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No. 1 Men’s Swim and Dive captures 2025 SEC Championship
02.22.2025 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorns won their 46th-consecutive conference championship and their first-ever SEC title.
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ATHENS, Ga. – In its inaugural appearance, the No. 1 Texas Men's Swim and Dive program won the 2025 Southeastern Conference Championship Saturday evening at Gabrielsen Natatorium. The Longhorns totaled 1,474.5 points, 149.5 points ahead of second-place Florida (1,325).
Texas has won 46-straight conference titles across three leagues, dating back to the 1980 Southwest Conference championship. In his first year on the Forty Acres, head coach Bob Bowman takes home the conference crown. The Longhorns have won 67 total conference crowns (38 Southwest Conference, 28 Big 12 Conference, 1 SEC). Texas snapped Florida's 12-year SEC title streak that was held from 2013-24.
Sophomore Rex Maurer garnered the SEC Commissioner's Cup Trophy after logging the highest point total with 91 points throughout the meet.
The Horns commenced the night in winning fashion as senior David Johnston won the 1,650 free in 14:26.00. The Dallas product has won a conference meet 1,650 all four years of his collegiate career after taking home the Big 12 titles in the event from 2021-24. To go along with the dominant victory, Johnston also recorded the fastest time in the country in the event, blasting past Cal's Lucas Henveaux who held the previous fastest time of 14:29.74. Maurer joined Johnston on the podium after taking home a bronze in the event, touching the wall in 14:32.78.
Junior Hubert Kòs set a new school record in the 200 back after finishing runner-up in 1:36.10. He lowered the previous record of 1:36.42 which was set by John Shebat in 2019. Sophomore Will Modglin brought home a bronze after finishing in 1:38.76.
Senior Chris Guiliano narrowly missed the podium in the 100 free after placing fourth in 41.15.
Sophomore Nate Germonprez continued to build upon his sensational week as he finished runner-up in the 200 breast in a personal-best time of 1:50.55 while also meeting the NCAA 'A' cut standard. Sophomore Will Scholtz snared his first medal of the meet and set a new personal-best time after placing third at 1:51.04.
In the second-to-last event of the evening, freshman Jacob Welsh tied for fifth in the men's platform after divvying up 392.20 total points, adding 24.5 points to Texas' points column tally.
To cap a phenomenal meet, the UT 400 free relay team of Guiliano, Hobson, Kòs and Modglin swam 2:46.65 to pick up a bronze and secure the Horns' 21st medal of the week.
The Texas divers had an enormous week, tallying an SEC-best 174 total points through three events. Nick Harris finished runner-up in the one-meter.
Medal Count (21)
First Place (4)
- – 500 freestyle (Maurer) – 4:07.09
- – 400 IM (Maurer) – 3:35.61
- – 200 freestyle (Hobson) – 1:30.23
- – 1,650 freestyle (Johnston) – 14:26.00
Second Place (7)
- – 800 freestyle relay (Hobson, Maurer, Guiliano, Carrozza) – 6:03.24
- – 200 IM (Modglin) – 1:40.64
- – 1-meter diving (Harris) – 392.50
- – 200 freestyle (Guiliano) – 1:30.38
- – 100 backstroke (Kos) – 44.03
- – 200 backstroke (Kos) – 1:36.10
- – 200 breaststroke (Germonprez) – 1:50.55
Third Place (10)
- – 200 medley relay (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Guiliano) – 1:20.75
- – 200 free relay (Guiliano, Peck, Kos, Modglin) – 1:14.94
- – 200 IM (Kos) – 1:41.39
- – 1-meter diving (Jones) – 384.05
- – 100 backstroke (Modglin) – 44.22
- – 400 medley relay (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Hobson) – 3:00.97
- – 1,650 freestyle (Maurer) – 14:32.78
- – 200 backstroke (Modglin) – 1:38.76
- – 200 breaststroke (Scholtz) – 1:51.04
- – 400 freestyle relay (Guiliano, Hobson, Kos, Modglin) – 2:46.65
Team Standings
- TEXAS – 1,474.5
- Florida – 1,325
- Tennessee – 977.5
- Georgia – 796.5
- Texas A&M – 790
- Alabama – 667
- LSU – 579
- Auburn – 554.5
- Kentucky – 431.5
- Missouri – 362.5
- South Carolina – 338
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