Day 2 Prelims Reside Recap

2024 Minnesota Invite

Day 2 Prelims Warmth Sheet 

The 2024 Minnesota Invite received underway yesterday, with Cal sweeping the ladies’s and males’s 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays to open the motion in Minneapolis, MN. In the present day, we’ll get our first take a look at swimmers of their particular person occasions throughout prelims of the five hundred freestyle, 200 IM, and 50 freestyle.

High Seeds: 

• Ladies’s 500 freestyle: Katie McCarthy, Minnesota — 4:44.69
• Males’s 500 freestyle: Bar Soloveychik, Minnesota — 4:17.80
• Ladies’s 200 IM: Isabelle Stadden, Cal — 1:59.03
• Males’s 200 IM: Kaiser Neverman, Minnesota — 1:44.45
• Ladies’s 50 freestyle: Mary-Ambre Moluh, Cal — 22.14
• Males’s 50 freestyle: Bjorn Seeliger, Cal — 19.34

WOMEN’S 500 FREE – PRELIMS

• NCAA Report: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (Stanford) – 2017
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 4:37.89
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 4:41.19

High 8 Qualifiers: 

1. Katie McCarthy (MINN), 4:43.09
2. Ava Chavez (CAL), 4:44.88
3. Eliot Kennedy (MINN), 4:45.00
4. Maya Geringer (CAL), 4:45.27
5. Kathryn Hazle (CAL), 4:46.47
6. Alexandra Bastone (HARV), 4:47.30
7. Erika Carlson (UNLV), 4:49.09
8. Anja Kaljevic (MINN), 4:50.38

Cal’s Ava Chavez was a late entry to the ladies’s 500 freestyle–she isn’t listed within the occasion on the warmth sheet–however she dominated the primary warmth from lane eight. Chavez received the warmth in 4:44.88, bettering the lifetime better of 4:47.76 she swam lower than a month in the past at Cal’s tri-meet towards ASU and Stanford. That is the third 500 freestyle lifetime greatest she’s swum this season, and he or she’s introduced her greatest all the best way down from the 4:50.09 she owned at the start of the season.

Her time stood up because the quickest time of the morning till the ultimate warmth. There, high seed Katie McCarthy swam a season-best 4:43.09 to the touch first and take over occasion’s quickest time from Chavez.

Minnesota senior Eliot Kennedy received warmth three in 4:45.00, nearing each Chavez’s time and her personal lifetime better of 4:44.15, swum at a February 2024 twin meet. She moved by to the ‘A’ ultimate simply as properly, grabbing the third seed. The Golden Gophers additionally received Anja Kaljevic into the ‘A’ ultimate, because the sophomore swam a 4:50.38 to qualify in eighth, a few half-second forward of Cal freshman Mia West‘s 4:40.75 out of warmth one.

Cal has three swimmers within the ‘A’ ultimate as properly, with Maya Geringer (4:45.27) and Kathryn Hazle (4:46.47) becoming a member of Chavez.

MEN’S 500 FREE – PRELIMS

• NCAA Report: 4:02.31, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 4:10.74
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 4:14.90

High 8 Qualifiers: 

1. Bar Soloveychik (MINN), 4:18.65
2. Joey Tepper (MINN), 4:19.14
3. Matthew Chai (CAL), 4:20.64
4. Gabriel Jett (CAL), 4:21.62
5. Keaton Jones (CAL), 4:21.64
6. Tyler Kopp (CAL) , 4:21.75
7. Thackston McMullan (CAL), 4:22.38
8. Kieran Watson (DU), 4:23.29

The Minnesota males’s distance group has regarded sturdy to begin the season and that continued this morning, as Bar Soloveychik and Joey Tepper pushed one another within the ultimate warmth of the boys’s 500 freestyle. The pair broke away from the remainder of the warmth collectively and swam the 2 quickest prelims instances. Soloveychik clocked 4:18.65 to safe the highest seed, with Tepper hitting 4:19.14 for second. No different swimmer broke 4:20, although Matthew Chai, who’s been nice for Cal this season, led the best way for the Golden Bears with a stable prelims effort of 4:20.64.

