Kelsi Dahlia

Kelsi Worrell Dahlia (born July 15, 1994) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. She currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. She qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 100-meter butterfly and won a gold medal in the 4 x 100-meter medley relay for swimming in the heats.[5]

Kelsi Worrell Dahlia
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1994-07-15) July 15, 1994[1]
Westampton Township, New Jersey[2]
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[2]
Weight165 lb (75 kg)[2]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubCali Condors[3]
Cardinal Aquatics
College teamUniversity of Louisville[4]
CoachArthur Alberio

Personal life

Born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, Worrell grew up in Westampton Township, New Jersey where she swam for the Tarnsfield Swim Club her whole childhood. She attended Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mount Holly, where she graduated as part of the class of 2012.[2]

She is married to Thomas Dahlia.

Career

College

As a senior at Louisville, she won the Honda Sports Award in the swimming & diving category in 2016.[6][7]

2015

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly.[4][8]

Worrell holds the American record in the 100-yard butterfly. At the NCAA finals in March 2015, she broke the 13-year-old record held by Natalie Coughlin, and became the first woman to break 50 seconds in the event.[9] In March 2016, she improved her record to 49.43 s.[10]

At the Duel in the Pool meeting in December 2015, Worrell broke the world record in the 4×100 meter medley relay (short course) together with her teammates Courtney Bartholomew, Katie Meili, and Simone Manuel.[11]

2016 Summer Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

At the US Olympic Swimming Trials, Worrell placed first in the 100-meter butterfly and qualified for the US Olympic team.

In Rio de Janeiro, Worrell placed 4th in the heats of the 100-meter butterfly but failed to qualify for the finals after finishing 9th in the semi-finals. She won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay for swimming in the prelims.

International Swimming League

In 2019 she was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League representing the Cali Condors, who finished third place in the final match in Las Vegas, Nevada in December. Dahlia won the 100-meter butterfly at the final beating world record holder Sarah Sjostrom for the second time of the season. [12]

2019 World Championships

Dahlia won one gold and two silver medals competing for Team USA at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. She swam the butterfly leg of the 4×100 meter medley final in which USA won gold with a world-record time of 3:50.40.[13] She won silver for a preliminary heat in the 4×100 meter mixed medley and a silver in the 4×100 meter freestyle final, setting an American record with a time of 3:31.02.[14]

References
  1. "Kelsi Worrell – 2015–16 Swimming and Diving". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  2. "Kelsi Worrell Swimming". Team USA. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  3. Keith, Braden (December 9, 2019). "cali-condors-unveil-roster-for-2019-international-swimming-league-finale". SwimSwam.
  4. Flaherty, Bryan (August 6, 2015). "Kelsi Worrell wins USA Swimming national title in the women's 100-meter butterfly". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  5. USA Swimming (June 27, 2016). "Women's 100m Butterfly". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  6. "Louisville's Kelsi Worrell Wins Honda Award as Top Collegiate Swimmer". SwimSwam. April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  7. "Swimming & Diving". CWSA. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  8. Lintner, Jonathan (July 19, 2015). "Another gold for Cards' Worrell at Pan Am Games". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  9. Keith, Braden (March 20, 2015). "Kelsi Worrell Becomes First Woman Ever Under 50 Seconds In 100 Yard Fly". Swimswam. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  10. Neidigh, Lauren (March 18, 2016). "Kelsi Worrell Crushes 100 Fly American Record". Swimswam. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  11. Lohn, John (December 12, 2015). "Duel in the Pool: Team USA goes on record assault to secure 74–48 advantage". Swimvortex. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  12. Lepesant, Anne (December 20, 2019). "international-swimming-league-finale-in-las-vegas-day-one-live-recap". SwimSwam.
  13. "2019 Worlds final" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  14. "2019 Worlds final". FINA. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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