2024 ACC SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, February 20 to Saturday, February 24, 2023
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Defending Champions: NC State men / Virginia women
- Full Event Schedule
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Streaming
- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap
DAY 2 FINALS RECAP
WOMEN’S 50 FREE – FINAL
NCAA Record: 20.77, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024ACC Record: 20.77, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024ACC Championship Record: 20.77, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024- NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 21.63
- 2023 NCAA Invite Time: 22.15
Top 8:
- Gretchen Walsh — 20.57
- Jasmine Nocentini — 21.13
- Katharine Berkoff — 21.23
- Christiana Regenauer — 21.46
- Julia Dennis — 21.74
- Gabi Albiero — 21.77
- Maxine Parker — 21.81
- Sophie Yendell — 21.83
After breaking the American, NCAA, and US Open record in prelims with a 20.77, Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh swam even faster tonight in a 20.57 to break her own records.
Walsh now holds four of the top five fastest 50 freestyle performances ever as Maggie MacNeil was the previous NCAA record holder as she swam a 20.79 at 2023 NCAAs.
Top 5 50 Free Performances All-Time
- Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.57 (2024
- Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.77 (2024)
- Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.79 (2023)/Maggie MacNeil, LSU – 20.79 (2023)
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- Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.83 (2023)
Notably, earlier tonight, Walsh swam the fastest 50 freestyle split ever as she swam a 19.95 flying start to become the first woman under the 20 second mark ever.
Like this morning, Walsh was the last one off of the blocks in the 50 freestyle during finals tonight as she had a reaction time of 0.76 (she had a reaction time of 0.75 this morning). Her underwater and breakout pulled her ahead as she flipped first at the 25 mark in a 10.05 and she closed in a 10.52. Walsh was only one of two swimmers under 11 seconds coming home as Katharine Berkoff came home in a 10.88.
Here’s the race video, courtesy of UVA Swimming:
SwimSwam Swimulator Realtime Converter says
:20.57 SCY is equivalent to :23.49 LCM for a woman (I used age 21 if that is correct)
Sjostrom’s current World Record: :23.61.
THERE: THAT OUGHT TO SET OFF A FIRESTORM!!!
GW is really fast underwater, she won’t go 23.4 LCM, not yet anyway
She will not go 23.4 LCM ever!
I’ll eat my hat and shorts if that happens.
Better start boiling, bestie
You boil goggles, but the best way to eat a hat is deep fried.
Can we hold you to that?
Need a live look-in at Maggie McNeill’s RBF….
I…don’t know what to say…I mean, I know what my reaction was, but I’m pretty sure my comment would get blocked if I tried posting what went through my mind.
Not enough according to Amy van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken is …..
The first woman to break :22.00, 30 years ago at :21.77 winning NCAA for Colorado State.
Leigh Ann Fetter for Texas was the first woman to break :22 – in 1990
You are right, swimgeek. My error.
:21.92, for Leigh Ann, in 1990, with Amy dropping it to :21.77 in 1994, and that lasting till Maritza Correia McClendon swam :21.69 in 2002.
Didn’t rely on my memory this time, reviewed with USA Swimming first.
It only makes sense as a troll job. If one were totally clueless you’d thing they’d fixate even more on the objectice metric of the clock, e.g seeing someone pull a body length lead on their 50 relay leg, you’d think you glance at the data and call it out, or praise a record breaking swim…
The condescension is just too much on top of that
Go Gretchen! You Rock! She is on absolute fire this season. She said she wants 3 NCAA records this season individually. I think she could get them: 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly.
How much longer ’til the first woman goes 19.99?
Gotta happen!