University of Virginia 2020 Season-Opening Intrasquad
- September 25-26, 2020
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- SCY on Friday, LCM on Saturday
- Live Stream Details + Event Schedule
- Day 1 full recap
Virginia sophomore Kate Douglass is now the fastest female swimmer ever in the 100 yard IM.
Her time of 52.48 on Saturday makes her the first known woman to ever go under 53 seconds in the event. The previous best time was done by US Olympian and Olympic medalist Katie Meili at the 2014 OKC Pro-Am Classic, where she swam 53.02.
Douglas’ previous best time was a 53.40 swum at Virginia’s dual meet with Auburn last season.
While not a common race in the U.S. the event is an official NCAA race, though not an NCAA Championship event yet. World Championships are awarded in the 100 IM in short course meters as well.
The highest-profile championship meet that usually offers a 100 yard IM is the NCSA Junior National Championships.
Neither the NCAA nor USA Swimming has published an official record in that race.
Fastest Times in the USA Swimming Database:
- Katie Meili – 53.02
- Karlee Bispo – 53.82
- Alia Atkinson – 54.01
- Torri Huske – 54.20
- Phoebe Bacon – 54.34
- Isabelle Stadden – 54.43
- Madison Myers – 54.50
- Whitney Myers – 54.53
- Rachel Bootsma – 54.62
- Tatum Wade – 54.75
Though the race is a bit of a novelty at the senior level, Douglass has more serious credentials to back up her claim – last season, as just a freshman, she led the NCAA in the 200 IM with a 1:51.36. That was almost a 5 second improvement over the 1:56.09 best time that she came to Charlottesville with.
The fastest verifiable time done in the 100 yard IM in men’s swimming history is a 47.06 done by Matt Grevers in a race against Michael Phelps and David Nolan in 2016. The fastest time in the USA Swimming database is a 47.34 done by Michael Andrew at the 2018 ISCA Junior Championships in Virginia.
RACE VIDEO:
Insane free kick on the finish!
Do these times count? Since they are all UVA and mixed gender, seems not.
It sort of depends on how you’re defining “count.”
Officials were there, so in that sense it was properly observed. USA Swimming should be accepting the times.
The coaches told me they tried to get the NCAA to accept it, but were told they wouldn’t count because there was no 2nd team. That being said, the times have been uploaded into the NCAA database on USA Swimming so….
For now, the NCAA answer is a big shrug. Also, there were 2 swimmers from Cavalier Aquatics there, so maybe that was enough to make it count.
Doesn’t mixed gender make the times unofficial? Seem to recall that was an issue recently for an age group swim. Despite the Covid times, I think it is NOT a good idea to let single team swim times be used officially, for any team. But more so here in light of the recent NCAA rule violation question.
The age group swim in question was accepted as a National Age Group Record.
Having multiple genders doesn’t make a swim unofficial. It makes a swim ineligible for certain things, but not for others. I do believe (this was just based on watching), that every time there were multiple genders in the same heat, there was a gap of at least a lane between genders. I *think* this has some impact on some things.
Virginia can set whatever standards they want for school records, for example. Times can be official, unofficial, accepted by the NCAA, not accepted by USA Swimming – none of that impacts what decisions the school makes as to whether to anoint records.
It’s all pretty nebulous.
I bet Natalie Coughlin in her prime could have gone a 51. At one point, she had OT cuts in every single event.
Ryan Murphy with a bodysuit going 46.9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrDTONqeV2E
Dang. At Bolles.
If the ncaa were to add this to the championship meet, where would you put it? I smell a SwimSwam poll!
I vote to put it on the 3rd day 😎
To me, day 4 is the only day that makes sense. Otherwise, some of your best 100 IMers are going to be staring down a quad, with 100 back, 100 fly, 100 IM, and the relay.
I think I’d put it on day 4. But, that’s already the longest day of the meet.
If they were going to add more races, I think they’d just have to make it a full 4 day meet and add the extra event to day 1.
Doh! I meant the fourth day. I keep forgetting they added the relay day first. But also agree they should just make it a full 4 day meet.
Combine the Men’s and Women’s swimming NCAA meet into a full 5.5 day format, add the 100 IM and 800 Medley Relay. Reduce max team size to Title IX approved gender mix (14 women/11 men). Contest the diving portion on the pervious Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon and the swim portion Mon short day of 2 Relays only and full days Tues – Saturday. Perhaps we get a more exciting competition and packed stadium. (IUPUI)
There was a Texas meet that had a bunch of videos on a different swimming site a lonnnnng time ago where at the end of the meet they ran 8 guys up who all went sub 50 in the 100 IM. I forget who the winner was but he was down in the range of the Michael Andrew time. He also pretty much cheated on the backstroke underwater.
Anyone know the fastest for guys? Imagine if Dressel or Morozov swam that event seriously
I believe grevers 47.02
47.06. Beat Michael Phelps.
https://staging2.swimswam.com/race-video-phelps-vs-grevers-vs-nolan-in-100-im/
considering how fast Morozov went in SCM (50.2 iirc), I’d say he could be in the 45low range if he swam the event tapered in yards. Dressel would probably be right there with him.
I remember when Morozov did that, he just went on a tear, breaking the WR like 3 times in 3 weeks in 3 different World Cup stops across 3 different countries. Crazy
agree. they would certainly be 45.
Lochte Masters Nats in 2017: 47.7 IM in his 30s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8i9L5aripk
Petition for the 100 IM to be included in the time converter even though time converters suck (scy and scm only)
Anthony Grimm went a 47-something at NCSA’s last year, but was DQ’d for kicking out past the 15-meter mark. Still a pretty impressive swim for a 16-year old.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that was in his 100 fly. I don’t think he swam the 100 IM at NCSA’s
That might be right. But :47 is plausible for him. He went :53 in SCM in summer league with no blocks; in a pool about 3.5 ft deep; and he hit the lane line so hard during backstroke that he came to a dead stop.
No, he did swim it as shown in the heat videos, he just also got DQed
He actually DQ’d both races.