2024 Minnesota Invite
The instances thus far this week haven’t been as quick as what we noticed at different invitations a couple of weeks in the past, however there ought to nonetheless be loads of nice racing this night with finals of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 again, and 400 medley relay.
The Cal Bears had a powerful morning, taking the highest seed in virtually each occasion. The lone exception was Minnesota freshman Jacob Johnson, who’ll swim in lane 4 for the 100 fly tonight after slicing below final 12 months’s NCAA cutline with a forty five.21 this morning.
Isabelle Stadden would’ve been swimming for 2 wins tonight — she posted the quickest time of the morning within the 100 fly, however she opted to focus tonight on the 100 again, the place she completed 2nd this morning (52.40) behind teammate Mary-Ambre Moluh (50.34).
Day 3 Finals Warmth Sheets
WOMEN’S 100 FLY – Finals
- NCAA File: 47.42, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2024
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 50.52
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 51.88
Prime 8:
- Lilou Ressencourt (CAL), 51.81
- Claire Reinke (MINN), 52.14
- Morgan Brophy (CAL), 52.21
- Lizzy Cook dinner (CAL), 52.30
- Mckenna Stone (CAL), 52.59
- Mia Kragh (CAL), 52.71
- Morgan Thomas (MINN), 52.93
- Arielle Brotman (CAL), 53.57
With teammate Isabelle Stadden out of the ultimate after posting the quick time in prelims, Cal freshman Lilou Ressencourt made the many of the alternative, going below 52 for the primary time in her profession and profitable with a 51.81. That places her slightly below final 12 months’s NCAA minimize time of 51.88.
Ressencourt was the one girl below final 12 months’s minimize line, however there was nonetheless an ideal race for second behind her. Minnesota’s Claire Reinke and Cal’s Morgan Brophy touched on the 50 in almost the very same time, 24.32 for the Gopher and 24.35 for the Bear. Brophy touched first on the closing flip, however Reinke ran her down over the ultimate size, profitable 52.14 to 52.21.
Reinke improved her lifetime finest by almost a second right this moment, together with her earlier finest coming of 53.11 coming at this meet final 12 months.
MEN’S 100 FLY – Finals
- NCAA File: 42.80, Caeleb Dressel (FLOR) – 2018
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 44.51
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 45.37
- Jacob Johnson (MINN), 45.44
- Samuel Quarles (CAL), 46.04
- David Schmitt (HARV), 46.26
- August Vetsch (CAL), 46.66
- Sonny Wang (HARV), 46.81
- Frank Applebaum (CAL), 46.84
- Aayush Deshpande (HARV), 47.45
- Kaiser Neverman (MINN), 47.48
Minnesota freshman Jacob Johnson couldn’t fairly enhance on his lifetime finest from this morning (45.21), however he nonetheless received by a cushty margin as the one man below 46 tonight.
Sophomores Samuel Quarles (Cal) and David Schmitt (Harvard), each chipped a little bit of of their lifetime bests, with Quarles taking 2nd at 46.04 and Schmitt third at 46.26.
WOMEN’S 400 IM – Finals
- NCAA File: 3:54.60, Ella Eastin (STAN) – 2018
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 4:03.62
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 4:10.74
Prime 8:
- Kathryn Hazle (CAL), 4:11.66
- Katie McCarthy (MINN), 4:11.96
- Molly Urkiel (RUT), 4:13.49
- Alexandra Bastone (HARV), 4:14.30
- Grace Drabot (MINN), 4:15.00
- Mina Ada Solaker (DU), 4:15.32
- Stephanie Iannaccone (HARV), 4:16.45
- Shannon Meadway (RUT), 4:17.50
Kathryn Hazle of Cal shaved 0.32s off her top-seeded time from this morning to safe the win tonight. Not like this morning, the place she comfortably posted the quickest time by almost two seconds, it was a a lot nearer affair tonight. Minnesota’s Katie McCarthy was over two seconds behind after the breaststroke leg, however she charged arduous over the past 100 yards and almost ran down Hazle, taking 2nd in 4:11.96.
Rutgers’ Molly Urkiel continued her sturdy week by breaking her personal faculty report that she set this morning, en path to ending third in 4:13.39.
MEN’S 400 IM – Finals
- NCAA File: 3:28.82, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2023
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 3:38.37
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 3:42.93
Prime 8:
- Humberto Najera (CAL), 3:41.25
- Tyler Kopp (CAL), 3:46.92
- Carter Lancaster (CAL), 3:47.11
- Alberto Hernandez Garcia (MINN) / Colby Raffel (UNLV), 3:50.04
- (tie)
- Joey Tepper (MINN), 3:50.92
- Nico Morton (DU), 3:52.37
- Kyle Adamson (UNLV), 3:55.24
It’s been a reasonably quiet meet thus far on the boys’s facet, however Cal sophomore Humberto Najera made some noise this night by smashing his lifetime finest by almost 5 seconds and possibly punching his first NCAA ticket within the course of.
