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The 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the 200 IM prelims from McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech.
Virginia’s Alex Walsh , the defending NCAA champion, put together a stellar breaststroke leg of the 200 IM to take the top seed in 1:53.00. Her breaststroke split of 32.32 was by far the fastest in the field and completely changed the race.
In the final heat, Walsh trailed Cal’s Isabel Ivey heading into the breaststroke, but then completely took charge during the breaststroke to open up a body lead.
Walsh finished in 1:53.00 and Ivey was second in the heat (1:54.49).
Stanford freshman Torri Huske took an early lead in Heat 9 and was able to hang on to finish in 1:54.05, ahead of Texas’ Kelly Pash, who touched the wall just behind in 1:54.18.
Walsh took the top seed overall, a second ahead of the field, followed by Huske and Pash.
Louisville junior Abby Hay took the fourth seed in 1:54.33, ahead of Virginia junior Ella Nelson (1:54.48), Ivey, Georgia senior Zoie Hartman (1:54.50) and Duke sophomore Sally Foley, who took the eighth seed in 1:54.57, rounding out the NCAA finalists.
Event 4 Women 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Meet: M 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
American: A 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
US Open: O 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Pool: P 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walsh, Alex SO Virginia 1:53.00
r:+0.76 24.67 52.49 (27.82)
1:24.81 (32.32) 1:53.00 (28.19)
2 Huske, Torri FR Stanford 1:54.05
r:+0.60 24.00 52.17 (28.17)
1:25.44 (33.27) 1:54.05 (28.61)
3 Pash, Kelly JR Texas 1:54.18
r:+0.68 24.30 53.07 (28.77)
1:26.19 (33.12) 1:54.18 (27.99)
4 Hay, Abby JR Louisville 1:54.33
r:+0.70 24.17 52.08 (27.91)
1:26.06 (33.98) 1:54.33 (28.27)
5 Nelson, Ella JR Virginia 1:54.48
r:+0.66 25.48 54.29 (28.81)
1:27.23 (32.94) 1:54.48 (27.25)
6 Ivey, Isabel SR California 1:54.49
r:+0.72 24.29 52.50 (28.21)
1:27.13 (34.63) 1:54.49 (27.36)
7 Hartman, Zoie JR Georgia 1:54.50
r:+0.74 25.51 53.74 (28.23)
1:26.69 (32.95) 1:54.50 (27.81)
8 Foley, Sally SO Duke 1:54.57
r:+0.64 25.28 54.66 (29.38)
1:27.15 (32.49) 1:54.57 (27.42)
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9 Polonsky, Leah FR California 1:54.77
r:+0.66 25.16 54.14 (28.98)
1:26.71 (32.57) 1:54.77 (28.06)
10 Bacon, Phoebe SO Wisconsin 1:55.04
r:+0.65 24.70 52.69 (27.99)
1:27.06 (34.37) 1:55.04 (27.98)
11 Poole, Lauren JR Kentucky 1:55.42
r:+0.68 25.32 54.36 (29.04)
1:27.34 (32.98) 1:55.42 (28.08)
11 Looze, Mackenzie SR Indiana 1:55.42
r:+0.67 25.21 54.79 (29.58)
1:27.32 (32.53) 1:55.42 (28.10)
13 Romano, Kristen 5Y Ohio St 1:55.47
r:+0.72 25.33 54.21 (28.88)
1:27.88 (33.67) 1:55.47 (27.59)
14 Bonnett, Bailey 5Y Kentucky 1:55.49
r:+0.64 25.11 54.04 (28.93)
1:27.01 (32.97) 1:55.49 (28.48)
15 Walshe, Ellen FR Tennessee 1:55.63
r:+0.67 25.15 54.81 (29.66)
1:28.90 (34.09) 1:55.63 (26.73)
16 Harter, Abby SO Virginia 1:55.90
r:+0.73 24.63 54.12 (29.49)
1:27.92 (33.80) 1:55.90 (27.98)
