2020 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships Day 2 Prelims: Douglass Sets IM Record

Duke's Alyssa Marsh; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Kate Douglass got Day 2 of the ACC Championships off to a flying start in the women’s 200 individual medley, and it’s likely that she’s got more to offer for finals.

Douglass grabbed the top seed with a meet record 1:53.90 in prelims Thursday. It’s more than a second off the star freshman’s season best of 1:52.84, which is an NCAA A cut and the conference record. The time erases the meet record set by NC State’s Alexia Zevnik in 2017 (1:54.44), and Douglass could make a run Thursday night at the Greensboro Aquatic Club mark set by Missy Franklin in 2015 (1:52.11).

The full recap of Thursday’s morning prelims. The ups-mids-downs report is below. The teams are in order of the team scores after Day 1, with the team score after Wednesday night in parenthesis.

ACC Championships, Greensboro Aquatic Center

ACC Championships Day 1: UVA makes opening salvo

Virginia 6, 3, 3 (166 points)
Notre Dame 3, 1, 1 (165)
UNC 1, 4, 3 (135)
Louisville 4, 5, 3 (133)
Duke 1, 2, 2 (130)
NC State 8, 4, 4 (124)
Florida State 0, 1, 3 (122)
Virginia Tech 0, 1, 1 (113)
Georgia Tech 0, 1, 1 (109)
Miami 0, 1, 0 (105)
Boston College 0, 0, 0 (70)
Pittsburgh 0, 1, 2 (59)

500 freestyle

It’s a perfect encapsulation of how the team standings battle is shaping up: Virginia has the top two spots, but NC State stuffed the A final with four swimmers. Paige Madden is the top seed in 4:40.93, with Maddie Donohoe (4:42.68) a spot back. But NC State’s Makayla Sargent leads four Wolfpack swimmers in third place. Mackenzie Glover is in line for big bonus points by edging out a crowd for eighth, with UNC’s Bryanna Cameron and Sophie Cattermole of Louisville tied for ninth in .12 behind her and UVA’s Emma Seiberlich in 11th .17 back.

 2020 ACC Championships - 2/19/2020 to 2/22/2020       
 Event 4  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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         Meet: ! 4:30.74  2/18/2016 Leah Smith, UVA-VA
          ACC: % 4:28.90  3/16/2017 Leah Smith, Virginia
     American: * 4:24.06  3/17/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
         NCAA: $ 4:24.06  3/17/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
    U.S. Open: # 4:24.06  11/18/2016Katie Ledecky
  Pool Record: & 4:29.54  12/4/2014 Katie Ledecky, NCAP-PV
                 4:35.76  A
                 4:40.96  IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
                 4:47.20  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Madden, Paige    JR UVA               4:34.64    4:40.93 qIV19  
                 26.09        54.15 (28.06)
        1:22.35 (28.20)     1:50.63 (28.28)
        2:19.03 (28.40)     2:47.30 (28.27)
        3:15.81 (28.51)     3:44.40 (28.59)
        4:12.97 (28.57)     4:40.93 (27.96)
  2 Donohoe, Madely  FR UVA               4:43.65    4:42.68 qB     
                 26.16        54.49 (28.33)
        1:22.80 (28.31)     1:51.46 (28.66)
        2:20.41 (28.95)     2:48.67 (28.26)
        3:17.21 (28.54)     3:45.97 (28.76)
        4:14.68 (28.71)     4:42.68 (28.00)
  3 Sargent, Makayl  SR NC State          4:44.62    4:43.29 qB     
                 26.51        54.83 (28.32)
        1:23.40 (28.57)     1:52.06 (28.66)
        2:20.60 (28.54)     2:49.38 (28.78)
        3:18.05 (28.67)     3:46.51 (28.46)
        4:15.12 (28.61)     4:43.29 (28.17)
  4 Dolan, Abigail   SR ND                4:46.05    4:43.48 qB     
                 25.74        54.02 (28.28)
        1:22.65 (28.63)     1:51.60 (28.95)
        2:20.59 (28.99)     2:49.44 (28.85)
        3:18.06 (28.62)     3:46.64 (28.58)
        4:15.33 (28.69)     4:43.48 (28.15)
  5 Moore, Kathleen  JR NC State          4:39.34    4:44.15 qB     
                 25.92        53.93 (28.01)
        1:22.52 (28.59)     1:51.46 (28.94)
        2:20.56 (29.10)     2:49.22 (28.66)
        3:17.89 (28.67)     3:46.81 (28.92)
        4:15.80 (28.99)     4:44.15 (28.35)
  6 Thomas, Luciana  SO ND                4:46.17    4:44.89 qB     
                 26.32        54.61 (28.29)
        1:23.48 (28.87)     1:52.30 (28.82)
        2:21.05 (28.75)     2:49.53 (28.48)
        3:18.28 (28.75)     3:47.25 (28.97)
        4:16.35 (29.10)     4:44.89 (28.54)
  7 Foley, Katharin  FR NC State          4:50.98    4:45.16 qB     
                 25.92        53.97 (28.05)
        1:22.60 (28.63)     1:51.50 (28.90)
        2:20.45 (28.95)     2:49.28 (28.83)
        3:18.24 (28.96)     3:47.33 (29.09)
        4:16.58 (29.25)     4:45.16 (28.58)
  8 Glover, Mackenz  SR NC State          4:45.13    4:46.02 qB     
                 26.12        54.72 (28.60)
        1:23.53 (28.81)     1:52.10 (28.57)
        2:20.91 (28.81)     2:49.75 (28.84)
        3:18.66 (28.91)     3:47.75 (29.09)
        4:17.01 (29.26)     4:46.02 (29.01)

