NCAA Ladies’s Championship: Kate Douglass, ‘A Little Speech’ After One other American, NCAA 200 Breast File This Week
For the second season in a row, Virginia’s Kate Douglass She has received all three particular person occasions on the NCAA Ladies’s Championship, all in America’s report time, and 5 of the six races within the quickest time ever. This week noticed Douglass win his first two races in Knoxville, Tenn., after clashing with loaded fields that includes different swimmers who each beat the quickest time ever, however in 200 breaststrokes, Douglass was unmatched.
Are adjectives inadequate to explain your efficiency? That is honest, and the 21-year-old from Pelham, NY feels the identical method.
“I believe I simply left myself a little bit speechless. I used to be very stunned by my efficiency final yr and going into the season I used to be like, ‘I do not know how I can get any higher than this.’ It was type of loopy to see myself behind from final yr,” Douglass mentioned. I’ve seen a whole lot of progress. I’m stronger. I’ve labored arduous within the weight room and I am undoubtedly extra assured than I used to be a yr in the past.
After earlier victories within the 200 IMs and 100 butterflies, Douglass led wire-to-wire within the 200 chests, greater than two seconds behind runner-up Texas. Anna Elendt. Furthermore, he broke American, NCAA and US Open data for the third time this season. He initially swam and was knocked out eventually season’s NCAA Championships with a time of two:02.19. Lilly King’s It is a four-year report, and over the course of this yr, it dropped that report to 2:01.87 on the Tennessee Invitational in November after which to 2:01.43 on the Cavalier Invitational in February.
Getting into the race, it appeared cheap for Douglass to enter the two:00 vary and even go under 2:00, however as soon as once more he would accept swimming quicker than anybody had achieved earlier than.
“I am undoubtedly beginning to love the 200 boobs,” Douglass mentioned. “I really feel like I am fairly good at swimming within the race. I believe with the ability to go my finest 3 times in a season is fairly nice. After I began excited about that, I mentioned, ‘Yeah, I am fairly pleased with that swim.’ I really like this race and I used to be fairly pleased to have the very best time tonight.
Douglass was at report tempo all the way in which, ending in 2:01.29, 14 p.c of his earlier highest grade. In comparison with his earlier swims, Douglass was truly slower within the final 50, which did not harm his barely fading title or report possibilities.
Withdrawals from the 2022 NCAA Championship: 27.84, 58.98 (31.14), 1:30.54 (31.56), 2:02.19 (31.65)
Episodes from the 2022 Tennessee Invitational: 27.94, 58.76 (30.82), 1:30.25 (31.49), 2:01.87 (31.62)
Excerpts from the 2023 Cavalier Invitational: 27.71, 58.59 (30.88), 1:30.12 (31.53), 2:01.43 (31.31)
Withdrawals from the 2023 NCAA Championship: 27.60, 58.29 (30.69), 1:29.59 (31.30), 2:01.29 (31.70)
In the meantime, Elendt was second for all the distance and completed the draw at 2:03.26. Bethany Galat fourth all-time on the occasion. Solely Douglass, King and Alex Walsh We have posted quicker occasions than ever. The third went to Virginia Ella Nelson Crossing Tennessee at 2:04.33 Mona McSharry Within the final 50. Nelson trimmed two p.c off his earlier finest time and stays tenth all-time on this race. McSharry completed fourth in 2:04.59 and was the twelfth quickest of all time within the occasion.
