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Kate Douglass Swims #2 Performance All-Time in Women’s 200 IM, 1:50.15 (RACE VIDEO)

February 16, 2023

2023 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tuesday, February 14 to Saturday, February 18, 2023
Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
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- Women: Virginia (3x)
- Men: NC State (1x)
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University of Virginia senior Kate Douglass broke the ACC Championship Record in prelims of the 200 IM; in finals, she still had a little more to give, breaking the record again, and swimming the #2 performance in the history of the event.

Her 1:50.15 on Wednesday evening won the race by almost four seconds, and left her .07 seconds behind teammate Alex Walsh‘s all-time best swim in the event.

	Alex Walsh	Kate Douglass	Ella Eastin	Kate Douglass	Beata	Kate Douglass
	2022 NCAAs	2023 ACC Finals	2018 NCAAs	2023 ACC Prelims	2019 NCAAs	2020 UT Double Dual
	#1 Performance	#2 Performance	#3 Performance	#4 Performance	#5 Performance	#6 Performance
Fly	23.95	23.83	24.59	23.95	23.94	23.37
Back	27.50	27.63	27.45	27.86	27.67	27.61
Breast	31.64	32.13	32.28	32.17	32.33	32.73
Free	26.99	26.56	26.35	26.72	26.85	27.21
Final Time	1:50.08	1:50.15	1:50.67	1:50.70	1:50.79	1:50.92

Douglass’ .65 second drop from prelims came mostly on a more aggressive front half – but even that didn’t cost her at the end of the race, as she was faster on all four laps of the 200 IM.

Douglass’ teammates Walsh and Ella Nelson were the two fastest ACC swimmers this season coming into the meet, but both scratched the event before prelims to focus on other races.

Douglass now ranks among the top two performers all-time in four different yards races. Beside the 200 IM, that includes the 50 free (#1), 100 fly (#2), and 200 breast (#1).