Gretchen Walsh Ties Own NCAA Record With 20.37 50 Free Relay Lead Off

2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 19-22, 2025
• Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center — Federal Way, Washington
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• Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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  • Prelims: Day 2
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Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay- Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:23.63 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024)
• Championship Record: 1:24.05 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024)
• American Record: 1:23.87 — Virginia (Douglass, G. Walsh, Cuomo, A. Walsh) (2023)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:23.63 — Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) (2024)
• 2024 Champion: Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker) — 1:24.05

Top 8 Teams:

1. Virginia- 1:24.45
2. Louisville- 1:25.04
3. Stanford- 1:25.69
4. Michigan- 1:26.04
5. Indiana- 1:26.68
6. NC State- 1:26.82
7. California- 1:26.96
8. Texas- 1:27.00

After missing her own NCAA, American, and everything record in the individual 50 free on night two of NCAAs, Gretchen Walsh tied her record swimming a 20.37 leading off the 200 free relay.

Walsh swam a 20.44 to win the event earlier in the evening but said “I think I wanted to go a best time. So not exactly what I was looking for.”

Her emotion was much different after the relay. “I feel much better now…I felt like I had something to prove there.” The Virginia women went on to win the NCAA title in a 1:24.45.

With Walsh’s swims tonight, she now holds the top 10 performances in the 50 free all-time.

Top 10 Performances

1. Gretchen Walsh – 20.37, 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships/ 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships
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3. Gretchen Walsh – 20.41, 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships
4. Gretchen Walsh – 20.44, 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships
5. Gretchen Walsh – 20.49, 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships
6. Gretchen Walsh – 20.57, 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
7. Gretchen Walsh – 20.60, 2025 ACC Championships
8. Gretchen Walsh – 20.73, Virginia vs. Virginia Tech
9. Gretchen Walsh – 20.74, Texas vs. Arizona State, NC State
10. Gretchen Walsh – 20.77, 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
11. Gretchen Walsh – 20.79, 2023 Tennessee Invite  Maggie MacNeil – 20.79, 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships