SEC, ACC, & Women’s B1G Review | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the first week of conference championships.

  • 0:00 SwimSwam Breakdown Introduction
  • 0:25 Relay Madness
  • 8:33 SEC Highlights
  • 24:12 ACC Highlights
  • 37:22 Women’s B1G Highlights

SINK or SWIM

  • 45:44 Indiana women will be the highest-scoring Big-10 team at NCAAs
  • 48:31 Will the Virginia women sweep the NCAA relays?
  • 52:19 Over/Under: 2.5 NCAA Relay Records get broken at Men’s NCAAs

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Joe
1 month ago

Nice shout out for Johnny Marshall. Amazing repeat in the Back events as a Freshman and Sophomore. FYI – He didn’t “come over from England”. He was born and raised in Akron, OH so he is 100% American even though he swims for team GB. He is a dual citizen with GB through his mom who was also a team GB swimmer.

Swimfan27
1 month ago

Wait Brendan Burns is a Swimswam commentator now? I love it

Last edited 1 month ago by Swimfan27
Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

…. A. Canny, A. Walsh, K. Grimes and somebody else.

Coleman,

A. Moesch would like a word with you.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Last edited 1 month ago by Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

In reference to the women’s 4 x 200 yard freestyle relay, the podcast crew failed to mention that not one swimmer currently on the University of Florida women’s roster is even close to replacing Isabel Ivey (1:41.64 relay split) on the women’s 4 x 200 yard freestyle relay.

Go Bucky
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

Cool fact, bro

Cassandra
1 month ago

i was expecting katie to experiment a bit with her event lineup but im pretty surprised to hear she doesnt plan to swim the 1650 at ncaas…. even if she doesnt feel aerobically sharp it feels safe to assume she would score more in that than in the 200 back/fly?

shes been looking sharper in back than fly but 200 back would be tough to even a final — you have curzan shackley bacon stadden grana wanezek noble fuller (with sims peplowski peleaz also potentially swimming it)

maybe im reading too much into it but would this also mean she doesnt plan to swim the 800/1500 at trials?

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  Cassandra
1 month ago

I found that hard to believe after posting a personal best time (9:16.69) in the 1000 yard freestyle on 19 Dec 2024 at the 2024 CA/NV Speedo Winter Sectionals. That’s after swimming in the final of the women’s 400 meter IM on 14 Dec 2024 at the 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest, HU.

Katie Grimes is currently ranked 17th (tied with Ali Pfaff) nationally in the women’s 200 yard backstroke. It’s conceivable that she could fail to even qualify for the Consolation Final in the women’s 200 yard backstroke at the 2025 NCAA DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

https://data.usaswimming.org/datahub/ncaa/divI/timeseventrank

Swimfan27
Reply to  Cassandra
1 month ago

Kinda bizarre to me. I get wanting to catch up to Summer on the world stage in the 400 IM, but at the cost of her freestyle endurance and aerobic capacity?

Pea brain
Reply to  Swimfan27
1 month ago

I’m sure 4 IM training helps with aerobic capacity…

NSSO
1 month ago

Nvm. Memory was intact mush

1 NCSU ‘A’ 3:03.74 3:01.62 A 64
1) McCarty, Quintin SO 2) r:0.16 Hoover, Samuel SR
3) r:0.12 Miller, Lukas 5Y 4) r:0.03 Fox, Jerry SO
r:+0.66 21.32 45.19 (45.19)
1:08.41 (23.22) 1:36.33 (51.14)
1:56.52 (20.19) 2:20.81 (44.48)
2:40.11 (19.30) 3:01.62 (40.81)

2 California ‘A’ 3:02.68 3:01.92 A 56
1) Jett, Gabriel SR 2) r:-0.01 Okadome, Yamato FR
3) r:0.39 Rose, Oludare 5Y 4) r:0.13 Mazellier, Nans FR
r:+0.66 21.56 45.95 (45.95)
1:09.84 (23.89) 1:36.66 (50.71)
1:56.87 (20.21) 2:20.67 (44.01)
2:39.93 (19.26) 3:01.92 (41.25)

NSSO
1 month ago

Talking about crazy splits on relays

If my memory isn’t getting muddled by the crazy swims this past week, didn’t Jerry Fox of NCState outsplit Selinger on the 4×100 medley relay for the win.
Something wild like a 40.2?

YeeHaw
Reply to  NSSO
1 month ago

You might be thinking about the 400 Free Relay

400 medley relay anchors
NCSU – Fox 40.8
Cal- Mazellier 41.25

400 free lead off
Seeliger – 41.77
Winkler – 41.39

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

University of Virginia

4 x 50 yard medley relay
C. Curzan – E. Weber – G. Walsh – M. Parker

4 x 200 yard freestyle relay
A. Canny – A. Walsh – A. Moesch – K. Grimes

Points matter more than relay records at the 2025 NCAA DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

If A. Walsh matches her fastest 200 yard freestyle split (1:41.18), the University of Virginia women’s swimming program has a shot at the 4 x 200 yard freestyle relay.

gosharks
Reply to  Coleman Hodges
1 month ago

I think this is most likely

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  Coleman Hodges
1 month ago

C. Curzan (23.11 backstroke split) and G. Walsh (20.87 butterfly split) provide enough cover for E. Weber (26.46 breaststroke split) on the 4 x 50 yard medley relay.

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Note: Season Best relay splits

A coaching staff tends to harp on fresh swimmers for the relays. A session double most likely won’t bring the best out of A. Walsh on the 4 x 200 yard freestyle relay.

I miss the ISL (Go dawgs)
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

She did the double on the first night of 2023 NCAAs and split a 1:41.1 on the 800 free relay. She’ll be fine.

I miss the ISL (Go dawgs)
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

You need to stop acting like UVA has any chance of not winning the meet lol

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  I miss the ISL (Go dawgs)
1 month ago

The University of Virginia doesn’t need A. Walsh on the 4 x 50 yard medley relay. The University of Virginia already has a 2.31 second margin over the University of Texas in the 4 x 50 yard medley relay. That’s a huge cushion. Besides, the difference in the breaststroke splits is not as wide as once believed:

A. Walsh – 26.08
E. Weber – 26.46

We are not talking about J. Nocentini.

Swimfan27
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

Once again, why do you type like a robot?

Swimfan27
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

Are you a real person or AI

Go Bucky
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

You have to have the worst ratio of + to – reactions to your comments on this entire site lol

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  Go Bucky
1 month ago

2025 NCAA DI Women’s Championships
University of Virginia
Women’s 4 x 50 yard medley relay
C. Curzan – E. Weber – G. Walsh – M. Parker

Book it!

Pea brain
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
1 month ago

I think they want to crush the record with Walsh on breast, she’s 25.8 not 26.0 like u said above

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Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1, and although he actually has no memory of that, something must have stuck. A Missouri native, he joined the Columbia Swim Club at age 9, where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks. After giving up on …

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