UVA swimmer Kate Douglass will now represent Team USA at two events in the 2024 Paris Games.
Douglass won the 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday at the U.S. Olympic trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Douglass, competing among four members of the four-time national champion UVA Swimming team in the final, won with a time of 2:19.46, almost two-and-a-half seconds ahead of runner-up Lilly King (2:21.93), an Indiana University swimmer who, after the race, was proposed to by her boyfriend, James Wells, a former IU swimmer.
UVA’s Alex Walsh was third in the race with a time of 2:22.38, a personal-best time. Ella Nelson placed fourth (2:23.95) and Anna Keating was sixth (2:29.54).
Douglass had previously picked up the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle to qualify for her second Olympic games.
Also on Thursday:
UVA swimmer Jack Aikins was third in the 200-meter backstroke with a UVA record time of 1:54.61. Keaton Jones, a freshman at Cal, beat him out for the second spot on the U.S. roster in the competition by .17 seconds.
Claire Curzan advanced to the finals of the 200-meter backstroke with a third-place semifinal finish in 2:07.47.
On Friday, UVA Swimming will compete at 11 a.m. in the prelims for the men’s 100 fly, the women’s 200 IM and the women’s 800 free. The 8 p.m. evening session will feature the finals in the men’s 50 free, women’s 200 back, men’s 200 IM and the semifinals of the men’s 100 fly and women’s 200 IM.