2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite: Day 2 Prelims 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 of the Texas Hall of Fame Invite will be a busy one with five events on this morning’s schedule, including the 400 IM, 200 free and the stroke 100s.

There’s something to watch for in every event, perhaps no more so than the men’s 400 IM, where Texas sophomore Rex Maurer will be aiming to follow up his standout performance last night in the 500 free, where he shattered the American Record in a time of 4:04.45.

On the women’s side, Emma Sticklen and Torri Huske battled head-to-head last night in the 200 IM, and they’ll do so once again this morning in the 100 fly. They also both hold entries in the 100 back.

Notably holding entries in both the men’s 100 fly and 100 back is Texas’ Hubert Kos, who was a close runner-up to teammate Will Modglin last night in the 200 IM.

Two-time defending NCAA champion in the men’s 200 free, Luke Hobson, highlights that event, while on the women’s side, USC’s Minna Abraham comes in as the top seed and is currently ranked #1 in the NCAA in the event.

WOMEN’S 400 IM – PRELIMS

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

1. Caroline Bricker (STAN), 4:06.02
2. Lucy Bell (STAN), 4:08.03
3. Campbell Stoll (TEX), 4:08.30
4. Emily Thompson (STAN), 4:09.11
5. Callahan Dunn (WISC), 4:09.12
6. Ashley McMillan (USC), 4:10.34
7. Samantha Tadder (STAN), 4:11.42
8. Kimmy Shannon (PITT), 4:14.24

Stanford sophomore Caroline Bricker paced the heats of the women’s 400 IM in a time of 4:06.02, knocking more than two seconds off her season-best of 4:08.42 set two weeks ago against Cal and ASU.

Bricker’s time would rank her 1st in the NCAA based on times coming into the day, but Virginia’s Leah Hayes took over that spot at the Tennessee Invite by clocking 4:03.42 just over an hour before Bricker took to the blocks.

Cardinal junior Lucy Bell advanced 2nd overall in 4:08.03, narrowly edging out Texas’ Campbell Stoll (4:08.30), who entered the day ranked #1 in the NCAA after going 4:07.22 against Indiana.

Bell dropped nearly two seconds from her season-best, which stood at 4:09.97 set in the same tri-meet that Bricker set her old season-best.

Stanford’s Emily Thompson and Wisconsin’s Callahan Dunn made it five swimmers sub-4:10 in the prelims, with Thompson edging out Dunn by .01, 4:09.11 to 4:09.12, both setting season-bests. For Dunn, it was a season-best by more than 10 seconds, having been 4:19 in mid-October.

MEN’S 400 IM – PRELIMS

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

1. Dominik Mark Torok (WISC), 3:41.57
2. Rex Maurer (TEX), 3:41.58
3. David Johnston (TEX), 3:42.09
4. Cooper Lucas (TEX), 3:43.22
5. Ben Sampson (TEX), 3:43.97
6. Max Matteazzi (PITT), 3:44.77
7. Landon D’Ariano (TEX), 3:45.33
8. Luke Stibrich (TEX), 3:46.66

Racing in separate heats, Wisconsin’s Dominik Mark Torok and Texas’ Rex Maurer produced times separated by just one one-hundredth of a second in the men’s 400 IM to qualify 1-2 into the final.

Mark Torok, a junior, put up the top time in 3:41.57, just over two seconds off his lifetime best of 3:39.20 to rank 2nd in the NCAA this season. Compared to Maurer, Mark Torok was significantly slower on the front half but made it all back on breaststroke, where he split 1:01.96 compared to Maurer’s 1:03.80.

The #1 swimmer in the nation this season is Maurer, who went 3:40.90 during the Longhorns’ dual with Indiana. He was 3:41.58 this morning, and will likely have more in store after he broke the American Record in the 500 free on Wednesday.

