AUSTIN, Texas – The Cats sit in 11
th place with 42 points after the first full day of competition. The 800 free relay earned All-American Honorable Mention on Wednesday night and eight Wildcat men earned All-America honors on Thursday.
All-America Honors
Arizona opened NCAA Championships with a twelfth-place finish in the 800 free relay.
Jorge Iga,
Brooks Fail,
Daniel Namir, and
David Schlicht earned All-American Honorable Mention with 6:15.07, a season-best.
The Cats began night two with an All-American Honorable Mention in the 200 free relay.
Chatham Dobbs,
Jorge Iga,
Thomas Anderson, and
Marin Ercegovic placed thirteenth with 1:17.18.
Brooks Fail earned bronze and All-American in the 500 free with 4:10.77, a personal best and second-fastest in school history.
David Schlicht finished fifteenth in the 200 IM with 1:42.99, earning All-American Honorable Mention.
In the 400 medley relay, the SwimCats earned All-American Honorable Mention with a fourteenth-place finish.
Chatham Dobbs,
Sam Iida,
Noah Reid, and
Jorge Iga posted 3:06.14.
Personal Bests
Jorge Iga's split in the 800 free relay of 1:32.62 is a personal-best and third-fastest in school history in the 200 free.
Sophomore
Brooks Fail set a personal best in the 500 free with 4:10.77, earning a bronze medal and moving up to second-fastest in school history.
Season Bests
The 800 free relay team, consisting of Iga, Fail, Namir, and Schlicht earned All-American Honorable Mention with a season-best 6:15.07.
In prelims of the 400 medley relay, Dobbs,
Matt Salerno, Reid, and Iga finished with a season-best 3:05.21 to earn a spot in the consolation final.
Up Next: Competition continues with prelims beginning at 8 a.m. and finals at 4 p.m. MST with the events as follows.
- 400 IM
- 100 fly
- 200 free
- 100 breast
- 100 back
- 3 meter
- 200 medley relay
Championship Central | Live Results
Media Coverage: ESPN will provide live linear coverage for both Friday and Saturday finals on ESPNU, as well as digital coverage on ESPN3 for Wednesday and Thursday evening finals. All sessions not part of ESPN's broadcasts will be streamed live on the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships microsite at
https://texassports.com/.
Follow Arizona Swimming and Diving: For further coverage of Arizona swimming and diving, visit ArizonaWildcats.com and follow the team's Twitter (@ArizonaSwimDive) and Instagram (@ArizonaSwimDive) accounts.
