2026 SEC Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

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 | Day 4 | Day 5
  • Finals: Day 1 Distance | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

Welcome to the final session of the 2026 SEC Championships. It has been a fun and fast week of racing, and there is one more session before the champions are officially crowned.

The Texas teams will be looking to wrap up their 2nd consecutive SEC titles and they had a strong prelims session to lay the groundwork.

Junior Campbell Stoll leads teammate Campbell Chase as the top seed in the 200 IM, and Stoll will be hoping to pick up her 3rd win of the meet after she already won the 200 fly and the 100 fly.

Camden Taylor, the men’s 200 free champion, leads four Texas men in the 200 IM ‘A’ final including Hubert Kos, who is the 3rd seed and will be swimming two event ‘A’ finals tonight.

Tennessee’s Camille Spink is the top seed in the 100 freestyle, and if she wins the event, she will become just the 3rd person to win the 50 free/100 free/and 200 free in back-to-back years at the SEC Championships, joining Dara Torres, Kara Lynn Joyce, and Nicole Haislett.

LSU’s Jere Hribar earned the top seed in the men’s 100 freestyle, swimming 41.16 to lead a very tight top three with Gui Caribe from Tennessee in 2nd (41.20), and Josh Liendo from Florida (41.21) in 3rd. Liendo is the reigning NCAA and SEC Champion in the event.

Florida’s Catie Choate earned the top seed in the women’s 200 backstroke this morning by about a second over Texas freshman Sarah Rodrigues, touching in 1:50.85 to Rodrigues’ 1:51.95

The final individual swimming event of the session will be the men’s 200 backstroke where Alabama’s Tommy Hagar earned the top seed in 1:37.92, just ahead of Texas senior and NCAA record holder Hubert Kos. This will be a tight double for Kos, so, while he is the favorite, the rest of the final will be looking to capitalize on any fatigue he is showing from the 200 IM final.

Texas junior Bayleigh Cranford is the top seed in the women’s diving final after she scored 320.85 in the prelims.

The meet will wrap up with the 400 freestyle relays, where the Texas women and Florida men are the respective top seeds.

Women’s 200 IM — Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
• SEC Record: 1:51.62 — Megan Small, Tennessee (2019)
• SEC Championship Record: 1:51.62 — Megan Small, Tennessee (2019)
• Pool Record: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virginia (2023)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:57.88

Top 8 Finishers

1. Angie Coe (TEX) — 1:53.90
2. Campbell Stoll (TEX) — 1:53.92
3. Emily Brown (TENN) — 1:54.26
4. Campbell Chase (TEX) — 1:55.42
5. Lainy Kruger (FLOR) — 1:55.67
6. Ieva maluka (UGA) — 1:55.82
7. Grace Rabb (FLOR) — 1:57.56
8. Chloe Cheng (LSU) — 1:58.43

Texas junior Angie Coe had an exceptional final 50 to win the women’s 200 IM in 1:53.90 after sitting in 3rd at the 150 mark.

Coe sat in 4th at the 50 mark, turning in 25.13 after the fly leg while Texas teammate Campbell Stoll sat about a second ahead of her in 24.18. Campbell Chase, also from Texas was 2nd in 24.61, and Tennessee’s Emily Brown split 24.76 to sit in 3rd.

The backstroke leg saw Stoll extend her lead, splitting 27.89 to turn in 52.07, ahead of Brown, who split 28.17 to move into 2nd at 52.93. Coe moved into 3rd with her 28.99 split, and she turned more than two second behind Stoll in 54.12.

From there, the tides started turning. Stoll split 33.83 on the breaststroke leg to still sit more than a second in the lead with her 1:25.90 coming in ahead of Brown’s 34.17 and 1:27.10. Coe sat in 3rd at 1:27.43, a second-and-a-half back. Chase turned 4th in 1:27.50 (33.12).

