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Gretchen Walsh Wins 50 Fly at US Phillips 66 Nationals

INDIANAPOLIS – Junior Gretchen Walsh added an individual event to her World Championship schedule after winning the 50-meter butterfly on night two of the US Phillips 66 Nationals at the Indiana University Natatorium.

Walsh qualified for her first individual event on Wednesday night with her national championship win in the 50 fly. Her time of 25.11 is an American, US Open and Meet record. Walsh had already secured a spot on Team USA as part of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

Walsh highlighted a night that included eight top-10 finishes for Cavalier swimmers. Kate Douglass added the 200-meter breaststroke to her slate, finishing second with a UVA record time of 2:21.22.

Junior Jack Aikins just missed qualifying for Worlds as he tied for third in the 200-meter backstroke. Aikins podiumed with a UVA record time of 1:56.04.

The women’s 200-meter breaststroke A Final was filled with Cavaliers. Along with Douglass, senior Anna Keating placed fifth with a time of 2:26.71 and sophomore Emma Weber was sixth with a personal-best time of 2:27.08.

Junior Reilly Tiltmann improved her own UVA record in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:08.65 to place sixth in the event.

Senior Alex Walsh finished eighth in the women’s 200-meter freestyle and senior Noah Nichols was 10th with a personal-best time of 2:11.83 in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke.

UVA alums Leah Smith and Paige Madden finished sixth and 16th, respectively, in the women’s 200-meter freestyle.

Sophomore Braeden Haughey was fifth in the men’s 200-backstroke B Final to place 13th overall with a time of 1:58.46.

Junior Tim Connery finished seventh in the C Final to place 23rd overall in the men’s 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:51.35.

Sophomore Zoe Skirboll finished eighth in the C Final and was 24th overall in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:34.88.

IN PRELIMS

  • Senior Maxine Parker and sophomore Sophia Knapp were 35th and 50th, respectively, in the women’s 200-meter freestyle.
  • Sophomore Sebastien Sergile was 49th in the men’s 200-meter freestyle (1:53.06).
  • Junior Max Iida was 26th in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:16.54.
  • Junior Ella Bathurst was 27th in the women’s 200-meter backstroke (2:14.66).
  • Senior Abby Harter qualified for the 50-meter butterfly C Final but scratched from the finals, finishing 24th (27.36) in prelims. Sophomore Carly Novelline was 37th (27.63) and senior Sam Baron was 52nd (28.30).

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