Cardinals Win Silver and Set American Record at World Championships
July 21, 2019 | Swimming & Diving
Mallory Comerford and Kelsi Worrell Dahlia were on the podium
The University of Louisville Cardinals made a splash that included a podium appearance and an American record on the opening day of the FINA World Championships in Gwangzu, Korea.Â
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In the women's 400M Freestyle Relay, Team USA with Mallory Comerford and Kelsi Worrell Dahlia,  won a silver medal with a time of in 3:31.02. Comerford put up 52.98 lead-off split, touching just behind Australia. Team USA teammate Abbey Weitzeil put up a 52.66 on the second leg to take the lead, passing Sweden's Michelle Coleman (53.88) and Australia's Brianna Throssell (53.34). Kelsi Dahlia split 53.46 for the Americans, handing off to Simone Manuel who produced a 51.92 to pull ahead of Canadian anchor Maggie MacNeil (53.18) for silver.
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In the 50m Fly, UofL redshirt freshman Haridi Sameh took the lead in heat 7 in a time of 23.54 to rank 15th to qualified for semi-finals, then finished 16th in the semi-finals with a time of 23.68.
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In the 100M-fly, Kelsi Dahlia won her first heat to qualify for semi-finals,  In the semi-finals, Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom put up an initial split of  26.12, finishing in 56.29. Canadian Maggie MacNeil finished with a 56.52, while Kelsi Dahlia touched third to finish in  57.06, good for 7th overall.
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In the 400 M free, Louisville's distance specialist Marcelo Acosta of El Salvador finished 7th in his heat  in a time of 3:55.06 to touched 7th in heat 3 for a final ranking of 31st.
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In the women's 400M Freestyle Relay, Team USA with Mallory Comerford and Kelsi Worrell Dahlia,  won a silver medal with a time of in 3:31.02. Comerford put up 52.98 lead-off split, touching just behind Australia. Team USA teammate Abbey Weitzeil put up a 52.66 on the second leg to take the lead, passing Sweden's Michelle Coleman (53.88) and Australia's Brianna Throssell (53.34). Kelsi Dahlia split 53.46 for the Americans, handing off to Simone Manuel who produced a 51.92 to pull ahead of Canadian anchor Maggie MacNeil (53.18) for silver.
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In the 50m Fly, UofL redshirt freshman Haridi Sameh took the lead in heat 7 in a time of 23.54 to rank 15th to qualified for semi-finals, then finished 16th in the semi-finals with a time of 23.68.
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In the 100M-fly, Kelsi Dahlia won her first heat to qualify for semi-finals,  In the semi-finals, Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom put up an initial split of  26.12, finishing in 56.29. Canadian Maggie MacNeil finished with a 56.52, while Kelsi Dahlia touched third to finish in  57.06, good for 7th overall.
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In the 400 M free, Louisville's distance specialist Marcelo Acosta of El Salvador finished 7th in his heat  in a time of 3:55.06 to touched 7th in heat 3 for a final ranking of 31st.
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