Maggie MacNeil Drops Fastest 50 Back in History, 23.02, at Big Ten Champs

2021 BIG TEN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

When: Tuesday, February 23 rd to Saturday, February 27 th | Prelims 11 am | Finals 6:30 pm( 5pm Tuesday) CT Where: Minneapolis, MN( Central Time Zone) Defending Champion: Ohio State( 1x)( results) Live Results Streaming: Big Ten Network Championship Central

Leading off Michigan’s third-place 200 medley relay tonight at the 2021 Big Ten Championships, junior Maggie MacNeil announced the fastest time ever in the 50 -yard backstroke. She shelled a 23.02 to lead off the Wolverine relay, taking down her age-old best of 23.05, which previously stood as the most wonderful 50 back.

The closest medley relay lead-off tonight at Big Tens was Ohio State junior and British national Emily Crane, who was 23.66 to move into the top 15 performers historical ranking.

MacNeil, mainly a butterflier, applied otherworldly underwaters to influence to her brand-new best occasion. She’s currently more than three-tenths better than any other female 50 backstroker in history.

At the women’s SEC Championships and women’s ACC Championships last week, Alabama’s Rhyan White plummeted a 23.35 to become the# 2 musician in record, while NC State’s Katharine Berkoff was 23.37 at ACCs to move to# 4.

WOMEN’S 50 BACK- TOP PERFORMERS ALL-TIME

Maggie MacNeil– 23.02 Rhyan White– 23.35 Rachel Bootsma– 23.36 Katharine Berkoff– 23.37 Natalie Coughlin– 23.40* Cindy Tran– 23.44

* Coughlin’s 23.40 was her first 50 going out in her NCAA 100 back win in 2002, where she went 50.02.

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