2025 Minnesota Invite
- December 4-6, 2025
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center
- SCY (25 yards)
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It’s time for the final night of the 2025 Minnesota Invite, and the Cal Bears are running away with the meet.
The hosts are following the old NCAA order at this meet, which means on today’s schedule, we have the 1650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, and 200 butterfly, and the 400 freestyle relay.
Stay tuned for live updates.
WOMEN’S 1650 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS
- NCAA Record: 15:03.31 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2014)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 16:25.29
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 16:09.37
Top 8 Finishers:
- Claire Weinstein (CAL) – 15:52.28
- Ella Cosgrove (CAL) – 16:13.97
- Katie McCarthy (MINN) – 16:14.02
- Alexandra Bastone (HARV) – 16:23.81
- Carolina Daher (HARV) – 16:24.74
- Ava Olson (UNLV) – 16:42.32
- Jade Roghair (MINN) – 16:45.35
- Paige Reilly (DU) – 16:47.68
Cal freshman Claire Weinstein led the women’s 1650 free from start to finish, winning with a final time of 15:52.28, the second-fastest time of her career.
Her best time remains the 15:51.64 she produced at the TYR Desert Committee Championship in February 2024.
Weinstein’s time checks in as the third-quickest so far this season, jumping ahead of former Sandpipers teammate Katie Grimes’ 15:52.95. Texas’ Jillian Cox, the defending NCAA Champion, is the current national leader with her 15:41.70 from late last month.
Cal teammate Ella Cosgrove (16:13.97) outdueled Minnesota’s Katie McCarthy (16:14.02) by five-hundredths to make it a 1-2 punch for the Golden Bears.
It was a big-time personal best for Cosgrove, who sliced over five seconds off the 16:19.08 she swam at Winter Juniors two years ago, while McCarthy has been as fast as 16:05.75 in her career.
Men’s 1650 Freestyle — Timed Finals
- NCAA Record: 14:12.08 — Bobby Finke, Florida (2020)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 15:06.60
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 14:48.80
Top 8 Finishers:
- Nathan Wiffen (CAL) – 14:41.69
- Ryan Erisman (CAL) – 14:50.68
- William Mulgrew (HARV) – 14:53.09
- Freddy Klein (CAL) – 14:54.01
- Ian Platts-Mills (CAL) – 15:03.92
- Pablo Martinez Palop (HARV) – 15:06.11
- Joe Hancock (DU) – 15:10.96
- Julien Rousseau (CAL) – 15:18.52
Cal teammates Nathan Wiffen and Ryan Erisman swam stroke for stroke through the first third of the men’s 1650, but each lap thereafter Wiffen began to slowly inch ahead, ultimately winning by 8.99 seconds with a time of 14:41.69.
Wiffen’s time is a personal best because it’s his debut swimming the event in a SCY pool. He’s only swum the 1000 so far since arriving in Berkeley.
The performance currently sits fourth in the NCAA this season, with defending champion Zalan Sarkany of Indiana holding the top spot at 14:23.85, set two weeks ago.
Erisman hit the wall in 14:50.68, shattering his former best time of 14:57.76 from last December’s Winter Junior Championships. The freshman has had a great showing here in Minneapolis this week, winning the 500 and taking runner-up in the 400 IM with substantial PBs.
Harvard’s William Mulgrew claimed third, less than a second ahead of Cal’s Freddy Klein. His time of 14:53.09 is a season best, but a bit shy of his 14:48.26 from the New England Senior Championships two years ago.
Women’s 200 Backstroke — Final
- NCAA Record: 1:46.82, Claire Curzan (UVA) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.80
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:53.31
Top 8 Finishers:
- Teagan O’Dell (CAL) – 1:52.71
- Finley Anderson (CAL) – 1:54.73
- Anya Mostek (HARV) – 1:55.94
- Ella Cosgrove (CAL) – 1:56.77
- Grace Wharton (UNLV) – 1:57.19
- Mira Keller (MINN) – 1:57.62
- Ava Yablonski (MINN) – 1:58.41
- Angelica Bath (RU) – 1:59.07
Cal freshman Teagan O’Dell led the women’s 200 back from start to finish, splitting 26.31/28.73/28.63/29.04 by 50s en route to a time of 1:52.71.
O’Dell has been faster this season, clocking a 1:51.83 in late October, while her PB of 1:49.16 came at last December’s Winter Junior Championships.
