4 of the foremost NCAA convention meets are out of the best way and plenty of quick swims have been posted throughout the board. We’ve compiled an inventory of ten swimmers (& some bonuses) that had distinctive meets this previous week, however word that it’s not only a stringent high ten rating record. We didn’t base it on the quickest ten swims throughout the board…it’s an inventory of swimmers that we felt fell into one among these 4 classes:
- Did they publish a record-breaking efficiency or attain a profession milestone?
- Did they’ve an awesome week however have been a bit overshadowed throughout the meet itself?
- Did they bounce again from a disappointing season and produce a few of their finest ever swims?
- Did they produce a clutch efficiency that had a direct influence on the result of the meet?
We wished to offer a refreshing mixture of the record-breaking swims and a few below the radar performances, so with out additional ado:
Alex Walsh (courtesy: Jack Spitser)
Alex Walsh (Virginia)
Alex Walsh turned the winningest swimmer in ACC Championship historical past over the weekend, overtaking Kate Douglass for probably the most ever profession titles with 26. She claimed three particular person wins: the 200 IM, 200 fly, and 200 breast. The 200 fly (1:49.16) represented a brand new NCAA document within the occasion, and propelled her to the 2nd quickest performer in historical past. Her 200 breast time of two:02.24 was a brand new championship document, and likewise made her the 2nd quickest individual to ever swim the occasion. Walsh additionally break up 20.82 on UVA’s NCAA record-setting 200 free relay, past spectacular for the two-time defending NCAA champion within the 400 IM.
A giant determination looms for A. Walsh heading into the NCAA Championships in a couple of weeks, as she leads the NCAA in each the 200 breast and 200 fly. Each occasions happen on day 4 of the meet in pretty shut proximity to 1 one other, and he or she has opted to compete within the 200 fly over the previous two years. She received the 2022 NCAA title within the 200 fly and was runner-up a 12 months in the past, however the 200 breast looks like a safer gold medal for her this 12 months.
It appears she’s going to virtually definitely swim the 200 IM on day one, and the 400 IM on day two can be fairly sure…with a really slim probability of possibly the 100 breast or 200 free. Day three is the true query mark, and we’ll have to attend till the psych sheets drop to seek out out her last determination.
- 200 IM — 1:51.76 (1st)
- 200 Butterfly — 1:49.16 (1st), NCAA File & #2 Performer of All-Time
- 200 Breaststroke — 2:02.24 (1st), #2 Performer of All-Time
- 50 Freestyle (relay break up) — 20.82
- 100 Freestyle (relay break up) — 47.05
- 200 Freestyle (relay break up) — 1:41.23
- 100 Butterfly (relay break up) — 49.13
Jonny Marshall (courtesy: Jonny Marshall)
Jonny Marshall (Florida)
Florida freshman Jonny Marshall had the meet of his life on the 2024 SEC Championships. He dominated each backstroke occasions, and turned the quickest ever first-year within the males’s 100 backstroke (44.12) en path to his first SEC title. He later received the 200 backstroke (1:36.68), breaking Ryan Lochte‘s legendary college document within the course of. With two extra weekends of convention meets to go, Marshall sits atop the NCAA rankings within the 100 again whereas additionally sitting 2nd within the 200 again standings. Along with his backstroke performances, he swam to a brand new lifetime finest within the 200 freestyle (1:34.75), inserting thirteenth total.
- 100 Backstroke — 44.12 (1st)
- 200 Backstroke — 1:36.68 (1st)
- 200 Freestyle — 1:34.75 (thirteenth)
- 100 Backstroke (relay lead-off) — 45.13
Gretchen Walsh (courtesy: Jack Spitser)
Gretchen Walsh (Virginia)
Gretchen Walsh had many record-breaking swims on the ACC Championships, going 3-for-3 in particular person occasions and bagging FIVE particular person NCAA information alongside the best way. She set the 50 free document twice, going 20.77 in prelims earlier than posting a 20.57 within the last. She added information within the 100 free, 100 fly, and 100 again, along with additionally splitting the quickest ever 50 freestyle (19.95) and turning into the third quickest 200 freestyler (1:40.23) in historical past. G. Walsh additionally helped the UVA ladies to an NCAA document within the 200 free relay, and her 200 free lead-off assisted the group in turning into 2nd quickest all-time within the 800 free relay. She was additionally named the ladies’s swimmer of the meet.
