2024 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 20-23, 2024
- Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
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Women’s 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Final
- NCAA Record: 1:23.63 – Virginia (J. Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, M. Parker), 2024
- Meet Record: 1:24.51 – Virginia (K. Douglass, G. Walsh, L. Cuomo, M. Parker), 2023
- American Record: 1:23.87 – Virginia (K. Douglass, G. Walsh, L. Cuomo, A. Walsh), 2023
- S. Open Record: 1:23.63 – Virginia (J. Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, M. Parker), 2024
- Pool Record: 1:26.31 – California (A. Weitzeil, A. Bilquist, V. Hull, F. Osman), 2016
- 2023 Champion: 1:24.51 – Virginia (K. Douglass, G. Walsh, L. Cuomo, M. Parker), 2023
Top 8:
- Virginia – 1:24.05 *Pool and Meet Record*
- Louisville – 1:25.47
- Texas – 1:26.17
- USC – 1:26.47
- Michigan – 1:26.55
- Tennessee – 1:26.65
- NC State – 1:26.75
- Indiana – 1:26.84
Virginia’s Jasmine Nocentini (21.26), Gretchen Walsh (20.23 – yes, you read that correctly), Alex Walsh (21.23), and Maxine Parker (21.33) went 1:24.05 to take down the meet and pool records, winning by a body length ahead of Louisville.
Nocentini’s leadoff split of 21.26 was the fastest in the field, but by only .06 over NC State’s Katharine Berkoff, who was swimming next to her in lane 3 of the third heat. Berkoff had touched out Nocentini, 21.09 to 21.10, for second place behind Gretchen Walsh in the 50 free final earlier in the evening, but Nocentini gave her relay squad the advantage with the first leg of the relay.
USC’s Caroline Famous was the third-fastest, helping the Trojans get out to an early lead in heat 2. They ended up beating Ohio State, 1:26.47 to 1:26.85, in that heat and placing 4th overall.
Nine more swimmers notched sub-22s on their leadoff legs, including Gabi Albiero, Brady Kendall, Teresa Ivan, Grace Cooper, Anna Peplowski, Bella Sims, Hailey Tierney, Lexi Mulvihill, and Mona McSharry.
Leadoff Leg
Swimmer | Team | Split |
Virginia | Jasmine Nocentini | 21.26 |
NC State | Katharine Berkoff | 21.32 |
USC | Caroline Famous | 21.71 |
Louisville | Gabi Albiero | 21.77 |
Michigan | Brady Kendall | 21.82 |
Ohio State | Teresa Ivan | 21.88 |
Texas | Grace Cooper | 21.91 |
Indiana | Anna Peplowski | 21.91 |
Florida | Bella Sims | 21.94 |
Wisconsin | Hailey Tierney | 21.94 |
Auburn | Lexi Mulvihill | 21.96 |
Tennessee | Mona McSharry | 21.99 |
Duke | Tatum Wall | 22.02 |
Stanford | Gigi Johnson | 22.09 |
Alabama | Cadence Cinvent | 22.19 |
Virginia Tech | Carmen Weiler Sastre | 22.20 |
Georgia | Helena Jones | 22.23 |
Princeton | Sabrina Johnston | 22.29 |
LSU | Katarina Milutinovich | 22.47 |
UNC | Delaney Carlton | 22.50 |
Texas A&M | Olivia Tehall | 22.61 |
Nocentini handed off to teammate Gretchen Walsh, who had just broken the American, U.S. Open, NCAA, meet, pool, school, and hemispheric records with 20.37 from a flat start. Walsh scorched a 20.23 to put UVA pretty much out of reach of the competition. Louisville’s Christiana Regenauer split 21.11, which would have been the most impressive split of the day had it not been for Walsh. Only one other swimmer was under 20.2, and that was her teammate Julia Dennis on the third leg.
Camille Spink, Lyndsay Flynn, and Ashley Turak went 21.2s on the second leg.
