{"id":525221,"date":"2023-03-18T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T01:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=525221"},"modified":"2023-03-18T19:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T02:28:13","slug":"ncaa-womens-championships-virginia-caps-meet-with-relay-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-championships-virginia-caps-meet-with-relay-sweep\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Women\u2019s Championships: Virginia Caps Meet with Relay Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCAA Women\u2019s Championships: Virginia Caps Meet with Relay Sweep<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Virginia championship parade has been in motion since the start of the week in Knoxville, and it\u2019s brought no shortage of signature moments.<\/p>\n

In among the records and medals and accolades, one number will stand the test of time as illustrative of the Cavaliers\u2019 dominance: Five, as in five-for-five, in relays.<\/p>\n

Virginia became the first team to do the relay sweep since Stanford in 2018. It came with emphasis, the foursome of Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh, Maxine Parker<\/strong> and Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> taking down the NCAA, American, and U.S. Open records in 3:05.84.<\/p>\n

Virginia was seeded at 3:06.83. Douglass went out in 46.37, a chance to take aim at Simone Manuel\u2019s resilient 100 free record, though it survived again. Alex Walsh followed in 46.58, with Maxine Parker resisting the field trying to pull her in \u2013 and actually distancing from Stanford\u2019s Amy Tang and Julia Dennis of Louisville \u2013 in 47.04. Then Gretchen Walsh dropped the hammer in 45.85, the fastest split of the meet.<\/p>\n

Stanford finished second, Torri Huske, Taylor Ruck,<\/strong> Tang and Claire Curzan<\/strong> getting silver in 3:08.54. Louisville was third with NC State fourth.<\/p>\n