2024 NCAP ELITE QUALIFIER
- May 31- June 2, 2024
- LCM (50 meters)
- Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center, Stafford, VA
- Full Psych Sheets
- Meet Preview
- Day 1 Prelims Recap
- Day 1 Finals Recap
After swimming a best time in prelims of the 100 breast, Kate Douglass scratched finals of the event. She instead opted to time trial the 100 freestyle swimming a 53.16.
Douglass now holds four out of the six fastest times this season from the American women. She also is the only American to have been under the 53-second mark this season as she swam a 52.98 at the San Antonio Pro Series stop.
Top US Women 100 Freestyle Swims- 2023-2024
- Kate Douglass, 52.98 San Antonio Pro Series
- Kate Douglass, 53.02 2024 Worlds
- Torri Huske, 53.08 San Antonio Pro Series
- Simone Manuel, 53.10 Grand Challenge
- Kate Douglass, 53.12 Knoxville Pro Series
- Kate Douglass, 53.16 NCAP Time Trial
Last summer, Douglass won the event at US Summer Nationals in a 52.57, a time that stands as her personal best. She went on to finished 4th in the event at 2024 Worlds, missing the podium by just 0.10 seconds. She also swam the event at 2024 Worlds, swimming a 53.02 for 4th place. Her time from today was faster than she was in semifinals in Doha as she swam a 53.31 then.
Also time trialing the 100 freestyle was 2023 Worlds relay swimmer Maxine Parker. Parker touched in a 55.39. Parker’s season best stands at a 54.58 from January at the Knoxville Pro Series stop. Her best time is a 53.51 that she swam for 6th at US Summer Nationals. Last year at this meet, Parker swam a 55.65 in prelims of the event before swimming a 56.14 in finals.
Caroline Bentz also time trialed the event, swimming a 56.28, faster than her old best time of a 56.55 that she swam at the Atlanta Classic earlier this month. Bentz finished her undergrad career at Virginia Tech and is headed to Arizona State this fall.
I can recall a time folks questioned her ability to translate her success from SCY to LCM. Her consistency in her core races over the last 12 months has been phenomenal and bodes well for the summer.
prelims:
2 fly-
Howley 2:11.66
Harter 2:14.32
50 free-
G Walsh- 24.86
Canny- 25.33
Parker- 25.42
100 back-
Curzan- 1:00.28
2 breast-
Douglass- 2:22.77
A Walsh- 2:26.25
Nelson- 2:27.89
That’s fast for a preliminary swim from Kate Douglass.
With Simone Manuel back and the way US women are swimming, the women 400 free relay will be closer much closer than anticipated.
Australia still has a slight edge but the gap has narrowed significantly.
Yeah, we might be within 2 seconds.
Probably each australian will be at least 0,5 faster than their us conterpart
Aus will probably have 2 52 flat and 2 52 low, usa probably only Douglas under 52,5
At least 2 sec advantage for aus
Don’t Douglass split 51.9 on the relay last year? And Simone split 51.8 In 2019 and she’s close the that form
She split 52,28 on 4×100 free, fastest split for her during worlds
If you consider relay
Australia will probably go
Moc 51,9
Jack 51,6
Mckeon 51,9
C1 or Wilson for 52 flat
Wilson is pregnant. The fourth swimmer will probably be Harris who’s already been 52.5 flat start this year.
Also Douglass split 51.7 in the mixed medley. The 52.28 was shortly after the 200 IM semi.
Douglas has the fastest split by an American, last year 51.79…Huske, Witzel, Manuel and Douglas free relay would be a new AR. 52.7, 52.4, 52.2, 52.0
Are you considering taper times and relay starts? Husk, SM, GW are going low 52 fully tapered. Simone can match her 52.2 relay from 4yrs ago. Possible three 52 mid to low and a 51 from KD.
GW 52.7
SM 52.3
TH 52.2
KD 51.8
Let’s not jump the gun and say G. Walsh will go 52 low fully tapered. She has never once done that. We can say it about KD and Simone because they have.
Walsh is a taper swimmer, as she showed at the NCAA’s. The fastest SCY female swimmer in history is capable of translating her SCY success to LCM.
Wow now that’s a pipe dream
Way closer… us will have 4 flat start 52s, probaly 1 or 2 will get into low 52s, not counting relay starts. aussies are great but its not a blowout.
IMO Australia is at least 1 sec faster
Since 2021,US combined times
Gretchen 53.14
Simone 53.10
Tori 52.92
Douglass 52.57
3.31.73
Australia
Emma 51.96
Shayna 52.28
Harris 52.59
MOC 52.08
3.28.91
Todd is hands down the best coach of female swimmers in America
Too bad on the schedule for Paris. Kate should be doing the 50m where she would have a better shot for 1-2 than the 100m where the shot is likely a bronze.
Bronze will be around 52 flatish… she would need at least a 0,6 drop from her PB
With haughey, both australian and steenbergen even a 52,1 might not medal
And no Offense, but difficult to see anyone beating sjostrom as she is dropping near WR times all the time
MOC
MOC is not a pure 50 sprinter
The semifinals of the W 50 FR immediately precede the final of the W 200 IM during the evening session on Day 8:
Day 8
Evening Session
M 100 FL (final)
W 50 FR (semis)
W 200 IM (final)
W 800 FR (final)
Mixed 4 x 100 meter medley relay (final)
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/swimming
Do you have spreadsheets to copy paste these, or do you just enjoy typing out long lists of numbers?
I still would have liked to have seen Kate Douglass swim the final of the 100 BR instead.
Hot take: I think Douglass would be great at the 200 free
It’s so hot it melts the sun
I mean she’s very good at the 100 free, she has a killer last 50 of the 200 IM (she always catches up to Hosszu’s record on the last 50, and Hosszu went 1:55.4 in the 200 free), I feel like those are valid metrics
If she wasn’t doing it SCY, then I don’t think she’ll do it LCM. Because she definitely could’ve thrown down something nasty SCY.
So maybe she can go 1:55. That’s a good time, not great.
Same energy as Marchand would be good at 200 free LCM and then he split 1:45 high lol
?? He split 1:44.89 anchoring the French relay in 2023.
The depth of US women freestyle is looking better than previous years but there is no way they are beating the Aussies in Paris.
We might have 3 girls in 52 range, which is great progress.
I think the us women will put 4 maybe 5 under 53 in the 100
I can see that, but probably 2nd best american behind 4th or 5th australian.. but usa would be safe for silver (if only douglas hit 52 would be a battle with china)
But probably both usa and china will go sub 3:30 (aus with a 3:25 26 WR)
Flat start? At the same meet ?
Zero chance. And I’m a USA homer.
As long as the Aussies can keep progressing and improving as a group and not let the Americans and the rest of the world catch up including the controversial Chinese team
It’s gonna be a lot closer than last year , but let’s wait and see what happens at trials and whole all makes it