The 2025 Wolfpack Elite Invitational continues with Day 2 Prelims, featuring the 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 500 freestyle, and 50 freestyle. The meet follows the new NCAA event lineup, with some events in a different order than last year. Here's a recap of the top performances:
WOMEN'S 100 BACKSTROKE
- NCAA Record: 48.10, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) - 2024
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 52.65
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 51.68
- Top 8 Qualifiers:
1. Leah Shackley (NCS) - 50.78
2. Ali Pfaff (DUKE) - 51.49
3. Kennedy Noble (NCS) - 51.87
4. Lora Komoroczy (AUB) - 51.94
5. Carmen Weiler Sastre (VT) - 52.52
6. Cassie Moses (NCS) - 52.90
7. Tierney Lenahan (DUKE) - 53.07
8. Teia Salvino (NCS) - 53.24
MEN'S 100 BACKSTROKE
- NCAA Record: 43.20, Hubert Kos (Texas) - 2025
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 46.29
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 45.26
- Top 8 Qualifiers:
1. Hudson Williams (NCS) - 44.65
2. Ivan Tarasov (AUB) - 45.65
3. Johnny Crush (ARMY) - 45.72
4. Sohib Khaled (AUB) - 45.80
5. Daniel Diehl (NCS) - 46.04
6. Aiden Hayes (NCS) - 46.08
7. Simon Bermudez (NCS) - 46.32
8. Samuel Empey (AUB) - 46.48
WOMEN'S 200 BREASTSTROKE
- NCAA Record: 2:01.29, Kate Douglass (Virginia) - 2023
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 2:11.27
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 2:09.58
- Top 8 Qualifiers:
1. Kaelyn Gridley (DUKE) - 2:08.33
2. Eneli Jefimova (NCS) - 2:09.85
3. Zoey Zeller (AUB) - 2:10.59
4. Lisa Nystrand (NCS) - 2:10.71
5. Olivia Dinehart (AUB) - 2:12.98
6. Audrey Crawford (AUB) - 2:13.08
7. Nichelly Brano Lysy (VT) - 2:13.39
8. Julie Rose (NCS) - 2:13.49
WOMEN'S 500 FREESTYLE
- NCAA Record: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (Stanford) - 2017
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 4:43.70
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:39.47
- Top 8 Qualifiers:
1. Katherine Helms (NCS) - 4:45.77
2. Erika Pelaez (NCS) - 4:46.77
3. Ava Topolewski (GW) - 4:47.21
4. Sammie Hamilton (AUB) - 4:47.27
5. Maggie McGuire (AUB) - 4:48.12
6. Kate Anderson (VT) - 4:48.41
7. Emma Hastings (NCS) - 4:48.41
8. Keelen Cotter (NCS) - 4:48.58
MEN'S 50 FREESTYLE
- NCAA Record: 17.63, Caeleb Dressel (Florida) - 2018
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 19.43
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 19.02
- Top 8 Qualifiers: (Not provided in the original text)
MEN'S 200 BREASTSTROKE
- 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 Qualifiers:
1. Eli Martin (VT) - 1:54.35
2. Ian Stutts (NCS) - 1:55.14
3. Maston Ballew (AUB) - 1:55.29
4. Kalen Anbar (DUKE) - 1:56.49
5. Hudson Schuricht (NCS) - 1:56.54
6. Peter Etzold (BYU) - 1:56.85
7. Jack Smith (DUKE) - 1:57.11
8. Tavner Wisdom (ARIZ) - 1:57.14
