Federal Way, Washington. – Defender champion Virginia won the first relay event in the Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday night to begin his search for a fifth consecutive title of the NCAA.
Claire Curzan, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh and Maxine Parker of Virginia opened the meeting capturing the combined relay of 200 yards with a new record time by NCAA, American and American of 1 minute, 31.10 seconds, breaking the record of the cavaliers of a 1: 31.51 established in the 2023 championships. Walsh had a division of 20.88 in the fly leg, which is the second fastest of all time.
Caroline Bricker of Stanford, Aurora Roghair, Lillie Nordmann and Kayla Wilson beat the field in almost five seconds to become national champions in the 800 -yards freestyle relay with a time of 6: 46.98. The second place Virginia ended at 6: 51.29.
That pushed Stanford to a draw first with Virginia with 74 points each. Florida is third at 60.
Virginia is trying to become the third school to win five consecutive titles of the NCAA team in female swimming and diving. Stanford (1992-96) and Texas (1984-88) are the only schools to win five consecutive.
There are four swimming finals and a diving final on Thursday in the center of Aquatics of Weyerhaeuser King County.
