No Wisconsin swimmer had ever won more than one individual title at an NCAA meet before Beata Nelson entered the 2019 NCAA Championships.
The Wisconsin junior returns to Madison with three individual titles to her name after a record-breaking weekend in Austin, Texas, in which she shattered the American record in the 100-yard backstroke by over half a second.
The Verona, Wisconsin, native kicked off the Championships last Wednesday as part of the team’s 800-yard freestyle relay unit, which broke the UW school record in the event by nearly two seconds. Despite finishing seventh, Nelson was proud of what she and her teammates had accomplished.