Texas’ redshirt senior David Johnston set a season-best time of 3:42.09 to qualify 3rd, while freshman Cooper Lucas raced the event for the first time this season and was only two seconds off his PB in 3:43.22

WOMEN’S 100 FLY – PRELIMS

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

1. Emma Sticklen (TEX), 50.58
2. Abby Arens (TEX), 51.26
3. Torri Huske (STAN), 51.47
4. Gigi Johnson (STAN), 51.93
5. Ava Longi (TEX), 52.10
6. Annika Parkhe (STAN), 52.19
7. Lillie Nordmann (STAN), 52.29
8. Sophie Yendell (PITT), 52.60

Texas fifth-year Emma Sticklen rocketed to the top time of the morning in the women’s 100 fly, coming home strong to register a time of 50.58.

Sticklen split 23.90/26.68 en route to claiming the top seed, coming within a second of the personal best and Texas Record of 49.62 she set earlier this season against Indiana.

Her teammate Abby Arens produced the second-fastest time in 51.26, lowering her season-best of 51.54.

Racing the event for the first time this season, reigning Olympic champion Torri Huske clocked 51.47 to advance 3rd overall, while her teammate Gigi Johnson made it four women sub-52 in 51.93. Johnson’s swim is quicker than she was at last year’s Texas Invite (52.30).

MEN’S 100 FLY – PRELIMS

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

1. Hubert Kos (TEX), 45.80
2. Alec Filipovic (TEX), 45.84
3. Ryan Branon (TEX), 45.98
4. Logan Walker (TEX), 46.07
5. Kyle Peck (TEX), 46.08
6. Holden Smith (TEX), 46.11
7. Michal Chmielewski (USC), 46.34
8. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC), 46.53

It was shades of the 2015 NCAAs in the heats of the men’s 100 fly as the Texas men claimed the top six spots heading into the final, with USC’s Chmielewski twins the only non-Longhorns making it into the top eight.

ASU transfer Hubert Kos led a trio of Texas men under 46 seconds this morning, with Kos clocking 45.80 to lead Alec Filipovic (45.84) and Ryan Branon (45.98).

Kos is the fastest Longhorn so far this season at 44.93, a time he produced against Indiana, while Filipovic and Branon both broke 46 seconds for the first time, with their old best times sitting at 46.18 and 46.84, respectively.

Logan Walker and Kyle Peck both set personal best times for the second time this month, clocking respective times of 46.07 and 46.08 after going 46.45 and 46.43 against Indiana.

WOMEN’S 200 FREE – PRELIMS

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

1. Erin Gemmell (TEX), 1:43.11
2. Minna Abraham (USC), 1:43.41
3. Aurora Roghair (STAN), 1:43.81
4. Kayla Wilson (STAN), 1:44.07
5. Lillie Nesty (TEX), 1:44.38
6. Jillian Cox (TEX), 1:45.12
7. Natalie Mannion (STAN), 1:45.20
8. Abby Carlson (WISC), 1:45.63

Texas sophomore Erin Gemmell set the standard in the women’s 200 free, clocking 1:43.11 in the penultimate heat to lead the field into the final.

Gemmell’s time dips under her season-best of 1:43.22, set against Indiana, and moves her into #2 in the NCAA this season after previously sitting 3rd.

USC’s Minna Abraham out-touched Stanford’s Aurora Roghair in the final heat to advance 2nd and 3rd into the final, with Abraham closing in 26.67 to edge out Roghair in a time of 1:43.41. Abraham leads the national rankings after going 1:42.01 against Arizona.

Roghair clocked 1:43.81, showing good form after she split 1:43.72 on Stanford’s 800 free relay during their tri-meet with ASU and Cal two weeks ago.

Another Cardinal, Kayla Wilson, set a season-best of 1:44.07 to advance into 4th, while Texas freshman Lillie Nesty also swam her fastest time of the season in 1:44.38 after going 1:44.87 against Indiana.

MEN’S 200 FREE – PRELIMS

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

1. Luke Hobson (TEX), 1:33.00
2. Coby Carrozza (TEX), 1:33.02
3. Oliver Sogaard-Andersen (USC), 1:33.15
4. Luke Maurer (USC), 1:33.23
5. Camden Taylor (TEX), 1:33.24
6. Manning Haskal (TEX), 1:33.60
7. Yoav Romano (WISC), 1:34.23
8. Chris Morris (WISC), 1:34.31

It was a tightly-contested preliminary in the men’s 200 free with six swimmers within six-tenths of one another in the 1:33-range, led by two-time defending NCAA champion Luke Hobson.

