The 2024 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships will continue from Athens, Georgia, with the Day 2 preliminary sessions.
The session begins at 10 a.m. ET and will consist of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle before 1-meter diving prelims.
Gretchen Walsh Shattered the 50 free record to close out the session.
NCAA Women’s 500 Free
Florida’s Emma Weyant was steady throughout her 500 and slowly pulled away in to win her heat in 4:34.32. Her time would stand with two heats to go.
In the seventh of eight heats, Indiana’s Anna Peplowski was able to hold off a trio of Georgia swimmers to get to the wall in 4:34.72.
The racing drama happened in the final heat.
Florida’s Bella Sims took an early lead in the final prelims heat of the 500 free. But at the 300 mark, Stanford’s Aurora Roghair caught up.
At the 350, Roghair was ahead. They turned together on the final 50 and Sims turned on the jets to finish in 4:35.01.
Roghair was second in the heat in 4:35.34.
Weyant had the top overall seed for finals, followed by Peploswki, Sims and Roghair.
Virginia freshman Cavan Gormsen took the fifth seed in 4:36.07, followed by the Georgia trio, who all made the final. Dune Coetzee took the sixth seed in 4:26.27, followed by teammates Abby McCulloh (4:36.40) and Rachel Stege (4:37.40).
Event 3 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Meet: M 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
American: A 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
US Open: O 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Pool: P 4:30.85 12/4/2015 Leah Smith, Virginia
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Weyant, Emma JR Florida 4:34.25 4:34.32
r:+0.76 25.30 52.52 (27.22)
1:20.24 (27.72) 1:48.04 (27.80)
2:15.83 (27.79) 2:43.68 (27.85)
3:11.34 (27.66) 3:39.16 (27.82)
4:06.94 (27.78) 4:34.32 (27.38)
2 Peplowski, Anna JR Indiana 4:37.47 4:34.72
r:+0.73 24.80 51.72 (26.92)
1:19.73 (28.01) 1:47.70 (27.97)
2:15.66 (27.96) 2:43.58 (27.92)
3:11.25 (27.67) 3:39.08 (27.83)
4:07.00 (27.92) 4:34.72 (27.72)
3 Sims, Bella FR Florida 4:32.53 4:35.01
r:+0.57 24.28 51.51 (27.23)
1:19.38 (27.87) 1:47.68 (28.30)
2:16.18 (28.50) 2:44.33 (28.15)
3:12.45 (28.12) 3:40.62 (28.17)
4:08.15 (27.53) 4:35.01 (26.86)
4 Roghair, Aurora JR Stanford 4:36.32 4:35.34
r:+0.78 25.41 52.99 (27.58)
1:20.92 (27.93) 1:48.85 (27.93)
2:16.78 (27.93) 2:44.57 (27.79)
3:12.31 (27.74) 3:39.87 (27.56)
4:07.64 (27.77) 4:35.34 (27.70)
5 Gormsen, Cavan FR Virginia 4:38.43 4:36.07
r:+0.66 25.75 53.30 (27.55)
1:21.12 (27.82) 1:49.08 (27.96)
2:16.70 (27.62) 2:44.36 (27.66)
3:12.00 (27.64) 3:39.99 (27.99)
4:07.85 (27.86) 4:36.07 (28.22)
6 Coetzee, Dune JR Georgia 4:35.29 4:36.27
r:+0.71 25.52 52.86 (27.34)
1:20.68 (27.82) 1:48.59 (27.91)
2:16.63 (28.04) 2:44.92 (28.29)
3:12.93 (28.01) 3:40.76 (27.83)
4:08.83 (28.07) 4:36.27 (27.44)
7 McCulloh, Abby JR Georgia 4:37.18 4:36.40
r:+0.72 25.33 52.67 (27.34)
1:20.37 (27.70) 1:48.22 (27.85)
