MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs wrapped up the opening day of the 2025 Minnesota Invite on Thursday night at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center.
 
Denver opened night one with a seventh-place finish in the women's 200 free relay as the quartet of Julia Saxman, Ali Beay, Angie Wyand and Tenaya Winter combined for a time of 1:32.20. DU's men finished eighth when Hamish McClellan, Luke Milburn, Tommy Hancock and Matija Pantic turned in a time of 1:20.42.
 
In the first individual event of the night, Sabrina Rachjaibun improved two places and dropped 3.57 seconds off her prelim time in the 500 free, taking 12^th with a 4:50.03. Paige Reilly also dropped a big chunk of time off her prelims, taking 15^th with a 4:54.77.
 
Dylan Mes represented the Denver men in the 500 free scoring finals on Thursday night, taking 15^th with a 4:27.89.
 
In the women's 200 IM, Samantha Synsvoll finished 13^th with a 2:01.87, dropping 2.33 seconds off her prelim time. Isa Cardenas took 16^th in 2:03.40.
 
To the men's race, Gabe Jones finished 12^th in the 200 IM, moving up two spots from his prelims finish with a time of 1:48.59. Nico Morton took 13^th with a 1:49.68.
 
After her eighth-best time in program history on Thursday morning, Julia Saxman finished 15^th with a time of 23.08 in the 50 free.
 
The swimming portion of the meet's opening day wrapped up with the 400 medley relays. Denver's women's group of Beay, Winter, Saxman and Angie Wyand clocked in at 3:41.89 to finish 10^th, while the Denver men took fifth with a 3:11.51 turned in by Quinn Collins, Kito Campbell, McLellan and Pantic.
 
In the diving finals on Thursday, Trip Gregory finished fifth with a score of 321.35, an NCAA Zone Cut.
 
MINNESOTA INVITE REMAINING SCHEDULE:
Men's Teams: [6] Cal, UNLV, Rutgers, Harvard, Denver, Iowa State, [RV] Minnesota
Women's Teams: [6] Cal, UNLV, Rutgers, Harvard, Denver, Iowa State, [21] Minnesota
Location: Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center (Minneapolis, Minn.)
 
Friday, December 5
Swimming Prelims 9 a.m. MT/Diving Prelims 11 a.m. MT/Swimming and Diving Finals 4 p.m. MT
200 Medley Relay (Finals Only)
100 Fly
400 IM
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
800 Free Relay (Finals Only)
3-Meter Diving
 
Saturday, December 6
Swimming Prelims 9 a.m. MT/Diving Prelims 11 a.m. MT/Swimming and Diving Finals 4 p.m. MT
1650 Free (1 session)
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly
400 Free Relay (Finals Only)
Platform Diving
 
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