2023 TENNESSEE INVITATIONAL
- November 15-17, 2023
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center
- LCM (50-meter) prelims / SCY (25-yard) finals
- Prelims: 9:30am (EST)/ Finals: 6pm (EST)
- 2024 NCAA Championships Standards
- Psych Sheets
- Live Stream
- Live Results: “2023 Tennessee Invitational” on MeetMobile
University of Virginia junior Gretchen Walsh tied the NCAA and US Open Records, and broke the American Record, in the 50-yard free on Wednesday night in Knoxville, and the University of Virginia has posted the race video on YouTube.
Virginia has uploaded heats from all finals where their swimmers are competing on their YouTube channel here.
Other Day 1 A Finals:
WOMEN’S 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 1:23.87 — Virginia (K. Douglass, G. Walsh, L. Cuomo, A. Walsh) (2023)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:28.43
- 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Standard: 1:29.21
Top 8:
- Virginia ‘A’ (Nocentini, A. Walsh, Canny, G. Walsh) — 1:25.24
- Tennessee ‘A’ (McSharry, Myers, Rumley, Spink) — 1:27.22
- Alabama ‘A’ (Vincent, Winter, Scott, Petkova) — 1:28.02
- Virginia ‘B’ — 1:29.29
- Tennessee ‘B’ — 1:29.42
- Arkansas ‘A’ — 1:30.17
- Tennessee ‘C’ — 1:30.32
- Virginia ‘C’ — 1:30.75
MEN’S 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff) (2023)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:16.80
- 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Standard: 1:17.38
Top 8:
- Tennessee ‘A’ (Crooks, Caribe, Blackman, Chambers) — 1:16.03
- Alabama ‘A’ (Korstanje, Alves, Hawke, Wilson) — 1:17.48
- Virginia ‘A’ (Brownstead, Boyle, Lamb, Madoch) — 1:17.95
- Alabama ‘B’ — 1:18:82
- Tennessee ‘B’ — 1:19.03
- Virginia ‘B’ — 1:19.50
- Tennessee ‘C’ — 1:20.18
- Kentucky ‘A’ — 1:20.49
WOMEN’S 500-YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 4:37.89
- 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 4:41.09
Top 8:
- Aimee Canny (UVA) — 4:36.26
- Cavan Gormsen (UVA) — 4:38.80
- Mackenzie Brandt (BAMA) — 4:42.55
- Kate McCarville (TENN) — 4:43.23
- Aly Breslin (TENN) — 4:43.27
- Sophia Knapp (UVA) — 4:43.33
- Lauren Wetherell (TENN) — 4:45.51
- Brooklyn Douthwright (TENN) — 4:49.44
MEN’S 500-YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2020)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 4:10.74
- 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 4:14.36
Top 8:
- Charlie Hawke (BAMA) — 4:12.91
- Joey Tepper (TENN) — 4:15.70
- Jake Narvid (TENN) — 4:18.39
- Rafael Ponce de Leon (TENN) — 4:20.64
- Sam O’Brien (UVA) — 4:22.10
- Carson Hick (UKY) — 4:23.01
- Tanner Hering (UVA) — 4:24.09
- Joaquin Vargas (TENN) — 4:25.13
WOMEN’S 200-YARD IM — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:53.66
- 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 1:56.90
Top 8:
- Alex Walsh (UVA) — 1:52.59
- Ella Nelson (UVA) — 1:53.95
- Josephine Fuller (TENN) — 1:55.37
- Ella Bathurst (UVA) — 1:57.03
- Abby Harter (UVA) — 1:57.47
- Zoe Skirboll (UVA) — 1:58.19
- Torie Buerger (UKY) — 2:00.91
- Maddy Hartley (ARK) — 2:02.28
MEN’S 200-YARD IM — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 1:36.34 — Léon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:41.03
- 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 1:43.14
Top 8:
- Sebastien Sergile (UVA) — 1:43.42
- Noah Nichols (UVA) — 1:43.73
- Kaique Alves (BAMA) — 1:43.89
- Landon Driggers (TENN) — 1:43.93
- Kamal Muhammad (UVA) — 1:45.22
- Tommy Hagar (BAMA) — 1:46.21
- Colin Bitz (UVA) — 1:46.84
- Max Berg (UKY) — 1:48.60
MEN’S 50-YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 18.82
- 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 19.21
Top 8:
- Jordan Crooks (TENN) — 18.40
- Gui Caribe (TENN)/Matt Brownstead (UVA) — 19.27
- (tie)
- Tim Korstanje (BAMA) — 19.63
- Nikoli Blackman (TENN) — 19.70
- August Lamb (UVA) –19.88
- Connor Boyle (UVA) — 19.89
- Flynn Crisci (TENN) — 20.02
WOMEN’S 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 3:21.80 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, K. Douglass, A. Canny) (2023)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 3:31.38
- 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Standard: 3:33.48
Top 8:
- Virginia ‘A’ (G. Walsh, Nocentini, A. Walsh, Canny) — 3:26.15
- Tennessee ‘A’ (Fuller, McSharry, Mack, Douthwright) — 3:31.22
- Virginia ‘B’ (Tiltmann, Weber, Harter, Parker) — 3:31.99
- Alabama ‘A’ — 3:32.67
- Alabama ‘B’ — 3:34.24
- Virginia ‘C’ — 3:36.94