2:16.36 (28.14) 2:44.60 (28.24)
3:12.78 (28.18) 3:41.29 (28.51)
4:09.49 (28.20) 4:36.40 (26.91)
8 Stege, Rachel JR Georgia 4:32.87 4:37.40
r:+0.74 25.43 52.71 (27.28)
1:20.30 (27.59) 1:48.27 (27.97)
2:16.34 (28.07) 2:44.58 (28.24)
3:12.89 (28.31) 3:41.26 (28.37)
4:09.81 (28.55) 4:37.40 (27.59)
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9 Crom, Katelyn SO Michigan 4:37.24 4:37.55
r:+0.69 25.49 53.02 (27.53)
1:21.15 (28.13) 1:49.57 (28.42)
2:17.84 (28.27) 2:46.21 (28.37)
3:14.64 (28.43) 3:43.07 (28.43)
4:11.31 (28.24) 4:37.55 (26.24)
10 Tuggle, Claire SO USC 4:39.16 4:37.77
r:+0.65 25.32 52.63 (27.31)
1:20.38 (27.75) 1:48.33 (27.95)
2:16.48 (28.15) 2:44.81 (28.33)
3:13.47 (28.66) 3:42.25 (28.78)
4:10.43 (28.18) 4:37.77 (27.34)
11 Carlson, Abby JR Wisconsin 4:39.50 4:37.84
r:+0.65 25.32 53.01 (27.69)
1:21.19 (28.18) 1:49.15 (27.96)
2:17.39 (28.24) 2:45.44 (28.05)
3:13.37 (27.93) 3:41.60 (28.23)
4:09.85 (28.25) 4:37.84 (27.99)
12 Miller, Hayden SO TAMU 4:39.16 4:37.89
r:+0.76 26.24 54.09 (27.85)
1:22.00 (27.91) 1:50.17 (28.17)
2:18.34 (28.17) 2:46.36 (28.02)
3:14.30 (27.94) 3:42.11 (27.81)
4:10.18 (28.07) 4:37.89 (27.71)
13 Klinker, Rachel 5Y California 4:37.89 4:38.07
r:+0.69 26.02 53.74 (27.72)
1:21.72 (27.98) 1:49.51 (27.79)
2:17.68 (28.17) 2:45.84 (28.16)
3:14.18 (28.34) 3:42.35 (28.17)
4:10.58 (28.23) 4:38.07 (27.49)
14 Spitz, Ayla 5Y Northwestern 4:40.25 4:38.51
r:+0.77 25.67 53.58 (27.91)
1:21.45 (27.87) 1:49.49 (28.04)
2:17.71 (28.22) 2:45.95 (28.24)
3:14.10 (28.15) 3:42.14 (28.04)
4:10.44 (28.30) 4:38.51 (28.07)
15 Motekaitis, Mia 5Y California 4:37.77 4:38.56
r:+0.71 25.31 52.98 (27.67)
1:20.93 (27.95) 1:49.52 (28.59)
2:17.64 (28.12) 2:46.15 (28.51)
3:14.74 (28.59) 3:43.06 (28.32)
4:10.87 (27.81) 4:38.56 (27.69)
16 Looney, Lindsay 5Y ASU 4:35.05 4:38.87
r:+0.65 25.32 52.91 (27.59)
1:21.06 (28.15) 1:49.35 (28.29)
2:17.72 (28.37) 2:46.13 (28.41)
3:14.68 (28.55) 3:43.08 (28.40)
4:11.32 (28.24) 4:38.87 (27.55)
NCAA Women’s 200 IM
Virginia’s Alex Walsh looked smooth and strong on her way to the top seed in the 200 IM.
She didn’t lead start to finish, however.
Wisconsin’s Phoebe Bacon took the lead after the butterfly and continued that lead after the backstroke. But Walsh took over during the breaststroke leg, as she often does, and had a second and a half lead heading into the freestyle leg. Walsh cruised into the wall at 1:51.95.
In the eighth of nine heats, Florida’s Isabel Ivey led after the butterfly but was overtaken by NC State’s Kennedy Noble after the backstroke. Georgia’s Zoie Hartman took the lead after the breaststroke but Ivey had enough in the tank during the freestyle to touch out Hartman.
Ivey finished in 1:53.63, just ahead of Hartman (1:53.79).
Walsh had the top seed ahead of Tennessee’s Josephine Fuller (1:52.95) and Virginia teammate Ella Nelson (1:53.05).
Texas’ Kelly Pash took the fourth seed in 1:53.37, ahead of Stanford’s Lucy Bell (1:53.50), Bacon (1:53.53), Ivey (1:53.63) and Florida’s Zoe Dixon (1:53.73).
