Virginia vs. Virginia Tech
- Saturday, January 11, 2025
- AFC Pool, Charlottesville, VA
- SCY
- Dual meet format
- Live stream link (requires ACC+ access)
- Results on Meet Mobile “Virginia vs Virginia Tech”
The UVA women are making the most of their meet vs Virginia Tech already. They started the meet off just barely missing their 200 medley relay record, with Gretchen Walsh splitting the fastest fly leg in history
In her first meet since she broke 11 World Records Gretchen Walsh ripped an absolutely massive 20.87 on the fly leg of the women’s 200 medley relay. This is fastest split in history by roughly half a second, surpassing her own #1 split of 21.50.
Top 10 Splits in History:
- 20.87, Gretchen Walsh (2025 UVA vs Virginia Tech
- 21.50, Gretchen Walsh (2024 UVA vs. NC State vs. UNC)
- 21.65, Gretchen Walsh (2024 UVA vs. Navy Combined Intrasquad)
- 21.85, Maggie MacNeil (2022 Art Adamson Invite)
- 21.91, Gretchen Walsh (2022 UVA vs. UF)
- 21.95, Kate Douglass (2020 Tenn. Invite)
- 21.96, Kelsi (Worrell) Dahlia (2015 NCAAs)
- 21.99, Kylee Alons (2023 ACCs)
- 22.05, Alyssa Marsh (2020 ACCs)
- 22.07, Kelsi (Worrell) Dahlia (2015 NCAAs)
Walsh now holds the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th spots on the list.
Video courtesy of UVA Swimming
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
- UVA ‘A’ – 1:31.53
- UVA ‘B’ – 1:36.04
- Virginia Tech “A’ – 1:38.94
Claire Curzan led off in 23.25, Alex Walsh made her college season debut with a 26.08 split on the breaststroke, then Gretchen Walsh ripped a 20.87 fly leg. Anna Moesch anchored in 21.33, as the Cavaliers stopped the clock in 1:31.53.
This is the 2nd fastest 200 medley relay in history, just two one hundredths back of their NCAA and American record time of 1:31.51 from the 2023 NCAA Championships.
Split Comparison:
| NCAA Record | 1:31.51 | Splits | 1:31.53 | UVA vs Virginia Tech |
| Gretchen Walsh | 22.27 | 50 Back | 23.25 | Claire Curzan |
| Alex Walsh | 26.30 | 50 Breast | 26.08 | Alex Walsh |
| Lexi Cuomo | 22.10 | 50 Fly | 20.87 | Gretchen Walsh |
| Kate Douglass | 20.34 | 50 Free | 21.33 | Anna Moesch |
So I checked and last year she dropped a 21.9 fly split at this very same meet. She looked phenomenal here. 46 is a done deal, which is absolutely scary. As an aside, what is A. Walsh’s fastest 50 breast split? That 26 flat was an excellent, underrated swim.has to be among her fastest ever and this is a dual meet. She looks great.
I think her previous best 50 breast split was 26.10 at 2023 ACC’s
Katie Grimes made her debut in this meet for UVA, beating Alex Walsh in a great 200 fly in which both of them broke the pool record. Katie also won the 200IM (Alex didn’t swim it) over Aimee Canny, I believe, who is a really good one.
Waiting on a few of the younger UVA women to emerge like Leah Hayes and Bailey Hartman. I think that Cavan Gorsman didn’t swim at all yesterday but not sure.
If she goes 46 in march Id say that’s the greatest swim in short course history, male or female
I definitely prefer C. Curzan leading off on the backstroke leg of the women’s 4 x 50/100 yard medley relays with “Salty Gretch” on the butterfly leg.
Let’s see the 200 Free at the Cavalier Invitational. Please.
That’s the business end of the 2024-2025 NCAA Season.
I would rather see improvements from A. Moesch (50 FR, 200 FR, 100 FR), C. Gormsen (500 FR, 200 FR, 1650 FR), M. Parker (50 FR, 200 FR, 100 FR) in the women’s 200 yard freestyle.
If she follows the Kate 200BR example, it could be a time trial.
I’ll bet she leads off the 800 Free relay at ACCs like last year
I’m not surprised she went 20.8 because she took out her individual 100 fly at NCAAs in 21.7.
Casual January duel meet fastest split ever….
Has there ever been a trump card like Gretchen Walsh? Not that Virginia needs it, but wow. I guess Caleb Dressel was similar on the men’s side, but not to the same extent on relays iirc.
Natalie Coughlin probably. KD, who could also swim breaststroke on the relays.
Alexis Wenger swam breaststroke for the University of Virginia at the 2021/2022 NCAA DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
Alex Walsh performed double duty (which included swimming the breaststroke leg of the women’s 4 x 50 yard medley relay) on Day 1 of the 2023 NCAA DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
You answered your own question. “Not that Virginia needs it.” Gretchen isn’t a trump card, she’s just the biggest superstar on a team of superstars. G Walsh is surrounded by phenomenal sprinters, Dressel literally had to carry the weight of a distance team on his shoulders. Someone just recently said in a comment section that Guiliano as a Texas sprinter is like a Bugatti in a tool shed… well that was even more true with Dressel.
In 2018, Dressel absolutely carried a couple of IMers and Enzo Martinez to a win in the 4×50 free relay even though Enzo and Szaranek both split 19s. NC State had Ryan Held, Justin Ress, and Coleman Stewart, three high caliber sprinters, especially… Read more »