2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invitational: Day 3 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 | Day 2
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3

Day 3 Full Results

As the 2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invitational enters its third night of finals, the momentum from two days of historic swimming sets the stage for another electric session.

The women’s 100 back kicks things off, where Wisconsin’s Maggie Wanezek looks like the clear favorite after dropping a personal best of 50.11 this morning. The Badger will be looking for her first win of the week.

In the men’s 100 back, Texas star Will Modglin will be in lane 4 following an American Record swim of 43.26 in prelims. Already the fastest 50 backstroker in history after Tuesday night, Modglin now sits behind only Hubert Kos and Jonny Marshall all-time in the 100.

Stanford’s Lucy Bell leads the women’s 200 breast after going 2:06.94 this morning, nearly two seconds ahead of the field; she’ll be looking for a sweep after winning last night’s 100 breast. Texas’ Nate Germonprez, who won the 100 breast last night, headlines a Longhorn-heavy men’s A-final after throwing down a 1:50.88. But watch out for his teammate Will Scholtz, who holds the top seed after hitting a new personal best of 1:50.30 in prelims.

Distance fans will be treated to strong 500 free finals as Texas’ Jillian Cox (4:38.43) and USC’s Krzysztof Chmielewski (4:12.28) lead their respective fields, although both swimmers could face challenges from deep fields.

The last individual event of the night will be the 50 free, where Stanford’s Torri Huske (21.35) and Texas’ Garrett Gould (18.94) look to convert top seeds into wins.

We’ll wrap up tonight with relay action as teams will compete in the 400 medley relay. On the women’s side, it should be a great race between Texas, who has the #5 time in the nation this season, and Stanford, who beat Texas by over a second in the 200 medley relay Tuesday night. For the men, the only question is just how big the Longhorns’ margin of victory will be; even without Hubert Kos on fly, Texas could flirt with going sub-3 if Modglin and (presumably) Germonprez are locked in on the front half.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 48.10, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 52.65
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 51.68

Top 8:

1. Maggie Wanezek (Wisconsin) – 49.95
2. Claire Jansen (Pitt) – 51.03
3. Berit Berglund (Texas) – 51.48
4. Kaitlyn Owens (Texas A&M) – 51.78
5. Alana Berlin (Stanford) – 51.86
6. Sydney Gring (Pitt) – 52.14
7. Emma Kern (Texas) – 52.22
8. Levenia Sim (Stanford) – 52.59

In something you don’t see every event, the entire A-final dropped time this morning.

Wisconsin’s Maggie Wanezek once again led the way, dipping under 50.0 for the first time with a winning time of 49.95. That’s the sophomore’s second time today setting a new personal best in the event. She came into today with a best of 50.30 before going 50.11 in prelims.

Pitt’s Claire Jansen took 2nd in 51.03, which is a new personal best and appears to be a new Panthers record. Berit Berglund of Texas was the only other swimmer under last year’s NCAA invite time, taking 3rd in 51.48.

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 43.20, Hubert Kos (Texas) – 2025
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 46.29
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 45.26

Top 8:

1. Will Modglin (Texas) – 43.37
2. Stuart Seymour (Northwestern) – 44.64
3. Michal Chmielewski (USC) – 45.64
4. Nathan Welker (Wisconsin) – 45.79
5. David Gerchik (Northwestern) – 46.38
6. Landon Kyser (Wisconsin) – 46.53
7. Kyle Peck (Texas) – 46.55
8. John Simmons (Texas A&M) – 46.78

Well, Will Modglin wasn’t able to surpass his American Record from prelims, touching just 0.11s shy of that mark, but by going 43.37 tonight, he becomes the first swimmer to ever record two swims under 43.40. Ryan Murphy (43.49/43.51) is the only to have gone under 43.7 on multiple occasions.

Northwestern’s Stuart Seymour had a big swim for 2nd place. He dropped nearly a second from prelims, touching in 44.64 to mark his first time under 45 and also breaking his own school record, which he set at 45.07 at last season’s Big Ten Championships.

