INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women's 100-meter butterfly Saturday night, posting a time of 55.18 seconds in a semifinal heat at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Gretchen Walsh, the 21-year-old University of Virginia star, swam a 55.18 to break the world record in the women's 100 butterfly. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 ...

Gretchen Walsh of the US. reacts after breaking the world record in the Women's 50m Butterfly on day one of the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.

Walsh holds the world record, which she set in June at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials at 55.18. Walsh, who swims collegiately at Virginia , has won 18 NCAA championships and 21 All-ACC awards.

Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the 100m individual medley to lead top-ranked Virginia to a 181-119 win over #3 Florida on Friday at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Charlottesville.

UVA Swimming senior Gretchen Walsh and alum Kate Douglas combined to set four world records on Day 1 at the 2024 World Aquatics 25m Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday. Walsh posted a ...

With a time of 55.18 seconds, she broke Swedish sprinter Sarah Sjöström’s record of 55.48, which was set in a gold-medal effort in 2016. Olympics Gretchen Walsh destroys world record in women ...

Walsh then broke the 50 freestyle world record in the semifinals, posting a time of 22.87 to beat the previous mark of 22.93 set by Ranomi Kromowidjojo in 2017. People are also reading… ...

Walsh and Douglass both took part in the U.S. women’s gold-medal-setting, world-record-breaking 400 free relay on the first night of the week, and the duo will handle the back half of the ...

Nashville’s Gretchen Walsh had never raced the 100-meter butterfly before Friday. She now owns the world record in the event. That’s the kind of week it’s been for Walsh, a Harpeth Hall ...

Breaking her own world record in the 100-meter butterfly just wasn't good enough for Gretchen Walsh on Saturday. The American swimming star entered this week's Tyr Pro Swim Series meet already ...

O n a night when Gretchen Walsh won a major award to commemorate her recent past, the superstar University of Virginia ...