2025 Ohio State Fall Invitational: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

2025 Ohio State Fall Invitational

• November 18-21, 2025
• McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, Columbus, OH
• Start Times:
  • 9:30 am ET swimming prelims
  • 11:30 am diving prelims
  • 5:30 pm ET finals
• Participating Teams: Ohio State, Indiana, Yale, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Louisville, Penn State, UCLA, Kentucky, Purdue
• SCY (25 yards)
• Live Results
• Results on Meet Mobile as “2025 Ohio State Fall Invitational”
• Live Stream (subscription required)
• Live Prelims Recaps: Day 2 Prelims | Day 3 Prelims
• Live Finals Recaps: Day 1 Finals | Day 2 Finals | Day 3 Finals
• Day 4 Prelims Heat Sheet

The final day of the 2025 Ohio State Fall Invitational has arrived, with preliminary heats in the 200 IM, 100 free, 200 fly and 200 back on tap this morning as the event adopts the new NCAA Championship schedule.

The lone difference between this meet and the NCAA event order is the 1650 free, which will be on the opening night at NCAAs but will run on the final day here, with early heats this afternoon before the fastest-seeded heats swim tonight at finals.

This morning, some of the marquee swims include Indiana’s Owen McDonald in the men’s 200 IM, having finished as the NCAA Championship runner-up in 2024 and then placing 3rd in the event last season. Last night, he won the 100 back in 44.19, just three one-hundredths shy of his best time.

On the women’s side, look no further than the 100 free, where Louisville’s Julia Dennis and Indiana’s Liberty Clark clash after both have been on fire this week.

Clark won the 200 free on Wednesday in a personal best time of 1:41.27, and last night, Dennis (21.36) edged out Clark (21.54) in the 50 free. Then, Clark anchored Indiana’s 400 medley relay in an elite 45.87, ranking her 9th all-time, while Dennis wasn’t far off for Louisville in 46.39, setting up an exciting 100 free showdown on Friday.

WOMEN’S 200 IM – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 1:48.37, Kate Douglass (Virginia) – 2023
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:57.88
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:56.69

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Rosie Murphy (UCLA), 1:56.72
2. Paige Delma (OSU), 1:57.74
3. Summer Cardwell (LOU), 1:58.37
4. Kim Herkle (LOU), 1:58.55
5. Hayden Penny (UKY), 1:59.78
6. Reese Tiltmann (IU), 1:59.80
7. Marie Belli (UKY), 1:59.94
8. Mia Cheatwood (LOU), 2:00.18
9. Fernanda De Goeij (UKY), 2:00.32
10. Margaret Markvardt (PSU), 2:01.02

UCLA senior Rosie Murphy followed up her 400 IM win on Wednesday night by taking control of the women’s 200 IM in this morning’s prelims, producing the fastest time in the field by more than a second.

Murphy put up a time of 1:56.72, just shy of the 1:56.11 season-best she set earlier this month during a dual with Arizona State.

Winning the first circle-seeded heat was Ohio State junior Paige Delma, who touched in 1:57.74 to mark a new season-best and come within a second and a half of her lifetime best (1:56.24). Delma set a best time of 4:07.99 en route to placing 2nd to Murphy in the 400 IM final two days ago.

Topping the other circle-seeded heat was Louisville junior Summer Cardwell, who clocked 1:58.37 for 3rd overall after hitting a season-best of 1:57.27 on Oct. 30 against Tennessee and Auburn.

MEN’S 200 IM – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 1:36.34, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2023
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:44.13
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:42.65

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Owen McDonald (IU), 1:41.11
2. Matthew Bittner (PSU), 1:43.61
3. Tristan Jankovics (OSU), 1:43.84
4. Gregg Enoch (LOU), 1:44.11
5. Jackson Millard (LOU), 1:44.59
6. Toby Barnett (IU), 1:45.02
7. Josh Bey (IU), 1:45.04
8. Noah Cakir (IU), 1:45.10
9. Evan Mackesy (PUR), 1:45.15
10. Drew Reiter (IU), 1:45.18

Indiana’s Owen McDonald was dominant in the heats of the men’s 200 IM, producing the fastest time in the nation of 1:41.11 to top the field by two and a half seconds.

McDonald, who won the 2025 Big Ten title and then placed 3rd at the NCAA Championships last season, went well under his previous season-best of 1:42.91 and was just shy of the time he produced in the final at this meet last season (1:40.86). In last year’s prelims, he was 1:43.56.

Racing alongside McDonald in the final heat, 400 IM winner Tristan Jankovics of Ohio State clocked 1:43.84 to knock nearly two seconds off his season-best and qualify 3rd into the final.

Penn State’s Matthew Bittner, racing in the first heat with no entry time, clocked 1:43.61 to advance 2nd into the final and lower his personal best time of 1:43.78 set at the 2025 Big Tens.

