2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite

• November 20-22, 2024
• Where: Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center — Austin, TX
• When: 10 am CT prelims/6 pm CT finals
• Participating Teams: Pitt, Stanford, Texas (host), USC, Wisconsin, BYU, Cal Poly
• Meet Info
• Live Results
• Results on Meet Mobile: “Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invite”
• Day 1 Prelims Recap | Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap

The second night of finals from the Texas Hall of Fame Invite promises to be an exciting one after we saw some blistering swims in this morning’s prelims, most notably from Texas sophomores Nate Germonprez and Will Modglin.

Germonprez rattled off a time of 50.39 in the men’s 100 breast, breaking Caspar Corbeau‘s Texas School Record to rank#7 all-time, while Modglin became the 11th swimmer in history to break 44 seconds in the 100 back, clocking 43.98 to rank 10th all-time.

There also promises to be an exciting battle in the women’s 100 fly, headlined by the red-hot Emma Sticklen and the reigning Olympic champion Torri Huske.

WOMEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINAL

• NCAA Record: 1:31.51, Virginia – 2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:36.24
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:36.76

Top 8:

1. Texas ‘A’ – 1:34.06
2. Stanford ‘A’ – 1:34.61
3. Wisconsin ‘A’ – 1:35.04
4. Pitt ‘A’ – 1:35.81
5. USC ‘A’ – 1:36.25
6. Texas ‘B’ – 1:37.02
7. Wisconsin ‘B’ – 1:38.16
8. Pitt ‘B’ – 1:38.16

The evening session started with some swift swimming, as the top four teams were all under the NCAA ‘A’ cut. Texas led the way with a 1:34.04, improving on their season best of 1:34.72 from their dual meet against Indiana.

Emma Sticklen led off in 23.58, Piper Enge split 26.59 on breast, transfer Abby Arens split 22.51 on fly, and Grace Cooper anchored in 21.38.

Stanford was nearly a second behind after the backstroke leg, as Levenia Sim split a 24.40, but Lucy Thomas (26.14) and Torri Huske (22.37) closed the gap with strong breast and fly legs. Gigi Johnson anchored in 21.70 as the Cardinal stopped the clock with a 1:34.61.

Wisconsin took 3rd in 1:35.04, thanks to Hailey Tierne’s 21.33 anchor leg, the fastest in the field. Pitt finished 4th with a 1:35.81, while USC grabbed the NCAA ‘B’ cut with a 1:36.25.

MEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINAL

• NCAA Record: 1:20.15, Florida – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:23.62
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:23.90

Top 8:

1. Texas ‘A’ – 1:22.43
2. Texas ‘B’ – 1:24.44
3. Pitt ‘A’ – 1:25.26
4. Texas ‘C’ – 1:25.63
5. USC ‘B’ – 1:26.47
6. BYU ‘A’ – 1:26.49
7. USC ‘A’ – 1:26.56
8. Wisconsin ‘A’ – 1:26.58

It was a drastically different story on the men’s side, where only a single quartet finished with a NCAA ‘B’ cut time.

That honor belonged to Texas’ ‘A’ team, which stopped the clock in 1:22.43. The Longhorns have an incredibly fast front half of this relay, as Will Modglin led off in 20.45, shaving 0.04s off his personal best, while fellow sophomore Nate Germonprez split a sizzling 22.87. Last year, it looked like Germonprez was primed to become Texas’ primary breaststroker, but he ended up focusing on fly instead. This year, he’s been holding down breaststroke duties and looks to be locked into that. Hubert Kos has taken over the medley relay fly role, and split 20.18 tonight, while Camden Taylor anchored in 18.93.

Texas ‘B’ took 2nd in 1:24.4, while Pitt took 3rd in 1:25.26.

WOMEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 3:54.60, Ella Eastin (STAN) – 2018
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 4:03.62
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 4:10.74

Top 8:

1. Caroline Bricker (Stanford) – 3:59.88
2. Lucy Bell (Stanford) – 4:03.86
3. Callahan Dunn (Wisconsin) – 4:07.64
4. Emily Thompson (Stanford) – 4:08.61
5. Ashley McMillan (USC) – 4:09.04
6. Kimmy Shannon (Pitt) – 4:10.13
7. Campbell Stoll (Texas) – 4:10.57
8. Samantha Tadder (Stanford) – 4:10.98

Caroline Bricker blasted a personal best and a nation-leading time, as the Stanford sophomore got under the four-minute mark with a 3:59.88. That time would’ve finished 3rd at last year’s NCAAs, where Bricker finished 4th with a 4:02.14

Bricker’s teammate Lucy Bell, who placed 3rd at NCAAs last season (4:01.23), took 2nd tonight with a 4:03.86. Wisconsin’s Callahan Dunn, a NCAA B-finalist in March, finished 3rd tonight in 4:07.64. Pitt’s Kimmy Shannon set a new school record with a 4:10.13 effort en route to a 6th-place finish. Shannon has knocked 12 seconds off of lifetime best in the even this season, and may have earned a NCAA invite in the event with tonight’s swim.

