2024 Girls’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
SATURDAY MORNING HEAT SHEET
Headed into our final morning session, Virginia leads Texas by 41.5 factors with 360.5. The Cavaliers are poised to seize their fourth consecutive NCAA Division I title tonight, helped by the highest seeds within the 100 free (Gretchen Walsh), 200 breast (Alex Walsh), and 400 free relay. The Cavaliers even have top-8 seeds within the 200 again (Reilly Tiltmann), 100 free (Jasmine Nocentini), and 200 breast (Ella Nelson).
Texas brings 3 of the highest 4 seeds within the 200 fly (Emma Sticklen, Kelly Pash, and Olivia Bray) and the #4 and #5 entrants within the 200 breast (Lydia Jacoby and Anna Elendt).
Florida sits alone in third place. The Gators’ Bella Sims tops the entrants within the 200 again; Catie Choate can also be seeded within the prime 8. Isabel Ivey brings the #2 time within the 100 free.
There’s a battle amongst Tennessee, Stanford, USC, Indiana, and Louisville for fourth place. Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller is #3 seed within the 200 again; Camille Spink is third within the 100 free; and Mona McSharry is 2nd within the 200 breast. Stanford’s Natalie Mannion (200 again); Caroline Bricker (200 breast); and Lillie Nordmann, Lucy Bell, and Charlotte Hook (200 fly) are seeded to attain.
Girls’s 200 Yard Backstroke – Prelims
NCAA Document: 1:47.24 – Beata Nelson, Wisconsin (2019)
Meet Document: 1:47.24 – Beata Nelson, Wisconsin (2019)
American Document: 1:47.16 – Regan Smith, Riptide (2019)
US Open Document: 1:47.16 – Regan Smith, Riptide (2019)
Pool Document: 1:48.55 – Rhyan White, Alabama (2021)
2023 Champion: 1:47.64 – Claire Curzan, Stanford
Prime 8:
Phoebe Bacon, Wisconsin – 1:48.81
Bella Sims, Florida – 1:49.44
Josephine Fuller, Tennessee – 1:49.57
Kennedy Noble, NC State – 1:49.78
Isabelle Stadden, Cal – 1:50.37
Miranda Grana, Texas A&M – 1:51.78
Caroline Bentz, Virginia Tech – 1:51.81
Catie Choate, Florida – 1:51.99
Tennessee junior Josephine Fuller opened the circle-seeded heats with 1:49.57, enhancing her seed time by .18. NC State’s Kennedy Noble, who almost caught her on the 4th 50, touched 2nd with 1:49.78, enhancing by 1.1. Third to the wall was Tennessee sophomore Regan Rathwell however she was later disqualified for having her toes over the gutter after the beginning.
Cal senior Isabelle Stadden was the winner by a physique size in warmth 6, clocking in at 1:50.37. Florida freshman Catie Choate (1:51.99) touched out Louisville senior Paige Hetrick (1:52.03) for second.
Florida freshman Bella Sims, who has already gained the 200 and 500 free titles this weekend, was out first, main Wisconsin senior Phoebe Bacon on the 100 by .3 with 52.51. Bacon got here house with 27.8-28.1 to notch a 1:48.81 to win the warmth and take 1.24 seconds off her seed time.
Girls’s 100 Yard Freestyle – Prelims
NCAA Document: 45.16 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
Meet Document: 45.56 – Simone Manuel, Stanford (2017)
American Document: 45.16 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
US Open Document: 45.16 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
Pool Document: 46.41 – Erika Brown, Tennessee (2019)
2023 Champion: 45.61 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
Prime 8:
Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 45.78
Katharine Berkoff, NC State – 46.65
Jasmine Nocentini, Virginia – 46.90
Amy Fulmer, Ohio State – 47.04
Christiana Regenauer, Louisville – 47.20
Isabel Ivey, Florida – 47.26
Anna Peplowski, Indiana – 47.27
Gabi Albiero, Louisville – 47.33
Diana Petkova from Alabama was our first sub-48, going 47.98 to win warmth 3 with a .3 drop from her seed time. Stanford’s Gigi Johnson took over the lead two heats later, going 47.75 in lane 1 to win by .03 over Texas freshman Erin Gemmell.
Indiana junior Anna Peplowski opened the circle-seeded heats with 47.27, enhancing her entry time by almost .2. Tennessee freshman Camille Spink (47.36) was 2nd, whereas Amy Tang from Stanford touched third from the skin lane with 47.48, an enchancment of almost .6 from her seed time.