- 50 Freestyle — 20.57 (1st), Quickest All-Time
- 100 Freestyle — 45.16 (1st), Quickest All-Time
- 100 Butterfly — 48.25 (1st), Quickest All-Time
- 100 Backstroke (relay lead-off) — 48.10, Quickest All-Time
- 50 Freestyle (relay break up) — 19.95 , Quickest All-Time
- 100 Freestyle (relay break up) — 45.40
- 200 Freestyle (relay lead-off) — 1:40.23, #3 Performer of All-Time
Chris Guiliano (photograph: Jack Spitser)
Chris Guiliano (Notre Dame)
After a large breakthrough eventually summer time’s World Championship Trials, Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano continued his development on the 2024 ACC Championships. He secured three particular person gold medals, sweeping the 50-200 freestyles in record-setting trend. He additionally helped Notre Dame safe a 400 free relay win, posting his third 40-point 100 freestyle of the day main them off. He was named ACC Swimmer of the Meet for his distinctive performances, which have been highlighted by his ACC document within the 100 free (40.62).
Along with the SCY performances, maybe his biggest swim of the weekend got here on the conclusion of the meet. He stayed in Greensboro an additional day to time trial the 100 LCM freestyle, the place he blasted a 47.49 to demolish his finest time (47.98) by half a second.
- 50 Freestyle — 18.57 (1st)
- 100 Freestyle — 40.62 (1st)
- 200 Freestyle — 1:31.16 (1st)
- 50 Freestyle (relay lead-off) — 18.63
- 100 Freestyle (relay lead-off) — 40.87
- 100 Freestyle (relay anchor) — 40.17
- 200 Freestyle (relay lead-off) — 1:31.16
- 100 Freestyle (LCM) — 47.49
Isabel Ivey (photograph: Jack Spitser)
Isabel Ivey (Florida)
One of the vital versatile swimmers within the NCAA, Florida’s Isabel Ivey, had a resurgence at this 12 months’s SEC Championships. The previous Cal Bear kicked off her particular person occasions with a private finest within the 200 IM, breaking 1:53 for the primary time (1:52.50). She positioned 2nd to teammate Bella Sims within the occasion, nevertheless it was a confidence-boosting finest time nonetheless. She later added particular person wins within the 100 again (50.40) and 200 free (1:41.85), together with her backstroke time representing a brand new lifetime finest. Her earlier finest time of fifty.42 was set 5 years in the past on the 2019 NCAA Championships, when she graduated highschool early to hitch the Cal Bears throughout championship season.
Ivey additionally helped the Gators to 3 relay wins within the 200, 400, and 800 free relays. She stepped up huge on all of the relays, highlighted by dash freestyle splits of 21.03 (50 free) and 46.06 (100 free). The Fifth 12 months Gator has some selections to make for the NCAA Championships, as she may swim a variety of various occasions based mostly on her finest occasions: 100 free (46.61), 200 free (1:41.35), 100 fly (50.60), 100 again (50.40), and 200 IM (1:52.50).
- 200 IM — 1:52.50 (2nd)
- 200 Free — 1:41.85 (1st)
- 100 Again — 50.40 (1st)
- 50 Free (relay break up) — 21.03
- 100 Free (relay lead-off) — 46.61
- 100 Free (relay break up) — 46.06
- 200 Free (relay break up) — 1:42.19
Macguire McDuff (courtesy: Macguire McDuff)
Macguire McDuff (Florida)
Florida junior Macguire McDuff posted a finest time in every of his three finest occasions on the SEC Championships. Leaving the meet with a person title within the 200 free, and high 4 finishes within the two dash free occasions, McDuff is an enormous identify to look at for at NCAAs. Final season, he performed a integral position in Florida’s NCAA record-setting relays, however he actually broke by way of individually this previous week.
Final summer time, McDuff almost made the U.S. World Championship group by way of his seventh place 100 freestyle (48.24) end at Trials. He was notably quicker in prelims (48.08), posting a time that may’ve been equal Fifth within the last (if replicated). His huge finest time of 1:30.64 from this previous week’s 200-yard freestyle ought to be an awesome confidence-boost, because it bodes fairly nicely for his 100 LCM free heading into Olympic Trials.
