2026 SEC Championships
- Dates: Monday, February 16–Saturday, February 21
- Location: Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, Knoxville, TN
- Defending Champions: Texas (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video: SEC Network+
- Psych Sheet (UPDATED)
- Schedule of Events
- Championship Central
- Teams: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt (women only), Arkansas (women only)
- Live Recaps
- Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3
- Finals: Day 1 Distance | Day 1 | Day 2
Ups/Mids/Downs
There was a huge leaderboard shift yesterday on the women’s side of the SEC Championships, and we are looking at another big one tonight.
Tennessee currently leads the women’s meet, coming in just over 20 points ahead of the reigning SEC Champions. Texas had a very strong morning session, earning 10 ‘A’ finalists to lay the groundwork to move ahead of the Vols after night three.
The men’s meet is being controlled by the reigning NCAA champions, the Texas Longhorns, and they had a strong prelims session to only extend their lead.
The women’s 100 fly final will be a battle of the freshmen with Texas’ Eva Okaro and Tennessee’s Mizuki Hirai coming in as the only sub-51 swimmers this morning. Hirai is the WJR holder in the LCM edition of the event, and both will be looking for their 1st SEC title.
Josh Liendo broke the pool record in the men’s 100 fly prelims and came just three hundredths off his SEC meet record time, which is the 2nd fastest swim in history. He is the clear favorite for the title, but we will see if he can dip under his meet record swim
Emily Brown and Ella Jansen finished 2nd and 3rd in yesterday’s 200 fly final, and tonight, they are hunting the top two spots in the women’s 400 IM for Tennessee with Texas’ Angie Coe coming in hot on their heels.
We will be seeing a lot of double in the men’s 400 IM final. Texas grabbed the top two spots with Baylor Nelson and Rex Maurer while UGA qualified 3rd and 4th, and Florida was 5th and 6th.
The women’s 200 free will see Texas Freshman Nikolett Padar as the top seed ahead of Tennessee’s Camille Spink and Georgia’s Kennedi Dobson.
The men’s individual events will wrap up with the 200 free final where Texas junior Camden Taylor earned the top seed by about three tenths over Tennessee freshman Koby Bujak-Upton.
On the women’s 3-Meter board, South Carolina’s Sophie Verzyl scored 386.30 in prelims to qualify more than 50 points ahead of Texas diver Alejandra Estudillo.
The meet will wrap up with the 400 medley relays where the Alabama women and the Texas men are the top seeds.
Women’s 100 Butterfly — Finals
- NCAA Record: 46.97 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2025)
- SEC Record: 48.51 — Maggie MacNeil, LSU (2023)
- SEC Championship Record: 48.99 — Maggie MacNeil, LSU (2023)
- Pool Record: 47.35 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2024)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 52.52
Top 8 Finishers
- Campbell Stoll (TEX) — 50.35
- Mizuki Hirai (TENN) — 50.46
- Tessa Giele (BAMA) — 50.55
- Eva Okaro (TEX) — 50.71
- Emily Jones (BAMA) — 51.13
- Gaby Van Brunt (BAMA) — 51.71
- Grace Rabb (FLOR) — 52.16
- Beatriz Bezerra (FLOR) — 52.30
Texas junior Campbell Stoll picked up her 2nd individual win of these SEC Championships, winning the 100 fly in 50.35 to officially sweep the butterfly events.
Stoll was out in 6th overall, turning in 23.92 to sit four tenths behind Tennessee’s Mizuki Hirai , who led the race at the first turn in 23.57. After that it became a battle of underwaters, and Stoll took full advantage of the 15 meters on the final turn, surfacing just before the mark to move herself into the overall lead.
She split 26.43 on the final 50, more than four tenths faster than anyone else in the field to touch in 50.35, which would have been the 4th fastest swim in the country before this weekend.
Hirai was 26.89 on the final 50 to touch in 50.46, just under a tenth ahead of Alabama’s Tessa Giele, who swam 50.55 for 3rd with 50 splits of 23.70/26.89.
Texas freshman Eva Okaro was the top seed coming in, and touched 4th in 50.71 after splitting 23.85/26.86.
