{"id":597946,"date":"2024-10-22T13:49:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T20:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=597946"},"modified":"2024-10-22T13:49:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T20:49:24","slug":"acc-weekly-honors-record-setting-gretchen-walsh-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-weekly-honors-record-setting-gretchen-walsh-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Weekly Honors: Record-Setting Gretchen Walsh Recognized"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACC Weekly Honors: Record-Setting Gretchen Walsh Recognized<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fresh off a record-setting week in which she set four American and one world record<\/a>, Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> of Virginia was recognized Tuesday in the ACC Weekly Honors as Swimmer of the Week.<\/p>\n

She joins Stanford\u2019s Ron Polonsky<\/strong> on the men\u2019s side. Luke Sitz<\/strong> of SMU is the ACC men\u2019s diver of the week, while Margo O\u2019Meara<\/strong> of Duke is the top female diver.<\/p>\n

Walsh had an all-time performance in a win over Florida for the top-ranked Cavaliers. Swum in short-course meter, Walsh set American records in the 100 backstroke (54.89), the 50 freestyle (23.10) and the 200 medley relay (1:44.14). her time of 55.98 in the 100 IM set the world record.<\/p>\n