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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Virginia's Gretchen Walsh and Claire Curzan set NCAA records on their way to individual titles, helping the Cavaliers cruise to their record-tying fifth straight women's swimming and diving championship. Curzan set a new mark in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 46.82 seconds. Walsh broke her own record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 44.71 seconds. Curzan is the first swimmer to win individual NCAA titles for two different schools after winning the 200 backstroke while at Stanford in 2023. The Cavaliers finished with 544 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Stanford with 417. Virginia joins Texas (1984-88) and Stanford (1992-96) as the only schools to win five championships in a row.
