Swimming

2023 Minnesota Invitational – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

By

on

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam

2023 Minnesota Invitational 

The second finals session of the 2023 Minnesota Invitational kicks off tonight at 6pm (CT). Tonight’s session will feature the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, and 200 free relay for both the men and women.

Mia Motekaitis of California leads the way into the 500 freestyle final, as she posted a time of 4:42.72 to take the top seed by over 2 seconds. Motekaitis owns a lifetime best of 4:40.80 from last year’s NCAA Championships, so she was within 2 seconds of that this morning.

Minnesota junior Bar Soloveychik qualified 1st for the men, touching in 4:20.25. California teammates Gabriel Jett (4:20.72) and Keaton Jones (4:21.10) followed closely behind to qualify 2nd and 3rd. Jett placed 6th in this event at last year’s NCAA Championships and owns a best time of 4:09.66.

Cal took both top seeds in the 200 IMs this morning, with Isabelle Stadden (1:57.94) and Destin Lasco (1:42.76) swimming in lane 4 tonight.

Pittsburgh senior Sophie Yendell clocked a time of 22.14 to secure the top seed in the 50 freestyle this morning. Yendell owns a lifetime best of 21.89 from the 2023 ACC Championships. Cal teammates Jack Alexy (19.26) and Bjorn Seeliger (19.44) lead the men’s field heading into tonight’s final.

You can watch tonight’s action on YouTube:

WOMEN’S 500-YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 4:37.89
  • 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 4:41.09

MEN’S 500-YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2020)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 4:10.74
  • 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 4:14.36

WOMEN’S 200-YARD IM — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:53.66
  • 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 1:56.90

MEN’S 200-YARD IM — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 1:36.34 — Léon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:41.03
  • 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 1:43.14

WOMEN’S 50-YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 20.79 — Maggie MacNeil, Louisiana State (2023)/Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2023)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 21.63
  • 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 22.15

MEN’S 50-YARD FREESTYLE — FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 18.82
  • 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 19.21

WOMEN’S 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY — TIMED FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 1:23.87 — Virginia (K. Douglass, G. Walsh, L. Cuomo, A. Walsh) (2023)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:28.43
  • 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Standard: 1:29.21

MEN’S 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY — TIMED FINALS

  • NCAA Record: 1:13.35 — Florida (J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff) (2023)
  • 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 1:16.80
  • 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Standard: 1:17.38

SwimSwam: 2023 Minnesota Invitational – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Related Items

You must be logged in to post a comment Login