By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
We are well past U.S. Thanksgiving now, and the book is closed on NCAA midseason invitationals for another year. The third week of midseason invitationals featured two big meets in the Minnesota Invitational and the Big Al Invite; we’ll touch on the big swims from both of those meets in this week’s digest, as well as the state of affairs in the league now that the midseason dust has settled.
Times To Know From Minnesota and Princeton
Claire Weinstein and Yamato Okadome both swam top three times in the league last weekend (more on that below). Weinstein broke in 15:52.28 1650 freestyle. The latter is the second-fastest swim of her career in the event, behind only the 15:51.64 she swam in February 2024. The sophomore Okadome clocked 50.48 in the 100 breaststroke, ranking third behind Texas teammate Nate Germonprez and Campbell McKean. His 1:50.04 200 breaststroke puts him just outside the top three as well.
Mia West continued her breakout season, swimming best times in five events. Over the course of the weekend, she swam new bests in the 50 freestyle (22.14), 200 freestyle (1:43.73), 100 butterfly (51.12), 200 butterfly (1:53.94), and 200 IM (1:54.77). Many of her previous bests in those events were set earlier this season. Lucca Battaglini also produced multiple lifetime bests, swimming 18.79 in the 50 freestyle, 41.56 in the 100 freestyle, and 45.39 in the 100 butterfly, along with a 20.59 50 backstroke lead-off.
On the east coast, the Penn women and Princeton men claimed victory at the Tiger-hosted Big Al Invitational. The Penn women were on fire at the meet, taking down multiple school records. Notably, their school record 1:39.00 in the 200 medley relay was swum by four underclassmen. Sophomore Kayla Fu, whose star is continuing to rise after an excellent freshman season, anchored in 22.31. Junior Kate Levensten also had a significant swim last weekend, becoming the first Penn woman to break 53 seconds in the 100 backstroke. She did so twice, swimming a program record 52.77 in event prelims before winning in 52.87. The previous record stood at 53.57 and Levensten had never broke 54 seconds before this season.
The Princeton men dominated throughout the weekend. Santiago Gutierrez won the 1650 freestyle in a school record 14:45.61, breaking his old standard by 13 seconds and Parker Lenoce broke the school record in the 200 backstroke with a 1:41.35. Gutierrez’s time is also the seventh-fastest by a mid-major swimmer in history. Mitchell Schott won his three individual events, the 200 freestyle (1:32.44), 200 butterfly (1:42.05), and 500 freestyle (4:15.55), swimming a lifetime best in the latter.
Top Three Times In Each Event
3rd Fastest 2nd Fastest Fastest EVENT Fastest 2nd Fastest 3rd Fastest Gui Caribe (TENN), 18.47 (TIE) Ilya Kharun (ASU)/Josh Liendo (FLOR), 18.40 50 free Torri Huske (STAN), 21.01 Sara Curtis (UVA), 21.18 Julia Dennis (LOU), 21.21 Josh Liendo (FLOR), 41.11 Remi Fabiani (ASU), 41.10 Gui Caribe (TENN), 40.91 100 free Anna Moesch (UVA), 45.98 Torri Huske (STAN), 46.15 Eva Okaro (TEX), 46.49 Nikoli Blackman (TENN), 1:31.41 Koby Bujak-Upton (TENN), 1:31.30 Remi Fabiani (ASU), 1:31.23 