MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs continued the Minnesota Invite with the second prelims session of the week on Friday morning at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center.
Sophomore
Hamish McLellan broke a school record that was co-held by Kyle Robrock (2017/47.04) and Neil Wachtler (2020) when he turned in a 46.92 in the men's 100 fly on Friday to qualify eighth in the loaded Minnesota Invite.
After recording the eighth-fastest 50 free time yesterday,
Julia Saxman put her name in the top-10 times in program history in the third difference event of her freshman season, turning in the eighth-fastest 100 fly time with her 53.76 to qualify ninth.
First-year Pioneer and junior
Kito Campbell was just shy of another Denver school record in the 100 breast, clocking in at 52.91 for the second-fastest time in program history, just 0.59 seconds behind
Adriel Sanes school record set in 2020.
Senior captain
Ali Beay moved up a spot in the 100 back top-10, climbing to seventh with her personal-best time of 54.27, 0.39 seconds ahead of her previous best mark set earlier in this calendar year.
In total, Denver qualified 19 swims into tonight's A and B Finals.
Dakotah Parker led the Pioneer men on the 1-meter board with a 301.10 to take fifth. Parker's score was good enough for his first NCAA Cut on the one-meter board this season.
Trip Gregory took eighth with a 272.15.
Colin Breuer took 10
th with a 258.65. The women were on the 3-meter board on Friday.
Savanna Berry took 19
th with a 238.00.
Women's Thursday Qualifiers in A or B Finals:
Women's 100 Fly:
Julia Saxman – 9
th – 53.76 – 8
th fastest in program history
Men's 100 Fly
Hamish McLellan – 8
th – 46.92 – New School Record
Women's 400 IM
Sabrina Rachjaibun – 7
th – 4:18.67
Samantha Synsvoll – 14
th – 4:23.80
Peyton Mullowney – 16
th – 4:26.52
Men's 400 IM
Nico Morton – 9
th – 3:54.10
Gabe Jones – 12
th – 3:55.74
Cota Clise – 13
th – 3:56.52
Women's 200 Free
Izzy Burton – 13
th – 1:51.17
Men's 200 Free
Pierce Bickerton – 10
th – 1:37.75
Women's 100 Breast
Peyton Mullowney – 13
th – 1:04.20
Zoe Lynch – 16
th – 1:06.38
Men's 100 Breast
Kito Campbell – 5
th – 52.91 – 2
nd fastest in program history
Nico Morton – 13
th – 55.94
Cota Clise – 15
th – 56.88
Women's 100 Back
Ali Beay – 9
th – 54.27 – 7
th fastest in program history
Darian Koler – 16
th – 55.67
Men's 100 Back
Liam Simmons – 12
th – 48.49
Quinn Collins – 14
th – 48.67
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 and Diving Finals 4 p.m. MT
200 Medley Relay
100 Fly
400 IM
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
800 Free Relay
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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