- Arkansas ‘A’ — 3:37.88
- Kentucky ‘A’ — 3:38.10
MEN’S 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY — FINALS
- NCAA Record: 2:58.32 — Florida (A. Chaney, D. Hillis, J. Liendo, M. McDuff) (2023)
- 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 3:04.96
- 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Standard: 3:06.84
Top 8:
- Tennessee ‘A’ (Lierz, Crisci, Crooks, Caribe) – 3:05.52
- Virginia ‘A’ (Cole, Nichols, Connery, Brownstead) – 3:05.60
- Alabama ‘A’ (Hagar, Sheils, Korstanje, Hawke) – 3:07.12
- Alabama ‘B’ – 3:09.85
- Virginia ‘B’ – 3:10.01
- Virginia ‘C’ – 3:11.72
- Tennessee ‘C’ – 3:11.79
- Tennessee ‘B’ – 3:12.78
Anyway …having been a ref for a couple of seasons – I’m an average human being…- I would argue with a good level of confidence that many controversial issues at pro level cannot be detected with a human eye: relay take off, 15-m breakout, or any variation of the Lochte rule. You’re welcome to disagree and say that I have a bad eyesight but things get very tricky when you’re on deck and when you have a second or two to make a call …
I tried to grab a screenshot of her head at 15 meters. What do you all think, legal or not legal? I realize it’s not the greatest angle. Perhaps there are other videos from better vantage points…
(Note from the mods – you can’t paste images directly into comments. It comes up as 8000 lines of text. Instead, upload to a site like Imgur and share that link. Should embed the way you want it).
Here is the screenshot as a link. It looks really close.
https://imgur.com/vo9ojlA
Thanks mods, but I’m still having trouble embedding.
I did the same thing! So, I’d have to go back and check what the rule specifically states….it appears her head has pushed the surface tension of the water but not yet broken the surface…again, maybe interpretation of the rule, but it’s kind of like how a shark swims real fast just barely under the surface of the water, and there’s this wave pushing the water because the body is displacing the water around it. Gretchen’s head is displacing the water which is pushing the water around AND above her swim cap…so, does this mean she IS or is NOT breaking the surface of the water?!? very interesting to hear takes about this…or the actual letter of NCAA swimming, because… Read more »
Slow your video down to.25 speed. Her head is clearly submerged past the 15m mark.
Her head does break the surface in time. It’s just a bad angle to judge from the video.
No one should be using the above video to determine when her head has broken the water. First of all, the camera is not lined up at the 15m mark, so your vantage point is skewed. Second, the camera is not zoomed in enough to determine if it has actually broken the plane.
That is such a weird gif with the swords.
Their mascot is a Cavalier, which is a medieval soldier, who held swords, so I don’t know why you would think it’s weird…in my opinion its pretty badass
Ngl, Alex Walsh’s 200 IM wasnt that good for her I feel. Her back didn’t look as fast as it usually is. I wonder if this is a sign of things to come or shes just not rested right now.
She would have been faster if Kate was next to her.
it shall be permissible for the swimmer to be completely submerged during the turn and for a distance of not more than 15 meters (16.4 yards) after the start and each turn. By that point the head must have broken the surface.
I wonder if someone can find and post the exact wording of what the rule is regarding breaking the surface.
Is it when the water starts to bump up a bit on the surface because your head is nearing the surface?
Is it when your head actually breaks the surface?
I’m looking for clarity of what the rule states ‘breaking the surface’ actually means.
“b. Stroke — In an event designated freestyle, the swimmer may swim any style, except that in a medley relay or an individual medley event, freestyle means any style other than butterfly, breaststroke or backstroke. Some part of the swimmer must break the surface of the water throughout the race, except it shall be permissible for the swimmer to be completely submerged during the turn and for a distance of not more than 15 meters (16.4 yards) after the start and each turn. By that point the head must have broken the surface.”
I couldn’t find a cite, but in the past I’ve seen interpretations that “surface” refers to the “calm surface of the water,” recognizing that the water isn’t… Read more »
How is that not a DQ?
Sheesh 🥵