Coe had a monster freestyle leg, splitting 26.57 to be the only swimmer under 27 seconds in the event. She finished 1st in 1:53.90, touching two tenths ahead of Stoll’s 1:53.92 after she split 28.02 on the freestyle leg.

Brown was 3rd in 1:54.26 after splitting the 2nd fastest freestyle leg of 27.16. while Chase swam 1:55.42 for 4th (27.92).

Men’s 200 IM — Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:36.34 — Leon Marchand, Arizona State (2023)
• SEC Record: 1:37.91 — Hubert Kos, Texas (2025)
• SEC Championship Record: 1:38.13 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2021)
• Pool Record: 1:41.19 — Luca Urlando, Georgia (2022)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:44.13

Top 8 Finishers

1. Hubert Kos (TEX) — 1:40.53
2. Baylor Nelson (TEX) — 1:41.09
3. Camden Taylor (TEX) — 1:41.57
4. Campbell McKean (TEX) — 1:41.78
5. Logan Brown (TA&M) — 1:41.80
6. Luca Urlando (UGA) — 1:42.29
7. Drew Hitchcock (UGA) — 1:43.84
8. Munzy Kabbara (TA&M) — 1:44.07

The men’s 200 IM final was all about the Texas Longhorns. The Texas swimmers were in lanes 2, 3, 4, and 5, and they finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the event with Hubert Kos finishing 1st in 1:40.53, about three seconds off his lifetime best of 1:37.91 from last year’s NCAA Championships.

Kos got out to an early lead, splitting 20.99 to be the only sub-21 swimmer on the opening 50. He split 24.74 on the backstroke, 30.28 on the breaststroke, and 24.52 on the freestyle to earn the gold medal.

Baylor Nelson finished 2nd with a very strong closing 100 to move him into silver medal position. He split 21.84/25.23/29.19/24.83 to touch in 1:41.09.

Camden Taylor was 21.63/25.31/29.85/24.78 to finish 3rd in 1:41.57, and Campbell McKean swam 1:41.78 with his 22.12/25.80/28.92/24.94 splits. He had the fastest breaststroke split in the field to come in just two hundredths ahead of A&M’s Logan Brown.

Women’s 100 Freestyle — Finals

• NCAA Record: 44.71 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2025)
• SEC Record: 45.83 — Erika Brown, Tennessee (2020)
• SEC Championship Record: 45.83 — Erika Brown, Tennessee (2020)
• Pool Record: 45.61 — Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (2023)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 48.60

Top 8 Finishers

1. Camille Spink (TENN) — 46.01
2. Eva Okaro (TEX) — 46.77
3. Cadence Vincent (BAMA) — 47.06
4. Michaela De Villers (LSU) — 47.53
5. Erin Gemmell (TEX) — 47.78
6. Nikolett Padar (TEX) — 47.81
7. Lisa Klevanovich (AUB) — 48.17
8. Emily Armen (TENN) — 48.42

Tennessee junior Camille Spink has never finished lower than 2nd place at the SEC Championships, and she has officially swept the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle events for the 2nd year in a row.

She set a new personal best 46.01 to earn the win, coming in seven tenths ahead of Texas freshman Eva Okaro‘s 46.77.  She was out in a blistering 21.64, turning more than four tenths ahead of Eva Okaro‘s 2nd place split of 22.20.

Spink came home in 24.37 to nearly break the 46 second barrier dropping two tenths from the 46.25 she swam to win the event last year.

Okaro finished 2nd in 46.77, three tenths off her lifetime best 46.49 from November to be the only other swimmer under 47 seconds.

Alabama’s Cadence Vincent swam 47.06 for the bronze medal, which was a four tenth drop from her previous best 47.43.

