Kate Douglass breaks Lily King’s 200 breaststroke American, NCAA record

Kate Douglass dominated the competition at the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving National Championship, taking home medals and smashing records.

The Virginia junior led her team to their second-straight national championship, setting new American records in three separate strokes.

Douglass kicked off the meet with a 20.87-second finish in the 50-yard freestyle prelims to break the NCAA, U.S. Open and American records. Douglass then bested her record-breaking performance in the final, touching the wall in 20.84 to clinch gold and etch her name in history.

𝓝𝓒𝓐𝓐 𝓒𝓗𝓐𝓜𝓟𝓘𝓞𝓝🥇 and fastest ever AGAIN 🔥

Kate Douglass owns the 2⃣ fastest times in history in the 50-yard free.

20.84 - AMERICAN, US OPEN, NCAA RECORD

Gretchen Walsh breaks 21 with a 20.95 for 🥈#GoHoos pic.twitter.com/gaejLWbso1

— Virginia Swimming and Dive (@UVASwimDive) March 17, 2022

Douglass broke another American record on Friday, clocking a time of 49.04 in the 100-fly for her second individual title of the meet. Then, on Saturday, Douglass claimed the 200-breaststroke in 2:02:19, breaking Lilly King’s American, U.S. Open, NCAA and Meet record of 2:02.60 set at the 2018 NCAA Championships.

American Records:
✅ 50y free (x2)
✅ 100y fly
✅ 200y breaststroke

Kate Douglass is unstoppable! 🔥#NCAASwimDive x @UVASwimDive pic.twitter.com/LiRQJGj9n4

— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) March 20, 2022

With her stunning performance at the NCAA Championships, Douglass became the fastest American woman in three distinct strokes and three different distances.