Cal took over the subsequent 4 qualifying spots. Warmth three was a decent race between teammates Gabriel Jett, Keaton Jones, and Thackston McMullen. Jett snuck his hand on the wall first in 4:21.62, simply two-hundredths forward of Jones to take excessive time of the morning from Denver senior Kieran Watson, who held on to sneak into the ultimate in eighth place (4:23.29).

The freshman McMullan touched third in warmth three with a private greatest 4:22.38, enhancing by 3.07 seconds from one of the best he set on the Cal, ASU, Stanford tri-meet.

WOMEN’S 200 IM – PRELIMS

• NCAA Report: 1:48.37, Kate Douglass (Virginia) – 2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:53.66
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:57.03

High 8 Qualifiers: 

1. Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 1:56.99
2. Leah Polonksy (CAL), 1:57.97
3. Margaux McDonald (CAL), 1:58.93
4. Kathryn Hazle (CAL), 1:59.20
5. Lizzy Cook dinner (CAL), 1:59.73
6. Arielle Brotman (CAL), 1:59.76
7. Stephanie Iannaccone (HARV), 2:00.39
8. Molly Urkiel (RUT), 2:00.49

Fifth-year Isabelle Stadden cruised to the win within the ultimate warmth. She stopped the clock at 1:56.99, taking excessive time of the morning from her teammate Leah Polonsky, who received the penultimate warmth. Polonsky swam 1:57.97 and trails Stadden by just below a second heading into the ultimate.

The Cal girls confirmed out within the IM this session, claiming the highest six spots within the ‘A’ ultimate and profitable the ultimate 4 heats. Within the ultimate warmth, Stadden led a 1-2-3 end for the Golden Bears. In warmth 4, graduate switch Margaux McDonald and senior Lizzy Cook dinner grew to become the primary swimmers to interrupt 2:00 this morning, clocking 1:58.93 and 1:59.73, respectively. They certified for the ‘A’ ultimate in third and fifth.

Solely Cal girls broke the two:00 barrier in prelims this morning, as Harvard’s Stephanie Iannaccone and Rutgers’ Molly Urkiel rounded out the ‘A’ finalists with prelims swims of two:00.39 and a pair of:00.49.

MEN’S 200 IM – PRELIMS

• NCAA Report: 1:36.34, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:41.03
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:43.05

High 8 Qualifiers:

1. Gabriel Jett (CAL), 1:41.89
2. Destin Lasco (CAL), 1:44.60
3. Carter Lancaster (CAL), 1:45.31
4. Sean Swift (CAL), 1:45.44
5. Kaiser Neverman (MINN), 1:45.74
6. Daniel Nicusan (UNLV), 1:45.99
7. Cooper Kiel (UNLV), 1:46.14
8. Ryan Slonac (MINN), 1:46.25

Gabriel Jett swam a large private greatest in his second occasion of the session, clocking a 1:41.89 to guide the boys’s 200 IM prelims by 2.71 seconds. Jett’s swim is a lifetime greatest by 2.70 seconds, enhancing from the 1:44.59 he swam final month. Jett’s a flexible swimmer however hasn’t typically targeted on the 200 IM as he usually does the five hundred freestyle on Day 2 at championship meets. He swam it on the 2023 Minnesota Invitational, posting a 1:46.56 earlier than swimming a then-lifetime greatest 1:45.59 on the Cal vs. ASU twin in January.

He sits forward of his teammate, defending NCAA champion Destin Lasco. This meet is Lasco’s debut within the NCAA for the 2024-25 season. As he didn’t have a time recorded but this season, he raced out of warmth two and cruised to a 1:44.60, which held because the quickest time till Jett’s swim.

The Golden Bears personal the highest 4 instances of the morning, as Carter Lancaster and Sean Swift verify in with 1:45.31 and 1:45.44 efforts. Swift’s been as quick as 1:43.74, however Lancaster’s time approached his lifetime better of 1:45.02.

