The Repeat 3-Peat: Virginia Women Win 6th Straight ACC Title in Swimming & Diving!

1. Virginia – 1451.5
2. Stanford – 1141
3. Louisville – 935.5
4. California – 864
5. North Carolina State – 787.5
6. North Carolina – 781.5
7. Florida State – 467
8. Pittsburgh – 462
9. VA Tech – 411.5
10. Miami (Florida) – 387
11. Duke – 376
12. Notre Dame – 275
13. Georgia Tech – 184
14. Southern Methodist – 183.5
15. Boston College – 103

The addition of new national powers from Stanford and Cal did little to damper the Cavaliers’ dominance. They won 13 out of 18 swimming events.

Virginia Event Winners:

• Gretchen Walsh, 50 free – 20.60
• Gretchen Walsh, 100 back – 48.95
• Gretchen Walsh, 100 free – 45.20
• Alex Walsh, 200 fly – 1:50.43
• Alex Walsh, 200 breast – 2:03.65
• Katie Grimes, 500 free – 4:32.69
• Katie Grimes, 400 IM – 3:59.69
• Aimee Canny, 200 free – 1:42.00
• Claire Curzan, 200 back – 1:47.38 (Meet Record)
• 800 free relay – Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Aimee Canny, Claire Curzan – 6:44.13 (NCAA/U.S. Open Record; Gretchen Walsh‘s 1:39.34 leadoff is a new ACC Record)
• 200 free relay – Claire Curzan, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Maxine Parker – 1:24.03
• 400 medley relay – Claire Curzan, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, Anna Moesch – 3:19.58 (NCAA/U.S. Open Record)
• 400 free relay – Claire Curzan, Anna Moesch, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh – 3:05.93 (Meet Record)

Members of the ACC Championship Squad

The current seniors and 5th years end their collegiate careers without having ever not won an ACC Championship. This is a bit of an end of an era for Virginia, as the Walsh sisters both exhaust their eligibility at the end of this season. Along with Kate Douglass, they made up the trio that reshaped this Virginia women’s program into one of the most successful programs in the world.

The Cavaliers still return a number of stars next season to pursue title #7 under Todd DeSorbo, including international medalists Claire Curzan, Katie Grimes, and Leah Hayes.

But first it is on to the NCAA Championships, where the women will look for a 5th consecutive title – and enter as heavy favorites to do so.