Texas Invite: Day Two Features Several NCAA A Cuts

AUSTIN, Texas, December 3. THE second evening of short course yard racing at the Texas Invite featured a few more NCAA A cuts.

UCLA's Lauren Hall topped the women's 400 IM in 4:09.03, while Texas' Laura Sogar touched a distant second in 4:14.65. UCLA's Danielle Milligan snagged third in 4:15.17. Arizona's Austen Thompson claimed the men's 400 IM in 3:45.28. Texas' Bryan Collins (3:48.50) and Austin Surhoff (3:50.09) rounded out the top three.

Arizona's Alyssa Anderson paced the women's 200 free in 1:44.86. Texas' Karlee Bispo took second in 1:45.48, while Arizona's Margo Geer placed third in 1:45.78. Longhorn's Ricky Berens touched out Arizona's Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, 1:33.49 to 1:33.50, in the men's 200 free. Texas' Dax Hill garnered third in 1:34.19.

Sogar earned her second podium with a winning 59.07 in the women's 100 breast. Arizona's Ellyn Baumgardner took second in 59.58, while Wisconsin's Ashley Wanland placed third in 1:00.05. Longhorn's Eric Shanteau clocked a 53.55 in the men's 100 breast for the win. Arizona's Kelley Wyman (53.73) and Texas' Eric Friedland (53.78) completed the top three.

Wisconsin's Maggie Meyer posted a 52.39 for the women's 100 back win with Kathleen Hersey (52.77) and Arizona's Aubrey Peacock (53.23) picking up second and third. Arizona's Cory Chitwood followed with a 46.56 for the win in the men's 100 back. Teammate Mitch Friedemann (46.82) and Texas' Cole Cragin (47.73) touched second and third.

Arizona's Sarah Denninghoff, Ellyn Baumgardner, Dana Christ and Margo Geer won the women's 200 medley relay in an NCAA A cut time of 1:36.90. Texas' Cole Cragin, Scott Spann, Neil Caskey and Jimmy Feigen claimed the men's 200 medley relay in 1:26.23.

Wisconsin's Maggie Meyer, Ruby Martin, Laura Miller and Danielle Beckwith won the women's 800 free relay in 7:20.31. Teammates Daniel Lester, Michael Weiss, Kyle Thompson and Jeff Morris captured the men's 800 free relay in 6:36.07.

In diving, Texas' Maren Taylor won the women's one-meter event in 306.70, while Purdue's David Boudia snagged the men's three-meter title in 477.10.

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