Both Kate Douglass and Claire Curzan suited up Friday evening for practice while training at Virginia, swimming about a second off of their lifetime bests.
Even though the two swam different races, they both touched the wall at the 2:07 mark. Douglass raced the 200 IM, swimming a final time of 2:07.3 while Curzan raced the 200 backstroke, touching in a 2:07.8.
Kate Douglass Split Comparison:
| Practice Today | PB (2023 US Nationals) | 2023 Worlds | |
| Fly | 27.0 | 26.96 | 27.28 |
| Back | 33.8 | 33.48 | 33.89 |
| Breast | 36.3 | 36.25 | 36.17 |
| Free | 30.1 | 30.4 | 29.83 |
| 2:07.3 | 2:07.09 | 2:07.17 |
Douglass was just off of her best time today as she swam a 2:07.3, about two-tenths off her personal best of a 2:07.09 which she swam at the end of June at US Summer Nationals. Notably, Douglass was faster today than she was at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as she swam a 2:09.04 then in finals to win bronze.
Her splits from today were within range of the way Douglass typically swims a race, which is important for consistency and replicability.
Claire Curzan‘s Split Comparison:
| Practice Today | PB (2023 US Nationals) | 2022 Westmont | |
| 50 | 29.4 | 29.67 | 30.04 |
| 100 | 32 | 31.48 | 31.82 |
| 150 | 32.5 | 32.58 | 32.49 |
| 200 | 33.9 | 32.62 | 32.96 |
| 2:07.8 | 2:06.35 | 2:07.31 |
Curzan was about a second and a half off of her best time which she also swam this summer at US Nationals at the end of June. She finished third in that race in Indianapolis.
Curzan has only been under the 2:08 mark four times in her lifetime, with two of those swims coming from 2023 US Nationals. Today she was out faster on the first 50, although her last 50 was slightly slower evening out the first 50 speed.
Both Douglass and Curzan are training for the 2024 US Olympic Trials and subsequently the Paris Olympics. Douglass opted to not use her COVID-19 fifth year while Curzan is redshirting the 2023-2024 NCAA season.
You can use the wall clock to see the time was more like 2:07 high. Which does not suck and she should not should quit.
Looks like that stopwatch was pretty damned close. Douglass’ close was huge, even if Curzan had a bit of a Casio dragging her last 50.
https://youtu.be/Ff9N80R1i9Q?feature=shared
2.06 more probably soon
Joseph Schooling wants someone to hold his beer
I went to uva and still think their swim social is annoying and kinda weird
I went to UVA and I think their swim social is fun and super cool to see.
Sure I don’t care about “eating glass” but I like seeing the dryland sets they do, crazy practice times, and genuinely having fun together as a team.
Agree, the regrams of each team member re posting the savage 7 or whatever is annoying and I flip through all of those but I love to see what they’re doing in practice and how much they seem to enjoy it. It’s honestly great PR for their team, who wouldn’t want to swim there??
lol very cool times but also its giving propaganda vibes until we see the full vid! ! ! Slay edit tho
https://youtu.be/Ff9N80R1i9Q?feature=shared
Bummed these girls won’t be at NCAA’s this year. Week of they should grab regan and Summer and have a run a parallel meet
I’m bummed they’re not in Budapest right now kicking butt and taking names
Comments section devoid of Aussie ‘bathtub’ jokes after KD swims fast……
Hey, some bathtubs are big
Maybe they’re busy talking about the world record that got broken today instead of a hand timed practise swim without a video?
50s are the real bathtub
Or the American record in the 200 SCY Butterfly?
Video was posted yesterday on the UVA swim Insta.
Hand timed with no video?
Who takes that seriously?
Well, aside from Joseph Schooling of course.
Video was on the UVA swim Instagram
And YouTube, both added above.