Natalie Coughlin won the 100 backstroke in her first major competition since
Natalie Coughlin won the 100 backstroke in her first major competition since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She finished in 1:00.14, fending off a trio of teenagers. Melissa Franklin, 15, was second in 1:00.39. Rachel Bootsma and Olympian Elizabeth Pelton, both 16, were third and fourth.
Coughlin has won the event in every nationals she’s competed in since 2001.
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