Second Leg
Swimmer | Team | Split |
Virginia | Gretchen Walsh | 20.23 |
Louisville | Christiana Regenauer | 21.11 |
Tennessee | Camille Spink | 21.24 |
Michigan | Lindsay Flynn | 21.27 |
Indiana | Ashley Turak | 21.28 |
Texas | Ava Longi | 21.31 |
Florida | Isabel Ivey | 21.33 |
Stanford | Amy Tang | 21.43 |
NC State | Abby Arens | 21.54 |
Alabama | Kailyn Winter | 21.57 |
USC | Minna Abraham | 21.59 |
LSU | Michaela Devillers | 21.63 |
Virginia Tech | Caroline Bentz | 21.65 |
Ohio State | KitKat Zenick | 21.74 |
Auburn | Emma Steckiel | 21.82 |
Wisconsin | Phoebe Bacon | 21.87 |
Princeton | Ela Noble | 21.89 |
Texas A&M | Kaitlyn Owens | 21.92 |
Georgia | Julianna Stephens | 21.95 |
UNC | Greer Pattison | 22.12 |
Duke | Kyanh Truong | 22.20 |
Dennis’s 21.17 was the fastest third leg, and it cut into Virginia’s lead by .06. But she was up against Alex Walsh in the number 3 spot and the older of the two sisters clocked a 21.23. Emma Sticklen of Texas went 21.35 to get past Michigan, Tennessee, NC State, and Indiana.
In heat 2, USC’s Anicka Delgado held off Ohio State’s Nyah Funderburke, 21.62 to 21.65 to maintain the lead there.
Florida’s Olivia Peoples, who swam butterfly, went 22.25.
Third Leg
Swimmer | Team | Split |
Louisville | Julia Dennis | 21.17 |
Virginia | Alex Walsh | 21.23 |
Texas | Emma Sticklen | 21.35 |
USC | Anicka Delgado | 21.62 |
Ohio State | Nyah Funderburke | 21.65 |
Auburn | Polina Nevmovenko | 21.71 |
LSU | Megan Barnes | 21.72 |
Michigan | Stephanie Balduccini | 21.80 |
Stanford | Anna Shaw | 21.80 |
Tennessee | Jasmine Rumley | 21.86 |
Georgia | Briana Roberson | 21.89 |
Wisconsin | Abby Wanezek | 21.89 |
NC State | Meghan Donald | 21.98 |
Alabama | Gaby Van Brunt | 22.11 |
Virginia Tech | Anna Summers | 22.21 |
Duke | Sarah Foley | 22.24 |
Florida | Olivia Peoples | 22.25 |
Indiana | Kacey McKenna | 22.28 |
Texas A&M | Jordan Buechler | 22.40 |
UNC | Skyler Smith | 22.43 |
Princeton | Heidi Smithwick | 22.55 |
Virginia’s Maxine Parker had the quickest anchor with 21.33. Indiana’s Kristina Paegle cracked a 21.37 to pass Florida and claim 8th place overall. Louisville’s Ella Welch went 21.42, securing second place for the Cardinals with the only other sub-1:26 in the final (1:25.47).
USC’s Vasilissa Buinaia was 21.55 on the end of their relay, outpacing Ohio State’s Amy Fulmer (21.58).
Fourth Leg
Swimmer | Team | Split |
Virginia | Maxine Parker | 21.33 |
Indiana | Kristina Paegle | 21.37 |
Louisville | Ella Welch | 21.42 |
USC | Vasilissa Buinaia | 21.55 |
Tennessee | Amber Myers | 21.56 |
Ohio State | Amy Fulmer | 21.58 |
Texas | Kelly Pash | 21.59 |
Michigan | Claire Newman | 21.66 |
Alabama | Diana Petkova | 21.66 |
Georgia | Eboni McCarty | 21.70 |
Florida | Micayla Cronk | 21.71 |
Duke | Ali Pfaff | 21.86 |
NC State | Miriam Sheehan | 21.91 |
Virginia Tech | Emily Claesson | 22.06 |
Stanford | Lillie Nordmann | 22.11 |
Auburn | Elveta Klevanovich | 22.13 |
LSU | Reagan Osborne | 22.15 |
UNC | Georgia Nel | 22.16 |
Wisconsin | Abby Carlson | 22.17 |
Texas A&M | Bobbi Kennett | 22.29 |
Princeton | Isabella Korbly | 22.93 |
Maxine parker being so good at the 50 yard free is crazy considering she takes like 3 UW kicks in the whole race lol. Just swims a completely different race than everyone else
Of the “non sprinters” (by events swam today), Is it correct that Alex Walsh had the fastest split of those on a relay who competed in the 200 IM today, and megan Barnes (LSU) had the fastest relay split of those who also swam the 500 ??
Anna P did 21.91 leadoff
Technically, but Peplowski’s 21.91 flat start is close if not better than Barnes’s 21.72 rolling start and Peplowski swam the 500.