Regan Smith, Hubert Kos Fire Off Swift Times in 200 Back to Conclude Longhorn Elite Invite

Regan Smith, Hubert Kos Fire Off Swift Times in 200 Back to Conclude Longhorn Elite Invite

A robust weekend of racing for swimmers based mostly on the University of Texas concluded Sunday night with notably robust leads to the 200 backstroke. Regan Smith and Hubert Kos each swam season-best marks of their respective wins whereas Summer McIntosh and Shaine Casas each got here by means of with quick efforts within the 200 IM.

Smith dominated the ladies’s 200 again in 2:04.85, 5 hundredths higher than her earlier season-best. Smith ranks No. 2 on the earth for 2026 behind Isabelle Stadden, a fellow Minnesota native experiencing a breakout season. Earlier within the night, Smith had completed second within the 200 IM in 2:09.65 as McIntosh pulled away down the stretch. McIntosh swam a time of two:08.24, simply off her high 2026 time of two:08.21.

Kos was dominant within the males’s 200 again in 1:55.62, a full 4.5 seconds clear of recent coaching associate Jack Aikins (2:00.16). Like Smith, Kos had picked up a second-place end earlier within the 200 IM with a time of 1:58.72. Casas received that 200 IM in 1:56.42, his first high mark of the season as he makes an attempt to observe up final yr’s World Championships silver.

Simone Manuel secured her third win of the weekend within the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.50, with McIntosh coming in second at 54.98 and Nikolett Padar taking third (55.02). In the lads’s race, Chris Guiliano has already been sub-48 on a number of events this yr. After a 48.00 in prelims, Guiliano adopted that up with a time of 48.13 to comfortably out-pace Rafael Fente-Damers (49.21) and Luke Hobson (49.66).

Anna Elendt took her third breaststroke victory of the week with a time of 30.80 within the 50, three tenths away from Piper Enge (31.11). Campbell McKean adopted within the males’s occasion with a time of 27.60, supplementing his earlier triumphs over 100 and 200 meters. Training associate Nate Germonprez got here in second right here at 28.07 after beforehand going 1:59.90 for third within the 200 IM. The solely swimmer to contest the 1500 free was Kate Hurst, who clocked 16:11.98.