This is O’Dell’s third win of the meet after grabbing wins in both IM races, including a season-best 1:54.49 in the former.
Minnesota’s Finley Anderson hit the wall second in 1:54.73, just under two seconds shy of her lifetime-best 1:52.88 from last season’s ACC Championships.
Harvard’s Anya Mostek rounded out the top three with a time of 1:55.94, exactly two seconds off the 1:53.94 she produced to take runner-up honors at the 2025 Ivy League meet.
Men’s 200 Backstroke — Final
- NCAA Record: 1:34.21, Hubi Kos (TEX) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:42.14
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:40.13
Top 8 Finishers:
- Humberto Najera (CAL) – 1:39.93
- Keaton Jones (CAL) – 1:41.01
- Adriano Arioti (HARV) – 1:43.01
- Alberto Hernandez Garcia (MINN) – 1:43.74
- Ryan Slonac (MINN) – 1:43.75
- Ethan Kosin (MINN) – 1:45.06
- Tommy Roder (CAL) – 1:45.15
- Ian Steffen (MINN) – 1:45.16
Cal’s Humberto Najera was the class of the men’s 200 back field, and just like O’Dell, led from start to finish.
He led Keaton Jones by three-tenths at the 50, seven-tenths at the 100, and a full second at the 150, before winning in 1:39.93.
His best time remains the 1:39.30 he posted en route to touching 12th at the NCAA Championships last March.
He is the 12th man to break the 1:40 threshold so far this season.
Jones touched second in 1:41.01, while Harvard’s Adriano Arioti was exactly two seconds back in 1:43.01.
In prelims, Jones was a quicker 1:40.76, around four-tenths of a second behind his season-best and two-and-a-half seconds from his lifetime best.
Arioti owns a PB of 1:40.55, swum at the EZ SC Speedo Champ Series in March 2024.
Women’s 100 Freestyle — Final
- NCAA Record: 44.71, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 48.60
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 48.11
Top 8 Finishers:
- Mary-Ambre Moluh (CAL) – 47.43
- Claire Weinstein (CAL) – 47.70
- Erika Carlson (UNLV) – 48.91
- Anna Vlachou (RU) – 49.20
- Mina Kaljevic (MINN) – 49.26
- Sydney Griscavage (CAL) – 49.35
- Gracyn Aquino (CAL) – 49.74
- N/A
Sophomore Mary-Ambre Moluh stopped the clock in 47.43 to lead a 1-2 punch for the Golden Bears in the women’s 100 free, gapping the rest of the field by just under three-tenths. She was followed by Cal freshman Claire Weinstein, who won the mile less than 25 minutes earlier, with UNLV’s Erika Carlson the only other swimmer under 49 in 48.91.
Moluh sliced exactly two-tenths off her lifetime best of 47.63 from this meet last year, while Weinstein, on the back end of a grueling double, was able to slash a quarter of a second off her former best of 47.95.
Moluh sits 14th in the national standings with her newly minted career best.
Carlson slid under her former best time of 48.98 from last February’s Mountain West Conference Championships.
Men’s 100 Freestyle — Final
- NCAA Record: 38.83, Jordan Crooks (TEN) – 2025
- NCAA Qualifying Time: 42.55
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 41.95
Top 8 Finishers:
- Lucca Battaglini (CAL) – 41.56
- Evan Petty (CAL) – 42.49
- Samuel Quarles (CAL) – 42.59
- Martin Wrede (CAL) – 42.69
- Sonny Wang (HARV) – 43.10
- Colby Hatton (CAL) – 43.16
- Nans Mazellier (CAL) – 43.59
- Thackston McMullan (CAL) – 43.67
Lucca Battaglini led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the California Golden Bears, producing the sole time under 42 seconds. He stopped the clock in a personal-best 41.56, with teammates Evan Petty (42.49), Samuel Quarles (42.59), and Martin Wrede (42.69) about a second back, finishing exactly a tenth behind one another.
Battaglini smashed his 42.16 best time that he registered just hours earlier, and now ranks 11th in the national standings.
The sophomore has had a breakout meet in Minneapolis, winning the 50 free and breaking 19 for the first time, and claiming the 100 fly in a PB of 45.39.
