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No. 1 Men’s Swim and Dive smashes American, school record in the 800 freestyle relay, sets new school record in 200 medley relay
02.18.2025 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorns are in the lead after the first day of the SEC Championships at Gabrielsen Natatorium.
ATHENS, Ga. – No. 1 Texas Men's Swim and Dive possesses the early lead at the SEC Championships Tuesday night after breaking the American and school record in the 800 freestyle relay and setting a new school record in the 200 medley relay.
Texas holds the lead at the SEC Championships after accumulating 176 total points through six events. UT is ahead of Georgia (2nd-158), Tennessee (3rd-153.5), Florida (4th-152), LSU (5th-132), Alabama (6th-118), Texas A&M (7th-111), South Carolina (8th-110), Kentucky (9th-102), Auburn (10th-63) and Missouri (11th-62.5).
The Longhorns began the night with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay (Will Modglin, Nate Germonprez, Hubert Kós and Chris Guiliano), clocking in a school-record time of 1:20.75. Texas smashed the previous school record of 1:21.36, which was set at the 2022 NCAA Championships by Anthony Grimm, Caspar Corbeau, Alvin Jiang and Cameron Auchinachie.
our guys land on the podium and smash the school record with a time of 1:20.75🤘#HookEm pic.twitter.com/GG8HX5Y7c4
— Texas Men's Swimming & Diving (@TexasMSD) February 18, 2025
On the diving side, freshman Luke Forester placed seventh in the 3-meter A Final with a score of 338.30. In the B Final, junior Nick Harris tallied a first-place finish and ninth overall with a score of 321.75. Texas freshman Jacob Jones also finished 13th overall and fifth in the B Final (346.70).
To culminate the night, the Horns' 800 free relay team of Luke Hobson, Rex Maurer, Chris Guiliano and Coby Carrozza set a new American and school record after finishing runner-up in 6:03.24. The previous American and school record (6:03.42) was set by Texas at the 2023 NCAA Championships by Hobson, Carrozza, Peter Larson and Carson Foster.
🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨
— Texas Men's Swimming & Diving (@TexasMSD) February 18, 2025
Hobson, Maurer, Guiliano, and Carrozza lower the school record AND the American record with their time of 6:03.24🤘 pic.twitter.com/xKAPxWtefp
Medal Count (2)
Second Place (1)
- – 800 freestyle relay (Hobson, Maurer, Guiliano, Carrozza) – 6:03.24
Third Place (1)
- – 200 medley relay (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Guiliano) – 1:20.75
Up Next
Texas cruises into its second day of competition at the SEC Championships Wednesday at Gabrielsen Natatorium. Prelims for the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free will begin at 8:30 a.m. CT. Finals for the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free will start at 4:30 p.m. All sessions can be streamed live on SEC Network+.
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