Vanderbilt Swimming | Pair of Dores Prepped for the Postseason

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Postseason motion will proceed for Vanderbilt swimmers Melissa Cowen and Aubrey Hull when the duo competes Thursday-Saturday on the CSCAA National Invitational Championship.

Preliminary heats on the Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training facility in Ocala, Florida, will get underway at 8:30 a.m. CT every day of the competitors with finals set for a 5 p.m. begin.

“This week gives us another opportunity to represent Vanderbilt at a really high-level meet with a lot of great teams,” head coach Jeremy Organ mentioned. “We’re looking for some great swims throughout the week, and I also think it’s really important in our development as we think about where we ultimately want to be and how to get to the highest level.”

Cowen met the CSCAA NIC A reduce within the 50 and 200 breaststroke whereas attaining the NIC B commonplace within the 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 200 particular person medley her first season as a Commodore. The junior posted Vandy’s highest particular person end on the 2026 SEC Championships in February when she positioned twenty sixth within the 200 breast, happening so as to add a Thirty first-place consequence within the 100 breast on the meet.

Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, her greatest marks of the marketing campaign within the 100 and 200 breast—set at Houston’s Phill Hansel Invitational in the course of the fall season—lead the Dores as does her career-best time within the 50 free recorded on the SEC Championships. Cowen made the rostrum after touching the wall third within the 200 breast A Final on the Phill Hansel Invitational, additionally ending fifth general within the 100 breast on the competitors, and he or she claimed the 200 breast within the remaining twin meet of the common season at Arkansas Jan. 30.

Hull might be competing on the National Invitational Championship for the second time in as a few years when she swims within the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke this week after incomes runner-up and third-place finishes within the comfort remaining of the 100 and 200 again, respectively, a yr in the past. The Charlotte, North Carolina, resident ended up twenty eighth general to simply miss finals within the former occasion on the SEC Championships final month, including a top-35 consequence within the latter as nicely.

Her greatest instances of the season in each disciplines—that are greatest on the crew—got here on the Phill Hansel Invitational in November when she superior to the A Final of every occasion. All 5 of the sophomore’s team-high particular person victories got here in backstroke races in 2025-26, together with two within the 100 again and a pair within the 200 again.

Hull enters the CSCAA meet the varsity file holder within the 100 again and ranked second on the Commodores’ all-time performer record within the 200 again, with Cowen second in program historical past within the 200 breast whereas standing sixth within the 100 breast.

This marks the third time within the final 4 seasons that Vandy may have a number of swimmers competing on the National Invitational Championship.