University of Arizona
Minnesota Invitational (Swim Only)
Brooks Fail Leads the Way as the Cats Wrap up Day 2
12/05/2019 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
Fail placed 2nd with a time 4:11.79, also qualifying for an NCAA A cut. That marked the nation's fastest time this fall and is the program's fourth-fastest in program history. Fail had the top prelim time (4:12.17) of the morning before placing 2nd in the final.
Senior Ayumi Macias placed 4th in the women's 500 free final with a time of 4:42.46
The Cats' had a total of 17 NCAA "B" cuts and 1 "A" cut on the day:
Thomas Anderson
200 yard IM - 1:44.19
400 yard medley - 3:07.21
Tai Combs
50 yard free - 19.79
Alayna Connor
50 free - 22.53
Hannah Cox
500 free - 4:44.52
Marin Ercegovic
50 free - 19.66
Brooks Fail
800 yard free relay - 6:19.70
500 free - 4.11.79 (A)
Hannah Farrow
200 yard IM - 1:59.79
Kayla Filipek
50 yard free - 22.64
Etay Gurevich
200 yard IM - 1:45.60
Kirsten Jacobsen
500 free - 4:43.21
Ayumi Macias
500 free - 4:42.46
Axana Merckx
200 yard IM - 1:58.53
Daniel Namir
800 free relay - 6:19.70
500 free - 4:20.80
Noah Reid
50 free - 19.93
Jamie Stone
50 yard free - 22.73
Through 14 total events in Minneapolis, Arizona is slotted in fourth place with 200.5 points, trailing Michigan, Cal, and Texas.
Next Up
Tomorrow at Day 3 of the Minnesota Invitational the Cats will compete in the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, and 200 free relay events. Preliminaries will start at 9 a.m. (MST) with finals starting at 5 p.m. (MST)
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