A total of eight women were under last year’s NCAA invite time of 4:10.74, including USC’s Justina Kozan, who won the B-final with a time of 4:08.76.

MEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 3:28.82, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:38.37
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 3:42.93

Top 8:

1. Rex Maurer (Texas) – 3:34.19
2. David Johnston (Texas) – 3:39.55
3. Cooper Lucas (Texas) – 3:40.75
4. Ben Sampson (Texas) – 3:41.16
5. Max Matteazzi (Pitt) – 3:43.34
6. Dominik Mark Toro (Wisconsin) – 3:43.68
7. Landon D’Ariano (Texas) – 3:44.43
8. Luke Stibrich (Texas) – 3:48.63

Rex Maurer followed up last night’s American Record in the 500 free with a sterling swim in the 400 IM tonight, rocking a 3:34.19 that makes him the #5 performer all-time in the event. Maurer went 3:38.10 as a freshman last year at Stanford, but he has now knocked nearly four seconds off that time in his first semester at Texas.

Maurer led a Longhorn sweep of the top four spots. David Johnston finished 2nd in 3:39.55, less than two seconds off his best time of 3:37.90 from the 2023 NCAAs. Freshman Cooper Lucas shaved 0.40s off his best time to take 3rd in 3:40.75, also punching his NCAA ticket in the process. Transfer Ben Sampson touched 4th in 3:41.16, about a second shy of his personal best, but well under last year’s NCAA qualifying time. While Texas is still looking thin in some of the sprint events (although mid-season additions should help), it’s looking like the Longhorns could have at least four scorers in both the 500 free and 400 IM.

Pitt’s Max Matteazzi went 3:43.34 for fifth tonight, about a second away from his lifetime best, while Wisconsin’s Dominik Mark Torok finished 6th with a 3:43.68 after posting a 3:41.57 this morning with the fastest time in prelims. The Badger won the 2024 NCAAs B-final with a 3:39.20, his lifetime best.

WOMEN’S 100 FLY – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 47.42, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 50.52
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 51.88

Top 8:

1. Torri Huske (Stanford) – 49.24
2. Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 49.60
3. Abby Arens (Texas) – 51.39
4. Gigi Johnson (Stanford) – 51.58
5. Annika Parkher (Stanford) – 51.70
6. Sophie Yendell (Pitt) – 51.86
7. Lillie Nordmann (Stanford) – 51.87
8. Ava Longi (Texas) – 52.07

Stanford’s Torri Huske came within about three-tenths of a second of her personal best, while Texas’ Emma Sticklen set a new best time by 0.02s, as the pair were the only two women to go under 51 tonight. Sticklen hit her previous best time earlier this season, and finished 2nd at NCAAs last year (49.70).

Gretchen Walsh of UVA is the only other woman to have gone under 50.0 so far this season, pending other results from tonight. 

2024 NCAA B-finalist Abby Arens finished 3rd tonight in 51.39. Almost the entire A-final was under the 2024 NCAA Invite time of 51.88.

MEN’S 100 FLY – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 42.80, Caeleb Dressel (FLOR) – 2018
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 44.51
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 45.37

Top 8:

1. Kyle Peck (Texas) – 45.77
2. Hubert Kos (Texas) – 45.81
3. Logan Walker (Texas) – 45.94
4. Alec Filipovic (Texas) – 46.07
5. Ryan Branon (Texas) – 46.25
6. Holden Smith (Texas) – 46.28
7. Michał Chmielewski (USC) – 46.98
8. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC) – 47.24

It’s not exactly 2015 NCAAs, but Texas finished 1-6, and added a B-final winner who would’ve finished 7th in the A-final, for good measure.

Freshman Kyle Peck led the way with a 45.77, going under 46 for the first time in his career. Hubert Kos, who as we said earlier has been the Longhorns’ primary fly leg on medley relays this season, touched 2nd in 45.81. Kos will be representing Hungary at Short Course Worlds in a few weeks.

Logan Walker also got under 46 for the first time, touching 3rd with a 45.94.

WOMEN’S 200 FREE – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 1:39.10, Missy Franklin (CAL) – 2015
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:42.60
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:44.80

Top 8:

1. Minna Abraham (USC) – 1:42.39
2. Erin Gemmell (Texas) – 1:42.80
3. Kayla Wilson (Stanford) – 1:43.33
4. Aurora Roghair (Stanford) – 1:43.89
5. Abby Carlson (Wisconsin) – 1:44.26
6. Lillian Nesty (Texas) – 1:44.70
7. Jillian Cox (Texas) – 1:45.82
8. Natalie Mannion (Stanford) – 1:46.53

Minna Abraham and Erin Gemmell were the only two women to swim the first 50 in under 24, registering identical 23.78 opening splits. But Abraham slowly pulled ahead from there, touching in 1:42.39 to get a NCAA ‘A’ cut. Abraham finished 3rd in this event at last year’s NCAA championships, and she owns a personal best of 1:41.38 from this meet last year.

