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With the swimming motion on the Paris 2024 Olympics wrapped up, its time to check out which swimmers at present maintain essentially the most People in swimming throughout all three swimming pools (LCM, SCM, and SCY).
Prime Male: Caeleb Dressel – 14
Regardless of not breaking any of his LCM American Information in Paris, Dressel stays on the prime of this listing. He at present holds the American File within the LCM variations of the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, and 4×100 medley relay, along with his 100 butterfly and 4×100 medley relay occasions additionally standing as World Information. Within the SCM pool, Dressel holds American data within the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 IM, 200 freestyle relay, and 400 freestyle relay. Much like the lengthy course pool, his SCM 100 butterfly additionally stands because the World File, as does his 50 freestyle and 100 IM. He beforehand held the World File within the 100 freestyle earlier than it was damaged by Australian Kyle Chalmers.
Dressel solely holds 3 American Information in SCY, along with his occasions within the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100 butterfly standing because the quickest in historical past. Throughout his time within the NCAA, Dressel additionally held the American File within the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM. Nonetheless, each of these data have since been damaged.
Caeleb Dressel‘s American Information
- SCY
- 50 freestyle – 17.63 (2018)
- 100 freestyle – 39.90 (2018)
- 100 butterfly – 42.80 (2018)
- LCM
- 50 freestyle – 21.04 (2021)
- 100 freestyle – 46.96 (2019)
- 50 butterfly – 22.35 (2019)
- 100 butterfly – 49.45 (2021)*
- 400 medley relay – 3:26.78 (2021)*
- SCM
- 50 freestyle – 20.16 (2020)*
- 100 freestyle – 45.08 (2020)
- 100 butterfly – 47.78 (2020)*
- 100 IM – 49.28 (2020)*
- 200 freestyle relay – 1:21.80 (2018)
- 400 freestyle relay – 3:03.03 (2018)
*denotes World File
Prime Feminine: (tie) Kate Douglass/Gretchen Walsh – 13
College of Virginia teammates Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh at present stand tied on this metric with 13 American Information every.
Douglass, one of many prime feminine NCAA swimmers in historical past, holds maybe one of the crucial versatile file counts ever. In SCY, she at present solely has two particular person American Information remaining with the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM. Nonetheless, at one level she held American Information within the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly as properly (which have been each damaged by Walsh).
This previous NCAA season, Walsh broke Douglass’ American Information within the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle. She additionally added American Information within the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle to provide herself a powerful resume as properly.
Each swimmers additionally maintain SCY American Information on 4 totally different relays. Walsh and Douglass have been each a part of the Cavalier groups that broke the data within the 200 medley, 400 medley, 200 freestyle, and 400 freestyle relays, with a majority of these data falling through the 2023 NCAA season.
In LCM, Douglass at present holds two particular person American Information with prime occasions within the 200 breaststroke and 50 freestyle, showcasing a powerful vary once-again. Walsh holds the American File and World File within the 100 butterfly, whereas additionally holding the American File within the 50 butterfly. Each swimmers set an American File within the 4×100 freestyle relay in Paris, whereas Walsh was on the ladies’s and combined 4×100 medley relay groups that set American and World Information.
Douglass additionally holds the American File within the SCM model of the 200 IM, making it her solely particular person file in that pool. On the 2022 World Championships, Douglass additionally set American Information as a part of the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay.
Kate Douglass‘ American Information:
- SCY
- 200 breaststroke – 2:01.29 (2023)
- 200 IM – 1:48.37 (2023)
- 200 freestyle relay – 1:23.87 (2023)
- 400 freestyle relay – 3:05.84 (2023)
- 200 medley relay – 1:31.51 (2023)
- 400 medley relay – 3:22.34 (2023)
- LCM
- 50 freestyle – 23.91 (2024)
- 200 breaststroke – 2:19.24 (2024)
- 400 freestyle relay – 3:30.30 (2024)
- SCM
- 200 IM – 2:02.12 (2022)
- 200 freestyle relay – 1:33.89 (2022)
- 400 freestyle relay – 3:26.29 (2022)
- 400 medley relay – 3:44.35 (2022)
Remarkably, regardless of having the second-highest general American File whole, Walsh doesn’t maintain a single file within the SCM pool. Nonetheless, that may quickly change with the 2024 SCM World Championships slated to happen this winter. Regardless of the championships occuring through the NCAA season, the College of Virginia despatched a big contigent of swimmers to the 2022 version of the meet, together with Douglass and Alex Walsh. Thus, it appears doubtless that the workforce would possibly elect to do the identical this 12 months. If given the prospect, it’s extremely possible that G. Walsh might see her first SCM data come given her dominance over the opposite swimming pools.
Gretchen Walsh‘s American Information:
- SCY
- 50 freestyle – 20.37 (2024)
- 100 freestyle – 44.83 (2024)
- 100 butterfly – 47.42 (2024)
- 100 backstroke – 48.10 (2024)
- 200 freestyle relay – 1:23.87 (2023)
- 400 freestyle relay – 3:05.84 (2023)
- 200 medley relay – 1:31.51 (2023)
- 400 medley relay – 3:22.34 (2023)
- LCM
- 50 butterfly – 25.11 (2023)
- 100 butterfly – 55.18 (2024)*
- 400 freestyle relay – 3:30.30 (2024)
- combined 400 medley relay – 3:37.43 (2024)*
- 400 medley relay – 3:49.63 (2024)*