Men’s 100 Butterfly — Finals
- NCAA Record: 42.80 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
- SEC Record: 42.80 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018)
SEC Championship Record: 43.23 — Josh Liendo, Florida (2025)Pool Record: 43.26 — Josh Liendo, Florida (2026)- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 46.11
Top 8 Finishers
- Josh Liendo (FLOR) — 43.06 *New Meet Record
- Gui Caribe (TENN) — 43.93
- Luca Urlando (UGA) — 44.16
- Scotty Buff (FLOR) — 44.53
- Kyle Peck (TEX) — 44.75
- Ksawery Masiuk (TEX) — 45.02
- Sean Niewold (BAMA) — 45.13
- Will Modglin (TEX) — 45.42
Josh Liendo tied the 2nd fastest time in history to win the men’s 100 fly final, touching in 43.06 to exactly tie his best time and come just 0.26 off the NCAA record in the event. He will get two more cracks at it during the 2026 NCAA Championships next month.
He was out in a blistering 19.95, four hundredths faster than the 19.99 second 50 that Caeleb Dressel swam when he set the NCAA record mark. Liendo came home in 23.11 picking up his 4th consecutive SEC title in the event.
Top 10 100 Butterfly All-Time Performances (SCY)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida — 42.80 (2018)
- Josh Liendo, Florida — 43.06 (2025/2026)
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- Josh Liendo, Florida — 43.07 (2024)
- Youssef Ramadan, Virginia Tech — 43.15 (2023)
- Josh Liendo, Florida — 43.23 (2025)
- Josh Liendo, Florida — 43.26 (2026)
- Josh Liendo, Florida — 43.30 (2024)
- Ilya Kharun, Arizona State — 43.38 (2025)
- Josh Liendo, Florida — 43.40 (2023)
Tennessee’s Gui Caribe swam a lifetime best 43.93 to finish 2nd, dropping four tenths from the 44.31 he swam at last year’s NCAA Championships. He sat in 2nd through the entire race, splitting 20.38 on the opening 50 and coming home in 23.55.
Georgia’s Luca Urlando split 20.59/23.57 to come in just over the 43 second mark, touching in 44.16 for the bronze. This was a little more than half-a-second off his lifetime best of 43.49 from the 2025 NCAA Championships.
Women’s 400 IM — Finals
- NCAA Record: 3:54.60 — Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018)
- SEC Record: 3:58.23 — Sydney Pickren, Texas A&M (2019)
- SEC Championship Record: 3:58.35 — Elizabeth Biesel, Florida (2012)
- Pool Record: 3:57.24 — Alex Walsh, Virginia (2023)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 4:13.20
Top 8 Finishers
- Ella Jansen (TENN) — 4:01.97
- Angie Coe (TEX) — 4:03.94
- Emily Brown (TENN) — 4:04.07
- Julie Brousseau (FLOR) — 4:06.61
- Ieva Maluka (UGA) — 4:07.52
- Campbell Chase (TEX) – 4:08.40
- Sofia Plaza (FLOR) — 4:11.64
- Delaney Franklin (SCAR) — 4:15.35
Tennessee’s Ella Jansen had an electric performance in the women’s 400 IM final to touch in 4:01.97, earning the 1st SEC title of her career as she comes in just three tenths off her lifetime best of 4:01.61 from this meet last year.
She got out to an early lead, splitting 54.04 on the butterfly to sit four tenths ahead of teammate Emily Brown‘s 54.44. She only expanded on her lead from there, splitting 59.16 on the backstroke, 1:11.35 on the breaststroke, and 57.42 on the freestyle to lock up the top spot by almost two seconds.
Texas junior Angie Coe finished 2nd in 4:03.94, a two second drop from her previous lifetime best of 4:06.32, which she set at the 2024 NCAA Championships. Coe chased down Brown on the final 50 to pick up the silver after sitting two seconds back at the 200 mark. She turned in 1:57.55 to Brown’s 1:55.81 after the backstroke.
Coe had massive breaststroke and freestyle legs, making up a ton of ground, splitting 1:10.43 to Brown’s 1:11.91 on the breaststroke. The freestyle saw Brown make up a bit of ground on the 1st 50, splittin 28.88 to Coe’s 28.96, turning a little more than three tenths ahead with just one 50 remaining.
On the final 50, though, Coe had a massive 27.00 split, the fastest in the field to pick up four tenths on Brown’s 27.47 and earn the silver.
Brown touched in 4:04.07, an eight tenth drop from her previous best of 4:04.89.
In the team race, the Texas and Tennessee sit exactly tied after the 400 IM at 469 points apiece. Florida is only 10 points behind them at 458.5.