While she couldn’t quite keep the pace with Abraham, Gemmell had a strong swim of her own, getting under 1:43 for the first time in her career and stopping the clock in 1:42.80.

Stanford teammates Kayla Wilson and Aurora Roghair were the only other two women under 1:44 tonight, going 1:43.33 and 1:43.89, respectively.

MEN’S 200 FREE – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 1:28.81, Luke Hobson (TEX) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:31.21
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:32.93

Top 8:

1. Camden Taylor (Texas) – 1:32.02
2. Coby Carrozza (Texas) – 1:32.27
3. Oliver Sogaard-Andersen (USC) – 1:32.66
4. Luke Hobson (Texas) – 1:32.99
5. Luke Maurer (USC) – 1:33.51
6. Chris Morris (Wisconsin) – 1:34.20
7. Yoav Romano (Wisconsin) – 1:35.00
8. Manning Haskal (Texas) – 1:35.73

Camden Taylor punched his NCAA ticket, nearly jumping from 1:33 to the 1:31s with a 1:32.02 to win tonight. Heading into today, the Texas sophomore’s best time was a 1:33.90 from the Big 12 Championships. He hit a lifetime best of 1:33.24 this morning, and then knocked another second off of that time toniight. 

Teammate Coby Carrozza took 2nd in 1:32.27, and USC’s Oliver Sogaard-Andersen was also under last year’s invite time of 1:32.93 with his 3rd-place time of 1:32.66 tonight. Like Taylor, the Danish native smashed his personal best today, improving on his 1:34.79 from the USC v. Arizona dual meet just two weeks ago.

WOMEN’S 100 BREAST – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 55.73, Lilly King (IU) – 2019
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 58.01
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 59.75

Top 8:

1. Piper Enge (Texas) – 58.86
2. Abby Arens (Texas)  / Lucy Thomas (Stanford) – 59.06
3. (Tie)
4. Hazal Ozkan (Wisconsin) – 59.62
5. Mackenzie Miller (BYU) – 1:00.53
6. Jessie Strong (Pitt) – 1:01.09
7. Jasmine Anderson (BYU) – 1:01.20
8. Campbell Stoll (Texas) – 1:01.91

Freshman Piper Enge cleared last year’s NCAA qualifying time by a second, and hit a new personal best, as she won with a 58.86 tonight. Enge got out just a little behind Stanford’s Lucy Thomas, but came home strong to get her hands on the wall first. Thomas ended up tying with Longhorn Abby Arens for 2nd, as both swimmers touched in 59.06.

Wisconsin’s Hazal Ozkan was the only other swimmer to go under last year’s NCAA invite time, taking 4th in 59.62.

MEN’S 100 BREAST – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 49.53, Liam Bell (CAL) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 51.02
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 51.89

1. Nate Germonprez (Texas) – 50.87
2. Will Scholtz (Texas) – 51.03
3. Chun Ho Chan (USC) – 51.80
4. Chris O’Grady (USC) – 52.11
5. Ben Dillard (USC) – 52.15
6. Brayden Taivassalo (Texas) – 52.40
7. Evan Yoo (Cal Poly) – 53.14
8. Emerson Edwards (BYU) – 53.71

Texas sophomore Nate Germonprez couldn’t quite improve on his lifetime best of 50.39 from this morning, but that didn’t really matter, as he still got his hands on the wall first with a time of 50.87, once again clearing the NCAA ‘A’ cut.

His Longhorn classmate Will Scholtz touched 2nd in 51.03 to secure his first NCAA invite. USC’s Chun Ho Chan touched 3rd in 51.80, just faster than last year’s invite time of 51.89.

WOMEN’S 100 BACK – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 48.10, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 50.66
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 52.28

Top 8:

1. Emma Sticklen (Texas) – 50.85
2. Phoebe Bacon (Wisconsin) – 51.02
3. Maggie Wanezek (Wisconsin) – 51.08
4. Caroline Famous (USC) – 51.47
5. Emma Kern (Texas) 51.95
6. Levenia Sim (Stanford) – 52.47
7. Annika Parkher (Stanford) – 52.56
8. Mackenzie McConagha (Wisconsin) – 52.95

Emma Sticklen, generally known for her butterfly prowess, followed up a big lifetime best from this morning with the exact same time to win the 100 back tonight. Sticklen came into today with a lifetime best of 51.78 from last year’s Texas Invite, went 50.85 this morning, and then matched that time tonight. 

