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The 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the 50 freestyle prelims from McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech.
Kate Douglass broke the NCAA and American record in 20.87 to earn the top seed in the 50 freestyle.
The previous record was 20.90 set by Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil in 2019.
Douglass had been as fast as 21.00 heading into the NCAA Championships. She clocked that time at the ACC Championships in the same pool.
Virginia took the top two seeds with Douglass and Gretchen Walsh, who finished in 21.09 and could be poised to make a run at her teammate.
Douglass was out in 10.04, by far the fastest and back in 10.83, also the fastest spit.
Alabama’s Cora Dupree took the third seeding 21.47, while Michigan’s Maggie Mac Neil and North Carolina senior Grace Countie tied for the fourth seed in 21.53.
NC State took the next two finals spots with Katharine Berkoff taking the sixth seed in 21.56 and Kylee Alons taking the seventh spot at 21.62.
Alabama senior Morgan Scott took the eighth seed in 21.72, giving the Crimson Tide two finalists in the event.
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)
