2024 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
COMPLETE RESULTS (PDF)
Despite shedding one of many biggest faculty swimmers in historical past Kate Douglass, the Virginia ladies had been nonetheless about nearly as good as final 12 months’s group en path to their 4th-consecutive NCAA Crew Championship. The Cavaliers scored 527.5 factors, 14 fewer than final season.
They did that on the energy of the Walsh sisters, together with the youthful Gretchen who had one of many nice NCAA Championship meets ever with 3 particular person wins and three all-time Data. That included a staggering 47.42 within the 100 fly when solely 5 ladies have even been 48, and a 44.83 within the 100 free when solely 4 ladies have even been 45.
However in addition they confirmed some new sides – like a breakout meet for switch Jasmine Nocentini, who turned a star at this meet by profitable the 100 breaststroke in 56.09, and swimming among the greatest dash free occasions ever. Her 50 free time of 21.10 for third place makes her the Seventh-best performer ever in that occasion, and he or she additionally positioned 4th within the 100 free in 47.00. She was swimmer, an All-American, earlier than transferring to Virginia, however at this meet she turned a bona fide star.
Nocentini swam two years at Florida Worldwide earlier than transferring to Northwestern for the 2022-23 season. She ended her senior season at Northwestern early with a shoulder damage at some extent when she was the top-ranked swimmer within the Massive Ten within the 50 free and 100 breast. Her greatest 100 breast time coming into the 2023-24 season was 58.23; she received the 100 breast in Athens with 56.06, the 2nd-fastest efficiency in historical past.
Virginia additionally became a diving college, with Lizzy Kaye changing into the varsity’s first diving All-American ever when she completed tenth on 3-meter, then changing into the varsity’s first First Crew All-American when she completed eighth on 3-meter. If Virginia can springboard themselves right into a 30-point yearly diving program, the remainder of the NCAA is in big hassle.
There have been a few key factors on this meet the place the Cavaliers aptly counterpunched areas that ought to have been dominant strengths for the Longhorns. Kaye was one in every of them. The opposite was within the 200 fly, the place Virginia received two within the A-Remaining even with Alex Walsh opting to swim the 200 breast as a substitute. Freshman Tess Howley, who hadn’t been a greatest time since 2021, completed 4th, whereas Abby Harter completed sixth – each transferring approach up from their sixteenth (Harter) and seventeenth (Howley) seeds.
Texas nonetheless received diving (77-18) and the 200 fly (56-28), however Virginia’s resilience in these occasions stored the Longhorns from the avalanches that they might have had.
Roster
Virginia despatched a most roster of 18 athletes to NCAAs:
Athlete | Particular person Factors |
Izzy Bradley, SO | |
Aimee Canny, SO | 22 |
Cavan Gormsen, FR | 14 |
Abby Harter, SR | 13 |
Tess Howley, FR | 15 |
Lizzy Kaye, JR | 18 |
Anna Keating, SR | 11 |
Sophia Knapp, SO | |
Ella Nelson, 5Y | 41 |
Jasmine Nocentini, SR | 51 |
Carly Novelline, SO | |
Maxine Parker, SR | 12.5 |
Maggie Schalow, FR | |
Zoe Skirboll, SO | |
Reilly Tiltmann, JR | 12 |
Alex Walsh, SR | 60 |
Gretchen Walsh, JR | 60 |
Emma Weber, SO | 8 |
Particular shoutout to Ella Bathurst, who certified for NCAAs however was dropped to make room for Kaye.
4-Peat
With the ladies, Virginia matches Cal because the Fifth-most NCAA Division I Girls’s Swimming & Diving titles in historical past. Additionally they transfer into uncommon territory as solely the third ladies’s program in D1 historical past to four-peat, becoming a member of Stanford, who five-peated from 1992 by means of 1996, and Texas, who five-peated from 1984 by means of 1988.
On the boys’s aspect, solely Texas (1988-1991, 2015-2018), Michigan (1937-1941), USC (1963-1966, 1974-1977), Auburn (2003-2007), and Indiana (1968-1973) have carried out it. noting that every one however the Texas streaks occurred earlier than the NCAA hosted its first ladies’s championship in 1982.