Sticklen went out in 24.02, 0.77s ahead of anyone else in the field, and held on to win by 0.17s.

Wisconsin’s Phoebe Bacon closed hard, out-splitting Sticklen by nearly half a second over the last 25 yards, and took 2nd in 51.02, followed closely by teammate Maggie Wanezek (51.09).

USC’s Caroline Famous (51.47), Texas’ Emma Kern (51.95), and Pitt’s Claire Jansen (52.21) were all under last year’s NCAA invite time.

MEN’S 100 BACK – FINAL

• NCAA Record: 43.35, Luca Urlando (UGA) – 2022
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 44.48
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 45.56

Top 8:

1. Will Modglin (Texas) 43.91
2. Kyle Peck (Texas) – 45.79
3. Drew Huston (Cal Poly) – 46.53
4. Griffin O’Leary (USC) – 47.04
5. Nathan Welker (USC) – 47.05
6. Nathan Quarterman (Texas) – 47.32
7. Krzysztof Radziszewski (Pitt) – 47.57
8. Michał Chmielewski (USC) – 48.16

Texas sophomore Will Modglin reset his Longhorn record from this morning, shaving off another 0.07s from prelims. That time moves him ahead of Destin Lasco to make him the #9 performer in the event. Teammate Hubert Kos, who went 43.75 last year while still at Arizona State, didn’t compete this evening after qualifying 2nd behind Modglin this morning with a 45.81.

Longhorn freshman Kyle Peck nearly matched his winning time in the 100 fly from earlier in the session, going 45.79 tonight to take 2nd. That time is just a bit off his lifetime best of 45.68 from this spring. Cal Poly’s Drew Huston shaved 0.03s off his lifetime best to take 3rd in 46.53.

WOMEN’S 800 FREE RELAY – TIMED FINAL

• NCAA Record: 6:45.91, Stanford – 2018
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 7:00.86
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 7:05.56

Top 6:

1. Texas ‘B’ – 7:03.55
2. Texas ‘A’ – 7:05.89
3. Pitt ‘A’ – 7:11.36
4. Pitt ‘B’ – 7:21.08
5. BYU ‘A’ – 7:27.34
6. BYU ‘B’ – 7:30.43

The Longhorn women posted what appears to be the 2nd-fastest time in the nation this season, as their ‘B’ team grabbed a NCAA ‘B’ cut with a 7:03.55. Texas opted for a bit of a hybrid approach, however, as two of their four fastest swims actually came from the ‘A’ relay.

Angie Coe (1:44.80) and Lillian Nesty (1:45.41) put the Longhorns’ ‘B’ relay in the lead at the halfway mark. But Erin Gemmell led off in 1:44.15 and Jillian Cox split 1:46.1 to keep the ‘A’ relay in the hunt. On the back half, Campbell Chase (1:45.55) and Kate Hurst (1:47.79) out split Brooke Adams (1:47.15) and Olivia McMurray (1:48.46) as the ‘B’ relay won, 7:03.55 to 7:05.89.

Pitt’s ‘A’ team took 3rd in 7:11.36. Stanford holds the only sub-7:00 in the country this season, at least heading into tonight, but opted not to swim this event tonight, and Wisconsin and USC scratched, leaving only six teams in the field.

MEN’S 800 FREE RELAY – TIMED FINAL

• NCAA Record: 6:02.26, Cal – 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 6:15.80
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 6:18.42

Top 5:

1. Texas ‘A’ – 6:09.30
2. Pitt ‘A’ – 6:21.05
3. BYU ‘A’ – 6:27.30
4. BYU ‘B’ – 6:37.33
5. Pitt ‘B’ – 6:38.66

The Longhorn men opted to stack their ‘A’ relay, and that decision resulted in the fastest time in the country by nearly four seconds this season.

Rex Maurer led off and hit yet another lifetime best, clocking 1:31.59. That would’ve been the fastest time in the nation heading into this week, and now appears to rank only behind Jordan Crooks‘ 1:30.00 from Tuesday night and Charlie Hawke’s 1:31.05 from tonight. Texas got a trio of 1:32s from the rest of the relay: Coby Carrozza (1:32.28), Camden Taylor (1:32.59) and Luke Hobson (1:32.84). Hobson, the fastest man ever in this event, had already punched his NCAA ticket and likely isn’t too rested with Short Course Worlds in a few weeks.

With Chris Guiliano, who’s been 1:30.36, slated to arrive at mid-season, the Longhorns figure to have a good chance of wresting the all-time record back from Cal come spring.

Pitt took 2nd in 6:21.05, followed by BYU at 6:27.30. Wisconsin and USC scratched, while the Texas ‘B’ team drew a DQ due to Michael Cotter‘s early takeoff.

A reminder that, per the meet info, there is no score for this meet.