200 free Anna Moesch (UVA), 1:40.25 Minna Abraham (USC), 1:40.47 Bella Sims (MICH), 1:41.17 Rex Maurer (TEX), 4:10.75 Ahmed Jaouadi (FLOR), 4:10.72 Zalan Sarkany (IU), 4:09.57 500 free Jillian Cox (TEX), 4:32.92 Kennedi Dobson (UGA), 4:33.61 Aimee Canny (UVA), 4:34.26 Ahmed Jaouadi (FLOR), 14:39.10 Luke Whitlock (IU), 14:37.47 Zalan Sarkany (IU), 14:23.85 1650 free Jillian Cox (TEX), 15:41.70 Kennedi Dobson (UGA), 15:47.61 Claire Weinstein (CAL), 15:52.28 Adam Chaney (ASU)/Owen McDonald (IU), 44.13 Ruard Van Renen (UGA), 43.92 Will Modglin (TEX), 43.26 100 back Claire Curzan (UVA), 49.12 Bella Sims (MICH), 49.17 Miranda Grana (IU), 49.89 Jonny Marshall (FLOR), 1:39.04 Tommy Hagar (BAMA), 1:39.03 JT Ewing (ASU), 1:39.00 200 back Claire Curzan (UVA), 1:47.89 Maggie Wanezek (WISC), 1:48.39 Miranda Grana (IU), 1:49.06 Yamato Okadome (CAL), 50.48 Campbell McKean (TEX), 50.37 Nate Germonprez (TEX), 49.71 100 breast Anita Bottazzo (FLOR), 56.87 Eneli Jefimova (NCST), 57.67 McKenzie Siroky (TENN), 57.78 Nate Germonprez (TEX), 1:49.80 Ben Delmar (UNC), 1:49.76 Will Scholtz (TEX), 1:49.59 200 breast Lucy Bell (STAN), 2:04.69 Kaelyn Gridley (DUKE), 2:05.25 Letitia Sim (MICH), 2:06.52 Luca Urlando (UGA), 43.87 Josh Liendo (FLOR), 43.42 Ilya Kharun (ASU), 43.38 100 fly Torri Huske (STAN), 48.90 Claire Curzan (UVA), 49.68 Miranda Grana (IU), 49.98 Thomas Heilman (UVA), 1:39.09 Ilya Kharun (ASU), 1:37.56 Luca Urlando (UGA), 1:36.41 200 fly Tess Howley (UVA), 1:51.81 Campbell Stoll (TEX), 1:52.13 Hanah Bellard (MICH), 1:52.39 Owen McDonald (IU), 1:40.90 Will Modglin (TEX), 1:40.58 Baylor Nelson (TEX), 1:40.29 200 IM Lucy Bell (STAN), 1:52.65 Campbell Chase (TEX), 1:53.48 Aimee Canny (UVA), 1:54.05 Tristan Jankovics (OSU), 3:38.91 Cooper Lucas (TEX), 3:35.28 Baylor Nelson (TEX), 3:34.83 400 IM Bella Sims (MICH), 3:58.02 Caroline Bricker (STAN), 3:59.70 Lucy Bell (STAN), 4:01.13 NC State, 1:15.47 Florida, 1:15.19 ASU, 1:13.72 200 free relay Virginia, 1:24.83 Stanford, 1:25.30 Louisville, 1:25.36 Indiana, 2:46.69 ASU, 2:46.11 NC State, 2:45.16 400 free relay Stanford, 3:07.59 Virginia, 3:07.70 Michigan, 3:08.56 Ohio State, 6:12.23 Florida State, 6:10.65 Texas, 6:07.66 800 free relay Stanford, 6:51.07 USC, 6:53.17 Georgia, 6:53.55 Indiana, 1:21.99 Texas, 1:21.11 ASU, 1:20.56 200 medley relay Virginia, 1:31.91 Michigan, 1:33.26 Stanford, 1:33.29 Georgia, 3:00.84 Texas, 3:00.34 ASU, 2:59.87 400 medley relay Virginia, 3:34.36 Michigan, 3:25.54 Stanford, 3:25.93The results are not shocking; the powerhouse programs run the table on both the women’s and men’s sides. The Virginia women make nine appearances across 42 individual opportunities and lead the league in the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 butterfly, plus the 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay. (The Cavaliers do not race the 800 freestyle relay until the postseason). Texas holds the most times on the men’s list with 11 of the available 42 individual spots and five of those are #1 times. Remember the team has this strong a grip without Hubert Kos racing this semester; in his absence, it is newcomer Baylor Nelson holding the honor of being the Longhorn with multiple league-leading times.
