2023 TENNESSEE INVITATIONAL
- November 15-17, 2023
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center
- LCM (50-meter) prelims / SCY (25-yard) finals
- Prelims: 9:30am (EST)/ Finals: 6pm (EST)
- 2024 NCAA Championships Standards
- Psych Sheets
- Live Stream
- Live Results: “2023 Tennessee Invitational” on MeetMobile
- Day 1 Prelims Recap | Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Recap
Gretchen Walsh, the second-fastest swimmer ever in the short course yards 100 free, finished tied for 8th in the 100 long course meters freestyle on Friday at the Tennessee Invitational.
That in itself would be a disappointing swim, relative to her personal best of 53.14…if she had actually swum freestyle.
But in actuality, the Virginia junior swam the race butterfly, posting a 57.08 to tie with Alabama’s Kailyn Winter (who swam freestyle).
The swim-off isn’t going to happen, though, because Walsh’s teammate Aimee Canny is scratching the final, meaning that both Winter and Walsh will swim in the A heat.
According to Virginia associate head coach Tyler Fenwick, Walsh plans to swim fly again in the final, albeit in yards.
The swap of events allowed Walsh to swim the 200 free, not a traditional event for her, on Thursday without having to swim two individual events in the same session. The result was best times in both long course (2:01.17) and short course (1:41.32).
Walsh’s 57.09, then, goes from an “oops” to arguably the best long course performance of the Tennessee Invite so far. Her personal best is a 56.34 from US Trials in June; this is the 3rd-fastest time of her career so far.
If she swims fly during free, does the 15 meter rule still apply?
Applies everywhere but breastroke
Which 15m rule, the fly 15m rule or the free 15m rule?
JC just swim events like everybody else. The inability to work within the same framework as the rest of the swim population is interesting.
IKR!!!
So if she goes 48.whatever tonight, does it count as a record? I assume not, but don’t know for sure.
She could technically break the FR record swimming FL but not the FL record swimming in a FR event.
I still think Manuel’s record is in play…
She wont break Kate’s record but I see a 48 high.
She went 20.9, 22.5, and 49.0 or 49.1 (I can’t remember) in a dual meet.
So far she’s dropped in a little in the 50 to 20.79 and added 0.4 in the back. So who knows what she’ll go in the fly tonight.
Popcorn tonight!
SPW – Yawn
she needs to be stopped.