Virginia vs. Navy
- Saturday, September twenty eighth, 2024
- AFC Pool, Charlottesville, VA
- Twin Meet Format
- SCY
- Full Outcomes
The US Naval Academy and College of Virginia swim groups kicked off the autumn twin meet schedule this morning in Charlottesville. After a joint observe Friday, the 2 groups squared off at the moment in what may very well be referred to as an off-distance mixed intrasquad meet, as every staff break up their squads into two: Blue and Orange for Virginia and Blue and Gold for Navy.
Virginia’s break up squads swept the competitors for each the boys and the ladies, with the UVA Orange staff claiming the general title.
The meet started with a blended 200 medley relay. Virginia opted to swim this occasion as a category competitors, reasonably than by the traditional intrasquad groups, and the seniors received with a time of 1:28.50. Tim Connery led off with a 21.75, fifth-year Noah Nichols break up a fast 23.35 on breast, Gretchen Walsh threw down a 21.65 on fly, and Maxine Parker anchored in 21.75.
That break up by Walsh appears to be the 2nd-fastest ever, behind solely her 21.50 from a January twin meet. Walsh seems to be selecting again proper the place she left off final season, the place she rewrote the file books on a number of events in fly, again, and free.
Video courtesy of UVA Swimming
Teammate Claire Curzan made her official UVA debut on this occasion, splitting 22.29 on the fly leg for the junior staff, whereas Anna Moesch had the quickest feminine anchor leg with a 21.52 for the freshmen.
The meet ended with a blended 200 free relay, for which UVA caught to the Blue/Orange intrasquad groups. The Virginia Orange received with a 1:22.65, highlighted by a 20.73 anchor leg from Walsh.
Girls’s Meet
Scores:
- UVA Orange – 441
- UVA Blue – 387
- Navy Gold – 212
- Navy Blue – 203
Gretchen Walsh (UVA Orange) and Claire Curzan (UVA Blue) led the ladies with three particular person victories every. Walsh, the quickest girl ever in each the SCY and LCM variations of the 100 fly, swept the butterfly occasions with a 22.68 within the 50 fly and a 1:20.31 within the 150 fly. To supply some perspective, she went out in 23.51/27.57, hitting the 100 mark at 51.08, a time which practically would’ve made the A-final ultimately season’s NCAA championships, earlier than closing in 29.23. She additionally received the 100 IM in 52.64, a time which seems to be the 4th-fastest efficiency ever.
Girls’s 100 IM, Prime Performances*:
- Kate Douglass — 51.97 (2023)
- Gretchen Walsh — 52.09 (2022)
- Kate Douglass — 52.48 (2020)
- Gretchen Walsh — 52.64 (2024)
- Kate Douglass — 52.73 (2022)
- Kate Douglass — 53.01 (2022)
- Katie Meili — 53.02 (2014)
- Alex Walsh — 53.08 (2021)
- Alex Walsh — 53.23 (2023)
- Gretchen Walsh — 53.54 (2021)
*verifying instances for an occasion not sometimes raced at official meets is tough, so if you already know of a swim we missed, please tell us within the feedback.
Video courtesy of UVA Swimming
Curzan, who transferred from Stanford a 12 months in the past and red-shirted final season, additionally received three particular person occasions. She bought going with a 1:15.34 within the 150 freestyle, main a Cavalier sweep of the highest eight spots. Subsequent, she took the 50 again in 24.01, precisely three-quarters of a second shy of her finest from the 2023 NCAA Championships. She closed out her particular person occasions with a 1:21.47 win within the 150 again.
Aimee Canny helped the UVA Orange staff to victory with a 1:33.48 win within the 150 breast and a 2:46.87 within the 300 free. Within the latter occasion, she break up 26.33 on the ultimate 50 to move her Orange teammate Cavan Gormsen, who led for many of the race and completed 2nd in 2:47.35. Gormsen had received the 600 free earlier within the session with a time of 5:47.35.
Zoe Skirboll received the 50 breast for Orange in 27.92, adopted by Olympian Emma Weber, who took 2nd in 28.43. Weber additionally completed sixth within the 300 IM (3:17.12) and eighth within the 150 breast (1:39.88).
The UVA ladies introduced within the top-ranked recruiting class within the nation this 12 months, and freshmen Leah Hayes and Anna Moesch every picked up wins, with Hayes successful the 300 IM in 3:02.54 and Moesch taking the 50 free with a 22.41 to Maxine Parker‘s 22.45 in an thrilling race.
The 2 groups break up the diving outcomes, as Jessica Buntman, representing UVA’s Orange staff received with a rating of 249.00 on the 1m, and Navy (Gold)’s Kim MacKenzie received the 3m with a 275.40. Since UVA opted to exhibition the 1m, MacKenzie additionally formally received the 1m with a rating of 240.60, serving to the Navy Gold staff to a win over their intrasquad rivals.
On the swimming aspect, the Navy ladies, who’re the defending Patriot League champs, managed to push the Cavaliers in a couple of occasions, particularly the stroke 50s. Within the 50 breast, Sydney Naked (Blue) took 4th with a 29.08. Catherine Weaverling (Blue) touched 4th within the 50 fly with a 24.76, simply 0.16s away from 2nd. Weaverling additionally had the quickest 200 free relay break up for the Navy ladies with a 23.25 anchor leg.
Males
Scores:
- UVA Blue – 363
- UVA Orange – 318
- Navy Blue – 282
- Navy Gold – 230
It was a more in-depth affair on the boys’s aspect, however each UVA groups nonetheless completed squarely on high.
The Navy males received the primary particular person occasion of the session in a battle of top-ranked freshmen. David King, the #8 recruit within the Class of 2024, led early for UVA Orange, however Dean Jones (a 2024 honorable point out) moved into first by the 150. He maintained a slim lead till King knocked out a 26.99 break up to maneuver into 1st with 150 yards to go. Jones break up 25.08 on the ultimate 50 to the touch first, 5:23.71 to five:23.78, and decide up 20 factors for the Navy Gold staff.
The Cavaliers swept the remainder of the swimming occasions, as Jack Aikins and Spencer Nicholas every took three occasions.
Aikins, who redshirted final 12 months to deal with worldwide competitors, bought going by holding off UVA Blue teammate Hayden Bellotti within the 150 free, 1:09.75 to 1:09.91. Aikins received the 150 again by practically a second (1:14.14), after which beat Noah Nichols (Orange) 48.61 to 48.68 within the 100 IM.
Nichols swept the breaststroke occasions with a 24.46 within the 50 breast and a 1:24.46 within the 150 breast. Nichols, a fifth-year, completed within the high six in each breaststroke occasions at NCAAs final 12 months, and his return is massive for UVA, who didn’t have any swimmers within the self-discipline at NCAAs.
Nicholas, who we ranked because the #6 recruit within the Class of 2024, made his presence instantly identified with a trio of victories for UVA Blue. He opened with a 21.79 within the 50 again, took the 150 fly in 1:16.56, and completed with a 20.82 within the 50 fly.
Matt Styczen (Orange) received the 300 IM in 2:49.86, whereas Connor Boyle took the 50 free in 20.14 for the UVA Blue staff.
Jones and King squared off once more in the direction of the top of the session within the 300 freestyle. This time, King led from starting to finish, and received by over two seconds, touching with a 2:32.83.
Navy’s Blue staff bought 40 factors from diver Blake Shaw, who swept the diving occasions with scores of 307.65 (1m) and 285.63 (3m), though the 3m was exhibitioned, and UVA’s Nicholas Sanders had the very best factors with a rating of 317.92.