Petty, who won the 100 back last night, slid under his 42.62 PB. Quarles outdid his 42.93 career best, and Wrede chopped seven-hundredths off the 42.76 best he swam in prelims.
Women’s 200 Breaststroke — Final
- NCAA Record: 2:01.29, Kate Douglass (UVA) – 2023
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 2:11.27
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 2:09.58
Top 8 Finishers:
- Abigail Herscu (CAL) – 2:10.96
- Aliana Marakovic (HARV) – 2:11.35
- Silje Slyngstadli (CAL) – 2:12.67
- Grace Drabot (MINN) – 2:13.63
- Gabi Augustyn (HARV) – 2:13.71
- Elle Scott (CAL) – 2:14.32
- Keira Mullins (MINN) – 2:15.48
- Stephanie Iannaccone (HARV) – 2:16.38
California’s Abigail Herscu won a close race with Harvard’s Aliana Marakovic in the women’s 200 breast, touching in 2:10.96 to Marakovic’s 2:11.35.
Cal freshman Silje Slyngstadli was the top seed heading into the event, having swum a best time of 2:09.54 against Stanford and Arizona State earlier this season. She got to the wall third in 2:12.67, though she did chop over two seconds off the 2:14.90 she swam in prelims.
As for Herscu, her best time is the 2:07.60 she produced at last year’s NCAAs, where she ultimately touched eighth. Marakovic took down her former best of 2:12.28, logged at Speedo Sectionals last March.
Men’s 200 Breaststroke — Final
- NCAA Record: 1:46.35, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2024
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.95
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:52.89
Top 8 Finishers:
- Yamato Okadome (CAL) – 1:50.04
- Hank Rivers (CAL) – 1:53.12
- Joshua Chen (HARV) – 1:56.49
- Joe Polyak (MINN) – 1:56.88
- Nico Morton (DU) – 1:58.29
- Lars Antoniak (CAL) – 1:58.43
- Max Scheurer (MINN) – 1:58.92
- Eric Lee (HARV) – 2:01.78
Cal sophomore Yamato Okadome threw down a 1:50.04 to dominate the men’s 200 breast final, slicing fifteen-hundredths off his best time from last season’s ACC Championships, where he finished runner-up.
Okadome split 24.59/27.97/28.65/28.83 by 50s en route to the win, with teammate Hank Rivers (1:53.12) and Harvard’s Josh Chen (1:56.49) rounding out the top three.
Rivers has been almost two seconds quicker in his career with the 1:51.23 he swam at a last chance meet last March, while Chen added 0.62 seconds from his season-best 1:55.87.
As for Okadome, his time situates him fourth in the NCAA rankings, trailing only Texas’ Will Scholtz (1:49.59), UNC’s Ben Delmar (1:49.76), and Scholtz’s Longhorn teammate Nate Germonprez (1:49.80).
Just last night, Okadome won the 100 breast with a lifetime best of 50.48. That performance ranks him third in the nation this season, behind Germonprez (49.71) and Campbell McKean (50.37).
Given that Cal typically doesn’t rest its top swimmers until the NCAA Championships, Okadome is certainly in the conversation to enter sub-50 and sub-1:50 territory in March.
Women’s 200 Butterfly — Final
- NCAA Record: 1:49.11, Emma Sticklen (TEX) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:57.11
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:55.82
Top 8 Finishers:
- Mia West (CAL) – 1:53.94
- Lilou Ressencourt (CAL) – 1:55.49
- Kiley Wilhem (HARV) – 1:55.91
- Ava Chavez (CAL) – 1:57.47
- Sydney Lu (HARV) – 1:58.47
- Blanka Berecz (RI) – 1:59.39
- Rachel Wigginton (UNLV) – 2:00.07
- Hazel Mouhidin (HARV) – 2:03.09
Cal’s Mia West won the women’s 200 fly in 1:53.94, leading a 1-2 finish for the Golden Bears over teammate Lilou Ressencourt (1:55.49), with Harvard’s Kiley Wilhelm (1:55.94) taking third.
West, a Canadian native, obliterated her former best time of 1:57.61, which she clocked en route to placing 17th at last season’s ACC Championships. For comparison, her time tonight would have ranked third after prelims at ACCs and would have been quick enough for seventh in the ‘A’ final.
The performance puts her 10th in the 2025-26 NCAA rankings.