Michal Chmielewski of USC also set a new personal best, improving on his previous best of 45.82 with a 45.64 tonight for 3rd.

WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 2:01.29, Kate Douglass (Virginia) – 2023
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 2:11.27
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 2:09.58

Top 8:

1. Lucy Bell (Stanford) – 2:04.69
2. Angie Coe (Texas) – 2:07.59
3. Caroline Bricker (Stanford) – 2:07.87
4. Piper Enge (Texas) – 2:08.53
5. Hazal Ozkan (Wisconsin) – 2:08.63
6. Campbell Stoll (Texas) – 2:09.22
7. Brooke Corrigan (Wisconsin) – 2:09.29
8. Adalene Robillard (Stanford) – 2:09.50

Stanford’s Lucy Bell took over two seconds off her prelims time, and shaved 0.07s off her nation-leading time, winning tonight by nearly three seconds with a time of 2:04.69. Bell’s best time is her 2:04.28, which she swam this past March en route to a NCAA title in the event.

Longhorn Angie Coe hit a new personal best for the second time today, reigstering a 2:07.59 for 2nd. Stanford’s Caroline Bricker touched 3rd in 2:07.89.

MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 1:46.35, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2024
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.95
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:52.89

Top 8:

1. Will Scholtz (Texas) – 1:49.59
2. Nate Germonprez (Texas) – 1:49.80
3. Baylor Nelson (Texas) – 1:50.71
4. Campbell McKean (Texas) – 1:51.82
5. Logan Brown (Texas A&M) – 1:52.11
6. Junhao Chan (USC) – 1:53.37
7. Sanberk Yigit Oktar (USC) – 1:55.57
8. Tona Zinn (Northwestern) – 1:57.45

Will Scholtz led a Texas sweep of the top four spots as he hit a new personal best and posted a nation-leading time of 1:49.59 tonight. That time appears to move him past teammate Nate Germonprez to become the 14th-fastest performer ever in the event. Will Licon retains the Texas record, however, on the basis of his 1:47.91 from the 2017 NCAA Championships.

Germonprez, who owns a best time of 1:49.71, wasn’t far off that tonight, as he took 2nd in 1:49.80. Germonprez had a narrow lead at the 150 mark, before Scholtz outsplit him 28.92 to 29.52 on the final 50 for the win.

Teammate Baylor Nelson set his second personal best of the day, improving to a time of 1:50.71 for 3rd. Texas freshman Campbell McKean couldn’t quite match his personal best of 1:51.51 from this morning, taking 4th in 1:51.82.

Logan Brown of Texas A&M took a full second off of his prelims time to take 5th in 1:52.11. That’s a new personal best for the Aggie, improving on his previous best of 1:52.66 and ducking under last year’s NCAA invite time of 1:52.89.

WOMEN’S 500 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (Stanford) – 2017
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 4:43.70
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:39.47

Top 8:

1. Jillian Cox (Texas) – 4:32.92
2. Claire Tuggle (USC) – 4:35.42
3. Nikolett Padar (Texas) – 4:36.45
4. Lillie Nesty (Texas) – 4:37.52
5. Justina Kozan (USC) – 4:38.00
6. Minna Abraham (USC) – 4:38.32
7. Natalie Manion (Stanford) – 4:40.22
8. Kate Hurst (Texas) – 4:42.92

Jillian Cox won her second event of the week, and posted the top time in the nation this season, with a 4:32.92 tonight. The junior was dominant, winning by exactly 2.5s over the 2nd-place finisher, Claire Tuggle of USC (4:35.42).

The Longhorns took three of the top four spots, as Nikolett Padar hit a new personal best time of 4:36.45 for 3rd, and Lillie Nesty took 4th in 4:37.52, less than a second away from her personal best.

USC took the next spots, as Justina Kozan matched her personal best with a time of 4:38.00 and Minna Abraham clocked a new best time with a 4:38.32.

