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Maxine Parker, Julia Dennis Advance in 3-Way Swim-off for A-Final Spots in 50 Free

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March 21, 2024

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2024 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

March 20-23, 2024
Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
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THURSDAY PRELIMS HEAT SHEETS

Women’s 50 Yard Freestyle – Prelims

NCAA Record: 20.57, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) — 2024
Meet Record: 20.79, Maggie MacNeil (LSU) — 2023
American Record: 20.57, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) — 2024
US Open Record: 20.57, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) — 2024
Pool Record: 21.15, Erika Brown (Tennessee) – 2019
2023 Champion: 20.79, Maggie MacNeil (LSU) — 2023

Top 8:

Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 20.41 *** New Everything Record***
Katharine Berkoff (NC State) – 21.23
Jasmine Nocentini (Virginia) – 21.29
Christiana Regenauer (Louisville) – 21.37
Gabi Albiero (Louisville) – 21.54
Brady Kendall (Michigan) – 21.69
Julia Dennis (Louisville)/ Maxine Parker (Virginia)/Grace Cooper (Texas) – 21.71

In the 50 yard freestyle prelims, in which we witnessed the fastest performance of all time when Gretchen Walsh went 20.41 to break every record in the world, we also had three swimmers tie for 7th place.

Julia Dennis of Louisville, Virginia’s Maxine Parker, and Grace Cooper of Texas lined up on the blocks a half hour after Walsh’s record to swim off for the last two spots in the A final. Dennis and Parker had both swum 21.71, tying for 3rd place in Walsh’s heat, while Cooper had touched 3rd with 21.71 behind NC State’s Katharine Berkoff and Michigan’s Brady Kendall two heats earlier.

Dennis was first to turn at the 25 wall in 10.40, followed by Cooper (10.51) and Parker (10.56). But Parker outpaced the two others on the way home, winning with 21.61. Dennis touched out Cooper, 21.83 to 21.86.