2026 Longhorn Elite Invite: Day 3 Finals Dwell Recap

2026 Longhorn Elite Invite

Welcome to the third finals session of the 2026 Longhorn Elite Invite! Last night time, we noticed a couple of quick swims, and the celebs are again in motion tonight.

Night 3 Event Lineup

• Women’s 200 Fly
• Men’s 200 Fly
• Women’s 50 Free
• Men’s 50 Free
• Women’s 100 Back
• Men’s 100 Back
• Women’s 200 Breast
• Men’s 200 Breast
• Women’s 50 Fly
• Men’s 50 Fly
• Women’s 400 Free
• Men’s 400 Free

Regan Smith had one of many prime swims on night time two, swimming 55.94 within the girls’s 100 butterfly to set the third quickest swim of her profession and turn out to be the 2nd lady below 56 this season.

Tonight, Smith will swim two occasions, the 200 fly and the 100 again. She set the highest time in each occasion prelims, swimming 2:10.06 within the girls’s 200 fly to cease the clock about eight tenths forward of Summer McIntosh‘s 2:10.90 in 2nd.

In the 100 backstroke, she swam 58.83 within the prelims to be the one swimmer below 1:00. She completed just a little greater than three seconds forward of teammate Sara Rodrigues‘ 1:02.03 in 2nd.

The different occasions additionally promise some pleasure. Hubert Kos is the highest seed in the identical two occasions as Smith. In the 200 fly prelims, he swam 1:57.15 to earn the highest qualifying spot over Tyler Ray‘s 1:59.45 in 2nd.

Kos additionally picked up the highest seed within the 100 backstroke, swimming 54.43 in prelims to qualify three tenths forward of final night time’s 50 backstroke champion Joe Hayburn, who swam 54.77.

Simone Manuel swam the highest time within the girls’s 50 freestyle prelims, touching in 25.29 to steer Erin Gemmell‘s 25.63 in 2nd. On the men’s aspect, Chris Guiliano had the quickest prelims swim of twenty-two.45, 4 tenths forward of Rafael Fente-Damers, who touched in 22.88.

Manuel and Gemmell additionally completed 1st and 2nd within the 50 fly prelims, with Manuel touching in 27.32 and Gemmell touching in 27.69. The males’s 50 fly prelims went to Shaine Casas in 23.62 as the one swimmer below 24 seconds within the occasion this morning.

The 200 breaststroke was led by Anna Elendt on the ladies’s aspect and Campbell McKean on the boys’s. Both swam the quickest time in prelims by greater than a second.

The session will wrap up with the 400 freestyle finals. Summer McIntosh and Rex Maurer each earned the highest seeds by greater than three seconds over the 2nd qualifiers. Luke Hobson certified 2nd for the boys and Leon Marchand certified third.

The males’s 400 freestyle prelims additionally noticed dash freestyler Chris Guiliano swim the race for under the eighth time in his profession and the primary time since June of 2019, when he was simply 16. This is a transparent instance of coach Bob Bowman‘s affect on his occasions. He certified sixth in 3:59.66, which was a 35 second drop from his earlier better of 4:34.39 from that 2019 race.

Women’s 200 Fly — Finals

• World Record: 2:01.81, Liu Zige (CHN), 2009
• U.S. Open Record: 2:02.62, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025

Top 3 Finishers

1. Summer McIntosh (TXLA) — 2:04.06
2. Regan Smith (TXLA) — 2:04.73
3. Lindsay Looney (TXLA) — 2:09.36

Summer McIntosh swam her 2nd quickest 200 fly of the season to win the occasion tonight, touching in 2:04.06 to come back in about seven tenths forward of coaching companion Regan Smith, who touched in a season finest 2:04.73 for 2nd.

The two girls traded the lead a couple of occasions throughout the race. Smith grabbed the lead early, splitting 27.90 on the opening 50 to McIntosh’s 28.12.

On the 2nd 50, McIntosh outsplit Smith 31.62 to 31.76, however Smith maintained her lead, delivering 59.66 to sit down eight hundredths forward of McIntosh’s 59.74.

