University of Arizona Athletics

AUSTIN, Texas – The Wildcats successfully completed Day 2 of the Texas Invitational Thursday night. The Cats notched 31 NCAA B cuts, 16 for the women and 15 for the men. Brooks Fail is now the ninth-fastest 500 freestyler in Arizona school history. Mackenzie Rumrill now holds Arizona's ninth-fastest mark and Nick Thorne is fourth on the school record list in their respective 200 IM events.
 
The women's A team (Jamie Stone, Katrina Konopka, Kayla Filipek, and Morgan Ginnis) opened up Day 2 of the Texas Invitational afternoon slate with a fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay, narrowly missing the podium by one one-hundredth of a second. The women's B team (Laura Kurki, Ashley Sutherland, Paige Kremer, and Zohar Shikler) and men's A team (Gabriel Cardenes, Chatham Dobbs, Jorge Iga, and Chad Idensohn) both finished fifth.
 
Hannah Cox placed second in the 500 free at 4:39.49. Daniela Georges, Kirsten Jacobsen, Jenna Bauer, Emma McCarthy, and Claire Lockridge also earned NCAA B cuts.
 
Fail finished fourth in the men's 500 free with a time of 4:16.21. The freshman moved into ninth on UA's all-time list. Fail, Chris Wieser, Brendan Meyer, Jerad Kaskawal, and Isaac Stump all earned NCAA B qualifiers.
 
Rumrill earned an NCAA B cut in the women's 200 IM, good for seventh in the race and moves the junior to ninth on Arizona's all-time list. Cameron McHugh placed fourth in the C final with 2:00.77 (NCAA B cut).
 
Thorne finished second in the men's 200 IM at 1:42.76. This time, an NCAA B cut, moved the senior to fourth in school history. Sam Iida, Riccardo Maestri, Steven Medvedev, and Mathias Oh all earned NCAA B cuts as well.
 
Konopka placed fourth (22.55) and Stone tied for sixth (22.68) in the 50 free. Kurki, Sutherland, Ginnis, Filipek, and Shikler also earned NCAA B cuts.
 
Cardenes placed second (19.81) in the C final of the 50 free, while Iga placed fourth (19.97) in the C final and Parks Jones finished first in the E final at 20.16, all earning NCAA B cuts.
 
The women's 400 medley relay A team, comprised of Konopka, Mallory Korenwinder, Rumrill, and Stone, placed third at 3:33.52 (NCAA B cut). Thomas Anderson, Matthew Salerno, Thorne, and Iga finished fourth for the men.
 
Up Next: The Cats are back in action tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. MST for prelims and 5 p.m. MST for finals.
 
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