New American, NCAA Records As Gretchen Walsh Swims 44.71 100 Freestyle
03/22/2025 10:02 PM
By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
2025 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 19-22, 2025
- Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center — Federal Way, Washington
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Women's 100 Freestyle
NCAA Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)Championship Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)American Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)U.S. Open Record: 44.83 – Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)- 2024 Champion: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia – 44.83
Top 8:
- Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 44.71 (NCAA Record)
- Torri Huske (Stanford) – 46.01
- Camille Spink (Tennessee) – 46.68
- Anna Moesch (Virginia) – 46.94
- Minna Abraham (USC) – 46.95
- Stephanie Balduccini (Michigan) – 47.08
- Lindsay Flynn (Michigan) – 47.21
- Julia Dennis (Louisville) – 47.41
Gretchen Walsh broke her own NCAA, American, US Open, and Meet records in the 100 freestyle swimming to a 44.71. That surpassed her swim of a 44.83 that she swam to win the event a year ago.
Walsh is the fastest performer by 0.85 seconds as Simone Manuel is the #2 performer all-time with a 45.56. Only four women (Walsh, Manuel, Erika Brown, and Kate Douglass) have been under the 46-second mark.
Split Comparison
| 2025 NCAA Finals | 2024 NCAAs | 2025 NCAAs Prelims | |
| 25 | 10.13 | 10.12 | 10.22 |
| 50 | 21.23 (11.10) | 21.40 (11.28) | 21.44 (11.22) |
| 75 | 32.99 (11.76) | 33.16 (11.76) | 33.32 (11.88) |
| 100 | 44.71 (11.72) | 44.83 (11.67) | 45.19 (11.87) |
Walsh was out faster tonight than she was in the morning and almost equaled her first 25 from last year’s record-setting swim. Her middle 50 was the difference maker tonight as she was 0.17 seconds faster on the 2nd 25 as well as 0.17 faster on the 3rd 25.
Walsh has now gone three for three in individual titles this week. She also won the 50 free and 100 fly this week. Her 100 fly record-setting time of a 46.97 would notably have finished 6th in tonight’s final of the 100 free.
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