2024 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 20-23, 2024
- Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Meet Central
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- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Live Results
- SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
- Day 2 Finals Live Recap
WOMEN’S 200 IM — FINAL
- NCAA Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
- Meet Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
- American Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
- U.S. Open Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
- Pool Record: 1:51.62 — Meghan Small, Tennessee (2019)
- 2023 Champion: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
Top 8:
- Alex Walsh (UVA) – 1:49.20
- Isabel Ivey (FLOR) – 1:51.96
- Josephine Fuller (TENN) – 1:52.04
- Lucy Bell (STAN) – 1:52.64
- Phoebe Bacon (WISC) – 1:53.16
- Kelly Pash (TEX) – 1:53.64
- Ella Nelson (UVA) – 1:53.65
- Zoe Dixon (FLOR) – 1:54.27
Virginia senior Alex Walsh became the 2nd woman under the 1:50 mark in the 200 IM on Thursday night swimming to a 1:49.20 to win the 200 IM at 2024 NCAAs.
Split Comparison
| KATE DOUGLASS, 2023 NCAAS | ALEX WALSH, 2024 NCAAs | ||
| 50 Fly | 23.51 | 23.8 | 23.95 |
| 50 Back | 27.4 | 27.3 | 27.5 |
| 50 Breast | 31.38 | 31.2 | 31.64 |
| 50 Free | 26.08 | 26.9 | 26.99 |
| Total | 1:48.37 | 1:49.20 | 1:50.08 |
Walsh was less than a second off of Kate Douglass‘s NCAA record of a 1:48.37. Walsh was notably faster than Douglass was on the breaststroke split as Walsh swam a 31.2 compared to a 31.38 from Douglass. Douglass holds the American and NCAA Record in the 200 breaststroke which Walsh is entered in on Saturday. The breaststroke leg was also Walsh’s biggest improvement from her previous personal best.
Walsh had just missed breaking the 1:50 mark two years ago at NCAAs as she won in a 1:50.08 then. This year, she took back her title in the event making history in the process. Last year, Torri Huske also came close to breaking the 1:50 mark as she swam a 1:50.06.
2:06 incoming this summer
great swim!
Interesting that she was faster than Douglass on the breaststroke. NCAA record incoming in the 2Breast?
I don’t think that indicates an NCAA record necessarily. She’s been faster than Douglass on the breast before in LCM as well.
True but she did go 2:02.2 at ACC’s when she was only 1:51.7 in the 2IM.
It would be funny if she did, because then suddenly the 200 breast LCM should also be considered relevant for her (and that might mean Lilly King doesn’t qualify for Paris in the 200 breast).
Which is to say, I really want to see an Alex Walsh 200 breaststroke LCM.
She swam it at US Open and went 2:25. I wonder that would translate to if she was fully tapered and prepared for it.
Oh yeah, I meant a tapered 200 breast.
She appears to be less optimized for SCY than Douglass, so she really could have something special in the LCM version of the event.
She really might break that record
It wasn’t even close. Just shows how good Douglass and Walsh are in the women’s 200 individual medley, yards or meters.
great end to her NCAA career in the IM with that time.
Is she gonna use her 5th year?
I can’t see why she wouldn’t use her 5th year, considering the Olympics will be over.
Someone tell Beisel to ask her after she wins the 400 IM lol
Walsh winning the 400 IM in Paris??? 🤡