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SHORT COURSE WORLDS
Three More Gold Medals for Kelsi Worrell Dahlia, Two for Mallory Comerford at SC World Championships
December 16, 2018 | Swimming & Diving
The Golden Girls set another American Record
On the final night of racing, Cardinal Kelsi Worrell Dahlia added to her growing medal collection with three gold medals, winning the women's 100m butterfly in 55.01 and aiding the Americans to victories in the women's 200m free relay in an American record 1:34.03 and the 400m medley relay in a meet record 3:45.58. Teammate Mallory Comerford was a part of both gold medal relays at the FINA Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China. Â
Team USA won the medal count with 36 (17 gold, 15 silver and four bronze), 22 more than any other participating country. The 36 podium appearance total is the second highest for Team USA at the FINA Short Course World Championships, just short of the 41 medals won in 2004. Â
Caeleb Dressel and Dahlia each finished with a team-best nine medals this week.
In the 4x50 freestyle,the first event of the final session, Madison Kennedy led off with a split of 24.05 for the United States. Mallory Comerford had the fastest split of the field in 23.28 on the second leg. Kelsi Worrell Dahlia's third leg split of 23.37 passed the leading Netherlands and anchor Erika Brown brought home the gold for the U.S. with a split of 23.33.
Kelsi Dahlia dominated the 100 fly, just missing the World Record by less than .5 of a second to win gold in 55.01 for Team USA.Â
In the 50M Freestyle, Team USA's Mallory Comerford touched fourth with a 23.86.  Ranomi Kromowidjojo set a Championship record for the Netherlands with a time of  23.19 for gold. Â
In the 4x100 Medley, Team USA led from wire to wire in their Championship Record swim of 3:45.98. Olivia Smoliga led off with a 55.86 backstroke leg, followed by Katie Meili put down a breaststroke time of 1:03.52. Kelsi Worrell Dahlia kept the lead, posting a fly leg of 54.89 and Mallory Comerford anchored with a 51.31 finish for gold. Â
Another Cardinal swam last night, UofL's Grigory Tarasevich, swimming for Russia, Â finished 10th in the 200M Backstroke and was an alternate for the final.
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