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ATLANTA, Ga. (theACC.com) – Virginia won its second straight women’s national championship on Saturday, capping a dominating performance over four days of action at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center.
The Cavaliers piled up 551.5 total points in winning the second NCAA title in program history. UVa finished 145.5 points ahead of the national runner-up, Texas.
The national championship is the fourth captured by an ACC program this school year. ACC teams won three team national championships in the fall – men's soccer (Clemson), women's soccer (Florida State) and women's cross country (NC State).
Seven ACC teams earned top-25 finishes. NC State took fifth place with 279 points, while Louisville also earned a top-10 finish, taking sixth with 196.5 points. North Carolina placed 14th with 109 points, while Miami (22nd, 41.5), Virginia Tech (23rd, 37) and Duke (24th, 36) also earned top-25 finishes.
The Cavaliers racked up 11 event championships – seven individual and four relays – in rolling to the title. Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh each captured three individual titles.
Douglass set American records in each of her national championships. She won the 50 free (20.84), 100 butterfly (49.04) and 200 breaststroke (2:02.19).
Walsh won the 200 individual medley in an American-record time of 1:50.08, 200 butterfly in 1:50.79 and 400 IM in 3:57.25. Her younger sister, Gretchen, won the 100 freestyle on Saturday night in a time of 46.05, while NC State’s Katharine Berkoff was third (46.95).
The Cavaliers also won the 200 medley relay (1:32.16), 200 free relay (1:24.96), 400 medley relay (3:22.34, matching their American record, set at the 2022 ACC Championships) and 400 freestyle relay (an American- and NCAA-record time 3:06.91).
Berkoff won her second straight NCAA title in the 100 backstroke in an American-record time of 48.74, finishing just ahead of UVa’s Gretchen Walsh (49.00).
Miami’s Mia Vallee won the 1-meter diving title with a meet-record score of 365.75. North Carolina’s Aranza Vazquez earned the bronze medal with a score of 354.75. Vallee also was the ACC’s top finisher in the 3-meter event, tying for fourth place with a total score of 376.20.
The men’s championships will be held March 23-26, also in Atlanta.
Final Team Standings
1. Virginia, 551.5
2. Texas, 406
3. Stanford, 399.5
4. Alabama, 288
5. NC State, 279
6. Louisville, 196.5
7. Michigan, 184.5
8. California, 180
9. Ohio State, 165
10. Tennessee, 127
14. North Carolina, 109
22. Miami, 41.5
23. Virginia Tech, 37
24. Duke, 36
33. Notre Dame, 6