Virginia Senior Kate Douglass Breaks Meet Record, Swims #3 Time Ever in 200 IM

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After her teammates and the top two seeds Alex Walsh and Ella Nelson both scratched out of the race, Virginia senior Kate Douglass broke the ACC Meet Record and became the #3 performer in the history of the event in prelims on Wednesday.

Douglass swam 1:50.70, which broke her own Meet Record from the 2020 ACC Championships. It also cleared Douglass’ own prior personal best of 1:50.92 in the event.

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Douglass was always due for a better swim than her previous personal best in this 200 IM. Her last best time was done at what was essentially Virginia’s mid-season invite coming out of the pandemic in the fall of 2020, and since then, she’s dropped tons of times in other races.

In December, she also became the World Champion in the 200 IM in short course meters, the closest international course to short course yards.

Douglass was 4.37 seconds ahead of the second qualifier, Louisville senior Abby Hay, who was 7th in the event at NCAAs last year.

The previous #1 time in the NCAA was Alex Walsh’s 1:51.95 from the Cavalier Invitational two weeks ago. While Douglass might have been the best 200 IMer in the country for years, she hasn’t swum it at a championship meet since the 2020 ACC Championships.