Virginia Smashes NCAA Record in 400 Free Relay (3:05.84) to Punctuate Three-Peat

2023 NCAA WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Virginia’s quartet of Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh, Maxine Parker, and Gretchen Walsh chopped nearly a full second off the NCAA, American, and U.S. Open information within the 400 free relay with a 3:05.84 on Saturday evening, punctuating the staff’s three-peat with a relay sweep.

The Cavaliers lowered their earlier report of three:06.83 from final month’s ACC Championships. They went with a lineup change for the NCAA Championships, switching out Lexi Cuomo for Parker together with another tweaks to the order.

Douglass led off with a 46.37 cut up in her ultimate collegiate swim. Gretchen Walsh took over anchor duties (45.85) as a substitute of main off whereas her older sister, Alex, moved from the anchor to the second leg.

After successful the person 100 free race earlier within the night (45.61), Gretchen Walsh clocked the one sub-46 cut up within the 400 free relay subject to cap her meet. Parker posted a 47.04 after notching the very best end of the three Virginia B-finalists within the 100 free (tenth place, 47.72) a couple of occasions earlier.

Splits Comparison

The NCAA relay report was Virginia’s second of the week after breaking the 200 medley relay mark to open the meet.

400 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY — TIMED FINALS

• NCAA Record: 3:06.83, Virginia (G. Walsh, Okay. Douglass, L. Cuomo, A. Walsh) — 2023
• Meet Record: 3:06.91, Virginia (Okay. Douglass, A. Walsh, R. Tiltmann, G. Walsh) — 2022
• American Record: 3:06.83, Virginia (G. Walsh, Okay. Douglass, L. Cuomo, A. Walsh) — 2023
• U.S. Open Record: 3:06.83, Virginia (G. Walsh, Okay. Douglass, L. Cuomo, A. Walsh) — 2023
• 2022 Champion: Virginia (Okay. Douglass, A. Walsh, R. Tiltmann, G. Walsh) — 3:06.91

Top 8:

1. Virginia (Okay. Douglass, A. Walsh, M. Parker, G. Walsh) — 3:05.84 (NCAA and American Record)
2. Stanford (T. Huske, T. Ruck, A. Tang, C. Curzan) — 3:08.54
3. Louisville (G. Albiero, C. Regenauer, J. Dennis, E. Welch) — 3:09.57
4. NC State — 3:10.51
5. Ohio State — 3:10.52
6. Indiana — 3:12.39
7. Texas — 3:12.59
8. Florida — 3:12.62

Stanford earned second, touching 1.03 second forward of third place Louisville. Torri Huske led off in 46.59, simply off the 46.46 she clocked within the particular person ultimate to complete second. Next, Taylor Ruck swam 46.74, an excellent ultimate NCAA swim for her. Amy Tang cut up 48.36, and Claire Curzan anchored in 46.85; an excellent cut up for her as effectively.

Louisville added .65 seconds from ACCs, however they nonetheless had loads of room to spare as they completed nearly a second forward of NC State. Gabi Albiero posted 47.38, after which they received three 47-mid splits from the remainder of their relay: Christiana Regenauer swam 47.24, Julia Dennis went 47.49, and Ella Welch introduced them residence in 47.46.

Indiana completed sixth out of warmth three, closing out a powerful championships for them. Aside from Virginia and Stanford, they have been the one staff within the high 8 that dropped from their seed.

Notably, each Alabama and LSU have been disqualified.

FINAL FULL STANDINGS

1. Virginia – 541.5
2. Texas – 414.5
3. Stanford – 333
4. Louisville – 288
5. NC State – 263
6. Ohio State – 223
7. Indiana – 219
8. Tennessee – 214
9. Florida – 179
10. UNC-Chapel Hill – 152
11. Cal – 137
12. USC – 125
13. LSU – 112
14. Alabama – 111
15. Wisconsin – 100
16. Georgia – 90.5
17. Minnesota – 53
18. Arizona – 52
19. Kentucky – 49
20. Virginia Tech – 46
21. Duke – 42
22. Miami (FL) – 36
23. Michigan – 33
24. Purdue – 32
25. Texas A&M – 26
26. South Carolina – 25
27. Arizona State – 19
28. Northwestern/Arkansas – 18
29. (tie)
30. Auburn – 14
31. Hawaii – 11.5
32. Florida State – 11
33. Miami (OH) – 9
34. UCLA – 8
35. Penn – 7
36. Akron/Nevada – 5
37. (tie)
38. FIU – 4
39. Georgia Tech/Utah – 2
40. (tie)