University of Louisville
USA Short Course Nationals
Worrell Wins National Championship in 100-Fly
December 05, 2014 | Swimming & Diving
The University of Louisville swimming team's Kelsi Worrell notched the first individual championship at USA Swimming's AT&T Winter National Championships at the Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center. Worrell took top honors in the 100-fly with a school record time of 50.91.
"That was a great performance by Kelsi tonight," said UofL head coach Arthur Albiero. "Somewhat surprising for this part of the season. She continues to learn and make adjustments in her races. She is such a great student of our sport."
In other events, the Cardinals had a swimmer in every event final at the meet that features more than 800 swimmers including Olympians.
In the 400-IM, Abigail Chin won the B-final with a time of 4:12.16. Devon Bibault was 13th overall with a 4:14.90.
Nolan Tesone was fourth in the A-final of the men's 400-IM with a time of 3:46.69. Carlos Claverie was second in the B-final with a 3:49.24. Ryan Massey was 22nd overall with a 3:55.83.
Besides Kelsi Worrell's school record win in the 100-fly, Devon Bibault was sixth in the B-final with a 53.99. In the men's 100-fly, Pedro Coutinho was fifth, boarding a 46.46 just ahead of teammate Josh Quallen's 46.70 in sixth and Aaron Young's 46.90 for seventh with three cards in the A-final.
In the 200-free, two Cards made the women's B-final with Abigail Houck touching 14th with a 1:47.82 with Andrea Kneppers right behind her in 1:47.92. In the men's 200-free, Trevor Carroll was sixth in the A-final with a time of 1:35.57 just one spot ahead of Matthias Lindenbauer's 1:36.31.
In the 100-breast, Andrea Cottrell was seventh in the A-final with a time of 1:00.05. For the men, Thomas Dahlia was third with a time of 52.69. Addison Bray was 8th in the A-final with a 53.54. Carlos Claverie was 11th overall with a 53.76 and freshman Todd Owen was 21st overall with a 54.64 just ahead of Brennen Berger's 55.11. Cardinal alum Carlos Almeida was second overall with a 52.55.
In the 100-back, Mackenzie Buss was 21st overall with a time of 54.65 and Hannah Magnuson was 23rd with a 54.83. In the men's 100-back, Grigory Tarasevich was the top Cardinal finisher with a third place time of 46.09 in the A-final. Aaron Young was 8th in the A-final with a 48.19. Cardinal alum Pedro Oliveira was 11th with a 47.53. Nick Hasemann was 21st overall with a 48.31.
In the 200-free relay the Cardinal women finished fourth behind Andrea Knepper (23.52), Kelsi Worrell (21.75), Maggie Patterson (23.10) and Alexandra Sellers (22.86) collective time of 1:31.24.
In the 200-free relay, the Cardinal men also combined for a fourth place time of 1:19.29 posted by Thomas Dahlia (20.16), Caryle Blondell (19.95), Matthias Lindenbauer (19.70 and Trevor Carroll (19.48).
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