Smith had the sooner third 50 cut up as properly, delivering 32.56 to make up almost three tenths on McIntosh’s 32.84.

The ultimate 50 noticed insane closing velocity from the Canadian with McIntosh splitting a blistering 31.48. This was virtually a second sooner than Smith’s 32.51 and earned her the win in 2:04.06. Her season finest stands at 2:02.62 from the U.S. Open in December.

Smith set a brand new season finest time, touching in 2:04.73. This swim was three tenths sooner than the two:05.00 she swam on the Fort Lauderdale Open and marks her third quickest 200 butterfly efficiency. She stays at #2 on the planet this yr.

Lindsay Looney completed third in 2:09.36, a couple of second-and-a-half off her season finest of two:07.93.

Men’s 200 Fly — Finals

• World Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN), 2022
• U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20, Michael Phelps (USA), 2008

Top 3 Finishers

1. Hubert Kos (TXLA) — 1:55.11
2. Cooper Lucas (TXLA) — 1:58.52
3. Tyler Ray (TXLA) — 1:58.54

Hubert Kos set a brand new lifetime finest 1:55.11 en path to the boys’s 200 fly victory, stopping the clock greater than three seconds forward of 2nd place finisher Cooper Lucas.

Kos’ earlier finest stood at 1:56.01 from the U.S. Open Championships in December. He led the race from start-to-finish, opening in 24.96 to sit down almost a second forward of Tyler Ray‘s 25.71 in 2nd place.

From there, Kos prolonged his lead, splitting 29.27/30.13/30.75 on the remaining three 50s, sooner than the remainder of the sphere on all three.

This swim will transfer Kos as much as fifteenth on the planet this yr within the occasion.

Lucas cut up 26.32/30.02/30.84/31.34 to complete 2nd in 1:58.52, simply two hundredths forward of Ray, who cut up 25.71/30.00/31.37/31.46 to cease the clock in 1:58.54.

Lucas’ swim was a couple of second off his better of 1:57.53 from the U.S. Open in December, whereas Ray was two tenths off his better of 1:58.36 from July of 2024.

Women’s 50 Free — Finals

• World Record: 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2023
• U.S. Open Record: 23.91, Gretchen Walsh (USA), 2025

Top 3 Finishers

1. Simone Manuel (TXLA) — 24.82
2. Erin Gemmell (TXLA) — 25.59
3. Alexa Fulton (TXLA) — 25.71

Men’s 50 Free — Finals

• World Record: 20.88, Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 2026
• U.S. Open Record: 21.04, Caeleb Dressel (USA), 2021

Top 3 Finishers

1. Chris Guiliano (TXLA) — 22.39
2. Rafael Fente-DAmers (TXLA) — 22.84
3. Ben Scholl (AGS) — 23.02

Women’s 100 Back — Finals

Top 3 Finishers

1. Regan Smith (TXLA) — 58.01
2. Sarah Rodrigues (TXLA) — 1:02.30
3. Karly Whitehead (UN) — 1:02.78

Men’s 100 Back — Finals

• World Record: 51.60, Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
• U.S. Open Record: 51.94, Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2009

Top 3 Finishers

1. Hubert Kos (TXLA) — 53.76
2. Joe Hayburn (LOYO) — 54.09
3. Jack Wilkening (TXLA) — 54.62

Women’s 200 Breast — Finals

• World Record: 2:17.55, Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS), 2023
• U.S. Open Record: 2:19.30, Kate Douglass (USA), 2024

Men’s 200 Breast — Finals

• World Record: 2:05.48, Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2023
• U.S. Open Record: 2:06.54, Matthew Fallon (USA), 2021

Women’s 50 Fly — Finals

• World Record: 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2014
• U.S. Open Record: 24.66, Gretchen Walsh (USA), 2025

Men’s 50 Fly — Finals

• World Record: 22.27, Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018
• U.S. Open Record: 22.80, Maxime Grousset (FRA), 2026

Women’s 400 Free — Finals

Men’s 400 Free — Finals

• World Record: 3:39.96, Lukas Martens (GER), 2025
• U.S. Open Record: 3:43.33, Rex Maurer (USA), 2025