Virginia ladies add 4 titles on Day 3 of the NCAA swimming and diving championships

Virginia received three particular person occasions and a relay on Friday evening to stay atop the leaderboard going into the ultimate day of the ladies’s swimming and diving championships on the Jack Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium.

Gretchen Walsh set American, NCAA, and US Open information in an occasion for the second straight day, swimming a 47.42 within the 100-yard butterfly. Her sister Alex Walsh received the 400 IM for the third straight yr with a pool-record time of three:55.97.

The Walsh sisters joined Jasmine Nocentini and Maxine Parker within the 400-meter Medley Relay and set NCAA and US Open information with a time of three:21.01, passing the crew’s report mark from final yr.

Virginia claimed its first-ever title within the 100-yard breaststroke when Nocentini swam a personal-best 56.09 for her first NCAA particular person title.

The Cavaliers have received eight titles on the meet to carry onto the highest spot within the standings at 360.5. Texas is second with 319.0 and Florida third at 267.0.

Florida freshman Bella Sims collected her second particular person nationwide title after profitable the 200-yard freestyle.

Katharine Berkoff, of North Carolina State, received the 100-yard backstroke for the third time in her profession, setting a program report with a time of 48.55.

North Carolina’s Aranza Vazquez Montaño swept the springboard competitions for the second yr in a row.

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