2024 Minnesota Invite
- December 4-7, 2024
- SCY (25 Yards)
- University of Minnesota
- Psych Sheets
NCAA record holder Destin Lasco is making his return to competition for Cal this fall and is entered in the lineup at the team’s midseason meet this weekend in Minnesota. Lasco will swim the 200 IM, 100 back, and 100 free.
Over the summer, Lasco told SwimSwam that he would return for his COVID-19 fifth year but has yet to compete for the Golden Bears this season. He is entered in all three events with “NT” so he will swim in the early heats of prelims. Lasco won the 200 IM at 2024 NCAAs on day 2, finished 5th in the 100 back, and set a new NCAA record in the 200 back on the final day of competition.
Last year, Lasco swam the 200 IM, 100 back, and 200 back at midseason. He most notably swam a 1:38.34 in the 200 back, a time that would sit at #5 in the NCAA this season after round 1 of midseason invites.
Fellow graduate student Bjorn Seeliger will also swim out of the early heats for an event as he has not swam the 100 freestyle this season. He finaled in the 50 and 100 freestyles at 2024 NCAAs, finishing 5th in the 50 (18.54) and 8th in the 100 (41.80). Seeliger only competed in one meet this fall for the roster. Seeliger is the top seed in the 50 free with a 19.34.
Also highlighting the men’s roster for Cal is Keaton Jones who represented the US this summer at the Paris Olympics. Jones is entered in the 200 and 500 freestyles along with the 100 and 200 backstrokes. He is the top seed in the 200 backstroke.
Cal graduate student Isabelle Stadden is entered in five individual events. She is the top seed in the 200 IM (1:59.03), 100 back (51.33), and 200 back (1:51.38). She also is entered in the 50 free and 100 fly. The 100 fly has not recently been in her midseason/championship meet lineup, although she swam the event at the 2021 Minnesota Invite.
Harvard is one of numerous teams that will also be in attendance. The women sent one swimmer, Anya Mostek to 2024 NCAAs. Mostek is entered in the 50 and 100 freestyles along with the 100 and 200 backstrokes.
Let’s go Bears! Beat those Longhorns!
I wonder how Cal will adjust with ACC being like 3 weeks earlier than PAC-12 typically was
Probably the same thing they’ve always done: completely punted on the conference championship meet and send their best swimmers to race long course somewhere else.
What do you think about Texas resting guys with clear NCAA ‘A’ cuts to make room for other swimmers at SECs?
I can see a possibility where Texas can win SECs without Maurer, Modglin, or Germonprez. At this point they’ll probably have to leave off guys who can hit the NCAA cutline from even their SEC roster.
I think they’ve only ever done that twice, with both times occurring during the Olympic year? Saying that it’s the “same thing they’ve always done” is a strong exaggeration imo
They’ve only sent swimmers away a few times. They’ve punted on the conference championship meet almost every season.
Well considering the CAL athletic department was running $42M deficit in 2023 and has the highest debt of any NCAA program at $439M and now they will only get $7M from the ACC vs Full share of $25M. As a company they should be bankrupt. The swim team will be lucky to afford gas for the bus ride to Stanford. I guess they can bump Murphy’s swim team dues up to $10M to subsidize the program. Wait, they can ask UCLA to pay for the trip to ACC’s.