Event 4 Women 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
Meet: M 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
American: A 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
US Open: O 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
Pool: P 1:51.62 2/20/2019 Meghan Small, Tennessee
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walsh, Alex SR Virginia 1:51.76 1:51.95
r:+0.76 24.31 52.25 (27.94)
1:24.10 (31.85) 1:51.95 (27.85)
2 Fuller, Josephine JR Tennessee 1:52.58 1:52.95
r:+0.64 24.41 52.27 (27.86)
1:25.45 (33.18) 1:52.95 (27.50)
3 Nelson, Ella 5Y Virginia 1:53.60 1:53.05
r:+0.68 25.29 53.73 (28.44)
1:26.09 (32.36) 1:53.05 (26.96)
4 Pash, Kelly 5Y Texas 1:53.18 1:53.37
r:+0.70 24.56 52.51 (27.95)
1:26.21 (33.70) 1:53.37 (27.16)
5 Bell, Lucy SO Stanford 1:55.67 1:53.50
r:+0.64 24.94 54.11 (29.17)
1:26.36 (32.25) 1:53.50 (27.14)
6 Bacon, Phoebe SR Wisconsin 1:54.29 1:53.53
r:+0.67 24.21 52.62 (28.41)
1:25.74 (33.12) 1:53.53 (27.79)
7 Ivey, Isabel 5Y Florida 1:52.50 1:53.63
r:+0.69 24.30 53.67 (29.37)
1:26.69 (33.02) 1:53.63 (26.94)
8 Dixon, Zoe SO Florida 1:54.04 1:53.73
r:+0.65 24.41 52.01 (27.60)
1:25.53 (33.52) 1:53.73 (28.20)
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9 Hartman, Zoie 5Y Georgia 1:53.65 1:53.79
r:+0.73 25.36 53.49 (28.13)
1:26.15 (32.66) 1:53.79 (27.64)
10 Bricker, Caroline FR Stanford 1:53.31 1:54.32
r:+0.65 24.76 53.78 (29.02)
1:26.36 (32.58) 1:54.32 (27.96)
11 Polonsky, Lea JR California 1:53.58 1:54.34
r:+0.66 24.80 53.57 (28.77)
1:26.46 (32.89) 1:54.34 (27.88)
12 Noble, Kennedy SO NC State 1:55.29 1:54.62
r:+0.55 24.97 52.67 (27.70)
1:26.78 (34.11) 1:54.62 (27.84)
13 Sticklen, Emma SR Texas 1:54.94 1:55.12
r:+0.68 23.38 51.01 (27.63)
1:26.68 (35.67) 1:55.12 (28.44)
14 Foley, Sarah SR Duke 1:55.12 1:55.18
r:+0.54 24.98 54.25 (29.27)
1:27.22 (32.97) 1:55.18 (27.96)
15 Gomes Celidonio, Fern JR Louisville 1:56.46 1:55.21
r:+0.70 25.11 54.15 (29.04)
1:27.16 (33.01) 1:55.21 (28.05)
16 Daniel, Abby JR Akron 1:56.78 1:55.45
r:+0.64 25.06 53.99 (28.93)
1:27.70 (33.71) 1:55.45 (27.75)
NCAA Women’s 50 Free
Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh looked strong, breaking the NCAA record in the 50 free in 20.41.
Her previous NCAA record is 20.57. She stunned with a first 25 of 9.99.
Walsh set the previous mark at the ACC Championships in February. Now she has the meet record as well, which was set by LSU’s Maggie Mac Neil (20.79) two years ago.
In the sixth of eight heats, NC State’s Katharine Berkoff sprinted to a 21.23 and took the second seed.
In the seventh heat, Virginia’s Jasmine Nocentini went a 21.29 to take the third seed.
Louisville’s Christiana Regenauer and Gabi Albiero took the next two spots.
Three Louisville swimmers made the final, however there was a three-way tie for seventh, which required a three-way swim-off.
In the swim-off, Virginia’s Maxine Parker went a 21.61 and Louisville’s Julia Dennis went a 21.83 to also make the final, giving the Cardinals three up.
Event 5 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 20.57 2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
Meet: M 20.79 3/16/2023 Maggie MacNeil, LSU
American: A 20.57 2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
US Open: O 20.57 2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
Pool: P 21.15 2/20/2019 Erika Brown, Tennessee
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walsh, Gretchen JR Virginia 20.57 20.41N
r:+0.76 9.99 20.41 (10.42)
2 Berkoff, Katharine 5Y NC State 21.14 21.23
r:+0.69 10.36 21.23 (10.87)
3 Nocentini, Jasmine SR Virginia 21.13 21.29
r:+0.62 10.12 21.29 (11.17)
4 Regenauer, Christiana 5Y Louisville 21.46 21.37
r:+0.66 10.32 21.37 (11.05)
5 Albiero, Gabi SR Louisville 21.61 21.54
r:+0.64 10.37 21.54 (11.17)
6 Kendall, Brady SO Michigan 21.84 21.69
r:+0.62 10.44 21.69 (11.25)
7 Dennis, Julia SO Louisville 21.68 21.71
r:+0.63 10.32 21.71 (11.39)
7 Parker, Maxine SR Virginia 21.75 21.71
r:+0.70 10.61 21.71 (11.10)
7 Cooper, Grace SR Texas 21.66 21.71
r:+0.62 10.41 21.71 (11.30)
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10 Tang, Amy JR Stanford 22.15 21.75
r:+0.63 10.42 21.75 (11.33)
11 Famous, Caroline SR USC 22.16 21.78
r:+0.68 10.55 21.78 (11.23)
12 Fulmer, Amy 5Y OSU 21.79 21.80
r:+0.72 10.78 21.80 (11.02)
13 Paegle, Kristina SO Indiana 21.76 21.83
r:+0.68 10.53 21.83 (11.30)
14 Ivan, Teresa JR OSU 21.74 21.85
r:+0.64 10.48 21.85 (11.37)
15 Turak, Ashley 5Y Indiana 21.89 21.91
r:+0.65 10.72 21.91 (11.19)
16 Riley, Eloise 5Y California 22.09 21.93
r:+0.67 10.57 21.93 (11.36)
