Day 1 Finals Reside Recap

2024 Minnesota Invite

• December 4-7, 2024
• Prelims: 10 am CST/ Finals: 6 pm CST
• SCY (25 Yards)
• College of Minnesota
• Collaborating Groups: Minnesota (host), Univeristy of California- Berkley, College of Nevada- Las Vegas (Males Solely), Harvard, Rutgers, College of Denver
• 2025 NCAA Championship Requirements
• Reside Stream
• Psych Sheets

The second spherical of Midseason meets are right here, they usually begin tonight with the primary finals session of the Minnesota invite. Tonight we’ve got two relays, the 800 free and the 200 medley.

On the ladies’s aspect, Cal is the heavy favourite for each relays. Ultimately yr’s NCAA Championships, the Bears had been 4th within the 200 medley relay, and ninth within the 800 free relay. They’re returning 3 swimmers from their 200 medley, and two from the 800 free.

The identical is true on the boys’s aspect, with the NCAA runner-ups Cal being the favourite to win each relays this night. They’re coming into tonight because the NCAA document holders and reigning champions within the 800 free relay, with all 4 swimmers returning this season. They had been additionally 4th within the 200 medley final season, returning 3 of their 4 athletes.

That is doubtless the primary time we’ll see NCAA document holder Destin Lasco this season, as he takes his fifth yr, however hasn’t competed but. On the ladies’s aspect Isabelle Stadden highlights the occasions, and can doubtless lead off the medley relay.

WOMEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY- TIMED FINALS

• NCAA File: 1:31.73, Virginia- 2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Lower: 1:36.24
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Lower: 1:36.76

1. California A- 1:34.24 NCAA A Lower Pool File
2. Minnesota A- 1:37.66
3. Denver A- 1:40.00
4. Harvard A- 1:40.10
5. UNLV A- 1:40.54
6. Rutgers A- 1:42.41

The Cal ladies ran away with the occasion, beating the Minnesota A by over 3 seconds, and breaking the pool document of their 1:34.24 swim. All 4 of their swimmers had the quickest relay splits within the discipline. 

fifth yr Isabelle Stadden led off the ladies in 23.34 for her 50 backstroke. This can be a new greatest time for Stadden who hadn’t been quicker than the 23.57 she went on the 2023 NCAAs. Senior Leah Polonsky swam the breaststroke leg in 26.36. Senior Mia Kragh swam fly in 23.51, which was 4 tenths off the 23.12 she went on the identical leg at NCAAs final yr, and freshman Mary-Ambre Moluh swam freestyle in 21.03. The time they swam tonight would have earned them third finally yr’s Nationals.

The Minnesota ladies took second in 1:37.66, somewhat over two seconds forward of the third place finishers. Junior Ava Yablonski led off in 24.11, besting the 24.66 she went main off the relay at Large Tens final yr. Ava Goodno, a sophomore, swam breaststroke in 27.73. Morgan Thomas, additionally a sophomore, swam fly in 23.38, and senior Hannah Cornish went 22.44 on the freestyle. 

Denver took third and Harvard took 4th, separated by solely a tenth of a second. Denver’s anchor Megan Lucyshyn went 22.79 to go Harvard and produce residence the bronze for the Pioneers.

The UNLV A relay was disqualified.

MEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY- TIMED FINALS

• NCAA File: 1:20.15, Florida- 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Lower: 1:23.62
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Lower: 1:23.90

1. Cal A- 1:24.03
2. Minnesota A- 1:25.43
3. UNLV A- 1:25.61
4. Harvard A- 1:25.81
5. Denver A- 1:27.87

The Cal males additionally received the 200 medley relay, beating the Minnesota A crew by virtually a second and a half. fifth yr Bjorn Seeliger led off the relay in 21.10. That is fairly a bit off his greatest cut up of 20.08 from the 2022 NCAAs. Yamato Okadome, a freshman, swam the breaststroke leg in 23.42. Sophomore Roman Jones swam fly in 20.29, and freshman Lucca Battaglini swam free in 19.22. Notably lacking from this relay had been Jack Alexy and Dare Rose who swam on the relay at NCAAs final yr, however are competing at Quick Course Worlds subsequent week.

Minnesota positioned second, beating UNLV by simply two tenths to go 1:25.43. fifth yr Casey Stowe went 21.98 on the backstroke leg. Kaiser Neverman, one other fifth yr, swam breast in 23.57. Freshman Jacob Johnson went 20.36 on the fly, and sophomore Davide Harabagiu swam free at 19.52.