NC State Fifth-year Katharine Berkoff cracked the 47-second barrier to win warmth 7 with 46.65, half a physique forward of Louisville Fifth-year Christiana Regenauer (47.20) and Florida Fifth-year Isabel Ivey (47.26). Regenauer took .3 off her seed time.
American record-holder Gretchen Walsh of Virginia cleared the sector by over a physique size as she led a 1-2 Cavalier end, touching in 45.78 forward of teammate Jasmine Nocentini (46.90). Ohio State Fifth-year Amy Fulmer took .4 off her seed time to complete third in 47.04. Louisville senior Gabi Albiero went 47.33 to say 4th.
Girls’s 200 Yard Breaststroke – Prelims
NCAA Document: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
Meet Document: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
American Document: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
US Open Document: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
Pool Document: 2:04.80 – Anna Belousova, Texas A&M (2019)
2023 Champion: 2:01.29 – Kate Douglass, Virginia
Prime 8:
Mona McSharry, Tennessee – 2:05.53
Alex Walsh, Virginia – 2:05.59
Ella Nelson, Virginia – 2:05.75
Kaelyn Gridley, Duke – 2:06.10
Anna Keating, Virginia – 2:06.98
Emelie Quick, Tennessee – 2:07.17
Anna Elendt, Texas – 2:07.24
(tie) Emily Lundgren, Washington State / Kaitlyn Dobler, 2:07.30
*swim-off required*
UPDATE: Dobler gained the swim-off, 2:05.96 to 2:09.00.
Louisville junior Fernanda Gomes Celidonio took 4 seconds off her entry time to win warmth 1 by 2 physique lengths with 2:09.59. UNC’s Lexi Rudolph dropped almost .7 to take over the lead in warmth 4 with 2:08.79. Duke senior Sarah Foley and Florida State junior Maddy Huggins tied within the subsequent warmth with 2:08.73.
UVA’s Ella Nelson opened the circle-seeded heats with 2:05.74, adopted by Duke’s Kaelyn Gridley (2:06.10) and USC’s Kaitlyn Dobler (2:07.30). Gridley dropped .8 from her seed time.
Tennessee senior Mona McSharry led wire-to-wire in warmth 7, profitable with 2:05.53. Texas senior Anna Elendt touched out Washington State sophomore Emily Lundgren, 2:07.24 to 2:07.30, for 2nd place.
Virginia senior Alex Walsh cruised to a 2:05.59 win within the final warmth. She was out in 59.77 for the primary 100 yards; again in 1:06.8. Her fourth 50 (33.17) seemed relaxed. McSharry additionally went 33.1 on the finish of her 200 within the earlier warmth. This might be the race of the evening in finals. Behind Walsh, UVA’s Anna Keating touched in 2:06.94. She was adopted by Tennessee freshman Emelie Quick (2:07.17) and UVA’s Aimee Canny (2:07.56).
Girls’s 200 Yard Butterfly – Prelims
NCAA Document: 1:49.16 – Alex Walsh, Virginia (2024)
Meet Document: 1:49.95 – Emma Sticklen, Texas (2023)
American Document: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith, Solar Devils (2023)
US Open Document: 1:48.33 – Regan Smith, Solar Devils (2023)
Pool Document: 1:52.04 – Dakota Luther, Georgia (2021)
2023 Champion: 1:49.95 – Emma Sticklen, Texas
Prime 8:
Olivia Bray, Texas – 1:51.51
Emma Sticklen, Texas – 1:51.54
Rachel Klinker, Cal – 1:51.80
Tess Howley, Virginia – 1:51.95
Kelly Pash, Texas – 1:52.09
Lillie Nordmann, Stanford – 1:52.41
Abby Harter, Virginia – 1:52.63
Lindsay Looney, Arizona State – 1:53.13
Girls’s Platform Diving – Prelims
Meet Document: 396.75 – Haley Ishimatsu, USC (2013)
Pool Document: 356.10 – Victoria Lamp, Tennessee (2014)
2023 Champion: 352.65 – Delaney Schnell, Arizona
Prime 8:
Girls’s 1650 Yard Freestyle – Slower Heats
NCAA Document: 15:03.31 – Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
Meet Document: 15:07.70 – Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
American Document: 15:01.41 – Katie Ledecky, Gator Swim Membership (2023)
US Open Document: 15:01.41 – Katie Ledecky, Gator Swim Membership (2023)
Pool Document: 15:39.56 – Leah Smith, Virginia (2015)
2023 Champion: 15:43.84 – Kensey McMahon, Alabama
Prime 8:
