NCAA Ladies’s Championship: Gretchen Walsh Swims for the Third Quickest Ever within the 100 Qualifiers; Berkoff, Curzan 2-3
when in Virginia Gretchen Walsh Pooled for the ultimate qualifying spherical of 100 backstrokes, their high opponents on the occasion had already scored dominant wins in their very own qualifiers. NC State Katharine Berkoffthe defending NCAA champion and the American and NCAA report holder at 48.74, received the warmth in 50.14 and Stanford’s Claire Curzan temperature went to 50.19. However Walsh shortly leapt to a different degree, horrifying Berkoff’s report.
Walsh got here out quicker in 23.52 than in 23.72, when Berkoff took the primary 50 yards of his record-breaking efficiency, and used large underwater hits to spice up his benefit. Walsh wished to lighten the throttle just a little within the last final yards, however nonetheless hit the wall at 49.12, the third quickest time in historical past after Berkoff’s 48.74 and his personal 49.00 from the 2022 NCAA last. Within the last, Walsh is probably poised to affix Berkoff in his non-public under-49 membership, and Berkoff’s report might definitely fall.
Early within the recreation, Walsh completed second within the 50 freestyles after an NCAA record-breaking efficiency from the LSUs. Maggie MacNeil Berkoff positioned fifth on this occasion. Curzan has but to compete in an A last on this occasion, however will each fly 100 and swim again 100 within the night session.
Behind Walsh, Berkoff and Curzan, three different swimmers broke 51 and all three swam with Walsh within the last elimination. of Wisconsin Phoebe Bacon2021 NCAA champion within the 200m and World Championship silver medalist within the 200m again, fourth in a lifetime finest of fifty.47, adopted by Cal’s Isabelle Stadden (50.73) and Texas Olivia Bray (50.85). Bray is already third on this match within the 500 freestyle.
of Tennessee Josephine Fuller (51.00) and Alabama ryan white (51.15) additionally received the bronze medal within the World Championship, White defeated the UNCs at a distance of 200 meters and reached the A last. Grace County (51.16) by one % for the endpoint.
Occasion 12 Ladies 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 48.74 3/18/2022 Katharine Berkoff, NCSU
Meet: M 48.74 3/18/2022 Katharine Berkoff, NCSU
American: A 48.74 3/18/2022 Katharine Berkoff, NCSU
US Open: O 48.74 3/18/2022 Katharine Berkoff, NCSU
Pool: P 50.13 11/18/2022Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
Identify 12 months Faculty Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walsh, Gretchen SO Virginia 49.25 49.12P
r:+0.71 23.52 49.12 (25.60)
2 Berkoff, Katharine SR NC State 49.45 50.14
r:+0.55 24.33 50.14 (25.81)
3 Curzan, Claire FR Stanford 49.46 50.19
r:+0.60 24.42 50.19 (25.77)
4 Bacon, Phoebe JR Wisconsin 51.40 50.47
r:+0.69 24.65 50.47 (25.82)
5 Stadden, Isabelle JR California 50.79 50.73
r:+0.80 24.37 50.73 (26.36)
6 Bray, Olivia JR Texas 50.92 50.85
r:+0.85 24.37 50.85 (26.48)
7 Fuller, Josephine SO Tennessee 51.26 51.00
r:+0.64 24.72 51.00 (26.28)
8 White, Rhyan 5Y Alabama 50.84 51.15
r:+0.70 24.70 51.15 (26.45)
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9 Countie, Grace SR UNC 51.70 51.16
r:+0.81 24.40 51.16 (26.76)
10 Muzzy, Emma 5Y NC State 52.03 51.26
r:+0.77 25.31 51.26 (25.95)
11 Tiltmann, Reilly SO Virginia 50.90 51.29
r:+0.69 25.10 51.29 (26.19)
12 McCarty, Eboni SO Georgia 51.35 51.36
r:+0.94 24.70 51.36 (26.66)
13 Noble, Kennedy FR NC State 51.46 51.48
r:+0.64 25.11 51.48 (26.37)
14 Runnels, Aris SO Florida 51.97 51.57
r:+0.73 24.87 51.57 (26.70)
15 Gatrall, Maddy JR Akron 51.84 51.59
r:+0.63 25.05 51.59 (26.54)
16 Nordmann, Lucie SR Stanford 51.91 51.60
r:+0.61 24.71 51.60 (26.89)
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