The 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continue with the 50 freestyle preliminaries from the McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech.
Kate Douglass broke the NCAA and American record in 20.87 to earn the Top Seed in 50 freestyle.
The previous record was 20.90 by Cal’s Abbey wide line in 2019.
Douglass was at the NCAA Championships as soon as 9 p.m. She spent that time at the ACC Championships in the same pool.
Virginia has the top two seeds with Douglass in it Gretchen Walschwho finished on 21.09 and was ready to make a run at her teammate.
Douglass was out with 10.04, by far the fastest and back to 10.83, also the fastest top.
of Alabama Cora Dupree had the third seed 21.47, while Michigan the Maggie Mac Neil in North Carolina Senior Grace County 21.53 bound for the fourth seed.
NC State has the next two final spots with Katharine Berkoff take the sixth seed in 21.56 Kylee Alons at 21.62 in seventh place.
Alabama Senior Morgan Scott took the eighth seed in 21.72, giving Crimson Tide two finalists in the event.
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Event 5 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 20.90 12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
Meet: M 21.02 3/21/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
American: A 20.90 12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
US Open: O 20.90 12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, California
Pool: P 21.00 2/16/2022 Katherine Douglass, Virginia
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Douglass, Kate JR Virginia 20.87N
r:+0.63 10.04 20.87 (10.83)
2 Walsh, Gretchen FR Virginia 21.09
r:+0.70 10.18 21.09 (10.91)
3 Dupre, Cora JR Alabama 21.47
r:+0.58 10.43 21.47 (11.04)
4 Countie, Grace SR UNC 21.53
r:+0.70 10.39 21.53 (11.14)
4 MacNeil, Maggie SR Michigan 21.53
r:+0.62 10.41 21.53 (11.12)
6 Berkoff, Katharine JR NC State 21.56
r:+0.66 10.53 21.56 (11.03)
7 Alons, Kylee SR NC State 21.62
r:+0.63 10.38 21.62 (11.24)
8 Scott, Morgan SR Alabama 21.72
r:+0.65 10.47 21.72 (11.25)
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9 Cuomo, Lexi JR Virginia 21.80
r:+0.67 10.50 21.80 (11.30)
10 Albiero, Gabi SO Louisville 21.81
r:+0.59 10.48 21.81 (11.33)
11 Grover, Claire SR UCLA 21.82
r:+0.63 10.32 21.82 (11.50)
11 Kutsch, AJ JR Tennessee 21.82
r:+0.66 10.55 21.82 (11.27)
13 Fulmer, Amy JR Ohio St 21.88
r:+0.71 10.76 21.88 (11.12)
14 Antoniou, Kalia SR Alabama 21.90
r:+0.65 10.69 21.90 (11.21)
15 Henig, Iszac JR Yale 21.94
r:+0.62 10.54 21.94 (11.40)
16 Keil, Megan SR Missouri 21.99
r:+0.64 10.67 21.99 (11.32)
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