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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Virginia finished 1-2 in the 50-yard freestyle with Gretchen Walsh winning the event for the second straight year to help the Cavaliers move into first on the team leaderboard in the NCAA women's swimming and diving championships. Walsh secured her seventh career national individual championship after beating teammate Claire Curzan with her fourth-fastest time of 20.49 seconds. Walsh now owns the top 10 times in the event. Virginia also won the 200 freestyle relay for the fourth straight year, highlighted by Gretchen tying her record with a leg time of 20.37. Virginia ended Day 2 in first with 225 points, followed by Stanford at 178 and Texas 152. The four-day meet at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center continues on Friday.
