Bruno Moreno Gutiérrez

Professional Sports Analyst & Journalist

 

American & NCAA Records were broken!

 

 

200 Medley Relay: 

 

Virginia, with Gretchen Walsh, Alexis Wenger, Lexi Cuomo and Kate Douglass broke the meet record with a time of 1:32.16. They were very close to breaking their own American Record that was established this year in February with a time of 1:31.81. 

 

In second place finished North Carolina State University with a time of 1:32.96. Berkoff was the fastest backstroke leg with a time of 22.76. 

 

 

 

800 Freestyle Relay: 

Stanford dominated the entire field and defeated Virginia. Torri Huske, Taylor Ruck, Regan Smith and Brooke Forde were the swimmers that put impressive performances to finish with the victory. Ruck had the fastest split with a time of 1:40.49.

 

200 IM: 

 

Sophomore, Alex Walsh of the University of Virginia, broke the American & NCAA Record after establishing an incredible time of 1:50.08. 

 

The splits were: 

 

50 butterfly → 23.95

 

50 backstroke → 27.50

 

50 breaststroke → 31.64

 

50 freestyle → 26.99

 

Freshman, Torri Huske, had a great performance with a 1:51.81. She finished second and obtained 17 valuable points for Stanford. 

 

 

50 Freestyle: 

 

Kate Douglass, broke the American & NCAA Record with a time of 20.84. The junior was challenged by her teammate, Gretchen Walsh, who was the other woman who swam under 21 seconds.

 

100 Backstroke: 

 

These NCAAs have been one of the fastest in history and Katharine Berkoff knew that. The Junior from NCSU broke the American Record and defeated Olympic Swimmer Regan Smith of Stanford. Berkoff swam an excellent 48.74 and obtained 20 key points for her team. 

 

 

 

 

 

Bruno Moreno Gutiérrez

Professional Sports Analyst & Journalist

 

NCAA is the fastest swimming meet in the world!

 

NCAA is the fastest swimming meet in the world and with all the young talent coming, this NCAA Championships look very promising. 

That being said, let’s take a look at the best swimmers to watch at the  2022 NCAA Division I

 

Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships 

 

The NCAA will be taking place in Atlanta, Georgia from March 16 -19 of 2022. 

 

Maggie MacNeil

 

Photo from: Swimming World

 

The Canadian World and Olympic Champion will be a senior at this year’s NCAA. Even though freestyle might not be her primary stroke, she is one of the favorites to get the victory in the 100 yard free in Atlanta, Georgia later this month. 

 

She is the 3rd fastest performer of all-time in NCAA history, after winning this same event a year ago. Would she be able to defend her title?

 

 

Kate Douglass – UVA

 

 

The US Olympian in Tokyo is ready to make history in the NCAA once again. 

She wants redemption in the 100 free and will do everything she can to defeat MacNeil and give Virginia a very important first place. 

Kate was able to defeat Maggie MacNeil in the 50 free one year ago, with an impressive time of 21.13 over the 21.17 of the Canadian. 

 

Can she get both 50-free and 100-free titles?

 

 

Torrie Huske – Stanford

 

 

The Olympic swimmer is in her first season with Stanford, however, she is even more experienced than some older of her teammates and rivals. 

The freshman comes as the #3 seed in the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.07.