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ACC Champs Day 2 Race Videos: Watch UVA Women Break Two NCAA Records In One Night

Virginia cracked two NCAA records on night 2 of the meet in the form of the women’s 200 freestyle relay and Gretchen Walsh’s 50 free.

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2023 ACC Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

After an exciting morning prelims session, swim fans should be in store for even more crazy-fast racing tonight on Day 2 of the ACC Championships.

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2023 ACC Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

It’s the first full day of swimming at the 2023 ACC Championships with prelims of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, and 50 freestyle.

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ACC Day 2 Ups/Mids/Downs: NC State Men On Early Pace To Break Total Points Record

Both the NC State men and UVA women are projected to outscore their 2022 selves, setting up for some potentially record-breaking team total points scores.

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Alex Walsh Won’t Swim Any Individual Races on Day 2 of ACC Championships (HEAT SHEETS)

The debate over the 200 IM or the 500 free at NCAAs for Alex Walsh got no answers on Wednesday: she’ll swim neither at the ACC Championships.

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WATCH: UVA Women Break Their 200 Medley Relay American Record (ACC Day 1 Race Videos)

Watch Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Lexi Cuomo, and Kate Douglass break the American record in the 200 medley relay and other action from ACCs Day 1.

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2023 ACC Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The first night of the 2023 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships will featured six events, including the promise of some historically-fast relays.

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Leah Hayes Drops 8 Seconds in 400 IM with 4:03.05 That Would Rank Atop NCAA This Season

Leah Hayes lowered her lifetime best in the 400 IM by eight seconds at the 2023 Speedo Chicagoland Championship on Friday night in St. Charles, Illinois. 

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2023 ACC Women’s Champs Preview: Hoos In For A Four-Peat?

With a massive freshman and transfer class, the Virginia women are heavily favored to win their fourth-straight ACC Championships title this year.

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What Might Aimee Canny’s Weekend Mean for the Virginia Women?

Canny swam the #2 time in the NCAA this weekend in the 200 free (1:42.78). The 200 free was the only event where Virginia had 0 A finalists last year at NCAAs

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Aimee Canny Clocks 1:42.7 200 Free, Ella Nelson 1:53.6 200 IM, at Cavalier Invite Day 2

UVA’s Aimee Canny (200 free), Ella Nelson (200 IM), and Noah Nichols (100 breast) all recorded top-four times nationally tonight at the Cavalier Invite.

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Kate Douglass Breaks Gretchen Walsh’s Pool Record With 50.47 in 100 Back Prelims

The hyper-versatile Kate Douglass set a new lifetime best and broke the pool record, as there was plenty of fast swimming this morning in Charlottesville.

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Gretchen Walsh Completes A Perfect Pre-Champs Season On Day 2 Of UVA-UNC-NC State Meet

If Walsh does not swim at the upcoming Cavalier invite, she will have pulled off an undefeated pre-championship meet season.

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Alex Walsh and Ella Nelson Clock 4:03 400 IMs On Day One Of UVA-UNC-NC State Tri-Meet

Nelson outsplit Walsh by nearly four seconds on her breaststroke leg, which allowed her to beat Walsh by 0.13 seconds in a very tight race.

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Douglass Posts NCAA-Leading 1:52.0 200 IM, G. Walsh Swims 1:51.4 200 BK at UVA-VT Dual

In this UVA-VT women’s dual meet, Kate Douglass dominated her first 2IM in over a year, while Gretchen Walsh demonstrated newfound potential in the 2Back.

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