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Day 3 Prelims Reside Recap

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2024 Texas Corridor of Fame Invite

After a blistering Day 2 of the Texas Corridor of Fame Invite on Thursday, the competitors will wrap up tonight with this morning’s prelims giving us an appetizer for what’s to come back later within the day.

Nevertheless, we did see some eye-popping performances in yesterday’s heats, so we might be in retailer for extra fast occasions this morning.

Texas sophomores Will Modglin and Nate Germonprez have been completely on hearth by means of two days of racing, so that they’ll be those to look at within the males’s 200 again, the place Modglin is the #2 seed behind teammate Hubert Kos, and the lads’s 200 breast, the place Germonprez is available in ranked 2nd to fellow Longhorn Will Scholtz.

The boys’s 100 free is headlined by two-time 200 free NCAA champion Luke Hobson, whereas Texas sophomore Logan Walker is the highest seed within the 200 fly after a breakout swim earlier this season towards Indiana.

Rex Maurer is one other identify who has been performing effectively—he’s entered within the 200 again this morning, however might maintain off and watch for the timed remaining of the 1650 free later within the day.

On the ladies’s facet, two-time NCAA champion Phoebe Bacon highlights the 200 again together with Wisconsin teammate Maggie Wanezek, whereas Stanford’s Torri Huske takes on Texas’ Erin Gemmell and USC’s Minna Abraham within the 100 free.

The 200 breast has Stanford’s Lucy Bell as the highest seed by three seconds, and within the 200 fly, all eyes can be on Texas fifth-year Emma Sticklen, who has been lighting it up all season and set a greatest time and Texas Report of 1:49.77 in early October towards LSU. That point is just six-tenths shy of the NCAA Report set by Alex Walsh final season (1:49.16).

WOMEN’S 200 BACK – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 1:47.24, Beata Nelson (Wisconsin) – 2019
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:50.50
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:54.01
  1. Maggie Wanezek (WISC), 1:51.33
  2. Phoebe Bacon (WISC), 1:51.69
  3. Natalie Mannion (STAN) / Campbell Stoll (TEX), 1:54.27
  4. Emma Kern (TEX), 1:54.49
  5. Claire Jansen (PITT), 1:54.80
  6. Levenia Sim (STAN), 1:55.40
  7. Lillie Nesty (TEX), 1:55.50

The Wisconsin duo of Maggie Wanezek and Phoebe Bacon dominated the heats of the ladies’s 200 again, posting the highest two occasions of the morning by a large margin in Austin.

The freshman Wanezek inched beneath her season-best to steer the sphere in 1:51.33, having been 1:51.75 three weeks in the past throughout a twin with Minnesota. After swims from Claire Curzan and Gretchen Walsh this morning in Tennessee, Wanezek slots into sixth within the NCAA this season.

Bacon, the two-time NCAA champion within the occasion, dropped practically a second and a half off her season-best in 1:51.69, changing into the ninth lady to interrupt 1:52 to date this season. Bacon had beforehand been 1:53.05 within the Wisconsin v. Minnesota twin.

Stanford’s Natalie Mannion and Texas’ Campbell Stoll tied for the third seed in 1:54.27, with Mannion’s swim marking a brand new season-best after she went 1:55.91 two weeks in the past. Stoll is coming off setting a PB of 1:53.52 towards Indiana.

MEN’S 200 BACK – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 1:35.37, Destin Lasco (Cal) – 2024
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:38.80
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:40.62
  1. Rex Maurer (TEX), 1:38.27
  2. Will Modglin (TEX), 1:39.65
  3. Drew Huston (POLY), 1:41.26
  4. Kyle Peck (TEX), 1:41.68
  5. Griffin O’Leary (USC), 1:42.27
  6. Ben Sampson (TEX), 1:42.63
  7. Marcin Goraj (PITT), 1:42.78
  8. Nathan Quarterman (TEX), 1:44.14

Texas sophomore Rex Maurer continued his scorching streak within the males’s 200 again, dropping a second and a half off his lifetime greatest and hitting the NCAA ‘A’ reduce in a time of 1:38.27.

Maurer’s swim lowers his PB of 1:39.75, set at this meet final 12 months whereas he was at Stanford, and strikes him into third within the NCAA rankings this season, trailing IU’s Owen McDonald (1:38.13) and teammate Hubert Kos (1:38.14).

Fellow Texas sophomore Will Modglin, who set a brand new college file within the 100 again final night time, clocked 1:39.65 to earn the #2 seed for the ultimate, dipping beneath his season-best of 1:40.12 set towards Indiana. His PB stands at 1:38.85 set final season at NCAAs.

Cal Poly’s Drew Huston lowered his Faculty Report by a couple of one-hundredths in 1:41.26, having been 1:41.32 final season throughout a time trial at Pac-12s.

