Males’s Swimming & Diving takes first after day two of the 2026 NCAA Championships

ATLANTA– Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving leads with 215.5 factors via two days of competitors on the NCAA Championships, forward of Florida (205) and Arizona State (133.5) at McAuley Aquatic Center. The Longhorns have been propelled by Rex Maurer’s American record-breaking 400-yard particular person medley title protection, a program report within the 200-yard freestyle relay and a sweep of the 2-3 spots within the 100-yard breaststroke remaining. Hubert Kós additionally broke his personal program report within the 100-yard butterfly remaining to complete second.

Texas set the tone early in prelims by breaking two program information. Kós was a part of each record-breaking performances, touching first within the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 42.97 to shatter a nine-year-old program report and safe a spot within the finals. Joseph Schooling set the earlier report on the 2017 NCAA Championships with a time of 43.75. 

In the ultimate occasion of prelims, Rafael Fente-Damers, Garrett Gould, Kyle Peck and Hubert Kos mixed to set a program report within the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:14.40, breaking the earlier mark of 1:14.41 set by Drew Kibbler, Daniel Krueger, Caspar Corbeau and Cameron Auchinachie on the 2022 NCAA Championships. The quartet went on to complete fourth general, tied with Tennessee, to earn All-America honors.

Kós picked up proper the place he left off within the 100-yard butterfly remaining, breaking his personal program report with a time of 42.54 to complete second. Kós was simply 0.05 seconds behind Florida’s Josh Liendo, who set an NCAA report with a time of 42.49.

Maurer defended his 400-yard particular person medley title to present Texas its second particular person championship of the meet, breaking a nine-year-old American report within the course of. Maurer touched the wall in 3:32.96, surpassing the earlier American report of three:33.42 set by Chase Kalisz and breaking Carson Foster’s program report of three:33.79 set in 2022. Baylor Nelson claimed the runner-up spot with a time of three:35.28, ending greater than two seconds behind Maurer. Cooper Lucas added to Texas’s haul, incomes All-America honors with a sixth-place end in 3:36.87.

Texas posted a 2-3 end within the 100-yard breaststroke remaining as Campbell McKean touched second in 50.25 and Nate Germonprez adopted in third at 50.38. Will Modglin rounded out the Longhorns’ scoring within the occasion, incomes All-America honors with an eighth-place end in 51.01.

Diver Jacob Jones earned an Honorable Mention All-American after ending sixteenth on the 1-meter springboard with a complete rating of 327.25 factors. Jones recorded his high single-dive rating on the inward 2½ somersault tuck, posting 60.45 factors on a level of issue of three.10 to complete fifth in that spherical.

Day three will characteristic the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 500-yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle, 3-meter diving and 400-yard medley relay. Prelims are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. CT with finals set for five p.m. CT at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. Both periods will probably be streamed on ESPN+.

Top-10 Team Rankings:

1. Texas – 215.5

2. Florida – 205 

3. Arizona State – 133.5 

4. Indiana – 132.5 

5. California – 124 

6. NC State – 122 

7. Michigan – 115 

8. Tennessee – 107 

9. Virginia – 88 

10. Stanford – 32

Texas Longhorns National Champions:

Rafael Fente-Damers: 800 free relay

Rex Maurer: 800 free relay and 400 IM

Baylor Nelson: 800 free relay

Camden Taylor: 800 free relay

Texas Longhorns All-Americans:

Rafael Fente-Damers: 800 free relay and 200 free relay

Nate Germonprez: 200 medley relay and 100 breast

Garrett Gould: 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and 200 free relay

Hubert Kós: 200-medley relay, 100 fly and 200 free relay

Cooper Lucas: 400 IM

Rex Maurer: 800 free relay and 400 IM

Campbell McKean: 100 breast

Will Modglin 200-medley relay and 100 breast

Baylor Nelson: 800 free relay and 400 IM

Kyle Peck: 200 free relay

Camden Taylor 800-freestyle relay

Texas Longhorns Honorable Mention All-Americans

Jacob Jones: 1-meter diving