{"id":637411,"date":"2026-02-21T22:13:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637411"},"modified":"2026-02-21T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:15:35","slug":"virginia-women-smash-400-freestyle-relay-ncaa-record-at-accs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-women-smash-400-freestyle-relay-ncaa-record-at-accs\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Women Smash 400 Freestyle Relay NCAA Record at ACCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Virginia Women Smash 400 Freestyle Relay NCAA Record at ACCs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was, in theory, an end date. At some point, <strong>Kate Douglass\u2019<\/strong> college career and her all-over-the-map dominance would cease. And then the Walsh sisters, <strong>Alex Walsh<\/strong> as the early burgeoning star and then <strong>Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> as the all-beating sprinter, would graduate.<\/p>\n<p>And then what for Virginia swimming? It wouldn\u2019t be the carriage turning into a pumpkin at midnight, but surely there would be a drop-off in the Cavaliers\u2019 ability to win major swim meets \u2013 or at least a lull in the historicity of their achievements.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd47 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc02 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc12 \ud83e\udd47<br \/>\nThe Cavaliers close out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACCSwimDive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACCSwimDive<\/a> by setting the NCAA Record in the 400 Free Relay (3:05.30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHoos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoHoos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dGZYZJXURj\">pic.twitter.com\/dGZYZJXURj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Swimming and Dive (@UVASwimDive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UVASwimDive\/status\/2025382307687707044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And yet Saturday, one of the Walsh-Douglass relay records that have redefined college swimming bit the dust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claire Curzan, Anna Moesch, Aimee Canny <\/strong>and <strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> went 3:05.30 to chop a half-second off the 2023 record of the Walshes, Douglass and <strong>Maxine Parker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A look at the comparative splits over the last few years on that 400 free relay that has endured perhaps beyond expectations:<\/p>\n<p>Virginia, 2026<\/p>\n<pre>  1 UVA  'A'                      3:07.62    3:05.30#NC      64  \r\n     1) Curzan, Claire                2) r:0.97 Moesch, Anna SO       \r\n     3) r:0.35 Canny, Aimee SR        4) r:0.30 Curtis, Sara FR       \r\n    r:+0.66  21.77        46.00 (46.00)\r\n        1:08.02 (22.02)     1:31.81 (45.81)\r\n        1:54.27 (22.46)     2:18.82 (47.01)\r\n        2:40.80 (21.98)     3:05.30 (46.48)<\/pre>\n<p>Virginia, 2025 (NCAAs \u2013 they were 3:05.93 at ACCs)<\/p>\n<pre>1 Virginia                            3:05.93    3:06.01   40  \r\n     1) Curzan, Claire JR             2) r:0.22 Moesch, Anna FR       \r\n     3) r:0.33 Walsh, Alex 5Y         4) r:0.26 Walsh, Gretchen SR    \r\n    r:+0.68  22.26        47.07 (47.07)\r\n        1:09.47 (22.40)     1:33.93 (46.86)\r\n        1:56.46 (22.53)     2:20.97 (47.04)\r\n        2:42.24 (21.27)     3:06.01 (45.04)<\/pre>\n<p>Virginia, 2024<\/p>\n<pre>  1 Virginia                            3:07.34    3:05.89P  40  \r\n     1) Nocentini, Jasmine SR         2) r:0.34 Walsh, Alex SR        \r\n     3) r:0.23 Walsh, Gretchen JR     4) r:0.16 Parker, Maxine SR     \r\n    r:+0.52  22.59        47.06 (47.06)\r\n        1:09.15 (22.09)     1:33.60 (46.54)\r\n        1:54.75 (21.15)     2:18.77 (45.17)\r\n        2:41.30 (22.53)     3:05.89 (47.12)<\/pre>\n<p>And then the record in 2023:<\/p>\n<pre>  1 Virginia                            3:06.83    3:05.84N  40  \r\n     1) Douglass, Kate SR             2) r:0.37 Walsh, Alex JR        \r\n     3) r:0.24 Parker, Maxine JR      4) r:0.24 Walsh, Gretchen SO    \r\n    r:+0.60  22.34        46.37 (46.37)\r\n        1:08.51 (22.14)     1:32.95 (46.58)\r\n        1:55.29 (22.34)     2:19.99 (47.04)\r\n        2:41.74 (21.75)     3:05.84 (45.85)<\/pre>\n<p>Curzan has been outstanding on the way to winning the Most Valuable Swimmer Award of the ACC Championships. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/claire-curzan-smashes-american-ncaa-records-in-200-backstroke-at-acc-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lowered her NCAA record in the 200 back<\/a> and became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-night-4-claire-curzan-drops-no-2-all-time-100-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 2 all-time performer in the 100 back<\/a>. Moesch became the fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anna-moesch-joins-sub-140-club-with-no-3-all-time-200-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member of the sub-1:40 club in the 200 free<\/a> with the No. 3 time ever.<\/p>\n<p>Curzan was an Olympian before she came to Virginia. So was Curtis. Canny was part of the record-setting 800 free relay, but she wasn\u2019t exactly a sprinter. She went 47.98 as a freshman at Virginia but stayed away from the 100; now she\u2019s splitting 47.01.<\/p>\n<p>Moesch\u2019s growth is perhaps the most impressive. She left high school as a 1:43.35 200 freestyler and has taken to the environment in Charlottesville to steadily improve. In the 100, she was 47.11 in the spring of 2024; two years later, she\u2019s 45.71.<\/p>\n<p>The thinking was that this year\u2019s Virginia team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-women-kick-off-post-walsh-era-with-loaded-roster-pursuing-another-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would look different<\/a> \u2013 less star-dependent, since the stars of the present aren\u2019t of the level of the Walshes and Douglass. Which, yes, Virginia has done that: 15 different women made A finals this week at ACCs, plus two more to make B finals. The relays finished first in four relays and second in the 200 medley.<\/p>\n<p>But the stars are also there \u2013 in Moesch, in Curzan, in <strong>Katie Grimes<\/strong> winning two races and finishing second in a third, in Canny being an NCAA contender in multiple events. It&#8217;s another step in the storied recent history of the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Women Smash 400 Freestyle Relay NCAA Record at ACCs There was, in theory, an end date. 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