MEN’S 500 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 4:02.31, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2024
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 4:18.07
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:14.13

Top 8:

1. Rex Maurer (Texas) – 4:11.07
2. Cooper Lucas (Texas) – 4:11.59
3. Krzysztof Chmielewski (USC) – 4:12.24
4. Yoav Romano (Wisconsin) – 4:14.00
5. Jacob Wimberly (Texas) – 4:14.93
6. Charlie Jones (Wisconsin) – 4:17.22
7. Enzo Solitario (Wisconsin) – 4:17.62
8. Manning Haskal (Texas) – 4:18.10

Defending NCAA champion Rex Maurer got his hand on the wall first tonight, touching in a time of 4:11.07 that is just a bit off his season-best time of 4:10.75 from last month. That time led the NCAA coming into today, although Indiana’s Zalan Sarkany went 4:09.57 at the Ohio State Invite.

Maurer’s Texas teammate Cooper Lucas took 2nd. His time of 4:11.59 marks a personal best for him by over two seconds.

USC’s Krzysztof Chmielewski shaved 0.04s off his time from this morning to finish 3rd in 4:12.24.

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 20.37, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 2024
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 22.28
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 22.01

Top 8:

1. Torri Huske (Stanford) – 21.01
2. Annam Olasewere (Stanford) – 21.51
3. Eva Okaro (Texas) – 21.63
4. Nicole Maier (USC) – 22.09
5. Abby Wanezek (Wisconsin) – 22.16
6. Hailey Tierney (Wisconsin) – 22.17
7. Lindsay Ervin (Northwestern) – 22.20
8. Gigi Johnson (Stanford) – 22.21

Stanford’s Torri Huske moved past UVA’s Sara Curtis for the top time in the NCAA this season, posting a 21.01 tonight, just ahead of Curtis’ 21.18 from last month. Huske, with a personal best of 20.92 from last season’s NCAA Championships, is the 5th-fastest woman ever in the event.

Huske’s freshman teammate Annam Olasewere took 2nd in 21.51 to set a new personal best for the second time today. Longhorn Eva Okaro finished 3rd in 21.63, just off her personal best of 21.54 from last month.

USC’s Nicole Maier took 4th in 22.09, also a personal best.

MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA Record: 17.63, Caeleb Dressel (Florida) – 2018
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 19.43
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 19.02

Top 8:

1. Garrett Gould (Texas) – 18.99
2. Julian Koch (Pitt) – 19.21
3. Ben Sytsma (Texas A&M) – 19.24
4. Calvin Fry (Texas) – 19.25
5. Ben Scholl (Texas A&M) – 19.27
6. Stuart Seymour (Northwestern) – 19.45
7. Connor Schuster (Northwestern) – 19.49

Texas sophomore Garrett Gould was just a bit off his prelims time of 18.94, but he still handily won the event by over two-tenths of a second, clocking a sub-19 for the second time in his career.

The race for 2nd was incredibly tight, as Julian Koch (19.21), Ben Sytsma (19.24), Calvin Fry (19.24), and Ben Scholl (19.27) all touched within 0.06s of each other. Koch came within a whisker of his lifetime best of 19.20, while Fry was on the other side of that story, shaving exactly 0.01s off his previous best.

WOMEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY — TIMED FINALS

• NCAA Record: 3:20.20, Virginia (2025 NCAA Championships)
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:30.89
• NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:32.51

Top 8:

1. Stanford – 3:25.93
2. Stanford ‘B’ – 3:28.30
3. Texas – 3:28.53
4. USC – 3:30.24
5. Wisconsin – 3:31.25
6. Pitt – 3:32.82
7. Texas A&M – 3:35.10
8. Texas ‘C’ – 3:35.11

The Cardinal swept the top two spots in this event, with their ‘A’ relay winning by over two seconds.

