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Arizona Second at Minnesota Invitational

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Arizona Men's and Women's SwimmingĀ landed in second place at their mid-season invitational with a total score of 1,455, following behind No. 4 California who scored 2,360. Also at the invitaitonal was hosts Minnesota, Harvard and Ball State.Ā 

SaturdayĀ 
The Cats closed out the weekend with one top-three finish from Julia Heimstead on Saturday in the 200 Fly with a 1:55.14 (NCAA B cut).Ā 

Friday
Arizona clocked three individual and one relay top-three finishes Friday night. Senior Julia Heimstead brought home the only first place win of the weekend with a 51.61 (NCAA B cut) in the 100 Fly event. Tommy Palmer took third in the Men's 100 Fly, Beck Parnham took third in the 400 IM and Arizona's A relay Will Meyers, Jadan Nabor, Ryan Purdy and Ralph DaleidenĀ took second and a B cut in the 400 Medley relay.Ā 

ThursdayĀ 
The Cats wrapped up Thursday with 11 individual NCAA B cuts, 2 relay cuts and a school record.Ā 

Sophomore Ralph Daleiden stunned in Minneapolis when he broke a 16-year-old school record in the 100 Free event with a time of 42.00 seconds during a time trial. The record was previously set at the 2007 National Championships.Ā 

Also in the final top-three was standout freshman Kelsey Wasikowski earned herself a third place spot and a B cut in the Women's 200 IM event with a time of 1:59.33.Ā Senior Ryan Purdy also showed out in the 200 IM event, taking 2nd place and securing a B cut with a 1:43.99.Ā 

WednesdayĀ 
On day one the Wildcat women started off with a strong second place 200 Medley finish from 'A' relay Paige Armstrong, Maddy Ahluwalia, Julia Heimstead and Alyssa Schwengel. The team secured Arizona a B cut with a time of 1:36.60, dropping 1.85 seconds off their entry time.Ā 

On the men's side, Arizona brought home a third place finish from 'A' relay Ogi Maric, Seth Miller, Ryan Foote and Tommy Palmer. A time drop of 4.33 seconds resulted in a second 200 Medley B cut for the Cats with a time of 1:24.03. Arizona grabbed another second place finish and B cut from 'A' relay Ralph Daleiden, Orion Henderson, Haakon Nuaghton and Ogi Maric with a 6:16.52, just .05 off from an A cut qualifying time.Ā 
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Arizona is back at it December 17 for the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas.

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Players Mentioned

Ralph Daleiden

Ralph Daleiden

FR/FLY
5' 11"
Sophomore
Ryan Foote

Ryan Foote

BR
6' 2"
Fifth Year
Orion Henderson

Orion Henderson

IM/FR/BR
Sophomore
Seth Miller

Seth Miller

FLY/FR
6' 2"
Senior
Jadan Nabor

Jadan Nabor

BACK
5' 11"
Senior
Tommy Palmer

Tommy Palmer

FR
6' 1"
Sophomore
Beck Parnham

Beck Parnham

FR/IM
5' 11"
Junior
Ryan Purdy

Ryan Purdy

BACK/FR/IM
6' 1"
Fifth Year
Maddy Ahluwalia

Maddy Ahluwalia

BR
5' 10"
Junior
Paige Armstrong

Paige Armstrong

BACK/FR
5' 10"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Ralph Daleiden

Ralph Daleiden

5' 11"
Sophomore
FR/FLY
Ryan Foote

Ryan Foote

6' 2"
Fifth Year
BR
Orion Henderson

Orion Henderson

Sophomore
IM/FR/BR
Seth Miller

Seth Miller

6' 2"
Senior
FLY/FR
Jadan Nabor

Jadan Nabor

5' 11"
Senior
BACK
Tommy Palmer

Tommy Palmer

6' 1"
Sophomore
FR
Beck Parnham

Beck Parnham

5' 11"
Junior
FR/IM
Ryan Purdy

Ryan Purdy

6' 1"
Fifth Year
BACK/FR/IM
Maddy Ahluwalia

Maddy Ahluwalia

5' 10"
Junior
BR
Paige Armstrong

Paige Armstrong

5' 10"
Sophomore
BACK/FR
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