Men’s 400 IM — Finals
- NCAA Record: 3:28.82 — Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
- SEC Record: 3:33.42 — Chase Kalisz, Georgia (2017)
- SEC Championship Record: 3:35.61 — Rex Maurer, Texas (2025)
- Pool Record: 3:36.21 — Chase Kalisz, Georgia (2017)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 3:46.19
Top 8 Finishers
- Baylor Nelson (TEX) — 3:35.75
- Rex Maurer (TEX) — 3:36.74
- Drew Hitchcock (UGA) — 3:39.16
- Giovanni Linscheer (FLOR) — 3:39.36
- Cale Martter (UGA) — 3:40.33
- Cooper Lucas (TEX) — 3:40.50
- Eric Brown (FLOR) — 3:41.62
- Munzy Kabbara (TA&M) — 3:44.87
The men’s 400 IM went to Texas senior Baylor Nelson, who has been having a very strong final season with the Longhorns. He touched in 3:35.75, about a second off the 3:34.83 lifetime best he set at the Texas Hall of Fame Invite in November.
Nelson commanded the heat, taking an early lead and never relinquishing it. At the 100 mark, he split 48.84 to be the only sub-49 swimmer on the fly. From there, he split 55.43/1:00.03/51.45 to earn the gold medal by almost exactly a second.
Rex Maurer finished 2nd, touching in 3:36.74, about a second off his SEC meet record time of 3:35.61 from last season. He was out in 49.14 and split 53.80/1:03.35/50.45 to earn the silver.
UGA’s Drew Hitchcock held off a charging Giovanni Linscheer for the bronze medal, swimming 3:39.16 to Linscheer’s 3:39.36. On the final 100, Linscheer split 50.01 to Hitchcock’s 51.75, but fell just two tenths short of catching him.
Women’s 200 Freestyle — Finals
- NCAA Record: 1:39.10 — Missy Franklin, California (2015)
- SEC Record: 1:40.90 — Bella Sims, Florida (2024)
- SEC Championship Record: 1:40.90 — Bella Sims, Florida (2024)
- Pool Record: 1:40.25 — Anna Moesch, Virginia (2025)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:45.53
Top 8 Finishers
- Camille Spink (TENN) — 1:41.71
- Nikolett Padar (TEX) — 1:41.75
- Kennedi Dobson (UGA) — 1:42.20
- Erin Gemmell (TEX) — 1:43.11
- Lillie Nesty (TEX) — 1:43.15
- Megan Barnes (LSU) — 1:43.26
- Marie Landreneau (UGA) — 1:44.06
- Amy Riordan (SCAR) — 1:44.25
While the Longhorns took over the lead in the team battle following the 200 free final, Tennessee earned the event win with junior Camille Spink‘s 1:41.71 coming in just four hundredths ahead of Texas’ Nikolett Padar, who swam 1:41.75.
Spink was out in 1st, splitting 23.55 on the opening 50 to turn exactly a tenth ahead of Padar’s 23.65 in 2nd. At the 100 mark, Padar took over the lead, splitting 25.55 on the 50 and 49.20 on the 1st 100 to Spink’s 25.74 and 49.29.
Padar held onto the lead through the 150, splitting 26.16 to come in just a hundredth ahead of Spink’s 26.17.
The final 50 saw Spink split the fastest time in the field of 26.25, 0.14 faster than Padar’s 26.39. Spink touched in 1:41.71 to knock three tenths off her previous best time of 1:42.06 while Padar swam 1:41.75, three tenths faster than her previous best of 1:42.10.
Men’s 200 Freestyle — Finals
- NCAA Record: 1:28.33 — Luke Hobson, Texas (2025)
- SEC Record: 1:28.33 — Luke Hobson, Texas (2025)
- SEC Championship Record: 1:29.48 — Kieran Smith, Florida (2019)
- Pool Record: 1:30.00 — Jordan Crooks, Tennessee (2024)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:33.93
Top 8 Finishers
- Camden Taylor (TEX) — 1:31.53
- Jere Hribar (LSU) — 1:31.65
- Koby Bujak-Upton (TENN) — 1:31.67
- Rafael Fente-Damers (TEX) — 1:31.73
- Tomas Koski (TEX) — 1:31.75
- Daniel Krichevsky (AUB) — 1:31.87
- Jacob Wimberly (TEX) — 1:32.17
- Alex Painter (FLOR) — 1:35.10
The Texas men picked up their 2nd straight individual event win in the men’s 200 freestyle with Camden Taylor swimming 1:31.53 to win by just a tenth over LSU’s Jere Hribar.
The 200 free heat was incredibly close with just over three tenths separating 1st and 6th place. Taylor split 20.89/22.92/23.61/24.11 to add half-a-second from his prelims time and lifetime best of 1:31.03. He was still faster than his pre-meet best time of 1:31.88 from last season’s SEC Championships, and he earned the first conference title of his college career as a junior.
