The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships continued from Knoxville, Tennessee, on Thursday with the Day 2 prelims session.
The Day 2 prelims session consists of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle.
NCAA Women’s 200 IM
The highly anticipated showdown between Virginia teammates Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh was off to a strong start after prelims – but they are by no means alone as contenders.
The Olympic medalists were in separate prelim heats, so did not go head-to-head, adding to the anticipation for the finals.
Of course, some other star swimmers will have a huge say in what happens in the finals.
Stanford’s Torri Huske got to the wall in 1:52.38 in the first of three circle-seeded heats.
Walsh won her heat in 1:52.89.
Douglass won the final prelim heat in 1:51.81 and will have the top overall seed in the finals.
Huske is second, followed by Walsh. There is a decent drop off in time (more than a second) between third and fourth.
Louisville senior Abby Hay took the fourth spot in 1:54.03), followed by Virginia senior Ella Nelson (1:54.06), Texas junior Emma Sticklen (1:54.18), Duke junior Sally Foley (1:54.35) and Wisconsin junior Phoebe Bacon (1:54.43).
Event 4 Women 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia
Meet: M 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia
American: A 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia
US Open: O 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia
Pool: P 1:50.92 11/19/2020Kate Douglass, Virginia
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Douglass, Kate SR Virginia 1:50.15 1:51.81
r:+0.54 24.01 52.22 (28.21)
1:24.65 (32.43) 1:51.81 (27.16)
2 Huske, Torri SO Stanford 1:53.37 1:52.38
r:+0.51 23.76 51.63 (27.87)
1:24.68 (33.05) 1:52.38 (27.70)
3 Walsh, Alex JR Virginia 1:51.95 1:52.89
r:+0.64 24.50 52.35 (27.85)
1:24.94 (32.59) 1:52.89 (27.95)
4 Hay, Abby SR Louisville 1:55.07 1:54.03
r:+0.74 23.78 52.05 (28.27)
1:25.71 (33.66) 1:54.03 (28.32)
5 Nelson, Ella SR Virginia 1:53.69 1:54.06
r:+0.69 25.32 54.44 (29.12)
1:26.46 (32.02) 1:54.06 (27.60)
6 Sticklen, Emma JR Texas 1:54.70 1:54.18
r:+0.69 23.46 51.17 (27.71)
1:26.14 (34.97) 1:54.18 (28.04)
7 Foley, Sally JR Duke 1:54.12 1:54.35
r:+0.60 24.72 54.92 (30.20)
1:26.62 (31.70) 1:54.35 (27.73)
8 Bacon, Phoebe JR Wisconsin 1:55.06 1:54.43
r:+0.68 24.48 52.61 (28.13)
1:26.84 (34.23) 1:54.43 (27.59)
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9 Fuller, Josephine SO Tennessee 1:54.09 1:54.61
r:+0.61 24.98 52.95 (27.97)
1:26.68 (33.73) 1:54.61 (27.93)
10 Pash, Kelly SR Texas 1:53.81 1:54.63
r:+0.68 24.22 52.31 (28.09)
1:26.66 (34.35) 1:54.63 (27.97)
10 Hartman, Zoie SR Georgia 1:53.58 1:54.63
r:+0.74 25.46 53.90 (28.44)
1:26.83 (32.93) 1:54.63 (27.80)
12 Bell, Lucy FR Stanford 1:56.47 1:54.89
r:+0.41 25.15 54.32 (29.17)
1:27.25 (32.93) 1:54.89 (27.64)
13 Polonsky, Leah SO California 1:54.02 1:55.01
r:+0.67 25.21 54.12 (28.91)
1:27.03 (32.91) 1:55.01 (27.98)
14 Peplowski, Noelle 5Y Indiana 1:55.89 1:55.37
r:+0.56 25.37 54.20 (28.83)
1:27.01 (32.81) 1:55.37 (28.36)
15 Arens, Abby JR NC State 1:54.93 1:55.41
r:+0.66 24.55 54.17 (29.62)
1:27.65 (33.48) 1:55.41 (27.76)
16 Noble, Kennedy FR NC State 1:55.77 1:55.48
r:+0.65 25.53 53.44 (27.91)
1:27.43 (33.99) 1:55.48 (28.05)
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17 Harter, Abby JR Virginia 1:54.83 1:55.57
r:+0.72 24.70 54.27 (29.57)
1:27.67 (33.40) 1:55.57 (27.90)
18 Panitz, Josie SR Ohio St 1:54.96 1:55.66
r:+0.71 25.42 55.61 (30.19)
1:26.83 (31.22) 1:55.66 (28.83)