West has had an incredible sophomore season thus far, also posting PBs of 51.12 in the 100 fly, 47.89 and 1:43.73 in the 100/200 free, and 1:55.30 and 4:04.91 in the IMs.
Ressencourt, who hails from France, owns a PB of 1:53.12 from a dual meet last February, while Wilhelm’s best remains the 1:52.54 she threw down in February 2022.
Men’s 200 Butterfly — Final
- NCAA Record: 1:36.41, Luca Urlando (UGA) – 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:43.79
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:41.45
Top 8 Finishers:
- Jacob Johnson (MINN) – 1:41.10
- Casper Puggaard (CAL) – 1:42.30
- David Schmitt (HARV) – 1:43.31
- Matteo Palmisani (CAL) – 1:43.92
- Ian Belflower (UNLV) – 1:43.94
- Colby Raffel (UNLV) – 1:44.23
- Daniel Eichel (MINN) – 1:46.32
- Adriano Arioti (HARV) – 1:47.53
In the final individual event of the night, Cal’s winning streak came to an end as Minnesota sophomore Jacob Johnson claimed victory in his home pool.
Johnson touched the wall in 1:41.10, finishing nearly three seconds ahead of the field. He improved on his season best by 68-hundredths and came just over a second shy of his lifetime best of 1:39.96 from last season’s NCAA meet, where he placed 10th.
Cal freshman Casper Puggaard hit the wall second in 1:42.30, clearing Harvard’s David Schmitt (1:43.31) by just over a second.
Puggaard took down his best of 1:42.58 from a dual meet in October, while Schmitt’s PB is the 1:40.52 he recorded to take runner-up honors at the 2025 Ivy League Championships.
WOMEN’S 400 Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals
- NCAA Record: 3:05.84, Virginia — 2023
- NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:13.62
- NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:14.92
Podium:
- Cal ‘B’ – 3:16.006
- Harvard – 3:16.59
- Minnesota – 3:18.78
The Cal ‘A’ squad of Mary-Ambre Moluh (47.72), Claire Weinstein (48.84), Teagan O’Dell (48.31), and Mia West (47.49) originally touched first, registering a time of 3:12.36 to win by nearly four seconds. However, they were disqualified due to an early takeoff on the final exchange.
With the DQ, the Bears’ ‘B’ squad was elevated to the win with their time of 3:16.06, while Harvard (3:16.59) and Minnesota (3:18.78) rounded out the top three.
Cal B’s fastest split came from Gracyn Aquino with a 48.81 on the third leg, while Kiley Wilhelm anchored Harvard in a swift 48.09. The Gophers’ fastest leg was the 49.31 Mina Kaljevic recorded on the leadoff.
MEN’S 400 Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals
- NCAA Record: 2:42.30, Tennessee — 2025
- NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 2:49.36
- NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 2:50.42
Podium:
- Cal – 2:47.56
- Cal ‘B’ – 2:51.76
- Cal ‘C’ – 2:51.88
It was all about the Golden Bears in the men’s 400 free relay as they swept the top three spots. The ‘A’ team of Martin Wrede (42.78), Samuel Quarles (42.11), Evan Petty (41.78), and Lucca Battaglini (40.89) led from the gun to win, touching in 2:47.56.
The Bears’ result checks in as the sixth-fastest time on the collegiate scene so far this season.
Outside of the ‘A’ relay, the team’s next two fastest splits came on the ‘C’ team. Keaton Jones swam 42.54 on the second leg, and breaststroker Yamato Okadome anchored in 42.32.
Braden – when are we going to see the article on the top 10 or 20 in each event currently in the NCAA now that mid seasons are over?
Props to Ella Cosgrove doing the 1650/ 200 Back double.
Lots of work still needed on those relay exchanges
And not flinching at the start…
I’m still cautiously optimistic about Weinstein, given how some of the other Sandpipers have transitioned into college. However, 47.7 (PB) after a 15:52.28 (< 1s off PB) is pretty awesome.
Agreed. So far, she’s looking great, and seeing her freestyle range still seems to be there is promising.
Claire is different than other Sandpipers, she will escape the curse. He parents are very normal.
I am guessing these two sentences are unrelated.
I’m also optimistic.
Cal is always at their best at the end of the season. Nowadays people put too much emphasis on swimming at or near best times prior to the championship season. Cal is one of the few that doesn’t.
I won’t be surprised if she goes all best times at the end of the season or is slightly off.