Hobson clocked 1:33.00 in the fifth and final heat, holding off USC’s Luke Maurer (1:33.23) for the fastest time of the morning.

Hobson came into the week ranked #1 in the NCAA after going 1:31.86 against Indiana, but was overtaken on Tuesday by Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks (1:30.00). Maurer set a new season-best to advance 4th into the final.

Texas fifth-year Coby Carrozza (1:33.02) edged out USC freshman Oliver Sogaard-Andersen (1:33.15) in the penultimate heat, with Carrozza setting a new season-best and Sogaard-Andersen hitting a new PB after clocking 1:34.79 two weeks ago against Arizona.

Also clocking 1:33 was Texas sophomore Camden Taylor (1:33.24) and Longhorn junior Manning Haskal (1:33.60), both setting new lifetime bests.

Wisconsin’s Yoav Romano and Chris Morris rounded out the eight finalists, with Romano setting a big best time of 1:34.23. Morris is coming off setting a PB of 1:33.65 at the beginning of the month, and was 1:34.31 this morning to edge out Texas’ Michael Cotter (1:34.35) for the last spot in the ‘A’ final.

WOMEN’S 100 BREAST – PRELIMS

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

1. Lucy Thomas (STAN), 59.18
2. Piper Enge (TEX), 59.65
3. Abby Arens (TEX), 59.92
4. Hazal Ozkan (WISC), 1:00.09
5. Angie Coe (TEX), 1:00.36
6. Mackenzie Miller (BYU), 1:00.84
7. Campbell Stoll (TEX), 1:01.15
8. Jessie Strong (PITT), 1:01.16

Stanford sophomore Lucy Thomas hit a new season-best time of 59.18 to lead the field in the women’s 100 breast, improving on the 59.53 mark she produced a few weeks ago.

Texas freshman Piper Enge clocked 59.65 to qualify 2nd, just shy of her season-best 59.26 set against Indiana, while her fifth-year teammate Abby Arens broke 1:00 for the first time this season in 59.92 for 3rd overall.

Wisconsin junior Hazal Ozkan, a Turkish native, set a season-best of 1:00.09 to advance in 4th, having set a lifetime best of 59.53 at this meet last year.

After qualifying into the 400 IM final at the beginning of the session, Texas’ Campbell Stoll was back in the water and earned her second ‘A’ final berth of the day by posting a time of 1:01.15 in her first time racing the event this season. Her best time sits at 59.40 from March 2023.

Stanford’s Lucy Bell was a notable DFS in this event, while Pitt’s Cecilia Viberg was DQed for a false start after initially clocking 1:01.97 which would’ve put her in the ‘B’ final.

MEN’S 100 BREAST – PRELIMS

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

1. Nate Germonprez (TEX), 50.39
2. Will Scholtz (TEX), 51.93
3. Junhao Chan (USC), 51.97
4. Chris O’Grady (USC), 52.08
5. Ben Dillard (USC), 52.11
6. Brayden Taivassalo (TEX), 52.32
7. Evan Yoo (Cal Poly), 52.99
8. Emerson Edwards (BYU), 53.36

Nate Germonprez unleashed a scintillating time in the heats of the men’s 100 breast, touching in 50.39 to establish a new Texas School Record and crack the top 10 all-time.

Germonprez, who set a best time of 51.60 at the beginning of the month against Indiana, took down Caspar Corbeau‘s Longhorn record of 50.49, set at the 2022 NCAA Championships.

Germonprez Splits: 23.63/26.76

In the all-time ranks, he leapfrogs some big names to move to 7th-fastest in history.

All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Breast (SCY)

1. Liam Bell (Cal), 49.53 – 2024
2. Ian Finnerty (IU), 49.69 – 2018
3. Max McHugh (Minnesota), 49.90 – 2022
4. Caeleb Dressel (Florida), 50.03 – 2018
5. Kevin Cordes (Arizona), 50.04 – 2014
6. Carsten Vissering (USC), 50.30 – 2019
7. Nate Germonprez (Texas), 50.39 – 2024
8. Caspar Corbeau (Texas), 50.49 – 2022
9. Van Mathias (IU), 50.57 – 2023
10. Brian Benzing (Towson), 50.59 – 2024

Germonprez, 20, moves past Louisville’s Denis Petrashov (51.50) for the fastest time in the NCAA this season by a massive margin.

