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New Everything Record As Virginia Swims To 1:31.10 In 200 Medley Relay

2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

Women’s 200 Medley Relay

  • NCAA Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
  • Championship Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
  • American Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
  • U.S. Open Record: 1:31.51 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass) (2023)
  • 2024 Champion: Virginia (G. Walsh, Nocentini, Novelline, Parker) — 1:31.58

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Virginia- 1:31.01 **New Everything Record**
  2. Stanford- 1:33.00
  3. Louisville- 1:33.41
  4. California- 1:33.54
  5. Florida- 1:33.92
  6. NC State/Texas- 1:34.00
  7. ASU- 1:34.54

The Virginia women swam to a new everything record to kick off the 2025 NCAA Championships swimming a 1:31.10 in the 200 medley relay. That broke their own record of a 1:31.51 that the team of Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Lexi Cuomo, and Kate Douglass swam at the 2023 NCAA Championships. 

Split Comparison

New Record Old Record
Back Claire Curzan 23.17 Gretchen Walsh 22.77
Breast Alex Walsh 25.62 Alex Walsh 26.3
Fly Gretchen Walsh 20.88 Lexi Cuomo 22.1
Free Maxine Parker 21.43 Kate Douglass 20.34

Today’s relay moved Gretchen Walsh to the fly leg rather than the backstroke leg and she split a 20.88, out in a 9.16 on her first 25. That split is the #2 fly split of all-time. Gretchen Walsh now holds the top 5 fly splits of all-time.

Alex Walsh also posted a big split and was over half a second faster today than she was two years ago. That is tied for the 9th fastest split of all-time.

Top 50 Fly Splits All-Time

  1. G. Walsh 20.87 (2025 UVA vs. VT Dual)
  2. G. Walsh 20.88 (2025 NCAAs)
  3. G. Walsh 21.07 (2025 Eddie Reese Showdown)
  4. G. Walsh 21.50 (2024 UVA vs. NC State vs. UNC)
  5. G. Walsh 21.65 (2024 UVA vs. Navy Combined Intrasquad)

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18 days ago

Some stats:
Before UVA’s run, the 200 MR all-time record was 1:33.11 (Stanford ’18 – Howe, Williams, Hu, Manuel).

Other than UVA, the only sub-1:33 200 MRs I can find are NC State (1:32.42 in ’23 and 1:32.96 in ’22).

2025 UVA lineup with all lifetime best splits = 1:30.70.
‘B’ lineup with lifetime bests = 1:34.26 (8th) (Howley 24.34, Canny 26.36, Novelline 22.38, Moesch 21.18)

Theoretically, Douglass and Nocentini could have competed this year (glad they didn’t, but still…).
Curzan 22.94 + Nocentini 25.49 + GWalsh 20.87 + Douglass 20.34 = 1:29.64

All Gretchen (including 26.81 split on flat start 100 breast!) = 1:29.73

All Alex W (including 23.64 bk from 2019, and 20.82 free… Read more »

Spieker Pool Lap Swimmer
18 days ago

Kind of crazy that the fastest 50 fly split of all time was actually done at a dual.

Wirotomo
18 days ago

You can’t strikethrough 2024 Champion. Eventhough 2025’s Virginia are faster, the 2024 NCAA Champion’s time cannot remove by the time from 2025 NCAA. 😁

Lpman
Reply to  Wirotomo
18 days ago

Exactly! Stop the strikethrough!

Vaswammer
19 days ago

A Walsh was 0.11 faster than Nocentini’s time from last year’s NCAAs (that’s a good sign for Walsh) and Parker was just a little slower (21.38 vs. 21.43).

Last edited 19 days ago by Vaswammer
Beef jerky
19 days ago

UVA women always getting those everything bagel records

ACC fan
19 days ago

Free leg so slow

YSwim
19 days ago

UVA 4x200FR….
Canny, Moesch, Grimes, ???

Regan Smith 56 and 53 100 back
Reply to  YSwim
19 days ago

Walsh maybe and then she isn’t on the 2 free relay?

Teamwiess
Reply to  YSwim
19 days ago

Either A. Walsh or Hayes maybe??

IU-Is-A-commuter-school
Reply to  YSwim
18 days ago

A walsh

Lisa
Reply to  YSwim
18 days ago

Probably Walsh cause she’s been on this relay for a few years

dave
19 days ago

it may be a “new everything” record but is it a world record?

Ben Zona
Reply to  dave
19 days ago

No. That stands at 1:27.91 by the Univ of Wuhan

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