Occasion 18 Ladies 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 2:01.43 2/4/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
Meet: M 2:02.19 3/19/2022 Kate Douglass, Virginia
American: A 2:01.43 2/4/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
US Open: O 2:01.43 2/4/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
Pool: P 2:01.87 11/19/2022Kate Douglass, Virginia
Identify Yr College Prelims Finals Factors
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=== Championship Ultimate ===
1 Douglass, Kate SR Virginia 2:02.60 2:01.29N 20
r:+0.64 27.60 58.29 (30.69)
1:29.59 (31.30) 2:01.29 (31.70)
2 Elendt, Anna JR Texas 2:06.64 2:03.26 17
r:+0.68 27.81 58.85 (31.04)
1:30.69 (31.84) 2:03.26 (32.57)
3 Nelson, Ella SR Virginia 2:05.72 2:04.33 16
r:+0.72 28.64 59.94 (31.30)
1:31.94 (32.00) 2:04.33 (32.39)
4 McSharry, Mona JR Tennessee 2:06.39 2:04.59 15
r:+0.62 28.10 59.72 (31.62)
1:31.69 (31.97) 2:04.59 (32.90)
5 Peplowski, Noelle 5Y Indiana 2:06.35 2:06.16 14
r:+0.71 28.57 1:00.36 (31.79)
1:32.57 (32.21) 2:06.16 (33.59)
6 Gridley, Kaelyn FR Duke 2:07.32 2:06.26 13
r:+0.70 29.04 1:00.81 (31.77)
1:33.30 (32.49) 2:06.26 (32.96)
7 Keating, Anna JR Virginia 2:07.12 2:06.73 12
r:+0.69 28.90 1:00.91 (32.01)
1:33.62 (32.71) 2:06.73 (33.11)
8 Odgers, Isabelle 5Y USC 2:06.92 2:07.13 11
r:+0.75 29.21 1:01.23 (32.02)
1:33.76 (32.53) 2:07.13 (33.37)
=== Comfort Ultimate ===
9 Foley, Sally JR Duke 2:07.43 2:06.58 9
r:+0.64 28.89 1:01.27 (32.38)
1:33.80 (32.53) 2:06.58 (32.78)
10 Kucheran, Nina 5Y Florida 2:08.30 2:06.59 7
r:+0.56 28.77 1:00.61 (31.84)
1:33.13 (32.52) 2:06.59 (33.46)
11 Jacoby, Lydia FR Texas 2:07.58 2:06.66 6
r:+0.67 28.18 59.71 (31.53)
1:32.66 (32.95) 2:06.66 (34.00)
12 Davey, Gillian SR Kentucky 2:07.88 2:07.26 5
r:+0.71 29.56 1:01.86 (32.30)
1:34.46 (32.60) 2:07.26 (32.80)
13 Wiseman, Avery SO Alabama 2:07.77 2:08.00 4
r:+0.70 29.81 1:02.73 (32.92)
1:35.30 (32.57) 2:08.00 (32.70)
14 Hartman, Zoie SR Georgia 2:07.85 2:08.13 3
r:+0.69 29.29 1:01.79 (32.50)
1:34.79 (33.00) 2:08.13 (33.34)
15 Dobler, Kaitlyn JR USC 2:07.89 2:09.14 2
r:+0.64 29.19 1:02.02 (32.83)
1:35.37 (33.35) 2:09.14 (33.77)
16 MacCausland, Heather SR NC State 2:08.14 2:10.04 1
r:+0.64 28.86 1:01.25 (32.39)
1:35.11 (33.86) 2:10.04 (34.93)
Ladies - Staff Rankings - By Occasion 18
1. Virginia 472.5 2. Texas 321.5
3. Stanford 277 4. Louisville 234
5. NC State 230 6. Ohio St 195
7. Tennessee 193 8. Indiana 178
9. Florida 157 10. UNC 132
11. California 121 12. Alabama 111
13. Wisconsin 100 14. Southern California 99
15. Lsu 95 16. Georgia 89.5
17. Kentucky 49 18. Duke 42
19. Minnesota 37 20. Miami (Fl) 36
21. Arizona 32 22. Michigan 29
23. Virginia Tech 28 24. Texas A&M 26
25. South Carolina 25 26. Auburn 14
27. Northwestern 13 28. Arkansas 12
29. Hawaii 11.5 30. Miami (Ohio) 9
31. Penn 7 31. Purdue 7
31. Florida St 7 34. UCLA 6
35. Akron 5 36. Arizona St 4
37. Georgia Tech 2 37. Utah 2
39. Florida Int'l 1
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