{"id":613248,"date":"2025-06-04T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=613248"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:42:34","slug":"u-s-nationals-day-2-finals-kate-douglass-alex-walsh-continue-to-dominate-womens-200-breaststroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-nationals-day-2-finals-kate-douglass-alex-walsh-continue-to-dominate-womens-200-breaststroke\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Nationals Day 2 Finals: Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh Continue to Dominate Women’s 200 Breaststroke"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Nationals Day 2 Finals: Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh Continue to Dominate Women’s 200 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The women’s 200 breaststroke has turned into a game of who can catch the Virginia party.<\/p>\n

Kate Douglass<\/strong> and Alex Walsh<\/strong> have dominated the event in recent years and were well ahead of the field in prelims, looking to punch their tickets to the World Aquatics Championships.<\/p>\n

In the Day 2 finals at the 2025 U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, the story was once again familiar.<\/p>\n

The duo started with the lead as Douglass turned just ahead of Walsh at the 50.<\/p>\n

By the 100, Douglass and Walsh were a body length ahead of the field, but hanging within a tenth of a second of each other.<\/p>\n

At the 150, they were two body lengths ahead of the field and three tenths apart with Douglass just ahead.<\/p>\n

Douglass never trailed, but it was close throughout. She won the race in 2:21.45.<\/p>\n

Walsh finished second in 2:22.45 to claim the other World Championship spot.<\/p>\n

They finished four seconds ahead of the field at US Nationals and continued the 1-2 punch that the country has become accustomed to.<\/p>\n

Katie Cristopherson<\/strong> finished third in 2:26.65.<\/p>\n

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