2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invitational: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invitational

• November 18-21, 2025
• Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, Austin, TX
• 11:00 am ET swimming prelims/11:30 am diving prelims/7:00 pm ET finals (Tuesday exception: 5 pm ET relay timed finals)
• Championship Format
• SCY
• Live Results
• Results on Meet Mobile as “Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invite”
• Live Recaps
  • Finals: Day 1
  • Prelims: Day 2

Welcome to the 2nd finals session of the 2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invitational, and all signs are pointing to an exciting meet this evening!

The women’s 100 fly will feature three Stanford swimmers and three Texas swimmers as Torri Huske aims to overtake Claire Curzan for the top time in the NCAA this season. Stanford teammate Gigi Johnson and Texas’ Campbell Stoll are the 2nd and 3rd seeds.

USC’s Michal Chmielewski leads a tight men’s 100 fly field separated by just over a second.

Lucy Bell will swim her first of two events in the women’s 400 IM, where she came in just two tenths ahead of USC’s Justina Kozan for the top seed. Seeds 3-6 are also separated by just over a second, so we could be looking at a tight race tonight.

Three Texas swimmers will compete in the men’s 400 IM final, with Baylor Nelson and Cooper Lucas coming in as the top two seeds in the event and the only men under 3:40 this morning.

The women’s 200 freestyle will feature Minna Abraham as the top seed as she tries to hold off a quintet of swimmers from 2nd to 6th who are within about a second of her.

Texas sophomore Jacob Wimberly is the top seed in the men’s 200 freestyle, and he comes in almost two seconds ahead of the rest of the field with his full-second drop from his previous best time.

Lucy Bell will race her 2nd event of the night as the top seed in the women’s 100 breaststroke, where she won the prelims by about a second over teammate Lucy Thomas and Texas sophomore Piper Enge.

Finally, the men’s 100 breaststroke is one of the marquee events of the evening, and will be the final individual event. Nate Germonprez was 50.00 in the prelims with freshman Campbell McKean touching 2nd in 50.87. Germonprez will be trying to become the 6th man in history to break the 50 second barrier tonight.

Women’s 100 Fly — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 52.52
• 2025 Invite Time — 51.87

Top 8 Finishers

1. Torri Huske (STAN)- 48.90
2. Eva Okaro (TEX)- 50.82
3. Gigi Johnson (STAN)- 50.96
4. Campbell Stoll (TEX)- 50.98
5. Sydney Gring (PITT)- 51.48
6. Angie Coe (TEX)- 51.53
7. Ava Whitaker (TA&M)- 52.34
8. Ella Jablonski (STAN)- 52.55

Torri Huske dominated the women’s 100 fly final, swimming 48.90 to win the event by nearly two seconds over Texas freshman Eva Okaro‘s 50.82. Huske’s time ties for her 2nd fastest swim in history with the time she swam to finish 2nd at the 2025 NCAA Championships. She will take over the top spot in the country this year with nobody coming within a second of her.

This is also the 2nd fastest pre-championship time ever, with only Gretchen Walsh’s 48.43 from last November coming in ahead of her.

The 2nd-4th place swimmers came in less than two tenths apart. Okaro’s swim was a new personal best, dropping from the 52.21 she swam this morning.

Stanford’s Gigi Johnson finished 3rd in 50.96, a new lifetime best, dropping from the 50.99 she swam at the 2024 NCAA Championships.

Texas’ Campbell Stoll also went a new personal best for 4th, touching two hundredths back of Johnson in 50.98 to drop from her 51.35 that she swam against Tennessee last month.

Men’s 100 Fly — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 46.11
• 2025 Invite Time — 45.12

Top 8 Finishers

1. Michal Chmielewski (USC)- 45.15
2. Chase Swearingen (TA&M)- 45.30
3. Garrett Gould (TEX)- 45.40
4. Stuart Seymour (NU)/Julian Koch (PITT)- 45.43
5. —
6. Charlie Jones (WISC)- 45.67
7. Kyle Peck (TEX)- 45.95
8. Connor Schuster (NU)- 46.06

USC’s Michal Chmielewski dropped another new personal best time in the men’s 100 fly final to earn the win, coming in just three hundredths over last year’s NCAA invite time of 45.12.

Chase Swearingen from Texas A&M finished 2nd in 45.30, getting out even faster than he was this morning with a 21.16 split on the opening 50. He turned almost half-a-second ahead of Chmielewski’s 21.64, but came home more than a second slower, splitting 24.14 to Chmielewski’s 23.51 to finish 15 hundredths back in 45.30. This was another new personal best, taking more time off his 45.94 from last month.