UNLV mounted a comeback on the finish with their crew of Wikus Potgieter (21.95), Danny Beji (23.46), Emil Jose Perez Avila (21.15), and Daniel Nicusan (19.05). Beji and Nicusan each outplit Minnesota with Nicusan splitting the quickest within the discipline, however he was unable to go Harabagiu from Minnesota leaving them to the bronze.

Girls’s 800 Freestyle Relay Timed Finals

• NCAA File: 6:45.91, Stanford- 2017 NCAA Championships
• NCAA ‘A’ Lower: 7:00.86
• NCAA ‘B’ Lower: 7:05.56

1. California A- 6:59.13 A
2. Minnesota A- 7:08.73
3. UNLV A- 7:13.05
4. Harvard A- 7:14.99
5. Denver A- 7:19.21
6. Rutgers A- 7:22.14

Similar to the 200 medley relay, the Cal Girls obtained out in entrance and stayed there for all the race. Sophomore Ava Chavez led off in 1:44.78, a brand new greatest time for her dropping from the 1:45.18 she went at this meet final yr. Freshman Mia West went second in 1:45.54 which is over a second quicker than her flat begin greatest time of 1:46.75. Isabelle Stadden was third at 1:44.73, a second quicker than she went on this relay final yr at 1:45.74. Senior Leah Polonsky went final in 1:44.08 to carry residence the gold for the Golden Bears. On the Cal B, Mary-Ambre Moluh went the quickest cut up of 1:45.06 within the second place, which is quicker than West’s 1:45.54 in the identical place.

Minnesota took 2nd in 7:08.73. Sophomore Anja Kaljevic led off in 1:46.33 to go simply quicker than her earlier better of 1:46.37 from final month. Twin sister Mina Kaljevic went second in 1:45.31. Senior Hannah Cornish went third at 1:47.47, and sophomore Morgan Thomas went 4th at 1:49.62.

UNLV obtained third in 7:13.05. The crew of Ava Olson (1:47.87), Grace Wharton (1:49.97), Erika Carlson (1:46.78), and Bridget Sullivan (1:48.43) picked up some wanted factors for UNLV after their disqualification within the 200 medley. Olson went a brand new greatest time within the occasion, dropping from her earlier better of 1:48.16 from February.

Males’s 800 Freestyle Relay Timed Finals

• NCAA File: 6:02.26, Cal- 2024 NCAA Championships
• NCAA ‘A’ Lower: 6:15.80
• NCAA ‘B’ Lower: 6:18.42

1. California A- 6:14.29 A
2. Minnesota A- 6:21.92
3. Harvard A- 6:22.93
4. UNLV A- 6:28.48
5. Denver A- 6:30.84

The reigning NCAA Champions received the ultimate tonight by virtually 8 seconds with 3 of their 4 NCAA relay members not collaborating this night. Keaton Jones led off for the Golden Bears in 1:34.51. Jones has been 1:32.13 within the occasion, which he did within the particular person occasion at NCAAs final yr. Senior Gabriel Jett, the one returning relay swimmer went second in 1:32.04, which is somewhat beneath two seconds slower than he went main off the relay at Nationals. Freshman Nans Mazellier went third in 1:34.45, and senior Trent Frandson went 4th at 1:33.39. Destin Lasco was absent from the relay tonight. He’s entered in occasions tomorrow morning for his season debut.

Minnesota obtained 2nd in 6:21.92. Senior Bar Soloveychik went first in 1:35.35. this was virtually two seconds off his better of 1:33.37 from Large Ten championships in February. fifth yr switch Joey Tepper went second at 1:34.37. Junior Alberto Hernandez Garcia went third in 1:37.07, and fifth yr Kaiser Neverman went final in 1:35.13.

Harvard was third in 6:22.93. Ben Littlejohn led off in 1:35.02. David Greeley was second in 1:35.90. Adriano Aritoi went third at 1:37.14, and Harris Durham went fourth in 1:34.87.

Workforce Scores After Day 1

Girls

1. California- 128
2. Minnesota- 112
3. Harvard/Denver- 104
4. —
5. Rutgers- 98
6. UNLV- 54

Males

1. California- 128
2. Minnesota- 112
3. Harvard/UNLV- 106
4. —
5. Denver- 100