Najera got here into right this moment with a finest time of three:46.13 from final season’s Pac-12 Championships. He went 3:46.84 this morning to take the highest seed. He swam the entrance half of the race comparatively equally to this morning, going out in 1:46.16 versus 1:47.74, however he cut up every of the final 4 50s roughly a second sooner than he did this morning, touching in 3:41.25.
Cal fifth-year Tyler Kopp was over three seconds sooner than this morning to take 2nd in 3:46.92, adopted carefully by freshman Carter Lancaster (3:49.49).
WOMEN’S 200 FREE – Finals
- NCAA File: 1:39.10, Missy Franklin (CAL) – 2015
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:42.60
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:44.80
Prime 8:
- Lea Polonsky (CAL), 1:45.24
- Ava Chavez (CAL), 1:45.30
- Mina Kaljevic (MINN), 1:46.50
- Anja Kaljevic (MINN), 1:47.19
- Erika Carlson (UNLV), 1:47.20
- Alexandra Bastone (HARV), 1:47.26
- Ines Marin Alexandre (DU), 1:47.83
- Livi Wanner (MINN), 1:48.89
Cal’s Lea Polonsky received her second occasion of the meet after a riveting battle in opposition to teammate Ava Chavez. On the midway level, Chavez held a 0.33s lead, however Polonsky pulled forward with a 26.57 cut up on the third leg, and held on to win, 1:45.24 to 1:45.30.
The 2 Bears have been the one two ladies below 1:46, whereas Mina Kaljevic of Minnesota shaved 0.16s off of her lifetime finest to take third in 1:46.50.
MEN’S 200 FREE – Finals
- NCAA File: 1:28.81, Luke Hobson (TEX) – 2024
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:31.21
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:32.93
Prime 8:
- Gabriel Jett (CAL), 1:32.13
- Nans Mazellier (CAL), 1:33.02
- Trent Frandson (CAL), 1:33.77
- Keaton Jones (CAL), 1:34.03
- Nikolas Antoniou (CAL), 1:34.47
- David Greeley (HARV), 1:35.62
- Thackston McMullan (CAL), 1:36.64
- Bar Soloveychik (MINN), 1:37.53
The Cal males swept the highest 5 spots, led by Gabriel Jett at 1:32.13. Jett, who was the runner-up at NCAAs on this occasion as a sophomore in 2023, owns a lifetime better of 1:30.32 from main off the 800 free relay on the 2024 NCAAs.
Freshman Nans Mazellier, who posted the highest time of the morning at 1:33.82, improved on that point to take 2nd in 1:33.02. That places him inside putting distance of final 12 months’s NCAA minimize time of 1:32.93.
Trent Frandson (1:33.77), Keaton Jones (1:34.03) and Nikolas Antoniou (1:34.47) rounded out the highest 5.
WOMEN’S 100 BREAST – Finals
- NCAA File: 55.73, Lilly King (IU) – 2019
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 58.01
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 59.75
Prime 8:
- Margaux McDonald (CAL), 59.59
- Alicia Henry (CAL), 1:00.11
- Abigail Herscu (CAL), 1:00.14
- Molly Urkiel (RUT), 1:01.07
- Heather Gardner (UNLV), 1:01.11
- Arielle Brotman (CAL), 1:01.48
- Aleksandra Denisenko (HARV), 1:01.75
- Jessica Maeda (DENV), 1:02.04
After breaking a minute for the primary time in her profession this morning, Cal grad switch Margaux McDonald improved her lifetime finest by a couple of extra tenths to win in 59.59.
Teammates Alicia Henry and Abby Herscu battled it out for 2nd, with Henry simply holding off Herscu, 1:00.11 to 1:00.14.
Every of the highest three ladies swam this occasion on the 2024 NCAAs; Henry led the trio by ending 18th in prelims.
MEN’S 100 BREAST – Finals
- NCAA File: 49.53, Liam Bell (CAL) – 2024
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 51.02
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 51.89
Prime 8:
- Yamato Okadome (CAL), 50.87
- Hank Rivers (CAL), 51.63
- Daniel Nicusan (UNLV), 52.11
- Luca Gissendaner (CAL), 52.39
- Danny Beji (UNLV), 52.57
- Joe Rudd (MINN), 52.90
- Jacob Soderlund (CAL), 52.54
- Zachary Tan (CAL), 53.20
WOMEN’S 100 BACK – Finals
- NCAA File: 48.10, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2024
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 50.66
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 52.28
MEN’S 100 BACK – Finals
- NCAA File: 43.35, Luca Urlando (UGA) – 2022
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 44.48
- 2024 NCAA Cutline: 45.56
Ladies’s 400 Medley Relay – Timed Finals
- NCAA File: 3:21.80, Virginia – 2023
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 3:30.89
- 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Reduce: 3:32.88
Males’s 400 Medley Relay – Timed Finals
- NCAA File: 2:57.32, ASU – 2024
- 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 3:04.96
- 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Reduce: 3:06.37