Virginia Swimming | Cavaliers with Six Medals Through 5 Days of World Championships

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

Through the primary 5 days of competitors, the Cavaliers have received six medals, highlighted by a world title for Gretchen Walsh within the 100 Fly and particular person silvers for Kate Douglass within the 100 Breast and Alex Walsh within the 200 IM. Anna Moesch has received two relay silvers.

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.

Thursday, July 31 Recap

Anna Moesch picked up her second medal of the Championships, successful silver with the US 4×200 Free Relay. Moesch swam the third leg in morning prelims, serving to the American squad to the highest time within the heats with a 7:49.43. The finals session group of Claire Weinstein, Anna Peplowski, Erin Gemmell and Katie Ledecky turned in an American report time of seven:40.01 to complete simply behind the Australians.

Moesch certified for Team USA as a relay swimmer. She additionally received silver on the primary night time of the competitors within the 4×100 Free Relay.

In different Thursday motion, incoming Cavalier Sara Curtis certified for the ultimate within the 100m Freestyle. Curtis turned within the second quickest time within the prelims (53.53) and was seventh within the semis (53.39) to ebook her spot in Friday’s last. Gretchen Walsh scratched the occasion.

Kate Douglass earned a spot within the last of the 200m Breaststroke. She had the second-fastest time in each the prelims (2:23.28) and semis (2:20.96). Alex Walsh superior to the semis with a 14th place swim (2:26.56) however didn’t advance to the ultimate, inserting twelfth within the semis (2:25.16).

Jack Aikins was twenty fourth within the prelims of the 200 Back (1:58.56). Aimee Canny swam within the prelims on the 4×200 Free Relay for South Africa, however the group didn’t advance to the ultimate.

Wednesday, July 30 Recap

Incoming freshman Sara Curtis helped lead the Italian group to the highest time within the prelims of the 4×100 Mixed Medley Relay (3:42.19). Curtis, who swam the freestyle anchor leg once more within the finals, noticed her group end in sixth place with the very same time.

Tuesday, July 29 Recap

Kate Douglass received silver within the 100m Breaststroke, posting a private greatest (and UVA-record) time of 1:05.27. Douglass was 0.08 seconds behind gold medalist Anna Elendt and 0.37 forward of the bronze medalist.

This was Douglass’s first time swimming the 100 Breast in senior worldwide competitors and first time for the reason that 2018 Youth Olympics. It is her second silver medal of the championships to go along with a relay silver. This is the primary of the three particular person occasions she can be competing in on the championship.

“I just wanted to give it my all that last fifty,” Doglass mentioned. “I wanted to try to be a little bit faster than I was last night.  I never expected going that time coming into this meet. so i’m really happy with that. I definitely love this event. I think I’ll keep continuing to focus on it in the future.”

Aimee Canny was the one different Cavalier competing on Tuesday. Canny tied for eighth within the prelims of the 200m Freestyle (1:57.53), however got here in twelfth within the semis (1:57.52) and won’t advance to the ultimate. She has one occasion remaining as she is going to swim in South Africa’s 4×200 Free Relay.

Monday, July 28 Recap

Gretchen Walsh received the primary particular person lengthy course world title of her profession on Monday within the 100m Butterfly. Walsh went 54.73 within the last to take gold in a championship-record time. Her mark was the second quickest time in historical past, trailing solely her world-record mark set earlier this yr in Fort Lauderdale. She now owns the eight quickest performances all time within the occasion.

“I knew that tonight was going to be a fight for me, and that swim took a lot of guts, but I’m really so happy with the result,” Walsh mentioned. “I was aiming for a 55 so to go 54 was really a surprise, and something I’m really proud of. In my mind is thinking, ‘do not let these people catch you.’ I’m a swimmer that flies and dies, and I’ve just been working so hard at staying strong on the end. I wanted to do that here. So I was just thinking, keep my technique, keep my form, and that’ll get me to the finish.”

Gretchen Walsh owns 5 particular person 25m World Short Course titles, however this was her first within the 50m pool.

Alex Walsh additionally stood on the medal stand on Monday, taking silver within the 200m IM (2:08.58). It is her fifth profession World Aquatics Championship medal of her profession and first in Singapore. She can also be the primary American lady to win three world championship medals within the 200 IM (gold 2022 Budapest, silver 2023 Fukuoka, silver 2025 Singapore).

Kate Douglass swam the prelims and semifinals of the 100 Breast, posting a 1:05.49 within the semis to earn the highest seed in Tuesday’s last. The mark was a private greatest for Douglass, and a program report.

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 through 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 also be scheduled to swim within the prelims of the 100m Back. All classes stream stay on Peacock.