- 50 Freestyle — 18.87 (third)
- 100 Freestyle — 41.30 (4th)
- 200 Freestyle — 1:30.64 (1st)
- 50 Freestyle (relay break up) — 18.25
- 100 Freestyle (relay break up) — 41.42
- 100 Freestyle (relay break up) — 41.57
- 200 Freestyle (relay lead-off) — 1:31.62
Kristina Paegle (courtesy: Jack Spitser)
Kristina Paegle (Indiana)
Indiana sophomore Kristina Paegle scored 75 factors on the 2024 B1G Ten Championships and posted a finest time of 47.65 within the 100 free alongside the best way. She was third within the occasion, and likewise added a Fifth place end within the 50 free (21.87) and a seventh place end within the 200 free (1:46.74 however was a 1:45.59 within the prelims).
Nevertheless, her relay prowess is what earns her a spot on this record. She arguably had probably the most clutch swim of the weekend, anchoring Indiana’s 400 free relay house in 46.65, clinching the general B1G Ten title for her group. The meet got here all the way down to the final relay, the place Ohio State and Indiana battled it out to find out the meet winner… that means whichever group touched forward of the opposite earned the championship. Ohio State led the Hoosiers by 1.6 seconds stepping into to anchor leg, however Paegle’s 46.65 out-split Ohio State anchor Tristan Harrison (49.60) by almost three seconds, coming from behind to seal Indiana’s first B1G Ten meet victory in 5 years.
Paegle was nice on relays all week, see this comparability between her particular person swims versus her finest relay break up in every occasion:
- 50 Freestyle: 21.87 (particular person) vs. 21.03 (relay break up)
- 100 Freestyle: 47.65 (particular person) vs. 46.65 (relay break up)
- 200 Freestyle 1:45.59 (particular person) vs. 1:43.52 (relay break up)
Noah Bowers (courtesy: Jack Spitser)
Noah Bowers (NC State)
NC State graduate scholar Noah Bowers posted finest occasions en masse on the ACC Championships. After a sixth place end within the 200 fly eventually 12 months’s NCAA Championships, Bowers lowered his finest time by over a second to win the ACC Championship in his first ever sub-1:40 effort (1:39.65). He added finest occasions within the 100 fly (45.04) and 200 again (1:42.47), indicating he has the potential to attain within the 100 fly in a single month’s time. He owns a finest time of 1:32.96 within the 200 free from final 12 months, so he could possibly be a sensible triple occasion scoring risk in Indianapolis subsequent month if he can drop time there.
- 100 Butterfly — 45.04 (sixth)
- 200 Butterfly — 1:39.65 (1st)
- 200 Backstroke — 1:42.73 (twelfth) *1:42.47 in prelims
- 200 Freestyle (relay break up) — 1:32.56
Katharine Berkoff (courtesy: Jack Spitser)
Katharine Berkoff (NC State)
Whereas NC State’s Katharine Berkoff was a bit overshadowed by the record-breaking performances from the Walsh sisters, she did clock private finest occasions in her three major occasions on the 2024 ACCs. She posted a 50 free efficiency of 21.14 leading-off NC State’s third inserting 200 free relay, earlier than touching in 21.23 for third place standing within the particular person occasion. She touched for an additional third place end within the 100 free, clipping her earlier finest time in 46.81. She additionally clocked a finest time of 48.70 to win the 100 backstroke, marking her Fifth-consecutive ACC championship win within the occasion. Berkoff is thought to get quicker from ACCs to NCAAs, so going finest occasions at this level of the season may be very promising for the Wolfpack star.
- 50 Freestyle — 21.23 (third)
- 100 Freestyle — 46.81 (third)
- 100 Backstroke — 48.70 (1st)
- 50 Freestyle (relay break up) — 20.40
- 50 Freestyle (relay lead-off) — 21.14
- 100 Freestyle (relay break up) — 46.09
- 100 Freestyle (relay lead-off) — 46.91
Emma Weyant (courtesy: Jack Spitser)
Emma Weyant (Florida)
Florida junior Emma Weyant posted finest occasions in all of her particular person occasions on the SEC Championships. In arguably her finest meet for the reason that Tokyo Olympics, she walked away from SECs with particular person titles in each the five hundred free and 400 IM. She additionally added a 2nd place end within the 1650 Freestyle, making her a high eight contender in all three occasions for the upcoming NCAA Championships. She was third within the 400 IM, sixth within the 500 free, and thirteenth within the 1650 free eventually 12 months’s NCAA Championships, so she seems primed to outscore her performances from a 12 months in the past.
