Males’s Swimming & Diving Wins 2026 NCAA Championship

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ATLANTA – Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving captured the 2026 NCAA Championship Saturday at McAuley Aquatic Center, fueled by Hubert Kós’ record-breaking victory within the 200-yard backstroke. The Longhorns scored 445.5 factors to safe their second consecutive nationwide championship and seventeenth in program historical past. Florida completed second with 416 factors, and Indiana took third with 351 factors. Coach Bob Bowman now has three consecutive NCAA titles, courting to his 2024 championship at Arizona State.

Kós led the best way with a record-breaking efficiency within the 200-yard backstroke, touching first in 1:34.13 to interrupt his personal NCAA, U.S. Open, meet and program information. The Hungarian standout now holds back-to-back NCAA titles in each the 100- and 200-yard backstroke.

This marked the primary crew nationwide championship for The University of Texas in the course of the 2025-26 educational 12 months. Texas now owns 69 all-time National Championships, together with 65 NCAA crowns. During the final six years, the Longhorns have gained a complete of 14 NCAA crew titles by eight totally different packages. Excluding the COVID-shortened 12 months of 2019-20, Texas has gained not less than one NCAA Championship in 11-straight seasons.

The last night session opened with a pair of Longhorns incomes All-America honors within the 200-yard particular person medley, the place Baylor Nelson completed third in 1:40.08, enhancing 0.74 seconds from his prelim time.Texas sealed the championship with a sixth-place end within the 400-yard freestyle relay because the quartet of Kós, Garrett Gould, Rafael Fente-Damers and Kyle Peck touched the wall in 2:45.97, a program-record time.

Texas sealed the championship with a sixth-place end within the 400-yard freestyle relay because the quartet of Kós, Garrett Gould, Rafael Fente-Damers and Kyle Peck touched the wall in 2:45.97, a program-record time.

Campbell McKean and Nate Germonprez earned honorable point out All-America honors within the 200-yard particular person medley, with McKean inserting ninth in 1:48.21 and Germonprez 14th in 1:42.26. Texas added two extra honorable mentions within the 200-yard butterfly as Kyle Peck completed thirteenth in 1:39.94 and Cooper Lucas 14th in 1:40.11. Rex Maurer positioned eleventh within the 200-yard backstroke in 1:38.36, and Garrett Gould was 14th within the 100-yard freestyle in 41.47.

2026 NCAA Championships – Final Team Standings (Top 10 groups listed)

1. Texas – 445.5

2. Florida – 416 

3. Indiana – 351 

4. Arizona State – 328 

5. Tennessee – 272 

6. NC State – 258.5 

7. California – 231 

8. Michigan – 220 

9. Virginia – 192 

10. Stanford – 136

Texas Longhorns National Champions

Rafael Fente-Damers: 800-yard freestyle relay

Hubert Kós: 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke

Rex Maurer: 800-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard IM

Baylor Nelson: 800-yard freestyle relay

Camden Taylor: 800-yard freestyle relay

Texas Longhorns All-Americans

Rafael Fente-Damers: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 800-yard freestyle relay, 

Luke Forester: 3-meter diving

Nate Germonprez: 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay, 

Garrett Gould: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 800-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay

Nick Harris: 3-meter diving

Hubert Kós: 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay, 200-yard medley relay,

Cooper Lucas: 400-yard IM

Rex Maurer: 400-yard IM, 800-yard freestyle relay 

Campbell McKean: 100-yard breaststroke

Will Modglin: 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay

Baylor Nelson: 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM, 800-yard freestyle relay,

Kyle Peck: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay 

Camden Taylor: 400-yard medley relay, 800-yard freestyle relay

Texas Longhorns Honorable Mention All-Americans

Rafael Fente-Damers: 200-yard freestyle

Nate Germonprez: 200-yard IM

Garrett Gould: 100-yard freestyle

Jacob Jones: 1-meter diving

Cooper Lucas: 200-yard butterfly

Rex Maurer: 200-yard backstroke 

Campbell McKean: 200-yard IM

Kyle Peck: 200-yard butterfly

Will Scholtz: 200-yard breaststroke