Along with plenty of Virginia swimmers, there are seven spots taken up by Stanford swimmers and Texas also holds multiple top three times thanks to Jillian Cox and Eva Okaro. There are other notable big names on the table as well like Bella Sims and Claire Weinstein, but it is also intriguing to see swimmers like Maggie Wanezek and Kennedi Dobson earn multiple top-three times. The women’s times got faster in all but two events, the 100 breaststroke and 200 backstroke. Further, the majority are faster than they were at this point last season. The events that aren’t include the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and 200 butterfly—all events where now-graduated NCAA record holders Gretchen Walsh and Emma Sticklen ruled.
On the men’s side, it is the Sun Devils that have the second-most entries on the table with seven. Led by Ilya Kharun and backed by a slew of sprinters, the Sun Devils are once again firing on all cylinders early this season as they eye a return to the top five at the NCAA Championships in March. Their sprint speed is on full display in the relays, where they have top times in three of the five events.
Of course, Tennessee is also well represented in the individual sprint events and it is interesting to see the Volunteers holding two of the top three spots in the 200 freestyle. Until last year, that was an event where they often struggled and it is a positive for their team that they have continued to reverse course on that front even with superstar Jordan Crooks graduated. Crooks’ absence is felt elsewhere in this table; at this point last season he led the league in the 50 freestyle (18.12), 100 freestyle (40.26), 200 freestyle (1:30.00), and 100 butterfly (43.77). His three freestyle times would all be fastest again at this point in the season this year.
Quick Hits
This year’s Star Meet added another dramatic chapter to the historic rivalry between Navy and Army. Navy swept the meet as the women used second and third-place points to win a nailbiter 152-148. The Navy men controlled the meet from the start, winning 206-94 to strike back after Army ended their over two decade-long reign as Patriot League champions. The score may be lopsided, but there were still fast swims from both Navy and Army swimmers as multiple conference records fell. Xavier Sohovich hit a quartet of records with his 1:33.77 200 freestyle, breaking the team, meet, pool, and conference records. There were several swims on the men’s side that moved swimmers up (or broke them into) the all-time mid-major top 10. Army’s Kohen Rankin moved up to 3rd all-time in the 100 breaststroke (50.76) while Navy’s Juan Mora broke onto the list in 8th with a 51.58. Mora and his teammate Michael Phillips made the 200 breaststroke list as well, with Phillips slotting in 7th (1:52.43) and Mora 8th (1:52.55). Two weeks after breaking the Indiana women’s 100 butterfly program record, Miranda Grana was at it again. During the team’s dual meet against Cincinnati, Grana broke the Hoosiers’ 200 butterfly record with a 1:53.25. Not only did she swim a program record, it was also her first time racing the event in yards. 2024 DIII National Champion Crow Thorsen returned to competition at the Denison Invite. Thorsen, who swims for Emory, ended the 2024-25 season early due to a health conflict that put the future of his swim career in doubt. He was busy at his first meet since last season’s Emory Invite, swimming the 500 freestyle (4:32.42), 200 breast (2:01.21), and 400 IM (3:53.98). His 400 IM ranks him fifth in the division this season. Related: DIII Roundup: Midseason Invites Produce Numerous Top Five National Times Another 200 butterfly program record—Indiana State senior Haley Halsall became the program’s first woman to break 2:00 in the event. Halsall swam a 1:59.73, breaking the record of 2:00.13 set just last season. This is the third Indiana State program broken this season. The UMBC women snapped Salisbury’s six-year home undefeated streak this weekend. While racing in a 25-meter pool, UMBC took down Salisbury with a 148-114 dual meet win, setting six pool records. Salisbury’s home winning streak had begun January 11, 2020, and extended for 17 meets.Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025-26 NCAA Digest: Where Is The League At With Midseason Invitationals Finished?
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