Kate Douglass Sets Records at 20.3 Anchor, Virginia 200 Medley Relay

NCAA Ladies’s Championship: Kate Douglass Anchors at 20.3 Units NCAA and American Information at Virginia 200 Medley Relay

For a quick second, Virginia appeared susceptible within the 200 medley relay within the opening race of the NCAA Ladies’s Championship in Knoxville, Tenn. A month earlier, the Cavaliers swam with a time of 1:31.73, beating eight % of the earlier NCAA and American information set by the UVA final season, whereas Virginia beat NC State by greater than a second within the occasion on the ACC Championship. On the midpoint, second-placed Wolfpack held a half-second lead.

However Virginia, who had largely opted to win a 3rd consecutive nationwide title this week after dominant efforts in 2021 and 2022, wouldn’t have fallen by a mere half-second deficit. whereas sisters Gretchen Walsh And Alex Walsh break up barely slower than his factors on the ACC Championship within the first two legs, Lexi Cuomo And Kate Douglass made the distinction. Cuomo break up 22.10 within the butterfly leg to get his crew inside one % of NC State’s, and Douglass got here residence with the quickest relay ever to consolidate the win.

Virginia completed in 1:31.51, 0.22 quicker than the time set by the identical 4 a month earlier, and Douglass’ historic break was 20.34, a lot quicker than her earlier prime break up of 20.49 and Gretchen Walsh’s Half a second forward of ‘s 50 free flats – the beginning report of 20.83.

NC State completed second with their crew in 1:32.42. Katharine Berkoff, Heather MacCausland, Kylee Alons And Abby Arens. Berkoff break up 22.88 within the backstroke simply one-tenth behind Gretchen Walsh, whereas MacCausland’s breaststroke break up (25.69) was second greatest on the sector. This group broke the NC State college report of 1:32.96 final season and stays the one crew exterior of Wolfpack, Virginia to interrupt 1:33 on this relay.

Texas crew Olivia Bray, Anna Elendt, Emma Sticklen And Grace Cooper He positioned third with 1:33.22. Elendt blew a 25.54 breaststroke break up that was prime of the sector, and Sticklen’s 22.32 fly break up was simply behind Cuomo.

  1 Virginia                            1:31.73    1:31.51N  40  
     1) Walsh, Gretchen SO            2) r:0.20 Walsh, Alex JR        
     3) r:0.01 Cuomo, Lexi SR         4) r:0.26 Douglass, Kate SR     
    r:+0.71  22.77        49.07 (26.30)
        1:11.17 (22.10)     1:31.51 (20.34)
  2 NC State                            1:33.02    1:32.42P  34  
     1) Berkoff, Katharine SR         2) r:0.22 MacCausland, Hether SR
     3) r:0.13 Alons, Kylee 5Y        4) r:0.22 Arens, Abby JR        
    r:+0.54  22.88        48.57 (25.69)
        1:11.16 (22.59)     1:32.42 (21.26)
  3 Texas                               1:33.70    1:33.22P  32  
     1) Bray, Olivia JR               2) r:0.16 Elendt, Anna JR       
     3) r:0.16 Sticklen, Emma JR      4) r:0.31 Cooper, Grace JR      
    r:+0.98  23.72        49.26 (25.54)
        1:11.58 (22.32)     1:33.22 (21.64)
  4 Ohio St                             1:33.95    1:33.93   30  
     1) Funderburke, Nyah SO          2) Bach, Hannah SR              
     3) Zenick, Katherine JR          4) r:0.20 Ivan, Teresa SO       
    r:+0.76  23.83        50.05 (26.22)
        1:12.43 (22.38)     1:33.93 (21.50)
  5 Louisville                          1:34.23    1:34.37   28  
     1) Hay, Abby SR                  2) r:0.03 Viberg, Cecilia FR    
     3) r:0.43 Regenauer, Chriiana SR 4) r:0.13 Albiero, Gabi JR      
    r:+0.76  23.75        50.72 (26.97)
        1:13.49 (22.77)     1:34.37 (20.88)
  6 California                          1:35.40    1:34.75   26  
     1) Stadden, Isabelle JR          2) r:0.09 Neser, Jade JR        
     3) r:0.16 Kragh, Mia SO          4) r:0.17 Davidson, Emma SR     
    r:+0.73  23.57        50.24 (26.67)
        1:13.01 (22.77)     1:34.75 (21.74)
  7 Alabama                             1:34.20    1:34.83   24  
     1) White, Rhyan 5Y               2) r:0.07 Wiseman, Avery SO     
     3) r:0.12 Jones, Emily FR        4) r:0.17 Antoniou, Kalia 5Y    
    r:+0.70  23.91        50.66 (26.75)
        1:13.54 (22.88)     1:34.83 (21.29)
  8 UNC                                 1:34.70    1:35.01   22  
     1) Pattison, Greer SO            2) r:0.15 Smith, Skyler SO      
     3) r:0.42 VanNote, Ellie SR      4) r:0.12 Countie, Grace SR     
    r:+0.62  24.19        50.56 (26.37)
        1:14.02 (23.46)     1:35.01 (20.99)