Louisville’s Gregg Enoch (1:44.11) and Jackson Millard (1:44.59) won the other two circle-seeded heats to qualify 4th and 5th into the final.

WOMEN’S 100 FREE – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 44.71, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 48.60
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 48.11

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Liberty Clark (IU), 47.24
2. Julia Dennis (LOU), 47.65
3. Caroline Larsen (LOU), 47.86
4. Julie Mishler (LOU), 48.05
5. Rachel Bockrath (OSU), 48.28
6. Daria Golovaty (LOU), 48.30
7. Ella Welch (LOU), 48.39
8. Erin Little (OSU), 48.61
9. Jada Duncan (UCLA), 48.69
10. Kristina Paegle (IU), 48.69

The Louisville women were all over the 100 free this morning, claiming five of the top seven spots into tonight’s final, but leading the way was Indiana’s Liberty Clark.

Clark continued her dazzling invitational debut in her freshman year, setting a personal best time of 47.24 in the 100 free to narrowly miss the Indiana program record of 47.18, set by Anna Peplowski last season.

Clark’s swim knocked 15 one-hundredths off her month-old best of 47.39 set at the USC Invite in October. She’s coming off splitting 45.87 on the anchor leg of Indiana’s 400 medley relay last night, so perhaps she has a sub-47 flat-start swim in her arsenal in tonight’s final.

Clark’s swim came one heat after Louisville senior Julia Dennis put up a time of 47.65, which moves her through to the final in 2nd, where the 50 free winner (Dennis) and the 200 free winner (Clark) will clash.

Topping the last heat and comfortably claiming the 3rd seed for the final was Louisville sophomore Caroline Larsen, who entered the week ranked 5th in the country with her time of 47.38 from late October. Larsen joined the sub-48 group in 47.86, showing some good back-half speed (23.01/24.85).

Louisville freshman Julie Mishler dropped half a second from her season-best in 48.05 to qualify for the final in 4th, while the Cardinals also had Daria Golovaty and Ella Welch get into the final.

Ohio State ended up putting three swimmers into the top 10, led by Rachel Bockrath in 48.28. Bockrath has been as fast as 47.91 this season.

MEN’S 100 FREE – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 39.83, Jordan Crooks (Tennessee) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 42.55
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 41.95

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Dylan Smiley (IU), 41.59
2. Guy Brooks (LOU), 42.07
3. Mikkel Lee (IU), 42.29
4. Nikita Sheremet (LOU), 42.39
5. Nick Finch (YALE), 42.41
6. Tomas Navikonis (OSU), 42.65
7. Ahmed Ismail (OSU), 42.72
8. Vidar Carlbaum (IU), 42.81
9. Matthew Klinge (OSU), 43.15
10. Tylor Kim (PSU), 43.22

Indiana’s Dylan Smiley ripped a new best time in the prelims of the men’s 100 free to be the sole swimmer under 42 seconds.

Smiley, a junior, clocked 41.59 (19.93/21.66) to lower his previous best of 41.77 set at last season’s NCAA Championships. Coming into the week, that time would rank 5th in the NCAA.

Also setting a new lifetime best was Louisville’s Guy Brooks, who touched in 42.07 to improve on the 42.20 marker he set at the 2025 NCAAs and qualify 2nd into the final.

Indiana’s Mikkel Lee narrowly missed his PB by nine one-hundredths to advance 3rd into the final in 42.29, while Louisville freshman Nikita Sheremet, fresh off winning the 50 free last night, set a new personal best of 42.39 to move through to the final in 4th.

Another PB went to Yale sophomore Nick Finch, whose 42.41 clocking improved on the 42.63 swim he produced at the 2025 Ivy League Championships.

WOMEN’S 200 FLY – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 1:49.11, Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:57.11
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:55.82

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Katie Forrester (IU), 1:57.60
2. Jessica Eden (OSU), 1:58.36
3. Billie Sherratt (UKY), 1:58.57
4. Summer Cardwell (LOU), 1:58.71
5. Campbell Scofield (PUR), 1:58.96
6. Lorin Tobler (OSU), 1:59.09
7. Lucy Malys (OSU), 1:59.28
8. Lily Hann (IU), 1:59.63
9. Emmy Therrien (OSU), 2:00.33
10. Keira Kask (PUR), 2:01.01

Indiana junior Katie Forrester paced the field in the heats of the women’s 200 fly, setting a new season-best of 1:57.60 out of the first circle-seeded heat.

Touching 2nd in that heat was Louisville’s Summer Cardwell, who completed a tough double after making the 200 IM ‘A’ final about an hour earlier. Cardwell went 1:58.71 to set a new season-best time.

Ohio State’s Jessica Eden (1:58.36) edged out Kentucky’s Billie Sherratt (1:58.57) in the last heat as they qualify 2-3 into the final, while Purdue’s Campbell Scofield won the other circle-seed to qualify 5th in 1:58.96. Scofield has been slightly faster this season, 1:58.41, set three weeks ago.

