Comerford Breaks Another American Record, Worrell Dahlia is Top Qualifier at SC Worlds

Saturday, December 15

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Comerford Breaks Another American Record, Worrell Dahlia is Top Qualifier at SC Worlds

December 15, 2018 | Swimming & Diving

Cardinals shine on world stage in Hangzhou, China

By: Nancy Worley

University of Louisville swimmer Mallory Comerford won silver, shattered another American recordand qualified for another final on Day 5 of the Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China.

Mallory Comerford split 1:53.00 in the 4 x 200 Free Relay as the Americans won silver with a time of 7:35.30. The US foursome shattered the American Record by more than three seconds with splits Leah Smith (1:55.85) Comerford, Melanie Margalis (1:53.59), and an blazing fast anchor from Erika Brown of 1:52.86 as the Americans dueled the Chinese right to the wall. China won gold with an Asian record time of 7:34.08.

It was a busy night for Comerford, who also moved into the finals as the fourth fastest qualifier in the 50 freestyle with a semfinal time of 23.83.

Kelsi Worrell Dahlia was the top qualifier after the semi-finals in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.09, which was four- tenth of a second off of the World Record. Dahlia's first 50 split was 25.80 and she beat the field in her heat by a full second.

In other performances by Cardinals, UofL's Marcelo Acosta went 14:45.78 in the prelims of the 1500M freestyle, swimming for his native El Salvador. Venezuelan Cardinal Carlos Claverie went 27.37 in the prelims of the 50M breaststroke.