Bulldog Last Chance Meet Sees Numerous NCAA Potential Invite Times On Sunday

March 4, 2024

2024 GEORGIA BULLDOGS LAST CHANCE MEET

After a lot of potential NCAA qualifying times yesterday, more potential invite times occurred today on day 2 of Georgia’s last chance meet.

Wesley Ng swam a season best in the 100 back swimming a 45.81 in prelims before swimming a 46.00 in finals. His previous season best was a 45.95 from midseason that sat him at #44 in the NCAA this season. He now moves up to #40.

Division II Champ in the 100 free in 2022, Karol Ostrowski moved up from #69 in the NCAA with a 42.66 to a new season best of a 42.43 that ranks at t-52 this season. Ostrowski notably did not swim the event at the MPSF Championships a week ago individually as he instead opted for the 50 free, 100 back, and 100 fly. He swam his previous season best of a 42.66 on a relay lead-off.

Kailia Utley swam to a school record with a 1:55.51 in the 200 butterfly. That was over a second and a half faster than she was at SECs just over a week ago as she swam a 1:57.07 in prelims to make the ‘B’ final where she ultimately finished 16th. She makes a huge jump from #72 in the NCAA this season to now sit at #39 which gives a potential NCAA invite.

After breaking the school record in a time trial yesterday with a 1:53.08, freshman Ben Delmar swam the 200 breast swimming a 1:53.71 in prelims before swimming a 1:55.24 in finals. Delmar swam the event a week ago at ACCs as he swam a personal best of a 1:54.34 to finish 8th in finals.
Greer Pattison swam in prelims of the 100 back touching in a 51.73, after than her season best of a 51.97. Pattison now moves up from #28 to #23 in the NCAA this season.

Bella Pantano dropped 0.80 seconds off of her season best in the 200 back as she swam a 1:53.40, faster than. her 1:54.20 from midseason. The swim also marked a personal best. Pantano now moves up from #46 to #27 in the NCAA this season, a huge jump and the right side of the invite cutline.

An NCAA qualifier from a year ago, Claire Jansen improved upon her season best swimming a 52.06 in the 100 back in finals. Jansen came in with a season best of a 52.15 from midseason that stood at a new personal best. She now moves up from #39 to #35 in the NCAA this season. With the cutline at 39 a year ago, the swim was big to move up a few spots, despite only being 0.09 seconds.