Garrett Gould matched his 3rd place finish from prelims after turning in first at the 50, turning in a blistering 20.74. He came home in 24.66 to drop to bronze, touching a tenth behind Swearingen in 45.40.

Northwestern’s Stuart Seymour and Pitt’s Julian Koch tied at 45.43 for 4th.

Women’s 400 IM — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 4:13.20
• 2025 Invite Time — 4:09.53

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Caroline Bricker (STAN)- 3:59.70
2. Lucy Bell (STAN)- 4:01.13
3. Emily Thompson (STAN)- 4:04.39
4. Justina Kozan (USC)- 4:06.00
5. Ashley McMillan (USC)- 4:06.93
6. Campbell Stoll (TEX)- 4:07.89
7. Camden Doane (USC)- 4:12.68
8. Stella Chapman (WISC)- 4:13.17

Stanford swept the top three places in the women’s 400 IM. Caroline Bricker swam a massive 3:59.70 to earn the win for the Cardinal, coming in more than a second ahead of the rest of the field. This will move her into the top spot in the country this season, overtaking Torri Huske‘s 4:04.21 from the Cal Triple Distance meet.

Bricker was out in 55.36 on the fly leg. She split 1:03.16 on the backstroke, and 1:06.73 on the breaststroke before coming home in 54.45. Her breaststroke and freestyle splits were four seconds faster than she swam in prelims, contributing to her eight second drop between prelims and finals.

Lucy Bell was out right with Bricker, turning in 55.59 after the fly and 1:03.13 on the backstroke. She pulled ahead by more than half-a-second after the breaststroke, splitting 1:05.87 to move into the lead, but Bricker caught her at the end with Bell splitting 56.54 on the freestyle to finish 2nd in 4:01.13.

The final Stanford swimmer in the final was Emily Thompson, who touched in 4:04.39 to come in nearly two second’s ahead of USC’s Justina Kozan for 3rd. She was also right with Bell and Bricker on the first 200, splitting 55.96/1:03.45, but she lost them on the breaststroke, touching in 1:09.92 before coming home in 55.06.

Texas freshman Haley McDonald won the ‘B’ final in 4:07.55, a new personal best by almost five seconds. This is her first personal best in the event in nearly four years with her 4:12.26 coming from December of 2021.

Men’s 400 IM — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 3:46.19
• 2025 Invite Time — 3:41.61

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Baylor Nelson (TEX)- 3:34.83
2. Cooper Lucas (TEX)- 3:35.28
3. Joshua Staples (NU)- 3:40.05
4. Dominik Mark Torok (WISC)- 3:40.21
5. Rex Maurer (TEX)- 3:40.58
6. Munzy Kabbara (TA&M)- 3:42.59
7. Sanberk Yigit Oktar (USC)- 3:44.11
8. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC)- 3:46.97

Baylor Nelson has been on fire this season for Texas. The Texas A&M transfer swam 3:34.83 to become the 7th fastest performer in history in the event, touching just half-a-second ahead of Cooper Lucas, who swam 3:35.28 to move into the #10 position all-time.

Nelson dropped three seconds from his previous best 3:37.46 that he set at the 2024 NCAA Championships. He was out just behind Lucas, splitting 48.70 on the fly leg to Lucas’s 48.67. On the backstroke, he moved into the lead with his 53.83 split, and he stayed there the rest of the race. He swam the breast in 1:00.62 and split 51.68 on the freestyle to hold off a late charge from Lucas.

Lucas fell back after splitting 55.27 on the backstroke. He swam 1:01.00 on the breaststroke, sitting nearly two seconds back at the 300 mark. His final 100 split was 50.34, which brought him back into the front, and saw him make up a ton of ground, ultimately finishing 2nd, taking nearly three seconds off his previous best of 3:38.18 from the 2025 NCAA Championships.

Top 10 Performers in History

1. Leon Marchand — 3:28.82 (2023 NCAA Championships)
2. Hugo Gonzalez de Oliviera — 3:32.88 (2022 NCAA Championships)
3. Chase Kalisz — 3:33.42 (2017 NCAA Championships)
4. Carson Foster- 3:33.79 (2022 NCAA Championships)
5. Rex Maurer — 3:34.00 (2025 NCAA Championships)
6. Shaine Casas — 3:34.09 (2025 Eddie Reese Showdown)
7. Baylor Nelson — 3:34.83 (2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invite)
8. Tristan Jankovics — 3:34.98 (2025 NCAA Championships)
9. David Schlicht — 3:35.27 (2024 NCAA Championships)
10. Cooper Lucas — 3:35.28 (2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invite)

