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Kelsi Dahlia

Kelsi Worrell Dahlia (née Worrell; born July 15, 1994) is a former American competitive swimmer and 2016 Olympic champion in the 4x100 medley relay who swam for the University of Louisville and specialized in butterfly and freestyle events. At the 2018 World Championships, Dahlia won nine medals which included seven gold.

As part of the International Swimming League she competes for the Cali Condors.

Born on July 15, 1994, to Bob and Erica Worrell in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, Worrell grew up in Westampton Township, New Jersey where she swam for Tarnsfield Swim Club and Jersey Storm Swimming. At the Jersey Storm club, a highly competitive program, she was coached by Garrett Clark. She attended Rancocas Valley High School in Mount Holly, where she graduated as part of the class of 2012.

During her High School years, she earned All- American status in the 100-fly with a time of 54.93, the 100-back with a 56.81, and the 100-free with a 50.84. She was named Most Valuable Player of the Rancocas Valley High School Swim Team and was Burlington County Swimmer of the year for four consecutive years. She was a New Jersey state champion three times in the 100-fly, and also won the 100-free event. During her High School career, she was named New Jersey Swimmer of the Year and was a USA Swimming Scholastic All American.

Worrell attended the University of Louisville majoring in Exercise Science from 2012 to 2016 where she swam for Head Coach Arthur Albiero. Through 2014, Dahlia received additional coaching from Albiero's Assistant Coach Rachel Komisarz, a 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist.

As a Freshman at Louisville, swimming the 100-butterfly, Dahlia set a new record for the Big East Conference with a time of 51.55. She continued to hold the fastest time for the 100-fly in the nation for most of the year. At the NCAA championships, Worrell placed fourth place in the 100-butterfly in 51.80, becoming an All- American. As a Louisville Sophomore, she placed second in the 100 butterfly at the NCAA Championships recording a time of 51.09. She also recorded a Louisville record in the 200-fly in with a fourth-place finish of 1:53.63.

As a Louisville Junior in March, 2015 she captured the NCAA Championship in the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.81, setting a new American Record and a new NCAA Record as well. When she first set the 100-fly record at the NCAA finals, she broke the 13-year-old former mark held by Natalie Coughlin, and became the first woman to break 50 seconds in the event. She also captured the NCAA championship that year in the 200 butterfly with the time of 1:51.11. As a Louisville senior, she won the Honda Sports Award in the swimming & diving category in 2016.

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

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