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ATLANTA, Ga. – Texas Women’s Swimming and Diving stays in second place with 183 factors behind Virginia (249) after the second evening of the four-day NCAA Championships on the McAuley Aquatic Center. The Longhorns had been led by two third-place finishes from Nikolett Padar within the 200 freestyle and Bayleigh Cranford on 1-meter. Texas additionally recorded a fifth-place end from Piper Enge within the 100-breaststroke, a seventh-place end from Campbell Stoll within the 100 butterfly and a seventh-place end within the 100-freestyle relay.
The Longhorns opened evening two with a seventh-place end from Campbell Stoll within the 100-butterfly, touching in 50.61. Stoll break up 23.48 on the opening 50 earlier than closing in 27.13, together with a 13.86 ultimate 25, after a response time of 0.67.
Texas noticed its first third-place end from Nikolett Padar within the 200-freestyle, because the freshman clocked a 1:40.78 within the ultimate after posting a 1:41.00 in prelims. Padar opened in 23.49 and break up 49.30 on the 100 earlier than coming residence in 51.48, together with a 25.76 ultimate 50, with a response time of 0.69.
Piper Enge recorded a fifth-place end within the 100-breaststroke, touching in 57.76 after posting a 57.92 in prelims. Enge opened in 27.23 and break up 42.45 on the 75 earlier than closing in 15.31 over the ultimate 25.
Bayleigh Cranford opened the diving occasions for the Longhorns with a third-place end on 1-meter, totaling 320.65 factors. She closed sturdy with a 66.00 on her ultimate dive (reverse 2½ somersault tuck) to safe a podium end, whereas including scores of 52.50 on her again 1½ somersault 1½ twist and 51.60 on her inward 1½ somersault pike.
Texas closed the evening with a seventh-place end within the 200-freestyle relay, touching in 1:26.42 after posting a 1:26.62 in prelims. The quartet of Eva Okaro, Lillie Nesty, Lucy Mehraban and Erin Gemmell mixed for splits of 21.66, 21.60, 21.40 and 21.76, respectively.
The Longhorns additionally earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in a number of occasions. In the 200 freestyle, Lillie Nesty positioned fifteenth (1:43.31) and Erin Gemmell completed Twelfth (1:42.92). Campbell Stoll added a Twelfth-place end within the 400 IM with a time of 4:04.99.
The Longhorns proceed competitors on the NCAA Championships from Friday, March 20 by Saturday, March 21 on the McAuley Aquatic Center. Friday’s championship finals occasions embody the 100-backstroke, 200-breaststroke, 500-freestyle and 50-freestyle, together with the 400-medley relay finals and 3-meter diving. Prelims start at 9 a.m. CT, with finals periods scheduled to start out every day at 5 p.m. CT. All prelim and finals periods will probably be streamed reside on ESPN+.
Team Rankings (Through Event 3):
1. Virginia — 249
2. Texas — 183
3. Stanford — 173
4. Tennessee — 158.5
5. California — 133
6. Michigan — 132
7. Indiana — 128
8. Louisville — 79
9. NC State — 76
10. Florida — 62.5
11. Ohio State — 53
12. Southern California — 49
13. Alabama — 47
14. Georgia — 38
15. Miami (FL) — 33
16. LSU — 26
17. Minnesota — 22
18. South Carolina — 21
19. Wisconsin — 20
20. Arizona — 19
21. UCLA — 16
22. Nebraska — 15
23. Pittsburgh — 13
24. Texas A&M — 12
25. Duke — 11
26. Kansas — 11
27. Cincinnati — 11
28. Purdue — 9
29. Akron — 9
30. Northwestern — 8
31. Arkansas — 7
32. Penn — 6
33. Arizona State — 6
34. Virginia Tech — 6
35. Auburn — 6
36. North Carolina — 5
37. Fresno State — 2
38. Indiana State — 2
39. Notre Dame — 2
40. UC San Diego — 1
Texas Longhorns National Champions:
Jillian Cox: 1,650-freestyle (15:32.26)
Texas Longhorns All-Americans:
Campbell Chase – 800 freestyle relay
Bayleigh Cranford – 1-meter
Piper Enge – 200 medley relay and 100 breaststroke
Erin Gemmell – 800 freestyle relay and 200-freestyle relay
Kate Hurst – 1,650 freestyle
Emma Kern – 200 medley relay
Lucy Mehraban – 200-freestyle relay
Lillie Nesty – 800 freestyle relay and 200-freestyle relay
Eva Okaro – 200 medley relay and 200-freestyle relay
Nikolett Padar – 800 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle
Campbell Stoll – 200 medley relay and 100 butterfly
Texas Longhorns Honorable Mention All-Americans
Erin Gemmell — 200 freestyle
Lillie Nesty — 200 freestyle
Campbell Stoll — 400 IM
Schedule of Events – Friday, March 20, 2026
(Prelims: 9 a.m. CT / 10 a.m. ET; Finals: 5 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. ET)
Friday Events & Texas Participants
100 Backstroke
Sarah Rodrigues
Emma Kern
200 Breaststroke
Campbell Chase
Angela Coe
Piper Enge
500 Freestyle
Jillian Cox
Nikolett Padar
Lillie Nesty
Kate Hurst
Inez Miller
Erin Gemmell
50 Freestyle
Eva Okaro
400 Medley Relay
Emma Kern
Piper Enge
Campbell Stoll
Eva Okaro
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