Men’s 100 Freestyle — Finals

• NCAA Record: 39.83 — Jordan Crooks, Tennessee (2025)
• SEC Record: 39.83 — Jordan Crooks, Tennessee (2025)
• SEC Championship Record: 40.45 — Jordan Crooks, Tennessee/Josh Liendo, Florida (2025)
• Pool Record: 40.91 — Gui Caribe, Tennessee (2025)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 42.55

1. Jere Hribar (LSU) — 40.42 **New SEC Meet Record
2. Gui Caribe (TENN) — 40.45
3. Josh Liendo (FLOR) — 40.94
4. Nikoli Blackman (TENN) — 41.70
5. Luke Nebrich (MIZZ) — 41.81
6. Garrett Gould (TEX) — 41.82
7. Alex Painter (FLOR) — 41.84
8. Devin Dilger (FLOR) — 42.03

LSU’s Jere Hribar pulled off a major upset in the men’s 100 freestyle, swimming 40.42 to set a new SEC Meet Record and pick up the SEC title over reigning NCAA Champion Josh Liendo.

Hribar was out in 2nd, flipping in 19.44 to turn about a tenth behind Tennessee senior Gui Caribe‘s 19.33 and a tenth ahead of Josh Liendo‘s 19.55 for Florida.

Hribar had the fastest closing 50, splitting 20.98 to earn the win by just three hundredths over Caribe’s 40.45. Hribar’s swim was a new lifetime best by half-a-second, coming into the meet at 40.94 from the 2025 NCAA Championships.

Caribe split 21.12 to finish 2nd ahead of Josh Liendo‘s 3rd place time of 40.94 with his final 50 of 21.39.

Hribar adds a gold medal to his collection after he picked up the silver in the 200 free (1:31.65), and the bronze in the 50 free (18.57).

Women’s 200 Backstroke — Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:46.82 — Claire Curzan, Virginia (2025)
• SEC Record: 1:47.11 — Bella Sims, Florida (2025)
• SEC Championship Record: 1:48.06 — Rhyan White, Alabama (2020)
• Pool Record: 1:46.87 — Claire Curzan, Virginia (2024)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.80

Top 8 Finishers

1. Catie Choate (FLOR) 1:49.94
2. Sarah Rodrigues (TEX) — 1:51.46
3. Emily Jones (BAMA) — 1:52.35
4. Amy Riordan (SCAR) — 1:52.80
5. Regan Rathwell (TENN) — 1:52.89
6. Lillie Nesty (TEX) — 1:53.68
7. Lexi Stephens (TENN) — 1:54.50
8. Haley McDonald (TEX) — 1:55.36

Florida junior Catie Choate won her first ever SEC title in the women’s 200 backstroke, breaking 1:50 for the first time in her career to touch in 1:49.94.

Choate got out hard, splitting 53.23 on the opening 100 with 50 splits of 25.73/27.50 coming in a second ahead Alabama’s Emily Jones, who turned in 54.20 for 2nd. Texas freshman Sarah Rodrigues was out in 54.67.

Choate split 56.71 on her 2nd 100 with 50 splits of 28.13/28.58 to extend her lead, and drop from her previous best time of 1:50.66 from January. Her pre-season best was 1:51.25 from last year’s NCAA Championships.

Rodrigues was 56.79 on the closing 100 (28.17/28.62) to move into 2nd, touching in 1:51.46. This is a slight add from the 1:51.14 she set in December 2024.

Jones finished 3rd after splitting 58.15 on the 2nd 100 (29.05/29.10). She touched in 1:52.35 to add a tenth from her lifetime best 1:52.25 from November 2024. This was a new season best mark for her.

Men’s 200 Backstroke — Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:34.21 — Hubert Kos, Texas (2025)
• SEC Record: 1:34.21 — Hubert Kos, Texas (2025)
• SEC Championship Record: 1:35.85 — Jonny Marshall, Florida (2025)
• Pool Record: 1:37.87 — Arkady Vyatchanin, NY Aquatics (2013)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:42.14

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Jonny Marshall (FLOR) — 1:36.38 *New Pool Record
2. Hubert Kos (TEX) — 1:36.80
3. Tommy Hagar (BAMA) — 1:38.40
4. Aiden Norman (FLOR) — 1:38.60
5. Will Modglin (TEX) — 1:39.62
6. Nick Simons (TENN) — 1:40.21
7. Cole Witmer (BAMA) — 1:41.11
8. Kyle Peck (TEX) — 1:41.31

The 200 backstroke was all about the Florida Gators as junior Jonny Marshall won the men’s event to follow Catie Choate‘s win in the women’s event.

