Gretchen Walsh

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Gretchen Walsh
Personal information
National teamUnited States United States
Born (2003-01-29) January 29, 2003 (age 19)[1]
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, butterfly
ClubNashville Aquatic Club[2]
College teamUniversity of Virginia[3]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Junior Championships 6 0 0
Jr Pan Pac Championships 5 1 0
Total 11 1 0
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Jr Pan Pac Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Suva 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Suva 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Suva 4×100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Suva 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Suva 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Suva 50 m freestyle

Gretchen Walsh (born January 29, 2003) is a competitive American swimmer. She holds two world junior records in mixed gender relay events as well as American records in the 4×50 yard freestyle relay, 4×50 yard medley relay, 4×100 yard freestyle relay, and 4×100 yard medley relay. In 2022, she became the fastest female freshman to swim the 50 yard freestyle in the NCAA, with a time of 20.95 seconds, and earned the NCAA title in the 100 yard freestyle, with a time of 46.05 seconds. She won six gold medals at the 2019 World Junior Championships as well as five gold medals and one silver medal at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. She competes collegiately for the University of Virginia.

Early life and education[]

Walsh was born January 29, 2003 to mother Glynis Walsh.[1][4] She has an older sister, Alexandra, who is also a competitive swimmer.[4] She attended Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tennessee where she competed scholastically for the high school team including setting national high school records in the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle as well as winning state championships titles in multiple events.[5]

In the autumn of 2021, Walsh started attending the University of Virginia where she competes collegiately as part of the Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving team.[6][7][8]

Career[]

2015–2016[]

In 2015, Walsh caught the attention of SwimSwam after achieving her first spot at a national competition for juniors when she was 12 years old.[9]

2016 US Olympic Trials[]

Walsh became the youngest swimmer to qualify for the 2016 US Olympic Trials in 2016.[2][10] In addition to being the youngest qualifier, at just 13 years of age, she was also the youngest swimmer to compete at the Olympic Trials, where she was 13 years, 4 months, and 13 days old at the time of competition.[11] In the one event she qualified to compete in, the 50 meter freestyle, Walsh finished with a time of 26.55 seconds and placed 125th overall.[12]

2017–2018[]

In December 2017, Walsh broke her own National Age Group record in the 50 yard freestyle for the girls 13–14 age group with a time of 22.00 seconds in the final of the event at the Speedo Junior Nationals East Championships in Knoxville.[13] Four months later, in March 2018 and when she was 15 years old, Walsh became the youngest female American swimmer to swim the 50 yard freestyle race in less than 22.00 seconds with a time of 21.85 seconds that also broke the former National Age Group records in the event for the girls 15–16 age group set by both Simone Manuel and Kate Douglass at 22.04 on different dates.[14]

2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships[]

Carrying this record-breaking momentum to the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Suva, Fiji, Walsh won the gold medal and broke the Championships record in the 100 meter freestyle on the first night of competition with a time of 54.47 seconds, which lowered the previous Championships record of 54.60 seconds set by Simone Manuel in 2012 by over one tenth of a second.[15] In addition to this first gold medal, Walsh won gold medals in the 4×100 meter medley relay, 4×100 meter mixed medley relay, 4×100 meter freestyle relay, and the 4×200 meter freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle, and placed 12th in the 200 meter freestyle and 16th in the 100 meter butterfly.[1][16]

2019[]

Competing as part of the Nashville Aquatic Club at the 2019 Speedo Southern Premier Meet in Knoxville, Walsh broke the girls 15–16 age group National Age Group record of 47.73 seconds in the 100 yard freestyle set in 2013 by Simone Manuel with a time of 47.49 seconds.[17] In May 2019 SwimSwam ranked Walsh as the number one NCAA recruit from all swimmers across the United States in the high school graduating class of 2021.[18]

2019 World Junior Championships[]

2019 World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m mixed medley 3:44.84 (WJ,CR)
Gold medal – first place 100 m freestyle 53.74
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m mixed freestyle 3:25.92 (WJ,CR)
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m freestyle 3:37.61
Gold medal – first place 50 m freestyle 24.71
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:59.13

