Gretchen Walsh Swims Quickest Twin Meet Instances Ever in 50 Free (20.84) and 100 Fly (48.43)

North Carolina v. Virginia

• Friday, November 1st, 2024
• Koury Natatorium, Chapell Hill, NC
• SCY
• Twin Meet Format
• Stay Outcomes on Meet Cellular as “UNC vs UVA”

Gretchen Walsh continues to swim quick every time and wherever.

In the present day in Chapel Hill, Walsh started her day with a swim that didn’t even make it into the headline — a 22.96 medley relay leadoff. That’s “solely” the Eleventh-fastest efficiency historical past and “solely” the 2nd-fastest twin meet swim ever, behind solely Walsh’s 22.54 from final October’s Virginia vs. Texas meet.

Walsh’s subsequent race this afternoon was the person 50 free, an occasion the place she’s the quickest lady ever by almost half a second. In the present day she completed over a second forward of the sector with a time of 20.84. That’s tied with former teammate Kate Douglass for the Eighth-fastest efficiency in historical past, and it’s the primary time that anybody’s been sub-20.90 exterior of a midseason invite or convention/nationwide championship.

All-Time High Performances, Girls’s 50 Free (SCY)

1. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.37 (2024)
2. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.41 (2024)
3. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.57 (2024)
4. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.77 (2024)
5. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.79 (2023)/Maggie MacNeil, LSU – 20.79 (2023)
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7. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 20.83 (2023)
8. Kate Douglass, Virginia (2022) – 20.84 / Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024) – 20.84

Walsh’s time right this moment isn’t fairly the quickest time ever completed within the fall semester, although, as her 20.79 from 2023 got here on the mid-season Tennessee Invitational.

Walsh saved getting stronger because the session continued, closing out her particular person races with a  48.43 within the 100 fly, which ranks because the #4 time in historical past, formally.**

All-Time High Performances, Girls’s 100 Fly (SCY)

1. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia — 47.42 (2024)
2. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia — 48.25 (2024)
3. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia — 48.26 (2024)
4. Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 48.43 (2024)
5. Kate Douglass, Virginia — 48.46 (2023)

Walsh’s 100 fly time right this moment would’ve been the quickest time ever** simply 9 months in the past; her three sooner occasions all got here on the ACC or NCAA Championships meets earlier this yr.

**Word: Walsh swam 48.30 swimming butterfly whereas main off UVA’s 400 free relay on the Tennessee Invite final November. That was unofficially the quickest time ever at that time, however USA Swimming didn’t acknowledge it as an official butterfly time.

The meet is nearly wrapped up, and we’ll have a full recap revealed later this night.