AUSTIN, Texas – Cats add more all-time top-ten performances tonight on the third night of the Texas Invitational. Nick Thorne won the 400 IM and is now the runner-up for the school record with 3:41.47. Mackenzie Rumrill now holds the seventh-fastest school record holder in the 100 fly with 51.96. Daniela Georges (4:10.64) and Mallory Korenwinder (1:00.54) are now ninth all-time in Arizona school history in the 400 IM and 100 breast, respectively.
Georges finished third in the 400 IM (4:10.64) earning an NCAA B cut, and tied-for-ninth in Arizona's school history. Hannah Cox (4:11.86) and Jenna Bauer (4:13.85) also earned NCAA B cuts.
Thorne won the 400 IM with 3:41.47, beating his own personal record and moving up second all-time in school history for the Wildcats. Thorne, as well as Brooks Fail (3:47.55), Sam Iida (3:48.63), Steven Medvedev (3:49.58), and Isaac Stump (3:50.21) earned NCAA B cuts.
Rumrill placed third in the A final of the 100 fly with 51.96 and Sam Getzen finished second in the D final with 54.47, both earning NCAA B cuts. Rumrill is now seventh-fastest in school history in the 100 fly.
Justin Wright (46.59), Chatham Dobbs (46.84), Mathias Oh (47.29), and Gabriel Cardenes (48.20) all earned NCAA B cuts in the 100 fly for the men.
Jamie Stone with 1:46.86 and Emma McCarthy with 1:47.38 in the 200 free B final place first and second, respectively. Kirsten Jacobsen won the C final with 1:45.19. All three women earned NCAA B cuts in this race.
Jorge Iga finished seventh in the A final, Noah Reid won the C final, while Parks Jones came in third in the 200 free for the men. Iga (1:34.88), Reid (1:36.31), and Jones (1:37.29) all earned NCAA B cuts.
Korenwinder (1:00.54), Alexandra Martelle (1:01.81), Matthew Salerno (53.35), and Sam Iida (54.85) all earn NCAA B cuts in the 100 breaststroke. Korenwinder moves into the all-time top-times list in the 100 breast at ninth-place.
Georges and Cameron McHugh earned NCAA B cuts in the 100 back for the women, with 53.99 and 54.08, respectively. Thomas Anderson placed fourth in the B final of the men's 100 back with 47.31, while Matt Lujan (48.35) and Jack Anderson (48.48) placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the C final.
The 200 medley relay A teams both finished fourth, and the men's B team finished seventh. The women's A team timed 1:37.86, the men's A team finished with 1:26.31, and the B team with 1:27.24.
Up Next: Cats set to close out Texas Invitational tomorrow at 9am MST.
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