Texas freshman Kyle Peck cracked 1:42 for the primary time to advance in 4th, touching in 1:41.68 to decrease his earlier better of 1:42.71 set final December at Winter Juniors – East.

WOMEN’S 100 FREE – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 44.83, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 47.10
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 48.34
  1. Torri Huske (STAN), 47.39
  2. Minna Abraham (USC), 48.05
  3. Ava Longi (TEX), 48.13
  4. Erin Gemmell (TEX), 48.17
  5. Grace Cooper (TEX), 48.22
  6. Gigi Johnson (STAN), 48.38
  7. Abby Wanezek (WISC), 48.54
  8. Vasilissa Buinaia (USC), 48.58

Torri Huske rocketed to a time of 47.39 to steer the ladies’s 100 free prelims, marking a brand new season-best time for the Stanford junior.

Huske, who had beforehand been 47.62 towards ASU and Cal, maintains her #2 rating within the NCAA this season, with Tennessee’s Camille Spink having reset her nation-leading time to 47.04 this morning in Knoxville.

Huske’s greatest time of 46.46 was set on the 2023 NCAAs.

USC’s Minna Abraham, who had a giant win final night time within the 200 free, certified 2nd for the ultimate in 48.05, simply shy of the season-best 47.96 she set towards Arizona.

The Texas trio of Ava Longi (48.13), Erin Gemmell (48.17) and Grace Cooper (48.22) adopted with the subsequent three spots, with Longi notably hitting a brand new lifetime greatest, having beforehand been 48.25 at this meet final 12 months. Gemmell and Cooper each set season-bests as effectively.

MEN’S 100 FREE – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 39.90, Caeleb Dressel (Florida) – 2018
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 41.34
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 42.19
  1. Camden Taylor (TEX), 42.47
  2. Luke Maurer (USC), 42.54
  3. Kobe Ndebele (TEX), 42.88
  4. Julian Koch (PITT) / Luigi Riva (BYU), 43.00
  5. Chris Morris (WISC), 43.02
  6. Oliver Sogaard-Andersen (USC), 43.24
  7. Luke Hobson (TEX), 43.31

After Jordan Crooks blasted a time of 40.77 this morning on the Tennessee Invite, issues have been comparatively time within the males’s 100 free this morning in Austin with solely three swimmers going sub-43.

Main the cost was Texas sophomore Camden Taylor, who set a lifetime better of 42.47 coming off his win within the 200 free final night time.

Taylor inched beneath his earlier better of 42.53 set final season at Large 12s—he notably had the second-slowest final 25 among the many eight finalists (11.25), however was quickest to the toes on the 50 by a large margin in 20.08.

USC grad switch Luke Maurer was simply over three-tenths shy of his PB in 42.54 to qualify 2nd, going effectively beneath his season-best of 43.77, and Texas junior Kobe Ndebele broke 43 seconds for the primary time in his profession, clocking 42.88. He set his earlier better of 43.09 towards Indiana.

Tying for 4th, Pitt’s Julian Koch and Luigi Riva set private greatest occasions, clocking matching 43.00s.

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 2:01.29, Kate Douglass (Virginia) – 2023
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 2:05.73
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 2:09.55
  1. Lucy Bell (STAN), 2:07.57
  2. Mackenzie Miller (BYU), 2:09.61
  3. Hazal Ozkan (WISC), 2:10.16
  4. Piper Enge (TEX), 2:10.30
  5. Ashley McMillan (USC), 2:12.17
  6. Katie McClintock (WISC), 2:13.09
  7. Samantha Tadder (STAN), 2:13.35
  8. Jasmine Anderson (BYU), 2:13.42

Stanford junior Lucy Bell cruised to the highest time of the morning within the girls’s 200 breast, clocking 2:07.57 for the quickest time by two seconds.

Bell already ranks #1 within the nation this season with the two:06.32 she dropped throughout the Cardinal’s tri-meet with ASU and Stanford earlier this month.

BYU’s Mackenzie Miller was the one different swimmer to interrupt 2:10, setting a giant new greatest time of two:09.61 to advance in 2nd. Miller’s earlier greatest was 2:11.95, set on the 2024 Large 12s, and had been 2:12.18 final season at altitude, which altitude-adjusted to 2:10.98.

Wisconsin’s Hazal Ozkan and Texas’ Piper Enge have been the one others beneath 2:12, with Ozkan clocking 2:10.16, simply off her season-best of two:10.02, and Enge was 2:10.30. She was a season-best of two:09.27 towards Indiana.