He got out to a dominant lead, spitting 46.47 on the opening 100 to sit about a second ahead of Alabama’s Tommy Hagar, who sat in 2nd with his 47.30.

Marshall held on for the 2nd 100, splitting 49.91 (24.35/25.56) to maintain his 1st place position ahead of a fast charging Hubert Kos. He touched in 1:36.38, a new pool record time. He added about half-a-second from his lifetime best 1:35.85 from this meet last year.

Kos, who was fresh off his 200 IM victory, got out in 5th, turning in 48.18. He practically even split the race, swimming 48.62 on the final 100 with 50 splits of 24.17 and 24.45 to overtake Hagar, Florida’s Aiden Norman and teammate Will Modglin. He fell just short of catching Marshall, though, and finished 2nd in 1:36.80.

Hagar was 3rd in 1:38.40, a slight add from his prelims best time of 1:37.92, but was still faster than his pre-meet best of 1:39.03.

Women’s Platform — Finals

• NCAA Record: 396.75 — Haley Ishimatsu, USC (2013)
• SEC Record: 356.10 — Victoria Lamp, Tennessee (2014)
• SEC Championship Record: 356.10 — Victoria Lamp, Tennessee (2014)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Score: 225.00

Top 8 Finishers

1. Camyla Monroy (FLOR) — 350.70
2. Alejandra Estudillo (TEX) — 333.55
3. Maria-Jose Sanchez (UARK) — 325.55
4. Bayleigh Cranford (TEX) — 310.10
5. Gabrielle Filzen (TA&M) — 277.30
6. Jazzelle Eikerman (UMIZ) — 271.50
7. Sarah Carruthers (TEX) — 244.90
8. Chloe Brothers (AUB) — 2:08.65

Florida’s Camyla Monroy earned the top score in the women’s platform event, scoring 350.70 to come in about 17 points ahead of 2nd place Alejandra Estudillo from Texas, who scored 333.55.

Maria-Jose Sanchez from Arkansas scored 325.55 to sit just eight points behind Estudillo while top qualifier Bayleigh Sanchez scored 310.10 to finish 4th overall.

Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay — Finals

• NCAA Record: 3:05.84 — Virginia (K. Douglass, A. Walsh, M. Parker, G. Walsh) (2023)
• SEC Record: 3:08.00 — Florida (I. Ivey, B. Sims, L. Kruger, M. Cronk) (2024)
• SEC Championship Record: 3:08.00 — Florida (I. Ivey, B. Sims, L. Kruger, M. Cronk) (2024)
• Pool Record: 3:05.84 — Virginia (C. Curzan, G. Walsh, A. Moesch, A. Canny) (2023)
• 2026 NCAA ‘A’ Time: 3:13.62
• 2026 NCAA ‘B’ Time: 3:14.92

Top 8 Finishers

1. Texas — 3:08.14
2. Tennessee — 3:09.03
3. Alabama — 3:10.48
4. LSU — 3:11.77
5. UGA — 3:13.49
6. Texas A&M — 3:14.36
7. Arkansas — 3:15.07
8. Auburn — 3:15.23

Texas wrapped up the 2026 SEC Championships with the 400 freestyle relay title and the overall SEC team title. They touched in 3:08.14 to beat the Tennessee ‘A’ team by almost a second, winning their 2nd relay of the meet.