MEN’S 200 FLY – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 1:36.43, Luca Urlando (Georgia) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:43.79
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:41.45

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Andrew Shackell (IU), 1:41.72
2. Gregg Enoch (LOU), 1:43.53
3. Aidan Paro (LOU), 1:43.91
4. Tommy Bried (LOU), 1:43.96
5. Thomas Powers-Hammond (LOU), 1:44.02
6. Ryan Merani (UKY), 1:44.38
7. Rian Graham (LOU), 1:44.39
8. Aaron Shackell (IU), 1:44.94
9. Javier Lopez-Guillen (UKY), 1:44.99
10. Biko Hooper-Haviland (PUR), 1:45.22

Indiana freshman Andrew Shackell obliterated his best time en route to claiming the top seed for tonight’s final of the men’s 200 fly by a wide margin.

Shackell exploded on the first 50, turning in 21.96, and then held strong throughout the rest of the race to touch in a time of 1:41.72, well under his previous best of 1:44.29 set last month. The swim puts him within range of earning an NCAA invite after 1:41.45 was the cut-off time last season.

His older brother, Aaron Shackell, was racing in the same heat and, despite fading a bit on the last 50, made the final in 8th (1:44.94) in what was his first time racing the 200 fly this season in yards.

Louisville’s Gregg Enoch clocked 1:43.53 in winning Heat 2 and qualifying 2nd into the final, while teammates Aidan Paro (1:43.91), Tommy Bried (1:43.96) and Thomas Powers-Hammond (1:44.02) made it four Cardinal swimmers in the top five–and Rian Graham (1:44.39) made it five in the top seven. All five Louisville men set new season-bests

WOMEN’S 200 BACK – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 1:46.82, Claire Curzan (Virginia) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.80
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:53.31

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Miranda Grana (IU), 1:51.65
2. Rosie Murphy (UCLA), 1:52.53
3. Mya DeWitt (IU), 1:53.30
4. Xeniya Ignatova (LOU), 1:53.49
5. Macky Hodges (IU), 1:54.10
6. Delia Lloyd (OSU), 1:55.21
7. Abby Marcukaitis (PUR), 1:56.63
8. Grace Frericks (UKY), 1:56.68
9. Camille Murray (LOU), 1:56.77
10. Devyn Sargnet (YALE), 1:56.87

Indiana’s Miranda Grana cruised to the fastest time of the morning in the women’s 200 back, splitting 54.89/56.76 en route to a time of 1:51.65. The junior, who came into the week ranked 2nd in the NCAA this season after going 1:49.85 at the USC Invite, won the consolation final last season at NCAAs in a personal best of 1:48.73.

UCLA’s Rosie Murphy, fresh off claiming the top seed in the heats of the 200 IM, posted a time of 1:52.53 to qualify 2nd into the final, narrowly missing her season-best of 1:52.39.

IU senior Mya DeWitt topped the first circle-seeded heat in 1:53.30, chipping four one-hundredths off her personal best of 1:53.34 set at the 2025 NCAAs, while Louisville freshman Xeniya Ignatova also set a personal best in 1:53.49 to advance in 4th.

MEN’S 200 BACK – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 1:34.21, Hubert Kos (Texas) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:42.14
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:40.13

‘A’ Final Qualifiers: 

1. Miroslav Knedla (IU), 1:39.91
2. Cooper Morley (PSU), 1:40.18
3. Raekwon Noel (IU), 1:40.76
4. Filip Kosinski (LOU), 1:41.11
5. Cornelius Jahn (OSU), 1:41.52
6. Blake Rowe (PUR), 1:42.02
7. David Kovacs (IU), 1:42.08
8. Jackson Millard (LOU), 1:42.31
9. Krys Gorski (OSU), 1:42.85
10. Devin Naoroz (UKY), 1:43.13

Raekwon Noel, Cooper Morley and Miroslav Knedla won the three circle-seeded heats of the men’s 200 back in succession, with Noel and Morley both briefly holding the top time of the morning before Knedla dropped the hammer in the last heat.

Knedla, a Czech sophomore, clocked 1:39.91 to come within seven-tenths of his best time and crack 1:40 for the first time this season to qualify 1st into the final, overtaking the 1:40.18 mark set by Morley in the previous heat.

Morley, a Kiwi native, set a massive best time with his swim, undercutting his previous best of 1:41.16 set at the 2024 Big Tens.

Noel, who has had an incredible improvement curve all season, set a big PB of his own in 1:40.76, improving on the 1:41.56 set at the 2025 Big Tens.

Louisville’s Filip Kosinski, who showed strong form earlier this month with a 1:40.68 200 back season-best in a dual with Notre Dame, clocked 1:41.11 to advance 4th into the final.