2024 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 20-23, 2024
- Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Live Results
- SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | Day 3 Finals Live Recap
- Day 4 Prelims Live Recap | Day 4 Finals Live Recap
WOMEN’S 400 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS
- NCAA Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (K Douglass, A Walsh, M Parker, G Walsh, 2023)
- Meet Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (K Douglass, A Walsh, M Parker, G Walsh, 2023)
- American Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (K Douglass, A Walsh, M Parker, G Walsh, 2023)
- US Open Record: 3:05.84 – Virginia (K Douglass, A Walsh, M Parker, G Walsh, 2023)
- Pool Record: 3:10.28 Alabama (Antoniou, Scott, Molnar, Dupre, 2021)
- 2023 Champion: 3:05.84 – Virginia (K Douglass, A Walsh, M Parker, G Walsh, 2023)
Top 8:
- Virginia – 3:05.89
- Florida – 3:08.60
- Louisville – 3:09.08
- Michigan – 3:09.47
- Tennessee – 3:09.70
- USC – 1:10.55
- Stanford – 3:10.57
- Indiana – 3:10.68
Gretchen Walsh swam the fastest flying start 100 freestyle in history swimming a 45.17 on the final night of competition at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Athens, Georgia. Walsh swam on the third leg of Virginia’s winning relay.
All-Time Top 5 100 Yard Freestyle Splits on Rolling Starts:
- 45.17 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, 2024 NCAA Championships
- 45.18 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, 2023 Tennessee Invitational
- 45.26 – Maggie Mac Neil, LSU, 2023 SEC Championships
- 45.45 – Simone Manuel, Stanford, 2015 NCAA Championships
- 45.47 – Simone Manuel, Stanford, 2018 NCAA Championships
The Virginia women also swam the #2 400 free relay in history swimming to a 3:05.89, just off of their NCAA record of a 3:05.84 that they swam a year ago.
| Virginia, 2024 NCAAs | VIRGINIA, 2023 NCAAS |
VIRGINIA, 2023 ACCS
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| 1st Leg | Jasmine Nocentini, 47.06 | Kate Douglass, 46.37 | |
| 2nd Leg | Alex Walsh, 46.54 | Alex Walsh, 46.58 | |
| 3rd Leg | Gretchen Walsh, 45.17 | Maxine Parker, 47.04 | |
| 4th Leg | Maxine Parker, 47.12 | Gretchen Walsh, 45.85 | |
| 400 Free Total | 3:05.89 | 3:05.84 | 3:06.83 |
Notably, Gretchen Walsh set three NCAA and American records including a 44.83 in the flat start 100 free earlier in the night.
she could have several WRs this December in short course
the 100 back or 100 butterfly are very likely
So can we look forward to some articles listing the greatest individual ncaa finals and/or swims in the next few days?
The last swimmer who dominated the NCAA’s in similar fashion was Caleb Dressel, who went on to become the most dominant sprinter ever.
Are we seeing a female version of Caleb?
Is he related to Caeleb?
Not the most dominate sprinter ever
Who is?
World Aquatics Championships Gold Medalists
Women’s 50 meter freestyle:
Sarah Sjostrom (4)
Women’s 100 meter freestyle:
Simone Manuel (2), Mollie O’Callaghan (2)
I don’t acknowledge doped to max East German swimmers into the discussion.
Santo condorelli dominates in nationally changes
Popov is head and shoulders above. After that there is some debate imo, but arguably you need to have a sprint lcm wr in free to claim that title
Popov for one
Is there any other record where the flat start is faster than the fastest flying start???
Dressel 100 free?
women’s 100 fly, women’s 200 free, men’s 100 free. That’s like 4 out of 10 events
And I believe mens 200 free until last year when Marchand went 1:28
Also Dressel 50 free is only outdone by his own pair of 17.3 splits. The 100 fly was too until Liendo squeezed by it with a 42.77
women’s 50 fly is also like that, where Gretchen’s fastest flat start of 21.75 only outdone by her own 21.50 relay split.
Until McKeon went that 49 in 2022 the 100 FR SCM world record was faster than the fastest split. Think we’re gonna start seeing more 49 splits perhaps starting this year.
Mens 200 Free LCM
And still .3 slower than her flat start, unreal. Hopefully she can get these relay starts figured out before Paris.
I wonder if it’s mostly being exhausted at this point in the meet.
Her relay start is fine.