Freshman Eva Okaro led off in a monster 46.41, three tenths faster than the 46.77 she swam in the individual 100 freestyle, and more than a tenth faster than 100 free champion Camille Spink‘s 46.58. This was also a new personal best, dropping from the 46.49 she swam at the midseason meet.

Lillie Nesty swam 47.52 on the 2nd leg to maintain the lead. Nikolett Padar was 47.37 in 3rd t touch seven tenths ahead of Tennessee.

Erin Gemmell was 46.94 to wrap up the relay and the win for the Longhorns in 3:08.14. This was the fastest relay start split in the field. Only Okaro and Spink were faster.

Tennessee had Emily Armen swim 2nd (47.69), Emily Brown swim 3rd (47.37), and Ella Jansen anchor (47.08) to touch 2nd in 3:09.03.

Alabama finished 3rd with Cadence Vincent (47.27), Charlotte Rosendale (48.05), Emily Jones (47.40), and Gaby Van Brunt (47.76) swimming 3:10.48.

Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay — Finals

• NCAA Record: 2:42.41 — Tennessee (G. Caribe, N. Blackman, L. Taylor, J. Crooks) (2025)
• SEC Record: 2:42.30 — Tennessee (G. Caribe, L. Taylor, N. Blackman, J. Crooks) (2025)
• SEC Championship Record: 2:42.41 — Tennessee (G. Caribe, N. Blackman, L. Taylor, J. Crooks) (2025)
• Pool Record: 2:44.13 — Tennessee (G. Caribe, M. Chambers, N. Blackman, J. Crooks) (2024)
• 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 2:49.36
• 2026 NCAA Provisional Time: 2:50.42

Top 8 Finishers

1. Florida — 2:43.95
2. Texas — 2:45.30
3. Tennessee — 2:46.00
4. LSU — 2:47.52
5. Georgia — 2:48.83
6. Alabama — 2:49.32
7. Kentucky — 2:49.68
8. Texas A&M — 2:50.01

Auburn – DQ

The Florida men earned the top spot in the men’s 400 freestyle relay thanks to a monster relay split from Josh Liendo. He dove into the water four tenths behind Texas, which you would not guess from the final times.

He split 39.47 to bring the relay home, the 2nd fastest relay split in history. Now, only Jordan Crooks has been faster with the 39.36 he swam at the 2025 NCAA Championships.

Devin Dilger led the relay off in 41.98. Alex Painter was 2nd in 41.03. Scotty Buff split 41.47 in 3rd to round out the rest of the Florida relay.

Texas finished 2nd with Rafael Fente Damers leading off in 41.58. Camden Taylor split 40.97 on the 2nd leg. Garrett Gould was 41.49 on the 3rd leg, and Hubert Kos split 41.26 to bring hte Longhorns home in his 3rd event of the evening. They touched in 2:45.30 to come in seven tenths ahead of the Tennessee team.

Tennessee finished 3rd with Pedro Sansone (42.13), Nikoli Blackman (42.01), Koby Bujak-Upton (41.15), and Gui Caribe (40.71) touching in 2:46.00.

LSU finished 4th, but 100 free champion Jere Hribar split 39.84 on the 2nd leg, which is the 5th fastest split in history, coming in ahead of Jordan Crooks’ 39.89 from the 2024 Tennessee Invite.

Final Team Scores

Women

1. Texas — 1413.5
2. Tennessee — 1086
3. Florida – 1015.5
4. Alabama — 689
5. LSU — 668.5
6. South Carolina — 666.5
7. Auburn — 654.5
8. Georgia — 604
9. Texas A&M — 550
10. Missouri — 468
11. Arkansas — 350
12. Kentucky — 284.5
13. Vanderbilt — 146

Men

1. Texas — 1449.5
2. Florida — 1292
3. Tennessee — 1061.5
4. Georgia — 721
5. Auburn — 652
6. Alabama — 642.5
7. LSU — 614
8. Kentucky — 582
9. Texas A&M — 503.5
10. Missouri — 427
11. South Carolina — 349