Uncut: UVA Head Coach Todd DeSorbo After Back-to-Back NCAA Titles

2022 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Reported by Yanyan Li.

The Virginia women have done it again, defending their 2021 title by winning the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming And Diving Championships by 145.5 points, and scoring a total of 551.5 points. This was an improvement from their finish last year, where they scored 491 points and beat runner-up NC State by 137 points. The win marked the largest margin of victory for a women’s meet since 2018, when Stanford beat Cal by 220 points.

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diver
2 years ago

happy for the Hooos and Todd.

Last edited 2 years ago by diver
Shaq
2 years ago

Bro prolly heard my conversation from across the nation with those ears

kate douglass’ 20.84
Reply to  Shaq
2 years ago

man’s can probably hear everything. dolores madrigal head ahh

SCCOACH
Reply to  Shaq
2 years ago

Post a head shot so we can analyze what you have going on

PVSFree
2 years ago

Love the point about learning from his athletes. Everyone’s got different experiences and perspectives, regardless of their age; we can learn something from everyone

Admin
Reply to  PVSFree
2 years ago

Of all the things the ISL has messed up, the thing that I think KG has gotten most-correct is (at least the rhetoric, if not the practice) of “these athletes are geniuses in a way.”

Kate Douglass is the best ever at what she’s done. Not every elite athlete is equipped for a two way dialogue, but to some degree it can be coached. And if they have that, or you can coach it into them, and you have a partnership more than a dictatorship, imagine what you can accomplish.

Joel Lin
Reply to  Braden Keith
2 years ago

After the awards ceremony & they jumped in the pool to celebrate there was something else few noticed: UVA’s AD Carla Williams & UVA President took the plunge with them.

That’s right; the Athletic Director & the President of the University showed up last night to celebrate with the team. THAT is huge support for any non-revenue sport, particularly for a women’s sport. The institution cares & it really shines through.

Congrats to the Hoos.

WahooFan
Reply to  Joel Lin
2 years ago

President Ryan was not in Atlanta last night, but yes, AD Williams and Senior AD for Swimming Dirk Katstra did jump in with Virginia. I’m sure President Ryan will take the plunge back in Charlottesville though! Maybe this time he’ll take his shoes off! Completely agree though, the support this team receives from admin is phenomenal.

Ghost
Reply to  Joel Lin
2 years ago

Carla, the UVA AD, was the sport administrator at UGA when they made their run. UGA last win or Top 4 performance was 2016…..Carla left for UVA in 2017. Coincidence?

Ghost
Reply to  Braden Keith
2 years ago

Brain fart, but who or what is KG?

ReneDescartes
Reply to  Ghost
2 years ago

Konstantin Grigorishin

VA Steve
2 years ago

A dialogue on leadership that I will use for other purposes, thanks SwimSwam.

Terry Watts
2 years ago

Wahoowa!

Elmer
Reply to  Terry Watts
2 years ago

I really think that he would be a great coach in other sports,not just swimming & diving.

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