Kaiser Neverman, the highest seed on the psych sheet, moved by to the ‘A’ ultimate safely in fifth (1:45.74) and may have a teammate within the championship ultimate as Ryan Slonac swam a lifetime greatest 1:46.25 to seize eighth. The UNLV males even have two up within the ‘A’ ultimate, as Daniel Nicusan broke 1:46 for the primary time (1:45.99) and Cooper Kiel swam a season-best (1:46.14).

WOMEN’S 50 FREE – PRELIMS

• NCAA Report: 20.37, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 21.63
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 22.11

High 8 Qualifiers:

1. Mary-Ambre Moluh (CAL), 22.19
2. Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 22.37
3. Morgan Brophy (CAL), 22.40
4. Livi Wanner (MINN), 22.49
5. Mia West (CAL), 22.51
6. Ella Mazurek (CAL), 22.58
7. Femke Hoppenbrouwer (CAL), 22.71
8. McKenna Stone (CAL), Hannah Cornish (MINN), 22.74*

*Swim-off Required

Freshman Mary-Ambre Moluh got here inside hive-hundredths of her lifetime greatest to prepared the ground within the girls’s 50 freestyle prelims. Moluh certified first for tonight’s ultimate in 22.19, touching .18 seconds forward of Stadden on her second swim of the session. Stadden’s 22.37 is a season-best and certified her for her second ‘A’ ultimate of the day after she certified first total within the 200 IM.

Livi Wanner, one other freshman, wasn’t that removed from her lifetime greatest as properly. She certified fourth–breaking apart what would in any other case be a doubtlessly all-Cal ultimate–with a 22.49. She swam her lifetime greatest 22.40 earlier this season at Minnesota’s twin meet towards Wisconsin, which is the staff’s one twin meet loss to date this season.

We are saying doubtlessly all-Cal ultimate as a result of there can be a swim-off for lane eight. Cal’s McKenna Stone and Minnesota’s Hannah Cornish tied for eighth in 22.74. If Stone wins, Wanner would be the solely non-Cal Bear within the ultimate, as Morgan Brophy, Mia West, Ella Mazurek, and Femke Hoppenbrouwer certified together with Moluh and Stadden.

MEN’S 50 FREE – PRELIMS

• NCAA Report: 17.63, Caeleb Dressel (Florida) – 2018
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 18.82
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 19.13

High 8 Qualifiers: 

1. Bjorn Seeliger (CAL), 19.22
2. Nans Mazellier (CAL), 19.52
3. Evan Petty (CAL), 19.53
4. Roman Jones (CAL)/Colby Hatton (CAL), 19.70
5. (tie)
6. Kai Crews (CAL), 19.74
7. Nikolas Antoniou (CAL), 19.78
8. August Vetsch (CAL), 19.84

There’s little doubt within the males’s 50 freestyle–this can be an ‘A’ ultimate the place all eight lanes can be taken up by Cal swimmers. Fifth-year Bjorn Seeliger dropped a season-best 19.22 to guide the fleet of Cal sprinters into the ‘A’ ultimate, touching three-tenths forward of freshman Nans Mazellier. Mazellier’s 19.52 for the second seed is his first time breaking 20 seconds; his lifetime greatest coming into the meet was the 20.13 he swam main off the 200 free relay on the Triton Invite in October.

Evan Petty and Nikolas Antoniou joined Mazellier in swimming lifetime bests. Petty touched a hundredth behind Mazellier, posting a 19.53 to interrupt his earlier better of 19.73 from March 2023. Antoniou, like Mazellier, broke 20 seconds for the primary time, clocking 19.78 to qualify in seventh.

They’re joined by Roman Jones (19.70), Colby Hatton (19.70), Kai Crews (19.74), and August Vetsch (19.84) within the ‘A’ ultimate. The highest non-Cal swimmer is Harvard sophomore and defending Ivy League champion Sonny Wang, who swam 19.85 to overlook tying Vetsch by a hundredth.