{"id":509202,"date":"2022-07-27T13:08:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T20:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=509202"},"modified":"2022-07-27T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T20:08:49","slug":"gretchen-walsh-kind-of-in-shock-after-getting-back-to-53-second-100-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gretchen-walsh-kind-of-in-shock-after-getting-back-to-53-second-100-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Walsh \u2018Kind of In Shock\u2019 After Getting Back to 53-Second 100 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gretchen Walsh \u2018Kind of In Shock\u2019 After Getting Back to 53-Second 100 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In one resounding swim, <strong>Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> put two years of baggage built up through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gretchen-walsh-aiming-for-long-course-success-to-match-college-speed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two disappointing qualification meets<\/a> behind her. Her runnerup finish in the women\u2019s 100 freestyle at U.S. Nationals was not a lifetime best, but she had not been so quick since she was a 16-year-old entering her junior year of high school.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she is a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Virginia, and after finishing a disappointing 28th place in the 100 free at the 2021 Olympic Trials and then 22nd at April\u2019s International Team Trials, Walsh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-nationals-natalie-hinds-delivers-composed-swim-for-100-free-crown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was second in the national final behind only <strong>Natalie<\/strong> <strong>Hinds<\/strong><\/a>. Her time was 53.86, making her the fifth-fastest American in the event this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was honestly kind of in shock when I hit the wall just because it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve seen that time up there,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely been a long journey to get to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the last day of the International Team Trials, Walsh had another chance to qualify for her first senior-international team in the 50 free, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-international-team-trials-torri-huske-takes-star-studded-50-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she ended up third, just one hundredth away from a spot at the World Championships<\/a>. With an entire summer ahead of her, Walsh and Virginia coach <strong>Todd DeSorbo<\/strong> resolved to figure out her long course 100 free.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh realized that she was essentially getting lost during the opening split of her 100 free. She is a natural sprinter, but she was going out far too slow to match her abilities. As Walsh described it, she was \u201creverting back to this weird instinct to not swim it correctly.\u201d The solutions for that, she and DeSorbo decided, were adding more endurance freestyle work into her training and being deliberate in rehearsing what that opening speed should feel like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve definitely been focusing on body awareness, being aware of how fast I\u2019m going in practice,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cReally being aware of how I should feel when I\u2019m going a certain speed. In the past, when I swim the 100 free, I\u2019ve gotten really nervous, and it\u2019s all this internalized pressure, and I\u2019ve kind of neglected what I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To help Walsh ease sense of pressure, they decided, was by racing the 100 free in a practice suit. Walsh swam the 100 free in tune-up meets in a practice suit, and she even walked out for prelims at Nationals without a racing suit on. After swimming a mark of 54.77 in prelims, it was time to put the suit back on, and suddenly, she had her old speed and form back. No, the finals race was not perfect, especially on the back half as Hinds went by her, but it was a huge improvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018It\u2019s time for me to try something new,\u2019 to approach this race differently and be open to the idea of honestly re-learning how to swim the race, and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve done this summer,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cIt really has paid off, and I feel a lot more comfortable swimming it now, more like myself and how I\u2019m supposed to swim it. I\u2019m a sprinter, and I take it out. I\u2019ve got that back, so I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the race, Walsh was touched by an influx of text messages congratulating her on the breakthrough. \u201cI think everyone knows the struggle I\u2019ve been going through and everyone wants me to do well, which I can feel from my coaches, my teammates, my former teammates and former coaches,\u201d she said. \u201cThis whole community of people is rooting for me, and I\u2019ve really felt that this whole summer. I really couldn\u2019t thank them enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh had the second day of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/event\/2022\/07\/26\/default-calendar\/Phillips-66-National-Championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nationals<\/a> off from racing, but still on her schedule for the meet are the 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 50 free. The splash-and-dash has been solid all along, and Walsh believes she is capable of a drop from the mark that left her just off the World Championships team, but the 100 back brings a sense of nerves for her.<\/p>\n<p>Her backstroke was a revelation during year one at Virginia as she swam the fastest 50-yard back relay leadoff ever (since surpassed), and then she broke the existing American record in the 100-yard back at the NCAA Championships while finishing second. She has natural raw speed and excellent underwater dolphin kicks, which fits short course backstroke perfectly, but she has not yet mastered the long course version of the event yet.<\/p>\n<p>So once again, she will race prelims in a practice suit. The intent is the same as the 100 free, a different feel to the race and less pressure, but she has an ambitious goal to reach before the suit can return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder 1:00,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cI have been getting close to my best time (1:00.64) in a practice suit. If anything like yesterday happens, I think I\u2019ll be able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And if she is just off that barrier, Walsh thinks DeSorbo might suggest she don the tech suit for the final anyway. The racing-in-a-practice-suit experience has accomplished its intent, helping Walsh get back to the blistering speed from her high school years and reestablishing her place among America\u2019s elite in the 100 free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gretchen Walsh \u2018Kind of In Shock\u2019 After Getting Back to 53-Second 100 Free In one resounding swim, Gretchen Walsh put two years of baggage built up through two disappointing qualification<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":509126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,7],"tags":[131079,58437,60126,4509],"class_list":["post-509202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-2022-phillips-66-usa-national-championships","tag-gretchen-walsh","tag-todd-desorbo","tag-university-of-virginia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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