Ahead of the start of competition at the 2019 World Junior Championships held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary in August, Walsh was named as one of the five captains for the United States contingent of swimmers at the Championships by USA Swimming.[19] On the second day of competition, August 21, Walsh won her first medal, a gold medal in the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay, swimming the freestyle leg of the relay in 53.60 seconds and helping the relay set new world junior and Championships records in the event with a time of 3:44.84.[20] The next day she won her first individual medal of the competition, a gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 53.74 seconds.[21] She won her third gold medal later the same day, this time swimming the fourth leg of the 4×100 meter mixed freestyle relay in a time of 53.83 seconds to contribute to the relay's winning time of 3:25.92, which was also a new world junior record and Championships record for the event.[22][23] Two days later, on August 24, Walsh won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, splitting a time of 54.13 seconds for the lead-off leg of the relay to help the relay achieve the winning mark of 3:37.61.[24] On August 25, the final day of competition, Walsh brought her total medal count to six gold medals by winning a gold medal in the 50 meter freestyle in a time of 24.71 seconds as well as winning a gold medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay with a finals relay time of 3:59.13.[25][26]

2020[]

Starting the year off, Walsh announced in January her verbal commitment to compete collegiately for the University of Virginia Cavaliers starting in autumn of 2021.[6][7] On February 7, Walsh set a new overall National High School record in the 50 yard freestyle in 21.59 seconds, which broke the former record of 21.64 seconds set in 2015 by Abbey Weitzeil.[27][28] The next day, Walsh became the fastest female swimmer in American high school swimming history in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 46.98 seconds, breaking the former overall National High School record in the event set in 2015 by Abbey Weitzeil at 47.09 seconds.[29][30]

2020 US Olympic Trials[]

At the 2020 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, which were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walsh started competing on the first day of the second wave of the competition, swimming a personal best time of 27.02 seconds in the 50 meter butterfly en route to her final mark of 58.58 in the prelims heats of the 100 meter butterfly, which ranked her eighth heading into the semifinals.[31] In the semifinals of the 100 meter butterfly, Walsh swam a personal best time of 58.46 seconds, ranked twelfth overall, and did not advance to the final of the event.[32] For her second event of the trials, the 100 meter freestyle, Walsh placed 28th in the prelims heats with a time of 55.91 seconds.[33] In her third and final event of the 2020 Olympic Trials, Walsh swam a personal best time of 24.64 seconds in the semifinals stage of competition of the 50 meter freestyle, which ranked her sixth overall ahead of the final.[34] Walsh swam a 24.74 in the final of the event, placing fifth overall, and not making the 2020 US Olympic Team.[35][36]

2021–2022: First collegiate season[]

In one of the first dual meets of her collegiate career, Walsh helped her school's team, the Virginia Cavaliers, win against the California Golden Bears, winning four individual events, including the 100 yard backstroke in 51.15 seconds, and swimming on two relays.[37][38] Her performances contributed to collegiate swimming being ranked number one for "The Week That Was" honor from Swimming World for the week of October 18, 2021.[39] Walsh was also named as the "Women's Swimmer of the Week" by the Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, for the week of October 19, 2021.[38] Later in the month, at a dual meet between her school and Army, Walsh won the 200 yard freestyle.[3][8] In January 2022, Walsh split a 23.04 for the lead-off leg of the 4×50 medley relay in a dual meet against North Carolina State University, becoming the fastest female American swimmer in the 50 yard backstroke.[40][41] At a practice later in the month, Walsh kicked 100 yards without a kickboard and with flip turns in approximately 55 seconds.[42]

2022 ACC Championships[]

In her first race of the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, Championships in February 2022, Walsh tied Kate Douglass for a new ACC record in the 50 yard freestyle with a 21.25 in the prelims heats.[43] With her time of 21.25 seconds, Walsh also became the fastest female freshman swimmer in the history of the NCAA in the 50 yard freestyle, edging out former fastest female freshman, Simone Manuel in 2015, by 0.07 seconds.[44] In the final of the 4×50 yard freestyle relay in the evening, she split a 20.58 on the fourth leg to help achieve a first-place finish in an American record time of 1:24.47.[45][46][47] Walsh swam a 21.04 in the final of the 50 yard freestyle to become the fourth-fastest woman ever to swim the event in the NCAA, behind Abbey Weitzeil, Kate Douglass, and Erika Brown, and place second.[48] Day three, Walsh helped set another American record, this time in the 4×50 medley relay, with a new record time of 1:31.81 to win the event.[49] Her split time of 22.82 for the backstroke leg of the relay was the fastest 50 yard backstroke time by a female swimmer in the NCAA.[50] The following morning, she ranked third in the prelims heats of the 100 yard backstroke in 51.53, qualifying for the final.[51] In the evening, she placed second with a time of 50.13 seconds, which was 0.72 seconds behind first-place finisher Katharine Berkoff.[52] She followed up her individual performance with a split of 49.71 on the backstroke leg of the 4×100 yard medley relay, helping set new American and US Open records in the event at 3:22.34.[53][54] Her time of 49.71 seconds was a personal best time and moved her up in rankings to sixth-fastest female swimmer in the event.[55]

