Day 3 Finals Stay Recap

2024 Minnesota Invite

The occasions 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 robust morning, taking the highest seed in nearly each occasion. The lone exception was Minnesota freshman Jacob Johnson, who’ll swim in lane 4 for the 100 fly tonight after chopping underneath final yr’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 Report: 47.42, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 50.52
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 51.88

Prime 8:

1. Lilou Ressencourt (CAL), 51.81
2. Claire Reinke (MINN), 52.14
3. Morgan Brophy (CAL), 52.21
4. Lizzy Cook dinner (CAL), 52.30
5. Mckenna Stone (CAL), 52.59
6. Mia Kragh (CAL), 52.71
7. Morgan Thomas (MINN), 52.93
8. 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 underneath 52 for the primary time in her profession and profitable with a 51.81. That places her just below final yr’s NCAA reduce time of 51.88.

Ressencourt was the one lady underneath final yr’s reduce line, however there was nonetheless an incredible 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 greatest by almost a second right this moment, along with her earlier greatest coming of 53.11 coming at this meet final yr.

MEN’S 100 FLY – Finals

• NCAA Report: 42.80, Caeleb Dressel (FLOR) – 2018
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 44.51
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 45.37

1. Jacob Johnson (MINN), 45.44
2. Samuel Quarles (CAL), 46.04
3. David Schmitt (HARV), 46.26
4. August Vetsch (CAL), 46.66
5. Sonny Wang (HARV), 46.81
6. Frank Applebaum (CAL), 46.84
7. Aayush Deshpande (HARV), 47.45
8. Kaiser Neverman (MINN), 47.48

Minnesota freshman Jacob Johnson couldn’t fairly enhance on his lifetime greatest from this morning (45.21), however he nonetheless gained by a cushty margin as the one man underneath 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 Report: 3:54.60, Ella Eastin (STAN) – 2018
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 4:03.62
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 4:10.74

Prime 8:

1. Kathryn Hazle (CAL), 4:11.66
2. Katie McCarthy (MINN), 4:11.96
3. Molly Urkiel (RUT), 4:13.49
4. Alexandra Bastone (HARV), 4:14.30
5. Grace Drabot (MINN), 4:15.00
6. Mina Ada Solaker (DU), 4:15.32
7. Stephanie Iannaccone (HARV), 4:16.45
8. 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. In contrast to 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 exhausting during the last 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 Report: 3:28.82, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 3:38.37
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 3:42.93

Prime 8:

1. Humberto Najera (CAL), 3:41.25
2. Tyler Kopp (CAL), 3:46.92
3. Carter Lancaster (CAL), 3:47.11
4. Alberto Hernandez Garcia (MINN) / Colby Raffel (UNLV), 3:50.04
5. (tie)
6. Joey Tepper (MINN), 3:50.92
7. Nico Morton (DU), 3:52.37
8. Kyle Adamson (UNLV), 3:55.24

It’s been a fairly quiet meet thus far on the boys’s facet, however Cal sophomore Humberto Najera made some noise this night by smashing his lifetime greatest by almost 5 seconds and doubtless punching his first NCAA ticket within the course of.

Najera got here into right this moment with a greatest 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 quicker than he did this morning, touching in 3:41.25.

Cal fifth-year Tyler Kopp was over three seconds quicker 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 Report: 1:39.10, Missy Franklin (CAL) – 2015
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:42.60
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:44.80

Prime 8:

1. Lea Polonsky (CAL), 1:45.24
2. Ava Chavez (CAL), 1:45.30
3. Mina Kaljevic (MINN), 1:46.50
4. Anja Kaljevic (MINN), 1:47.19
5. Erika Carlson (UNLV), 1:47.20
6. Alexandra Bastone (HARV), 1:47.26
7. Ines Marin Alexandre (DU), 1:47.83
8. Livi Wanner (MINN), 1:48.89

Cal’s Lea Polonsky gained her second occasion of the meet after a riveting battle towards 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 had been the one two girls underneath 1:46, whereas Mina Kaljevic of Minnesota shaved 0.16s off of her lifetime greatest to take third in 1:46.50.

MEN’S 200 FREE – Finals

• NCAA Report: 1:28.81, Luke Hobson (TEX) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:31.21
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:32.93

Prime 8:

1. Gabriel Jett (CAL), 1:32.13
2. Nans Mazellier (CAL), 1:33.02
3. Trent Frandson (CAL), 1:33.77
4. Keaton Jones (CAL), 1:34.03
5. Nikolas Antoniou (CAL), 1:34.47
6. David Greeley (HARV), 1:35.62
7. Thackston McMullan (CAL), 1:36.64
8. 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 placing distance of final yr’s NCAA reduce 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 Report: 55.73, Lilly King (IU) – 2019
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 58.01
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 59.75

Prime 8:

1. Margaux McDonald (CAL), 59.59
2. Alicia Henry (CAL), 1:00.11
3. Abigail Herscu (CAL), 1:00.14
4. Molly Urkiel (RUT), 1:01.07
5. Heather Gardner (UNLV), 1:01.11
6. Arielle Brotman (CAL), 1:01.48
7. Aleksandra Denisenko (HARV), 1:01.75
8. 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 greatest 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 girls swam this occasion on the 2024 NCAAs; Henry led the trio by ending 18th in prelims.

