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No. 2 Women’s Swim and Dive’s Sticklen obliterates SEC, conference meet records to highlight podium sweep in 200 butterfly, Estudillo Torres finishes runner-up in platform
02.21.2025 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorns added four medals Friday night to push their lead to 303.5 total points heading into the final day.
ATHENS, Ga. – No. 2 Texas Women's Swim and Dive's Emma Sticklen smashed her own SEC record and dismantled the conference meet record in the 200 butterfly to capture gold while Texas swept the podium in the same event Friday night at Gabrielsen Natatorium. The Longhorns increase their lead to 303.5 points over second-place Florida going into the final day.
Texas, who has accumulated 1,157.5 total points, maintains its lead while Tennessee remains in second with 854 total points. Florida (3rd-834), Georgia (4th-538.5), Texas A&M (5th-503), South Carolina (6th-494), LSU (7th-470), Alabama (8th-459), Auburn (9th-407.5), Missouri (10th-288.5), Kentucky (11th-249), Arkansas (12th-210) and Vanderbilt (13th-135) follow.
Texas got underway with a dominant podium sweep in the 200 fly after Emma Sticklen obliterated her own SEC record while simultaneously breaking the previous meet record at 1:49.17. The graduate student from Katy, Texas, also logged the second-fast 200 fly time in NCAA history. Campbell Stoll threw down a personal-best time of 1:51.64 to meet the NCAA 'A' cut standard and finish runner-up. Olivia Bray also tallied a season-best time of 1:52.61 to earn a spot on the podium with her third-place finish.
IT'S A SWEEP FOR TEXAS AND AN SEC RECORD FOR EMMA STICKLEN🤯 pic.twitter.com/G2EcPbuVGc
— Texas Women's Swimming & Diving (@TexasWSD) February 21, 2025
In the 100 back, Berit Berglund touched the wall in a season-fastest 51.02 to just miss the podium at fourth but add 26 points to UT's points column.
Piper Enge (57.86) and Abby Arens (58.49) finished the 100 breast final fourth and fifth, respectively.
The Texas freshmen diving duo of Taylor Fox and Alejandra Estudillo Torres represented the Horns in the platform finals Friday night. Estudillo Torres clinched her second silver of the week after racking up 318.10 total points, just 9.7 points shy of LSU's Lavenant. Fox placed seventh with 259 total points.
IT'S A SWEEP FOR TEXAS AND AN SEC RECORD FOR EMMA STICKLEN🤯 pic.twitter.com/G2EcPbuVGc
— Texas Women's Swimming & Diving (@TexasWSD) February 21, 2025
To conclude the night, Texas' 400 medley relay team of Sticklen, Enge, Stoll and Ava Longi was disqualified for an early takeoff.
Medal Count (17)
First Place (6)
- – 200 medley relay (Sticklen, Enge, Arens, Cooper) – 1:33.84
- – 200 freestyle relay (Cooper, Sticklen, Arens, Longi) – 2:18.10
- – 500 freestyle (Cox) – 4:31.54
- – 200 IM (Sticklen) – 1:52.42
- – 100 butterfly (Sticklen) – 49.40
- – 200 butterfly (Sticklen) – 1:49.17
Second Place (6)
- – 800 freestyle relay (Gemmell, Nesty, Chase, Longi) – 6:49.83
- – 200 IM (Stoll) – 1:53.37
- – 3-meter dive (Estudillo Torres) – 369.50
- – 200 freestyle (Gemmell) – 1:42.32
- – 200 butterfly (Stoll) – 1:51.64
- – platform dive (Estudillo Torres) – 318.10
Third Place (5)
- – 1-meter dive (Hernandez) – 316.20
- – 3- meter diving (Hernandez) – 335.05
- – 400 IM (Stoll) – 4:03.11
- – 100 butterfly (Arens) – 51.21
- – 200 butterfly (Bray) – 1:52.61
Team Standings
- TEXAS – 1,157.5
- Tennessee – 854
- Florida – 834
- Georgia – 538.5
- Texas A&M – 503
- South Carolina – 494
- LSU – 470
- Alabama – 459
- Auburn – 407.5
- Missouri – 288.5
- Kentucky – 249
- Arkansas – 210
- Vanderbilt – 135
Up Next
The final day of the 2025 SEC Championships is slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday with prelims for the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast and 1,650 free. Prelims for the men's platform start at 10:30 a.m. with the consolation finals set for 12:40 p.m. The early heat for the 1,650 free will commence at 1:30 p.m. Finals for the 1,650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, men's platform and the 400 free relay will get going at 4 p.m. All sessions can be streamed live on SEC Network+.
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