Anna Keating can be returning to Virginia for her COVID-19 fifth yr, she introduced by way of Instagram. Keating has helped the Virginia ladies to 4 straight NCAA titles.
Keating was the #10 ranked recruit popping out of highschool. She made an on the spot impression upon her arrival in Charlottesville, ending 4th within the 200 breast and sixth within the 100 breast on the 2021 ACC Championships. She additionally was 14th within the 200 IM. She certified for NCAAs as a freshman, ending 18th within the 100 breast and twenty first within the 200 breast.
She completed sixth in each the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at 2022 ACCs, as soon as once more punching her ticket to NCAAs. She made her first finals at NCAAs, ending eighth within the 200 breast in a private finest time of a 2:07.10. She additionally was thirteenth within the 100 breast in a 59.05. She scored 14.5 particular person factors, serving to the workforce to a different NCAA title.
As a junior, she was eighth within the 200 breast, twelfth within the 100 breast, and forty third within the 200 IM at ACCs. She swam a finest time at NCAAs within the 200 breast, clocking a 2:06.73 for sixth. She additionally was twentieth within the 100 breast. She scored 12 particular person factors to assist the workforce to the 2023 NCAA title.
She switched her occasion lineup for ACCs this previous season, swimming the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 400 IM. She completed third within the 200 breast, fifth within the 400 IM, and eleventh within the 100 breast.
She saved that lineup for NCAAs, ending eighth within the 200 breast to attain 11 particular person factors. She additionally was thirty fifth within the 400 IM and forty second within the 100 breast. Her ‘A’ last swim within the 200 breast was alongside Alex Walsh who captured the NCAA title.
This summer time, Keating made the ultimate of the ladies’s 200 breaststroke, ending sixth in a 2:29.54. Her lifetime finest stands at a 2:24.62 within the occasion.
The return of Keating permits Virginia to remain much more of a favourite to make a run at a fifth straight NCAA title. The workforce additionally returns Alex Walsh and Maxine Parker for his or her fifth years. The incoming class for this fall can also be the #1 ranked recruiting class that includes names akin to Claire Curzan and Leah Hayes.
The Virginia ladies certified 19 swimmers make the cutline for 2024 NCAAs and needed to minimize one to get all the way down to the utmost 18. They then minimize one other swimmer to make room for a diver. With Keating’s return, they now return 15 out of the 17 swimmers that competed at 2024 NCAAs.
