NCAA Women’s Championships: Douglass, Huske, Walsh Set For Three-Way Showdown

The Day 2 prelims session consists of the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle.

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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)