- 500 Freestyle — 4:34.25 (1st)
- 400 IM — 4:01.20 (1st)
- 1650 Freestyle — 15:54.62 (2nd)
- 200 Freestyle (relay break up) — 1:43.33
Others To Watch Heading Into NCAAs:
- Bella Sims (Florida) — Whereas Bella Sims was barely off her major occasion finest occasions on the SEC Championships, she did stroll away as the feminine swimmer of the meet. She bagged finest occasions within the 100 again (50.07), 50 free (21.88), and 200 IM (1:51.86), in addition to received particular person titles within the aforementioned 200 IM along with the 200 fly and 200 again.
- Jordan Crooks (Tennessee) — Though Jordan Crooks didn’t publish a finest time within the 50 free, he did publish his second ever sub-18 (17.99) swim en path to the SEC title. He additionally added finest occasions within the 100 free (40.90) and 200 free (1:31.17).
- Mona McSharry (Tennessee) — Only one week after the Doha World Championships, Tennessee junior Mona McSharry swept the breaststrokes at SECs. She received the 100 breast in 57.00, simply off her 56.87 season finest time. She added a finest time within the 200 (2:03.87) and posted a sub-56 break up on Tennessee’s victorious 400 medley relay (55.94), which was the 2nd quickest relay break up in historical past.
- Kyle Ponsler (NC State) — NC State sophomore Kyle Ponsler confirmed important enhancements from final 12 months, posting finest occasions in each the five hundred free and 400 IM. He grabbed the ACC 400 IM title (3:41.18), bettering upon his Fifth place 2023 end. For somebody who didn’t even swim on the NCAA Championships a 12 months in the past, this leap ahead will likely be pivotal for NC State, as they’ve a loaded class coming in for subsequent season so as to add to their depth.
- Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech) — After being dethroned within the 200 breast eventually 12 months’s ACC Championships, Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti reclaimed his title. Simply off his 1:49.69 ACC document, he received the occasion 1:50.08 over defending champion Denis Petrashov of Louisville. Coll Marti additionally positioned 2nd within the 100 breast this 12 months, recording his first ever sub-51 swim in 50.95.
- Jasmine Nocentini (Virginia) — Jasmine Nocenti made a direct influence for the Virginia Cavaliers this 12 months, after transferring from Northwestern. She left the ACC Championships with a 25.49 50 breast relay break up and finest occasions within the 50 free (21.13) and 100 breast (57.01).
- Noah Henderson (NC State) — After posting the quickest break up on NC State’s American record-breaking 200 freestyle relay, Noah Henderson posted a finest time within the 100 fly (44.80). Whereas he was off his finest occasions within the particular person 50 and 100 free occasions, his private bests within the 50 free and 100 fly are worthy of scoring at NCAAs. His relay contributions and particular person scoring potential bodes nicely for Indianapolis subsequent month.
- Anna Kalandadze (Penn) — Penn senior Anna Kalandadze had an awesome exhibiting on the Ivy League Championships, producing a finest time of 4:37.21 within the 500 free. She additionally swam 15:54.53 within the 1650 free, simply off her finest time of 15:53.88. It’s attainable that a type of occasions may rating within the high eight at NCAAs, as each of her swims would’ve final 12 months (though the occasions are deeper this 12 months, as compared).
- Anya Mostek (Harvard) — Harvard sophomore Anya Mostek has been dropping time within the 100 again all 12 months, breaking the Ivy League document on three separate events. She lowered it all the way down to 52.15 within the last on the Ivy League Championships, which is 0.21 quicker than it took to qualify for final 12 months’s NCAA Championships.
- Princeton Girls — Princeton freshman Dakota Tucker had an awesome meet on the ladies’s Ivy League Championships, sweeping her particular person occasions. She received the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 breast, and has posted a time in all three this season that may’ve certified for NCAAs final 12 months. Her teammate and fellow freshman, Eleanor Solar, has finished the identical in three occasions. Solar has been quicker than Tucker in each IMs this 12 months, however was runner-up to her on the Ivy League Championships. Solar has additionally been 1:55.87 within the 200 fly. Heidi Smithwick (1:54.62 200 fly), Sabrina Johnston (22.07 50 free, 48.28 100 free), and Ela Noble (22.13 50 free) are extra names to look at for, all with probabilities to earn NCAA invitations.
- Notre Dame Males — Behind Guiliano’s document swims, Notre Dame had nothing in need of a spectacular week in Greensboro. Bettering from Fifth to 2nd total in only one 12 months is a big assertion, and the enhancements of swimmers resembling Tommy Janton, Tanner Filion, and Marcus Gentry (amongst others…) have been an enormous contributing issue.