Women’s 200 Free — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 1:45.53
• 2025 Invite Time — 1:44.74

Top 8 Finishers

1. Minna Abraham (USC)- 1:40.47
2. Nikolett Padar (TEX)- 1:42.10
3. Lillie Nesty (TEX)- 1:42.36
4. Claire Tuggle (USC)- 1:43.73
5. Maggie Wanezek (WISC)- 1:44.23
6. Nicole Maier (USC)- 1:44.43
7. Abby Wanezek (WISC)- 1:44.48
8. Kayla Wilson (STAN)- 1:44.66

USC’s Minna Abraham did not appear in the top three in the women’s 200 freestyle season rankings coming into the meet. She sat in 5th coming into this weekend with the 1:42.50 she swam to finish 2nd at the USC Invite. She now sits on top of the rankings, swimming 1:40.47 to earn the win.

This time would have won last year’s NCAA Championships, and it is the 11th fastest performance in history in the event. She was out in 49.03 at the 100 mark before coming home in 51.44 for the win.

Top 10 Performances in History

1. Missy Franklin — 1:39.10 (2015 NCAA Championships)
2. Gretchen Walsh — 1:39.34 (2025 ACC Championships)
3. Mallory Comerford — 1:39.80 (2018 NCAA Championships)
4. Gretchen Walsh — 1:40.23 (2024 ACC Championships)
5. Mallory Comerford — 1:40.26 (2019 ACC Championships)
6. Missy Franklin — 1:40.31 (2024 NCAA Championships)
7. Katie Ledecky/Mallory Comerford — 1:40.36 (2017 NCAA Championships)
8. —-
9. Simone Manuel/Taylor Ruck — 1:40.37 (2017 Pac 12s/ 2019 NCAA Championships)
10. —
11. Minna Abraham — 1:40.47 (2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invite)

Texas Longhorns Nikolett Padar and Lillie Nesty also had strong swims to finish 2nd and 3rd overall. Both swimmers set new personal best times with Padar dropping from the 1:43.10 she swam in prelims and Nesty dropping from the 1:42.86 mark she set at last year’s NCAA Championships.

Men’s 200 Free — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 1:33.93
• 2025 Invite Time — 1:32.27

Top 8 Finishers 

1. Jacob Wimberly (TEX)- 1:31.51
2. Camden Taylor (TEX)- 1:32.28
3. Luukas Vainio (WISC)- 1:32.84
4. Enzo Solitario (WISC)- 1:33.16
5. Oliver Sogaard-Andersen (USC)- 1:33.25
6. Calvin Fry (TEX)- 1:33.71
7. James Allison (PITT)- 1:34.64
8. Manning Haskal (TEX)- 1:35.52

Jacob Wimberly dropped even more time from his prelims swim, touching in 1:31.51 to win the men’s 200 freestyle for Texas. He won the event by more than a second, splitting 44.14 on the opening 100 and 47.37 on the 2nd 100.

The Longhorns also finished 2nd with Camden Taylor swimming 1:32.28 to touch just six tenths ahead of Luukas Vainio from Wisconsin. Taylor’s swim was a half-second add from the 1:31.88 he swam at the 2025 SEC Championships.

Vainio dropped another six tenths from the 1:33.44 he swam in prelims, which was a second drop from his previous best time of 1:34.23. He is now about six tenths away from last season’s NCAA invite time in the event.

Wisconsin’s other swimmer in the final, Enzo Solitario, finished 4th in 1:33.16, a half-second drop from his prelims swim and a full second drop from the 1:34.18 he swam this weekend last year.

Women’s 100 Breast — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 1:00.30
• 2025 Invite Time — 59.51

Top 8 Finishers

1. Lucy Bell (STAN)- 58.10
2. Piper Enge (TEX)- 58.13
3. Lucy Thomas (STAN)- 58.72
4. Ella McQuinn (TA&M)- 59.42
5. Brooke Corrigan (WISC)- 59.80
6. Addie Robillard (STAN)- 59.99
7. Bella Brito (USC)- 1:00.16
8. Angie Coe (TEX)- 1:00.21

Stanford’s Lucy Bell was just off her prelims time of 57.88, but she was still fast enough for the win, touching in 58.10 to beat Piper Enge from Texas by just three-hundredths.

Enge turned in 1st at the 50 mark, splitting 27.52 to come in just one-hundredth ahead of Bell. The 2nd 50 saw Bell split 30.57 to Enge’s 30.61 to overtake her for the top swim. Enge’s time was a new season best, and was just off their personal best of 57.69 from the Eddie Reese Showdown in January of last year.

