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With the swimming motion on the Paris 2024 Olympics wrapped up, its time to try which swimmers presently maintain probably the most People in swimming throughout all three swimming pools (LCM, SCM, and SCY).
Prime Male: Caeleb Dressel – 14
Regardless of not breaking any of his LCM American Information in Paris, Dressel stays on the prime of this checklist. He presently holds the American Document within the LCM variations of the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, and 4×100 medley relay, along with his 100 butterfly and 4×100 medley relay instances additionally standing as World Information. Within the SCM pool, Dressel holds American information within the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 IM, 200 freestyle relay, and 400 freestyle relay. Much like the lengthy course pool, his SCM 100 butterfly additionally stands because the World Document, as does his 50 freestyle and 100 IM. He beforehand held the World Document within the 100 freestyle earlier than it was damaged by Australian Kyle Chalmers.
Dressel solely holds 3 American Information in SCY, along with his instances within the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100 butterfly standing because the quickest in historical past. Throughout his time within the NCAA, Dressel additionally held the American Document within the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM. Nevertheless, each of these information have since been damaged.
Caeleb Dressel‘s American Information
SCY
50 freestyle – 17.63 (2018)
100 freestyle – 39.90 (2018)
100 butterfly – 42.80 (2018)
LCM
50 freestyle – 21.04 (2021)
100 freestyle – 46.96 (2019)
50 butterfly – 22.35 (2019)
100 butterfly – 49.45 (2021)*
400 medley relay – 3:26.78 (2021)*
SCM
50 freestyle – 20.16 (2020)*
100 freestyle – 45.08 (2020)
100 butterfly – 47.78 (2020)*
100 IM – 49.28 (2020)*
200 freestyle relay – 1:21.80 (2018)
400 freestyle relay – 3:03.03 (2018)
*denotes World Document
Prime Feminine: (tie) Kate Douglass/Gretchen Walsh – 13
College of Virginia teammates Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh presently stand tied on this metric with 13 American Information every.
Douglass, one of many prime feminine NCAA swimmers in historical past, holds maybe some of the versatile report counts ever. In SCY, she presently solely has two particular person American Information remaining with the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM. Nevertheless, at one level she held American Information within the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly as nicely (which had been each damaged by Walsh).
This previous NCAA season, Walsh broke Douglass’ American Information within the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle. She additionally added American Information within the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle to present herself a formidable resume as nicely.
Each swimmers additionally maintain SCY American Information on 4 completely different relays. Walsh and Douglass had been each a part of the Cavalier groups that broke the information within the 200 medley, 400 medley, 200 freestyle, and 400 freestyle relays, with a majority of these information falling in the course of the 2023 NCAA season.
In LCM, Douglass presently holds two particular person American Information with prime instances within the 200 breaststroke and 50 freestyle, showcasing a formidable vary once-again. Walsh holds the American Document and World Document within the 100 butterfly, whereas additionally holding the American Document within the 50 butterfly. Each swimmers set an American Document within the 4×100 freestyle relay in Paris, whereas Walsh was on the ladies’s and combined 4×100 medley relay groups that set American and World Information.
Douglass additionally holds the American Document within the SCM model of the 200 IM, making it her solely particular person report in that pool. On the 2022 World Championships, Douglass additionally set American Information as a part of the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay.
Kate Douglass‘ American Information:
SCY
200 breaststroke – 2:01.29 (2023)
200 IM – 1:48.37 (2023)
200 freestyle relay – 1:23.87 (2023)
400 freestyle relay – 3:05.84 (2023)
200 medley relay – 1:31.51 (2023)
400 medley relay – 3:22.34 (2023)
LCM
50 freestyle – 23.91 (2024)
200 breaststroke – 2:19.24 (2024)
400 freestyle relay – 3:30.30 (2024)
SCM
200 IM – 2:02.12 (2022)
200 freestyle relay – 1:33.89 (2022)
400 freestyle relay – 3:26.29 (2022)
400 medley relay – 3:44.35 (2022)
Remarkably, regardless of having the second-highest total American Document complete, Walsh doesn’t maintain a single report within the SCM pool. Nevertheless, which may quickly change with the 2024 SCM World Championships slated to happen this winter. Regardless of the championships occuring in the course of the NCAA season, the College of Virginia despatched a big contigent of swimmers to the 2022 version of the meet, together with Douglass and Alex Walsh. Thus, it appears probably that the staff may elect to do the identical this yr. If given the possibility, it’s extremely possible that G. Walsh may see her first SCM information come given her dominance over the opposite swimming pools.
Gretchen Walsh‘s American Information:
SCY
50 freestyle – 20.37 (2024)
100 freestyle – 44.83 (2024)
100 butterfly – 47.42 (2024)
100 backstroke – 48.10 (2024)
200 freestyle relay – 1:23.87 (2023)
400 freestyle relay – 3:05.84 (2023)
200 medley relay – 1:31.51 (2023)
400 medley relay – 3:22.34 (2023)
LCM
50 butterfly – 25.11 (2023)
100 butterfly – 55.18 (2024)*
400 freestyle relay – 3:30.30 (2024)
combined 400 medley relay – 3:37.43 (2024)*
400 medley relay – 3:49.63 (2024)*