200 individual medley

It’s again a 1-2 UVA finish with Douglass tops and Abigail Richter (1:55.53) second. The Cavs’ Margaret Nelson was also one of four swimmers to finish in 1:55 to get into finals in fifth. NC State’s answer has Julia Poole fourth and Emma Muzzy eighth. But three B finalists and two C finalists give the Wolfpack strength in numbers.

 2020 ACC Championships - 2/19/2020 to 2/22/2020       
 Event 5  Women 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
         Meet: ! 1:54.44  2/14/2017 Alexia Zevnik, NCSU-NC
          ACC: % 1:52.84  11/21/2019Kate Douglass, Virginia
     American: * 1:50.67  3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
         NCAA: $ 1:51.65  3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
    U.S. Open: # 1:50.67  3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford-PC
  Pool Record: & 1:52.11  3/19/2015 Missy Franklin, CAL-PC
                 1:53.66  A
                 1:56.76  IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
                 1:59.94  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Douglass, Kathe  FR UVA               1:52.84    1:53.90!qIV19  
                 24.40        52.91 (28.51)
        1:26.33 (33.42)     1:53.90 (27.57)
  2 Richter, Abigai  JR UVA               1:56.55    1:55.53 qIV19  
                 24.52        52.94 (28.42)
        1:27.62 (34.68)     1:55.53 (27.91)
  3 Hauder, Carolin  JR UNC               1:58.42    1:55.59 qIV19  
                 25.39        54.60 (29.21)
        1:27.76 (33.16)     1:55.59 (27.83)
  4 Poole, Julia     JR NC State          1:55.33    1:55.63 qIV19  
                 25.80        54.87 (29.07)
        1:27.85 (32.98)     1:55.63 (27.78)
  5 Nelson, Margare  FR UVA               1:57.77    1:55.91 qIV19  
                 25.56        54.79 (29.23)
        1:27.70 (32.91)     1:55.91 (28.21)
  6 Gillilan, Colee  FR ND                1:56.84    1:56.69 qIV19  
                 24.79        54.66 (29.87)
        1:28.16 (33.50)     1:56.69 (28.53)
  7 Hay, Abigail     FR Louisville        2:01.33    1:57.28 qB     
                 25.08        55.12 (30.04)
        1:28.49 (33.37)     1:57.28 (28.79)
  8 Muzzy, Emma      SO NC State          1:57.31    1:57.43 qB     
                 26.12        55.26 (29.14)
        1:29.74 (34.48)     1:57.43 (27.69)

50 freestyle

The field is chasing Duke senior Alyssa Marsh, who finished fifth last year and is the top seed for finals in 21.78 seconds. Second is NC State’s Kylee Alons (21.85), and Casey Franz (21.89) of Louisville also cracked 22.

The top seed in prelims, Morgan Hill of Virginia, is the fifth seed, a spot behind NC State’s Ky-Lee Perry. That duo went 1-2 at last year’s ACC Championships, separated by .01.

Three A finalists from last year – UNC’s Grace Countie, NC State’s Sirena Rowe and Louisville Jillian Visscher – are in the B final.

 2020 ACC Championships - 2/19/2020 to 2/22/2020       
 Event 6  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
         Meet: ! 21.54  2/15/2018 Caitlin Cooper, Virginia-VA
          ACC: % 21.48  11/20/2017Caroline Baldwin, UNC
     American: * 20.90  12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, Cal
         NCAA: $ 20.90  12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, Cal
    U.S. Open: # 20.90  12/5/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatics
  Pool Record: & 21.32  3/19/2015 Simone Manuel, STAN-PC
                 21.66  A
                 22.23  IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
                 22.76  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Marsh, Alyssa    SR Duke                21.90      21.78 qIV19  
                 10.59        21.78 (11.19)
  2 Alons, Kylee     SO NC State            22.18      21.85 qIV19  
                 10.56        21.85 (11.29)
  3 Fanz, Casey      SR Louisville          22.16      21.89 qIV19  
                 10.65        21.89 (11.24)
  4 Perry, Ky-lee    SR NC State            22.12      22.06 qIV19  
                 10.69        22.06 (11.37)
  5 Hill, Morgan     SR UVA                 21.82      22.16 qIV19  
                 10.89        22.16 (11.27)
  6 Vereb, Joelle    JR VT                  22.17      22.26 qB     
                 10.67        22.26 (11.59)
  7 Regenauer, Chri  FR Louisville          22.45      22.28 qB     
                 10.88        22.28 (11.40)
  8 Openysheva, Ari  JR Louisville          22.64      22.29 qB     
                 10.88        22.29 (11.41)

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