Coaches With NCAA D1 Girls’s Titles, All-Time
Coach | Titles Gained | College(s) | |
1 | Richard Fast | 12 | Texas/Auburn |
2 | Jack Bauerle | 7 | Georgia |
3 | David Marsh/Dorsey Tierney-Walker | 5 | Auburn |
4 | Todd Desorbo | 4 | Virginia |
4 | Teri McKeever | 4 | Cal |
6 | Mark Schubert | 3 | Texas/USC |
6 | Greg Meehan | 3 | Stanford |
8 | Randy Reese | 1 | Florida |
8 | George Haines | 1 | Stanford |
8 | Gregg Troy | 1 | Florida |
8 | Frank Busch | 1 | Arizona |
Dorsey Tierney-Walker and David Marsh had been formally acknowledged as co-head coaches for Auburn’s 2006 and 2007 NCAA titles.
Virginia 4-Peat, Margins
Credit score to Texas, who after a rocky begin to the meet had actually good days 3 & 4 to make this the closest championship of Virginia’s run.
- 2021 – 137 factors (NC State)
- 2022 – 145.5 factors (Texas)
- 2023 – 137 factors (Texas)
- 2024 – 86.5 factors (Texas)
All-Time Crew Champions
Stanford | 11 | 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Texas | 7 | 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 |
Georgia | 7 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
Auburn | 5 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 |
Virginia | 4 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
California | 4 | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 |
Florida | 2 | 1982, 2010 |
USC | 1 | 1997 |
Arizona | 1 | 2008 |
2024 NCAA Occasion Champions
- 200 Medley Relay – Virginia, 1:31.58 (Gretchen Walsh, Jasmine Nocentini, Carly Novelline, Maxine Parker)
- 800 free relay – Florida, 6:48.59 (Bella Sims, Isabel Ivey, Emma Weyant, Micayla Cronk)
- 500 free – Bella Sims, Florida, freshman, 4:32.47
- 200 IM – Alex Walsh, Virginia, senior, 1:49.20
- 50 free – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, junior, 20.37 – NCAA, American, US Open Document
- 1 meter diving – Aranza Vazquez Montano, UNC, senior, 350.50
- 200 free relay – Virginia, 1:24.05 (Jasmine Nocentini, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Maxine Parker) – NCAA Championship Document
- 400 IM – Alex Walsh, Virginia, senior, 3:55.97
- 100 fly – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, junior, 47.42 – NCAA, American, US Open Document
- 200 free – Bella Sims, Florida, freshman, 1:40.90
- 100 breast – Jasmine Nocentini, Virginia, redshirt senior, 56.09
- 100 again – Katharine Berkoff, NC State, Fifth 12 months, 48.55
- 3-meter diving – Aranza Vazquez Montano, North Carolina, senior, 364.75
- 400 medley relay – Virginia, 3:21.01 (Gretchen Walsh, Jasmine Nocentini, Alex Walsh, Maxine Parker) – NCAA, US Open Document
- 1650 free – Abby McCulloh, Georgia, junior, 15:37.74
- 100 free – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia, junior, 44.83 – NCAA, American, US Open Document
- 200 breast – Alex Walsh, Virginia, senior, 2:02.07
- 200 fly – Emma Sticklen, Texas, senior, 1:50.99
- Platform diving – Viviana Del Angel, Minnesota, sophomore, 327.90
- 400 free relay – Virginia, 3:05.89 (Jasmine Nocentini, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, Maxine Parker)
Remaining Crew Scores
1. Virginia 527.5
2. Texas 441
3. Florida 364
4. Tennessee 277
5. Stanford 250
6. Louisville 212
7. Indiana 206
8. Southern California 200
9. Ohio St 162
9. NC State 162
11. California 153
12. Michigan 147.5
13. Georgia 116
14. Texas A&M 104
15. Wisconsin 95
16. Duke 80
17. UNC 77
18. Purdue 57
19. Auburn 54
20. Minnesota 47
21. LSU 44
22. UCLA 36
23. Alabama 25
24. Arizona St 23
25. Utah 22
26. Virginia Tech 18
27. Northwestern 17
28. SIU 16
29. Penn 15
30. Nebraska 11
31. South Carolina 9
32. Notre Dame 6
32. Kansas 6
32. Miami (Ohio) 6
32. Rutgers 6
36. Akron 5
36. Arkansas 5
38. Florida St 4
38. Cincinnati 4
40. Houston 3
40. Washington St. 3
40. Miami (Fl) 3