Day Two Results
 
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Numerous NCAA-qualifying times and multiple program records highlighted day two of the TYR/CMU Invitational for the Colorado School of Mines Men's and Women's Swimming teams.
 
After two days of action, Mines' men are #2 in the team standings thanks to 416.5 points. The Oredigger men only trail Colorado Mesa. On the women's side, Mines ranks #3 with 282 points. Colorado Mesa sits #1 and NCAA Division I Arizona is #2.
 
500-FREE
It was the women's 500-free that marked the first event of the day on Thursday morning. Meghan Slowey, Olivia Kisow, Isabella Bono, and Maggie Wells all advanced to the finals led by Slowey's NCAA "B" cut of 5:03.43. Slowey dropped that national time even more in the evening, touching in 5:02.26 to finish #7 overall. Meanwhile, on the men's side, Scott Reeder, Andres Saa, Ronan Lauinger, Jake Sherman, Josh Lee, and Mattie Oberley filled the finals' heat sheets. Reeder was the Orediggers' top finisher thanks to a time of 4:41.28.
 
200-IM
This was arguably the event of the day across the board for both Mines' men and women. Annie Osmun led teammates Jordan Tierney, Kylie VanderMeer, Ava Burger, Claire Lautman and Jules Hayes to the finals. Osmun eventually swam 2:06.21 in the finals to break Madeleine Oakley's record from 2018-19, post a NCAA "B" time, and finish #3 overall ahead of three swimmers from NCAA Division I Northern Arizona. Garrett Waite and Charles Burroughs made the men's side even more exciting. Waite swam 1:49.44 in prelims. That broke Burroughs' own program record and marked the #2 time in NCAA Division II based on the data available. Waite and Burroughs, along with Braden Whitmarsh, Gavin Gilmore, Jack Engler, Max Waring, and Gavin Moore advanced to finals. There, Burroughs out-touched Waite and posted his NCAA "B" cut of the day with a time of 1:50.04 which proved good enough for #3 in the finals.
 
50-FREE
The sprint of all sprints in collegiate swimming saw Jorie Selig, Cameryn Schmidt, and Emma Neuroth advance to finals on the women's side. Seth Krause, Jakson Winn, Michael Kietzman, Sam LaPrade, Luca Burns, and Braden Hunt did the same on the men's side. When the waves had settled, Krause emerged with two different NCAA-qualifying performances including a top time of 20.54 in the prelims before swimming 20.55 to tie for #2 in the finals. Additionally, Selig parlayed her finals appearance into a NCAA "B" cut of 23.80 to finish #4 overall.
 
200-FREESTYLE RELAY
In the final event of the day, Mines' men stole the show by taking gold. Winn, Kietzman, Waite and Krause combined for a time of 1:21.34 to finish first ahead of six other teams. In the women's race, Selig, Schmidt, Tierney, and Emi Jedryka teamed up to touch in 1:35.96 which was just over .5 seconds off the program record.

Mines continues the TYR/CMU Invitational on Friday morning. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. with finals going off at 5 p.m. Free, live video will be offered on the RMAC Network and live results will be linked at www.minesathletics.com.
 
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