Qualifying 2nd into tonight’s final was another Longhorn, Will Scholtz, who broke 52 seconds for the first time in 51.93, downing his previous best of 52.09 set in February at Big 12s. He now ranks 6th in the nation this season.

USC freshman Junhao Chan also went sub-52 for the first time, improving on his 52.66 marker set earlier this season to go 51.97 and qualify 3rd for the final, just ahead of teammates Chris O’Grady (52.08) and Ben Dillard (52.11).

WOMEN’S 100 BACK – PRELIMS

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

1. Emma Sticklen (TEX), 50.85
2. Phoebe Bacon (WISC), 50.99
3. Maggie Wanezek (WISC), 51.12
4. Emma Kern (TEX), 52.13
5. Caroline Famous (USC), 52.18
6. Levenia Sim (STAN), 52.30
7. Annika Parkhe (STAN), 52.49
8. Mackenzie McConagha (WISC), 52.51

After leading the way in the heats of the 100 fly, Emma Sticklen made it two-for-two in terms of top seeds in the women’s 100 back, putting up a time of 50.85 to knock nearly a full second off her previous best of 51.78 set at this meet last year.

Wisconsin fifth-year Phoebe Bacon clocked a blistering 50.99 in what was her first time racing the event this season, just six-tenths shy of her best time (50.39) set at the 2021 NCAAs.

Her freshman teammate Maggie Wanezek was close behind in a time of 51.12, just shy of the 50.96 mark she produced during the Badgers’ dual with Minnesota at the beginning of November, which was a new personal best.

Racing the event for the first time in college, Stanford freshman Levenia Sim had a solid showing of 52.30, having set her best time of 51.03 way back in March 2021.

MEN’S 100 BACK – PRELIMS

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

1. Will Modglin (TEX), 43.98
2. Hubert Kos (TEX), 45.81
3. Kyle Peck (TEX), 46.15
4. Drew Huston (Cal Poly), 46.69
5. Nathan Quarterman (TEX), 47.03
6. Krzysztof Radziszewski (PITT), 47.57
7. Nathan Welker (WISC), 47.59
8. Michal Chmielewski (USC), 47.60

Will Modglin torched his Texas School Record and became the 11th swimmer in history to break the 44-second barrier in the men’s 100 back, hitting a new lifetime best of 43.98.

The swim for the sophomore lowers his previous PB and program record of 44.20, set last year at NCAAs, and ranks him 10th all-time in the event.

All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Back (SCY)

1. Luca Urlando (Georgia), 43.35 – 2022
2. Ryan Murphy (Cal), 43.49 – 2016
3. Kacper Stokowski (NC State) – 43.57
4. Brendan Burns (IU), 43.61 – 2023
5. Coleman Stewart (Unattached), 43.62 – 2020
6. Dean Farris (Harvard), 43.66 – 2019
7. Hubert Kos (ASU), 43.75 – 2024
8. Shaine Casas (TAMU), 43.87 – 2020
9. Destin Lasco (Cal), 43.93 – 2023
10. Will Modglin (Texas), 43.98 – 2024
11. Adam Chaney (Florida), 43.99 – 2024

Coming into the meet as the NCAA leader in the event with his time of 44.81 from Texas’ dual with Indiana, Modglin had brought his season-best down to 44.41 on last night’s 400 medley relay prior to his swim this morning.

Qualifying 2nd into the final, nearly two seconds back, was Texas junior Hubert Kos, the 7th-fastest performer in history who put up a time of 45.81, shy of his season-best 45.54 set against LSU.

Longhorn freshman Kyle Peck clocked 46.15 to advance in 3rd, having neared his PB (45.68) on last night’s medley relay in 45.77, while Cal Poly’s Drew Huston was 4th in 46.69. Huston narrowly missed the 46.56 PB he set at last year’s MPSF Championships (he also went 46.64 on the 400 medley relay last night).