Stanford was in a bit of a hole early on, as Alana Berlin led off in 52.19, but Lucy Bell split 57.93, and then Torri Huske swam a 48.59 fly leg, the 5th-fastest ever, before Gigi Johnson anchored in 47.22 to stop the clock in 3:25.93. Pending other results from tonight, that moves Stanford to #2 this season, just behind UVA’s 3:25.91.

The Stanford ‘B’ relay of Levenia Sim (52.38), Lucy Thomas (57.67), Caroline Bricker (50.80), and Annam Olasewere (47.45) won heat 2 in 3:28.30 to finish 2nd overall.

Texas finished 2nd in the final heat, and 3rd overall, with a season-best time of 3:28.53. Bergit Berglund led off in 51.85, Piper Enge split 57.74 on breast, Eva Okaro split 51.10 on fly, and Nikolett Padar anchored in 47.84, stopping the clock in 3:28.53.

USC was also under the NCAA ‘A’ standard, thanks largely to a 50.91 leadoff from Minna Abraham, as the Trojans finished 4th overall in 3:30.24.

Wisconsin got a 50.02 leadoff from Maggie Wanezek and a 47.59 anchor from Abby Wanezek to take 5th in 3:31.25, under the NCAA ‘B’ cut.

MEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY — TIMED FINALS

• NCAA Record: 2:55.66, Florida (2025 SEC Championships)
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:04.96
• NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:06.20

Top 8: 

1. Texas – 3:00.34 **American Record**
2. Northwestern – 3:04.80
3. USC – 3:05.37
4. Texas ‘C’ – 3:06.58
5. Wisconsin- 3:07.05
6. Pitt – 3:08.80
7. Northwestern ‘B’ – 3:09.76
8. Wisconsin ‘B’ – 3:10.00

The Longhorn men capped off the night by nearly becoming the first team to go under three minutes this season, setting a new American Record en route to victory.

Will Modglin led off the Longhorns’ ‘A’ relay with his third sub-44 swim of the day, clocking a 43.78. 100 breast champ Nate Germonprez split 49.91 on breast. Both Modglin and Germonprez were faster than they were on this relay at NCAAs in March, where Modglin led off in 44.37 and Germonprez split 50.49, en route to a 2nd-place finish. Tonight, Garrett Gould split 45.31 on fly, and Camden Taylor anchored in 41.34.

The Longhorns’ time of 3:00.34 takes a second off the previous American Record, set by NC State at March’s NCAA Championships.

Northwestern was the only other team under the NCAA ‘A’ cut, finishing 2nd in 3:04.80. Stuart Seymour led off in 45.57, Josh Staples split 50.85 on breast, Connor Schuster split 46.22 on fly, and Oliver Kos anchored in 42.16. Staples, an Australian native, only swam breaststroke a handful of times last year as a sophomore. This year, he’s improved from 54.46 to 51.83 individually, and he was nearly a second faster than his individual best from yesterday tonight.

The USC Trojans took 3rd in 3:05.37, good enough for a NCAA ‘B’ cut, highlighted by Michal Chmielewski‘s 44.75 fly split, which looks to be the fastest in the field tonight.

Texas A&M’s ‘A’ team and Texas’ ‘B’ team were both DQ’d. The Aggies team of John Simmons (47.34), Logan Brown (52.15), Chase Swearingen (45.34), and Ben Sytsma (42.15) hit the wall in 3:06.98, although they were DQ’s due to an early take-off (-0.08 reaction time) on the breast-t0-fly takeover.

The Longhorn ‘B’ team of Kyle Peck (46.14), Campbell McKean (49.76), Ryan Branon (45.95), and Jacob Wimberly (41.67) were in line to finish 2nd overall with a 3:03.52, but they were DQ’d for an early take-off (-0.04s) reaction time on the first takeover.

We’ll note that Baylor Nelson hit a new lifetime best of 45.53 leading off the Longhorns’ ‘C’ relay, which finished 4th in 3:06.58. 200 breast champ Will Scholtz split 51.36 on that relay.