Margo Geer and a handful of other past, present, and future Arizona Wildcats continued to have some in-season success at the Southwest Classic in Tucson. After showing terrific in-season speed in the women’s 100-meter free on day two, Geer showed no signs of slowing down in the 50-meter free. She dropped a 25.39 to win the event over second-place finisher Paige Kremer (26.26). Bonnie Brandon’s 26.98 was fast enough to get third.
Molly Gowans continued her domination of the freestyle events on day three. Coming off her 800 and 400-meter free victories, tonight she powered to an overwhelming victory in the women’s 200-meter free in 2:02.23. Sarah Shimomura swam a 2:05.22 to get second, while Bonnie Brandon took third in 2:06.20. Geer, swimming in the B final as the 16th qualifier, blazed through that heat to post the fastest swim of the meet with a 2:02.20.
On the men’s side, Brad Tandy zipped to a victory in the 50-meter free with a 22.89. Arizona recruit Chad Idensohn (23.47) touched out Nick Thoman (23.74) to get third.
Olympic gold medalist Darian Townsend (1:52.55) edged Nick Hogsed (1:53.05) in the men’s 200-meter free. After the first 100 meters, Townsend and Hogsed were separated by mere hundredths of a second before Townsend came home in a 57.13 to win. Eric Ress finished third in 1:55.15.
Arizona junior Emma Schoettmer won the women’s 100-meter breast with a final time of 1:10.55. Her Wildcat teammate Sara Borendame posted a 1:12.71 to place second, and Renae Ledoux wound up third in 1:13.34.
In the men’s 100-meter breast, Gage Crosby won a tight duel over Marcus Titus. Crosby entered the meet as the third seed in the event, but carried home a win in 1:03.43. Titus, one of the fastest deaf swimmers in American history, wasn’t far behind with his 1:03.56. Zach Hojnacki rounded out the top three in 1:06.31.
Mackenzie Padington gutted out a victory in the women’s 400-meter IM with a final time of 5:04.29. Megan Dalke was not far behind in 5:05.97. Jordyn Ryan ended up third with a 5:06.85.
It took Michael Meyer all he had to hold off Minnesota-Gopher-to-be Michael Messner in the men’s 400-meter IM. Meyer (4:29.74) touched out Messner (4:29.91) in an exciting finish. Josh Zakala took third with a 4:34.74.
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Awesome time! 25.39. Margo Geer also blocked her lifetime best in 200m free.