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IRVINE, Calif. – Virginia alumna Kate Douglass broke the world document within the 50m Freestyle twice on Saturday (Aug. 15) on the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships on the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, Calif.
Douglass posted a time of 23.49 in her preliminary warmth of the 50m Freestyle to set a world document. Nine hours later, she broke her personal mark by going 23.19 within the closing.
“I had to do a few double takes,” Douglass mentioned. “I was not really sure I was seeing that right because that time just seems like crazy-fast to me. Even this morning, going twenty-three four seemed crazy. Twenty-three one is scarily close to twenty-two, and that’s just not something I thought that female sprinting was going to get to anytime soon.”
Douglass initially set a world document within the 50m Free at a TYR Pro Swim Series cease in Indianapolis on June 16 with a time of 23.59. Fellow Cavalier Gretchen Walsh broke that document 9 days later with a time of 23.55 on the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy, on June 28, the mark that was damaged in the present day by Douglass.
Walsh had the second quickest time in Saturday’s qualifying heats, going 23.78, after which took silver within the closing with a time of 23.74.
Twenty-six minutes after setting the world document within the 50m Free, Douglass was again on the blocks competing within the 200m Breast. She took silver within the occasion (2:22.57).
Walsh and Douglass closed out the evening by serving to lead Team USA to gold within the 4x100m Medley Relay (3:50.43).
The 50m Free is Douglass’ second world document of the meet.
Douglass and Walsh mixed to assist set a world document within the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay on Wednesday evening (Aug. 12). Walsh swam the butterfly leg of the relay (54.99) with Douglass anchoring, splitting 51.01 on the freestyle to the touch the wall in world document time of three:36.70. Walsh helped set the earlier document of three:37.43 on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Douglass narrowly missed setting a world document within the 100m Free on Friday evening (Aug. 14). She posted a 51.69 within the leadoff leg of the 4x100m Free Relay, simply .01 off the world document mark. The time was an American document.
The Cavaliers depart the Pan Pacific Championships with 17 medals – 9 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze.
Gretchen Walsh (7)
Gold (5)- 50m Fly, 100m Fly, Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay, 4x100m Free Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver (2)- 50m Free, 100m Free
Kate Douglass (6)
Gold (4)- 50m Free, Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay, 4x100m Free Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver (2)- 200m Breast, 50m Fly
Claire Curzan
Silver- 200m Back
Tess Howley
Bronze – 200m Fly
Alex Walsh
Bronze – 200m IM
Jack Aikins
Bronze – 100m Back
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