LSU’s Jere Hribar set a new personal best time of his own, touching in 1:31.65 with splits of 20.84/23.15/23.86/23.80 to come in two tenths faster than the 1:31.86 he swam in prelims which was a full second drop from his pre meet best of 1:32.80 from November.
Koby Bujak-Upton came in just two hundredths behind Hribar in 1:31.67, a three tenth add from his lifetime best of 1:31.30 from November.
Women’s 3-Meter Diving — Finals
- NCAA Record: 437.75 — Christina Loukas, Indiana (2009)
- SEC Record: 423.15 — Laura Ryan, Georgia (2014)
- SEC Championship Record: 413.75 — Laura Ryan, Georgia (2014)
Top 8 Finishers
- Sophie Verzyl (SCAR) — 402.50
- Alejandra Estudillo (TEX) — 378.80
- Maria Sanchez (UARK) — 360.80
- Bayleigh Cranford (TEX) — 358.20
- Juliette Landi (AUB) — 331.65
- Desharne Bent-Ashmeil (TENN) — 332.60
- Sarah Carruthers (TEX) — 315.85
- Lynae Shorter (TENN) — 304.50
South Carolina’s Sophie Verzyl continued her undefeated streak on the 3-meter this season with the top score in the event at the SEC Championships. She came in more than 20 points ahead of Texas diver Alejandra Estudillo, who finished 2nd in 378.80.
Texas sits about 80 points ahead of Tennessee after the diving events.
Women’s 400 Medley Relay — Finals
- NCAA Record: 3:19.58 — Virginia (C. Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, A. Moesch) (2025)
SEC Record: 3:24.78 — Florida (B. Sims, A. Battazzo, O. Peoples, M. Cronk) (2025)SEC Championship Record: 3:24.78 — Florida (B. Sims, A. Battazzo, O. Peoples, M. Cronk) (2025)- Pool Record: 3:22.39 — Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, K. Douglass, A. Canny) (2023)
- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 3:30.89
- 2026 NCAA Provisional Time: 3:32.51
Top 8 Teams
- Tennessee — 3:24.58 **New SEC Record
- Texas — 3:26.76
- Alabama — 3:27.13
- Florida — 3:27.69
- LSU — 3:30.39
- Auburn — 3:31.40
- South Carolina — 3:31.52
- Georgia — 3:32.97
The Tennessee women’s team has been having an exceptional meet so far at these SEC Championships, and they wrapped up day three with a new SEC Record in the 400 medley relay. Despite setting a new SEC record, they did not have the fastest split in the field on any of the legs.
They won the event in 3:24.58, taking two tenths off Florida’s 2025 SEC and Meet Record time of 3:24.78 from last year’s SEC Championships. Jillian Crooks led the team off in 51.11, a little off the 50.50 she swam to win the gold medal last night. She touched in 2nd behind Alabama’s Emily Jones, who swam 50.94, and handed off to McKenzie Siroky, who was 57.23 on the breaststroke leg, which was the 2nd fastest breaststroke split in the field behind Anita Bottazzo‘s 56.54
After Siroky came freshman Mizuki Hirai, who swam 50.52 on the butterfly, which was 2nd behind Texas’ Campbell Stoll, who swam 50.12.
Finally, Camille Spink brought them home in 45.72, which was tied with Texas freshman Eva Okaro for the fastest freestyle leg.
Texas finished 2nd in 3:26.76 with Emma Kern (51.83), Piper Enge (59.09), Campbell Stoll (50.12), and Eva Okaro (45.72).
Alabama earned the silver medal in 3:27.13 with Jones (50.94), Charlotte Rosendale (58.53), Tessa Giele (50.98), and Cadence Vincent (46.68).
The Florida Gators were 4th despite sitting two seconds ahead of Texas and a second-and-a-half ahead of Alabama at the 300 mark. Catie Choate led off in 51.19. Bottazzo split 56.54. Grace Rabb was 51.22, and Beatriz Bezerra split 48.74 on the freestyle.
Men’s 400 Medley Relay Finals
- NCAA Record: 2:55.66 — Florida (J. Marshall, J. Smith, J. Liendo, A. Painter) (2025)
- SEC Record: 2:55.66 — Florida (J. Marshall, J. Smith, J. Liendo, A. Painter) (2025)
- SEC Championship Record: 2:55.66 — Florida (J. Marshall, J. Smith, J. Liendo, A. Painter (2025)
Pool Record: 2:59.87 — Arizona State (A. Chaney, A. Dobrzanski, Ilya Kharun, Remi Fabiani) (2025)- 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 3:04.96
- 2026 NCAA Provisional Time: 3:06.20
Top 8 Teams
- Texas — 2:57.64
- Florida — 2:58.49
- Tennessee — 3:01.20
- Auburn — 3:02.09
- Georgia — 3:03.11
- LSU — 3:03.15
- Alabama — 3:04.76
- Mizzou — 3:06.31
Despite being in lane four, the Texas men were not the favorites to earn the SEC title tonight. Florida holds the current NCAA record in the event, and they set the NCAA record in the 200 medley relay earlier in the meet, so they seemed primed to win.