MEN’S 100 BREAST – Finals

• NCAA Report: 49.53, Liam Bell (CAL) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 51.02
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 51.89

Prime 8:

1. Yamato Okadome (CAL), 50.87
2. Hank Rivers (CAL), 51.63
3. Daniel Nicusan (UNLV), 52.11
4. Luca Gissendaner (CAL), 52.39
5. Danny Beji (UNLV), 52.57
6. Joe Rudd (MINN), 52.90
7. Jacob Soderlund (CAL), 52.54
8. Zachary Tan (CAL), 53.20

Freshman Yamato Okadome continues to shine early in his Cal Bear profession. Tonight he knocked one other second off of his lifetime greatest and assured himself a NCAA invite by getting underneath the ‘A’ reduce.

That places him at #3 within the nation this season, behind solely Julian Smith (49.98) and Nate Germonprez (50.39). Moreover, that ought to make him one of many quickest freshmen ever within the occasion, and we’ll do some extra digging to confirm that.

Teammate Hank Rivers took 2nd in 51.63, additionally underneath final yr’s NCAA reduce time, whereas UNLV’s Daniel Nicusan completed third in 52.11

WOMEN’S 100 BACK – Finals

• NCAA Report: 48.10, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 50.66
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 52.28

Prime 8:

1. Mary-Ambre Moluh (CAL), 49.68
2. Isabelle Stadden (CAL), 50.41
3. Ava Yablonski (MINN), 52.45
4. Anya Mostek (HARV), 53.29
5. Dominka Trentkiewicz (UNLV), 53.66
6. Adriana Smith (CAL), 53.73
7. Paula Rodriguez (MINN), 53.74
8. Religion Johnson (MINN), 54.65

Cal freshmen are having an evening. Mary-Ambre Moluh stormed underneath the 50-second barrier, clocking a 49.68 that makes her the Sixth-fastest lady ever in NCAA competitors, and the Seventh-fastest lady general.

All-Time Performers, 100 Again

1. Gretchen Walsh, 48.10 (2024)
2. Katharine Berkoff, 48.55 (2024)
3. Regan Smith, 49.16 (2021)
4. Beata Nelson, 49.18 (2019)
5. Claire Curzan, 49.37 (2024)
6. Charlotte Crush, 49.53 (2023)
7. Mary-Ambre Moluh, 49.68 (2024)

As the remainder of the ladies on the checklist have American sporting citizenship, tonight’s time makes Moluh, who represented France at this summer season’s Olympic Video games, the quickest worldwide swimmer ever within the yards model of this occasion.

Teammate Isabelle Stadden knocked two seconds off of her prelims time, and he or she cleared the NCAA reduce with a 50.41, however it wasn’t sufficient to remain near Moluh, who opened up a 0.43s lead on the midway level and outsplit Stadden, who was the NCAA runner-up on this occasion final yr, on the ultimate 50 as nicely.

Minnesota’s Ava Yablonski (52.45) and Harvard’s Anya Mostek (53.29) had been each underneath the NCAA ‘B’ reduce.

MEN’S 100 BACK – Finals

• NCAA Report: 43.35, Luca Urlando (UGA) – 2022
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 44.48
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 45.56

Prime 8:

1. Destin Lasco (CAL), 45.23
2. Evan Petty (CAL), 45.62
3. Lucca Battaglini (CAL), 46.00
4. Bjorn Seeliger (CAL), 46.32
5. Kai Crews (CAL), 46.38
6. Ziyad Saleem (CAL), 46.54
7. Anthony Rincon (HARV), 46.82
8. Tommy Roder (CAL), 46.83

Cal fifth-year Destin Lasco cruised to his second particular person win of the meet, taking the 100 again in 45.23. Lasco personal’s a private better of 43.93 from 2023 and has gone 44-low on what appears like a daily foundation.

Teammate Evan Petty improved his liftime greatest by roughly a second right this moment to complete 2nd in 45.62. Freshman Lucca Battaglini almost cracked the 46-second barrier, taking third with a time of precisely 46.00.

Cal lived as much as the “Backstroke U” moniker, proudly owning the highest six finishes tonight and eight of the highest 9 oveall.

Girls’s 400 Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• NCAA Report: 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 Report: 2:57.32, ASU – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 3:04.96
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Reduce: 3:06.37