Virginia Swimming | Eleven Cavaliers Competing at World Aquatics Championships

SINGAPORE– Ten Virginia swimming student-athletes and alumni are competing on the FINA World Aquatics Championships July 26 by August 3 on the World Aquatics Championships Arena in Singapore.

Prelims begin at 10 pm ET every day with finals at 7 am the following morning. Prelim and finals classes will stream stay on Peacock.

Sunday, July 27 Recap

Alumna Kate Douglass and rising sophomore Anna Moesch each earned silver medals with the ladies’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay within the first day of competitors. Moesch and Douglass swam within the prelims, giving the Americans the highest time of three:33.57, with Douglass clocking a 52.04 on her cut up.

Douglass swam the second leg of the ultimate, with the American squad trailing the Australians till the ultimate leg when Torri Huske put the Americans forward, solely to have the Olivia Wunsh surge on the finish to outtouch Huske by 0.44. Gretchen Walsh was slated to swim the third leg of the relay, however was a late medical scratch, changed by Erin Gemmell.

Walsh swam within the semis of the 100m Butterfly earlier within the session, tying for the highest time with a 56.07. Huske had been slated to compete within the 100 Fly, however scratched the occasion to focus on the 4×100 Free Relay.

Alex Walsh additionally started competitors on the opening day, swimming the 200m IM. Walsh had the second-fastest time within the semifinals, posting a 2:08.49.

Finals for the 100 Fly and 200 IM will happen throughout the 7 a.m. ET session on Monday, July 28.

Douglass will swim in her first particular person occasion, the 100m Breast, throughout Sunday’s 10 p.m. ET prelims session. Rising senior Jack Aikins can be scheduled to swim within the prelims of the 100m Back. All classes stream stay on Peacock.