MEN’S 200 BREAST – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 1:46.35, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2024
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:50.65
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:53.12
  1. Ben Dillard (USC), 1:52.09
  2. Will Scholtz (TEX), 1:52.20
  3. Nate Germonprez (TEX), 1:52.25
  4. Brayden Taivassalo (TEX), 1:54.12
  5. Evan Yoo (POLY), 1:54.43
  6. Junhao Chan (USC), 1:55.10
  7. Chris O’Grady (USC), 1:55.12
  8. Max Matteazzi (PITT), 1:55.73

USC fifth-year Ben Dillard dropped the quickest swim of his life within the heats of the lads’s 200 breast, holding off Texas’ Will Scholtz in Warmth 4 to say the highest seed in 1:52.09.

Dillard, handing over 53.51 on the 100, clocked 1:52.09 to down his earlier better of 1:52.44, set again on the 2021 Artwork Adamson Invite. The swim ranks Dillard third within the NCAA this season.

Scholtz additionally set a brand new private greatest, touching in 1:52.20 to knock six-tenths off the 1:52.80 mark he set three weeks in the past towards Indiana.

Texas sophomore Nate Germonprez, recent off breaking the Program Report within the 100 breast on Thursday, topped the final warmth of the lads’s 200 breast in a private greatest time of 1:52.25, dropping greater than a second off his previous better of 1:53.60 set towards Indiana.

Germonprez notably had the quickest first 100 within the discipline at 53.13, and was nonetheless 5 one-hundredths quicker than Dillard by means of the 150, organising an thrilling race within the remaining.

Cal Poly’s Evan Yoo broke 1:55 for the primary time to qualify in fifth, clocking 1:54.43 to enhance on his 1:55.06 set in December 2023.

WOMEN’S 200 FLY – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 1:49.16, Alex Walsh (Virginia) – 2024
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:52.47
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:55.88
  1. Emma Sticklen (TEX), 1:50.90
  2. Lillie Nordmann (STAN), 1:54.46
  3. Campbell Stoll (TEX), 1:54.68
  4. Caroline Bricker (STAN), 1:55.14
  5. Abby Arens (TEX), 1:55.67
  6. Angie Coe (TEX), 1:56.01
  7. Emily Thompson (STAN), 1:56.76
  8. Sydney Gring (PITT), 1:57.01

Coming off a standout efficiency in final night time’s session with a brand new greatest time within the 100 fly and a victory within the 100 again, Texas fifth-year Emma Sticklen continued to point out sturdy kind on Friday morning within the girls’s 200 fly.

Sticklen had the quickest cut up within the discipline on all 4 50s, clocking in with a time of 1:50.90 to say the highest seed for the ultimate by three and a half seconds.

  • Sticklen’s Splits: 24.97/27.81/28.74/29.38

The 22-year-old has already damaged 1:50 twice this season, setting a PB and Texas Report of 1:49.77 towards LSU in early October to steer the nationwide rankings.

Stanford senior Lillie Nordmann posted a brand new season-best time of 1:54.46 to qualify 2nd general, edging out Campbell Stoll (1:54.68) and Caroline Bricker (1:55.14) in Warmth 2.

Stoll raced the occasion for the primary time this season, whereas Bricker owns a season-best of 1:54.02 set throughout Stanford’s meet with ASU and Cal.

MEN’S 200 FLY – PRELIMS

  • NCAA Report: 1:37.35, Jack Conger (Texas) – 2017
  • 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Reduce: 1:40.05
  • 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:42.10
  1. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC) / Ryan Branon (TEX), 1:41.52
  2. Logan Walker (TEX), 1:41.87
  3. Michal Chmielewski (USC), 1:41.90
  4. Cooper Lucas (TEX), 1:43.01
  5. Coby Carrozza (TEX), 1:43.40
  6. Holden Smith (TEX), 1:44.32
  7. Diego Balbi (USC), 1:44.73

4 males dropped 1:41s throughout the heats of the 200 fly, which kicked off with Texas’ Ryan Branon and USC’s Michal Chmielewski each setting private bests in Warmth 2.

Branon touched 1st in 1:41.52, reducing his earlier better of 1:42.79, and Chmielewski went 1:41.90 to cut .07 off is previous greatest time.

Within the subsequent warmth, it was Krzysztof Chmielewski matching Branon’s time of 1:41.52, a brand new season-best and tying the Texas junior for the highest seed heading to the ultimate.

Within the fourth and remaining warmth, Texas breakout sophomore Logan Walker clocked 1:41.87 for the #3 seed, simply shy of the 1:41.70 greatest time he set three weeks in the past towards Indiana.

When it comes to splitting between the highest 4, Ok. Chmielewski was the one one beneath 48 seconds by means of the 100 (47.71), whereas Walker and M. Chmielewski had one of the best closing pace, each coming residence in 26.5s on the final 50.

Within the NCAA rankings, all 4 males crack the highest 10, with Branon and Ok. Chmielewski tying for sixth.



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