Morton’s 200 Breast Time Gets in DU’s Top-10 to Highlight Final Night in Minnesota

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Morton’s 200 Breast Time Gets in DU’s Top-10 to Highlight Final Night in Minnesota

12/6/2025 6:34:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Full Meet Results Platform Diving Results Finals Results

The Pioneers will be back in action at the turn of the calendar year

By: Niko Blankenship

MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Denver men's and women's swimming and diving programs closed out the 2025 Minnesota Invite on Saturday night at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center.

Team Scores:
Men's:
[6] Cal 2332.5
[RV] Minnesota 1341.5
Harvard 1284
Denver 1096
UNLV 472

Women's:
[6] Cal 1874
[21] Minnesota 1616.5
Harvard 1352
Denver 867.5
Rutgers 811.5
UNLV 584.5

Nico Morton highlighted the evening session with his 1:58.29, finishing fifth in the 200 breast with the seventh-fastest time in program history.

Paige Reilly opened the Saturday night finals session with an eighth-place finish in the mile race with a 16:47.68. Genevieve Franklin clocked in at 16:57.26 to finish 11^th. Nika Spehar rounded out the top-15 finishers for the Pioneers with a time of 17:06.47.

On the men's side in the mile, Joseph Hancock reached the final wall in a time of 15:10.96 to take seventh. Finn Holdredge clocked in at 15:28.57 to take 12^th, just ahead of teammate Max O'Neil who finished 13^th in a time of 15:50.76.

The finals sessions proper began with the 200 back. Darian Koler dropped a half a second off her prelims time to take 11^th with a time of 1:59.21. Spehar came off the mile with a time of 2:03.00 to finish 16^th.

Denver had three swimmers in the B-Final on the men's side in the 200 back. Quinn Collins also improved his prelims time by a half a second, clocking in at 1:46.79 to take 12^th. Max Roslin took 14^th in 1:47.86 and Kurt Owens grabbed 16^th in 1:51.55.

After recording the seventh-fastest time in program history in the 100 free on Saturday morning, Hamish McLellan finished 15^th in the finals session with a time of 44.47.

Peyton Mullowney improved on her prelims time by 0.03 seconds and stayed in 11^th in the women's 200 breast. On the men's side, Morton led a trio of Pioneers that turned in impressive swims in the men's 200 breast finals. Morton improved on his prelims time by nearly a second, jumping up two spots with a 1:58.29 to take fifth in the A-Final. Kito Campbell also improved on his time and placement, taking 10^th in 1:59.92, while Cota Clise moved up two spots when he dropped over a second with a 2:00.37.

Sabrina Rachjaibun was the lone Denver swimmer in the women's 200 fly, taking 13^th with a time of 2:02.05. The men had three more swimmers in the B-Final. Gabe Jones led the trio with a 1:48.69 to take 13^th. Ian O'Neil finished 14^th with a 1:49.12 and his brother Max O'Neil took 16^th in 1:52.34.

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