2024 ACC SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Walsh sisters are rolling into the NCAA Championship on a sizzling streak.
Just some minutes after her youthful sister Gretchen broke the NCAA Report within the 100 free, Alex Walsh turned the #2 performer in historical past within the 200 yard breaststroke, touching in 2:02.24.
That surpasses World Report holder and Olympic silver medalist Lilly King because the second-best ever within the occasion, and trails solely 4 swims by her Charlottesville coaching companion Kate Douglass because the fifth-best efficiency in historical past. It additionally breaks her personal ACC Championship Meet Report of two:03.02, swum in 2022.
Splits Comparability:
Alex Walsh
Alex Walsh
Kate Douglass
Earlier PB
New PB
50y
27.84
27.87
27.6
100y
31.25
31.05
30.69
150y
31.64
31.40
31.30
200y
32.29
31.92
31.70
Remaining Time
2:03.02
2:02.24
2:01.29
Quickest All-Time Performers, 200 Yard Breaststroke:
Kate Douglass, Virginia, 2:01.29 (2023 NCAAs)
Alex Walsh, Virginia, 2:02.24 (2024 ACCs)
Lilly King, Indiana, 2:02.60 (2018 NCAAs)
TIE Anna Elendt, Texas, 2:03.26 (2023 NCAAs)/Bethany Galant, Texas A&M, 2:03.26 (2018 NCAAs)
Walsh opened with the identical tempo as her earlier greatest time, however she held on to that tempo a lot better this time.
Walsh’s earlier greatest time was 2:03.02 performed on the 2022 ACC Championships. She is now a three-time ACC Champion on this occasion, although she hasn’t swum it at NCAAs since 2021.
Todd DeSorbo and employees proceed to push the boundaries of versatility; on Friday, Walsh turned the #2 performer in historical past, and NCAA Report holder, within the 200 fly as nicely. Breaststroke and butterfly have traditionally not been a standard mixture, however Virginia, the place everybody appears to swim breaststroke, is now dwelling to the 2 greatest 200 yard breaststrokers in historical past: and each are world-class butterfliers as nicely.
Together with her three particular person wins and thus far three relay wins at this meet, that lifts Walsh to 25 profession ACC titles, with a heavily-expected 400 free relay but to return on Saturday. 25 titles ties Kate Douglass‘ profession whole, and a win to shut the session would surpass it.
