop.

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2015 Women’s NCAA DI Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Liz Pelton is the American record holder in the 200 backstroke.

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Women’s NCAA Championships Day 3 Ups/Downs: Tight team battle set up for fourth behind Cal, Georgia, and Stanford.

Coming in to day 3, the leading Cal bears put up another big morning with 8 swims to score in…

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Day 2 ACC Roundup: Worrell-Wind is Just Icing on the Cake for Performant Conference

There was a lot of emotion in Louisville when Kelsi Worrell broke the American record in the 100 fly on Day Two of NCAA Division I Championships.

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