Lucy Thomas picked up the 3rd spot for the Cardinals in 58.72 to be the 3rd swimmer under 59 seconds in the event. She was just off her lifetime best of 58.48 from March of 2025.

Men’s 100 Breast — Finals

• NCAA Standard — 52.58
• 2025 Invite Time — 51.58

Top 8 Finishers

1. Nate Germonprez (TEX)- 49.71
2. Campbell McKean (TEX)- 50.37
3. Will Modglin (TEX)- 50.91
4. Will Scholtz (TEX)- 50.95
5. Joshua Staples (NU)/Ben Wiegand (WISC)- 51.83
6. —
7. Junhao Chan (USC)- 52.16
8. Logan Brown (TA&M)- 52.45

Is Texas the new Breaststroke U? They took the top four spots in the men’s 100 breaststroke final, with all four men coming in under 50 seconds. Nate Germonprez led the Longhorns with his 49.71. This marked his first time under 51 seconds in the event and is the fastest midseason time in history. It is also the 5th fastest performance in history, coming in behind Ian Finnerty’s 49.69 from the 2018 NCAA Championships

Top 5 Performances

1. Julian Smith — 49.51 (2025 SEC Championships)
2. Liam Bell — 49.53 (2024 NCAA Championships)
3. Julian Smith — 49.55 (2025 NCAA Championships)
4. Ian Finnerty — 49.69 (2018 NCAA Championships)
5. Nate Germonprez — 49.71 (2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invite)

Campbell McKean finished 2nd in 50.37, which was almost a full second drop from his pre-college best time of 51.28 from the March 2025 Speedo Sectionals in Boise.

Will Modglin and Will Scholtz finished 3rd and 4th in 50.91 and 50.94. Texas only had one athlete score at last year’s NCAA Championships in the breaststroke events. All four swimmers are well within the 16th place prelims time of 51.45.

Women’s 200 Free Relay — Finals

• NCAA ‘A’ Standard — 1:28.26
• NCAA ‘B’ Standard — 1:28.78

Top 8 Finishers

1. Stanford — 1:25.30
2. Texas — 1:27.75
3. Wisconsin — 1:28.11
4. Texas ‘B’ — 1:28.76
5. Texas A&M — 1:28.77
6. USC — 1:29.08
7. Northwestern — 1:29.40
8. Pitt — 1:29.67

The Stanford women dominated the 200 freestyle relay, coming in at 1:25.30, which is three tenths faster than the 1:25.69 they swam to finish 3rd at last year’s NCAA Championships.

Freshman Annam Olasewere led off in 21.62, a new best time by three tenths, dropping from the 21.99 she swam in March of this year. Torri Huske split 20.71 on the 2nd leg, Gigi Johnson was 21.43 on the 3rd leg, and Lucy Thomas was 21.54 as the anchor.

Texas finished 2nd in 1:27.75. Eva Okaro got the team started off slightly ahead of the Cardinal with her 21.53 split. Lillie Nesty was 22.01 on the 2nd leg, and Lucy Mehraban split 22.18 in 3rd. Nikolett Padar brought the team home in 22.03.

Wisconsin finished 3rd in 1:28.11. Abby Wanezek led off in 22.33, about a tenth off her lifetime best 22.22 from last year’s Big Ten Championships. Maggie Wanezek had a monster 21.33 split on the 2nd leg. Hailey Tierney was 21.98 in 3rd, and Blair Stoneburg was 22.47 in 4th.

Men’s 200 Free Relay — Finals

• NCAA ‘A’ Standard — 1:16.23
• NCAA ‘B’ Standard — 1:16.91

Top 8 Finishers

1. Texas – 1:15.97
2. Texas A&M — 1:16.59
3. Texas ‘B’ — 1:16.84
4. Northwestern — 1:17.60
5. Wisconsin — 1:17.76
6. Pitt — 1:18.29
7. USC — 1:18.58
8. USC ‘B’ — 1:19.29

The Texas men took the top time in the men’s 200 freestyle relay at 1:15.97, coming in a little more than half-a-second ahead of Texas A&M’s 1:16.59 in 2nd.

Nate Germonprez followed up his 100 breast swim by leading the team off in 19.44. Garrett Gould split 18.51 on the 2nd leg. Calvin Fry was 19.20 in 3rd, and Will Modglin split 18.82 as the anchor.

A&M finished 2nd with Ben Scholl (19.14), Ben Sytsma (19.39), Logan Brown (19.00), and Chase Swearingen (19.06).

The Texas ‘B’ team of Jacob Wimberly (19.73), Kyle Peck (18.99), Camden Taylor (19.05), and Alec Filipovic (19.07) swam 1:16.84 to finish 3rd.