Florida got out to an early lead, with Jonny Marshall splitting 44.16 to come in seven hundredths ahead of Texas junior Will Modglin, who touched in 44.23.
From there, Nate Germonprez split the 4th fastest 100 breaststroke leg in history for Texas, touching in 49.02, which is the 4th fastest breaststroke split in history, and makes him the 3rd fastest performer. This moved the Longhorns into 1st over Koen de Groot‘s 50.25 on Florida’s relay.
Hubert Kos took over the fly leg for Texas and had the gargantuan task of holding off Josh Liendo. He opened the 100 with a split of 19.89, a tenth faster than Liendo’s opening 50 of 19.96. Kos came home in 23.88, which was about a second slower than Liendo’s 22.84. Kos split 43.77 to come in just two tenths ahead of Liendo’s 42.80.
Camden Taylor, fresh off his 1st SEC title, took the water for the Longhorns on the final leg, and split a massive 40.62 to secure the win for Texas in a new school and pool record 2:57.64. Devin Dilger anchored for Florida in 41.28 to touch in 2:58.49.
The fastest freestyle leg went to LSU’s Jere Hribar in 40.15 on the Tiger’s 7th place relay. This is the 7th fastest relay split ever, tied with Caeleb Dressel as the 3rd fastest performer.
Updated Team Scores After Day 3
Women
- Texas — 718
- Tenneseee — 647
- Florida — 563.5
- Auburn/South Carolina — 431.5
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- Alabama — 401
- LSU — 358.5
- Georgia — 342
- Texas A&M — 325
- Mizzou — 278
- Kentucky — 197
- Arkansas — 185
- Vanderbilt — 86
Men
- Texas — 813.5
- Florida — 703
- Tennessee – 585.5
- Georgia — 496
- Auburn — 462
- Kentucky –371
- LSU — 356
- Alabama — 313.5
- Mizzou — 279
- Texas A&M — 234.5
- South Carolina — 204
Hribar with a 40.1 anchor!
School record for Texas there, and the only one who’s really primed for this meet is Taylor. It may be tough for him to repeat at NCAAs, but Kos and Modglin will be faster. Germonprez may or may not have a faster split than that in him, but he’s been exceptional in-season and looks real likely to break the 100BR record in March.
It’s crazy to me Germonprez went 49.0 with a .25 RT
I don’t know enough about Georgia’s depth beyond their top guys–do their men still have enough points in the last two days to move up into 2nd?
2nd?? Try 4th behind tx, fla & TENNESSEE
Our top guys are definitely not rested but we have some good, deep events coming up for the men – 2 back, 200 IM, 500 free, that should probably move us ahead of Tennessee. Tennessee has had a great meet as has Florida, we won’t catch Florida
Well maybe the pool will malfunction and the meet will be called off so the Man Vols can finish 2nd?
Did not have Texas beating Florida on my bingo board for tonight, but Germonprez learning how to do a relay start is nice!
Kentucky was 6th in the men’s 4×1 out of the first heat.
I thought de Groot was slow the way Germonprez ate him up, but it was actually just Germonprez going nuts. I think Florida’s back half would have been faster with Buff + Liendo
Painter was 40.6 on the end of that relay last year at SECs, but that 1:35 in the 200 free final showed that he has no legs right now to back up swims and needs more rest. If Buff’s fly is on, he can split a 43 (flat start 43.95), which, with Liendo on free would bring them almost level with last year if deGroot can split 49.
Florida has a couple of options, but considering Dilger’s best finish at SECs in any event last year was 24th and he wasn’t anywhere near being on a relay, he’s stepped up in a big way. That was over a second faster than his best flat start time from midseason. He’s… Read more »
No shade intended towards Dilger, he’s having a great season. Just dropped his 50 free PB by 0.35 in prelims too
49.02 for Germoprez is sick
22.4 going out
IU Indy’s Yassin Abdelghany mid major just went 18.91 to qualify for NCAAs, that’s the fastest non Power 4 conference winning time I’ve seen so far in the 50.