2024 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 20-23, 2024
- Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
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Women’s 50 Yard Freestyle – Prelims
- NCAA Record: 20.57, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) — 2024
- Meet Record: 20.79, Maggie MacNeil (LSU) — 2023
- American Record: 20.57, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) — 2024
- US Open Record: 20.57, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) — 2024
- Pool Record: 21.15, Erika Brown (Tennessee) – 2019
- 2023 Champion: 20.79, Maggie MacNeil (LSU) — 2023
Top 8:
- Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 20.41 *** New Everything Record***
- Katharine Berkoff (NC State) – 21.23
- Jasmine Nocentini (Virginia) – 21.29
- Christiana Regenauer (Louisville) – 21.37
- Gabi Albiero (Louisville) – 21.54
- Brady Kendall (Michigan) – 21.69
- Julia Dennis (Louisville)/ Maxine Parker (Virginia)/Grace Cooper (Texas) – 21.71
In the 50 yard freestyle prelims, in which we witnessed the fastest performance of all time when Gretchen Walsh went 20.41 to break every record in the world, we also had three swimmers tie for 7th place.
Julia Dennis of Louisville, Virginia’s Maxine Parker, and Grace Cooper of Texas lined up on the blocks a half hour after Walsh’s record to swim off for the last two spots in the A final. Dennis and Parker had both swum 21.71, tying for 3rd place in Walsh’s heat, while Cooper had touched 3rd with 21.71 behind NC State’s Katharine Berkoff and Michigan’s Brady Kendall two heats earlier.
Dennis was first to turn at the 25 wall in 10.40, followed by Cooper (10.51) and Parker (10.56). But Parker outpaced the two others on the way home, winning with 21.61. Dennis touched out Cooper, 21.83 to 21.86.
- Maxine Parker, Virginia – 10.56 / 11.05 = 21.61
- Julia Dennis, Louisville – 10.40 / 11.43 = 21.83
- Grace Cooper, Texas – 10.51 / 11:35 = 21.86
Parker will swim in lane 1, Dennis in 8, in tonight’s championship final. Cooper will be in lane 4 of the consolation final.
The evening session begins at 6:00 pm Eastern time.
Things aren’t breaking right for Texas right now. florida looking good
Michigan women swimming very well… huge swim from Brady Kendall to make that A final… nice to see it! She also crushed the relay last night. Katie Crom narrowly missing A final and Devon first alt. a great start
And relays were solid last night. Go Blue!
Louisville > USC all day
So…if you get DQ’d during a swim-off are you DQ’s from finals/consols?
Found this in the US Swimming rule book 102.5.2 on page 29, I imagine NCAA is the same…I love the last comment, if two or more in a swim-off are DQ’s and there are not enough spaces filled, they have to swim it again…..priceless lol
Swim-Offs — A swim-off is considered to be part of the total preliminary process of qualify- ing for the finals. In no case may a swimmer with a faster time displace another who placed ahead of him within a heat as the result of a decision by the Referee or Place Judges in accordance with 102.23. If this situation results in disputed qualifications, all swimmers hav- ing times tied or within the disputed times shall… Read more »
I’m digging the “New Everything” record moniker.
wouldn’t parker be in lane 1?
good work maxine