Starting off her competition on the fifth and final day, Walsh qualified for the final of the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 47.07 seconds, which ranked her second overall in the prelims heats.[56] In the final, she swam a personal best time of 46.86 seconds to take second-place.[57] Finishing off the meet, she anchored the 4×100 yard freestyle relay with a 46.35, helping win in an ACC record time of 3:08.22.[58]

2022 NCAA Championships[]

Day one of the 2022 NCAA Championships in March, Walsh helped achieve a win in the 4×50 yard medley relay in a Championships record time of 1:32.16, splitting a 22.81 for the backstroke leg of the relay.[59] In the morning prelims heats on day two, she ranked second in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 21.09 seconds and qualified for the final.[60] She swam a personal best time of 20.95 seconds in the final, placing second.[61] Later in the same finals session, she helped achieve a first-place victory in the 4×50 yard freestyle relay, splitting a 20.58 for the anchor leg of the relay.[62] The third morning, she qualified for the final of the 100 yard backstroke tied in rank for second with a time of 49.93 seconds.[63] In the evening, she placed second in the 100 yard backstroke with a personal best time of 49.00 seconds, finishing 0.26 seconds behind first-place finisher Katharine Berkoff.[64] For the 4×100 yard medley relay in the same session, she helped win in a time of 3:22.34, which tied the American and US Open records in the event, splitting a 49.44 for backstroke leg of the relay.[65]

On the fourth and final day, Walsh ranked first in the prelims heats of the 100 yard freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 46.78 seconds.[66] In the final, she won the NCAA title in the event, set a new pool record, and ranked as the fourth-fastest all-time in the 100 yard freestyle with a new personal best time of 46.05 seconds.[67] She concluded her first NCAA Championships with another win, this time helping set new American and US Open records in the 4×100 yard freestyle relay in 3:06.91, splitting a 26.01 for the anchor leg of the relay.[68][69]

Personal best times[]

Long course meters (50 m pool)[]

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m freestyle 24.64 sf 2020 US Olympic Trials Omaha, Nebraska June 19, 2021 [34]
100 m freestyle 53.74 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary August 22, 2019 [21]
50 m butterfly 27.02 h, † 2020 US Olympic Trials Omaha, Nebraska June 13, 2021 [31]
100 m butterfly 58.46 sf 2020 US Olympic Trials Omaha, Nebraska June 13, 2021 [32]

Legend: h – heat; sf – semifinal; † – en route to final mark

Short course yards (25 yd pool)[]

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 yd freestyle 20.95 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, Georgia March 17, 2022 [61]
100 yd freestyle 46.05 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, Georgia March 19, 2022 [67]
50 yd backstroke 22.81 r 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, Georgia March 16, 2022 [59]
100 yd backstroke 49.00 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, Georgia March 18, 2022 [64]

Legend: h – prelims heat; r – relay 1st leg

World records[]

World junior records[]

Long course meters (50 m pool)[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Age Ref
1 4x100 m mixed medley relay 3:44.84 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary August 21, 2019 Current 16 [20]
2 4x100 m mixed freestyle relay 3:25.92 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary August 22, 2019 Current 16 [22][23]

National records[]

Short course yards (25 yd pool)[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Ref
1 4×50 yd freestyle relay 1:24.47 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Atlanta, Georgia February 16, 2022 NR, US Current [45][46][47]
2 4×50 yd medley relay 1:31.81 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Atlanta, Georgia February 17, 2022 NR, US Current [49]
3 4×100 yd medley relay 3:22.34 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Atlanta, Georgia February 18, 2022 NR, US Current [53][54]
4 4×100 yd medley relay (2) 3:22.34 = 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, Georgia March 18, 2022 NR, US Current [65]
5 4×100 yd freestyle relay 3:06.91 2022 NCAA Championships Atlanta, Georgia March 19, 2022 NR, US Current [68][69]

Legend: NR – American record; US – US Open record

Awards and honors[]

See also[]

References[]

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