2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invitational
- November 18-21, 2025
- Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, Austin, TX
- 9:30 am ET swimming prelims/11:30am diving prelims/5:30 pm ET finals (Tuesday exception: 5 pm ET relay timed finals)
- Results on Meet Mobile as “Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invite”
Texas junior Erin Gemmell sprained her ankle just before midseason, and coaches tell SwimSwam that her status is up in the air for the remainder of the meet. Gemmell led off the Texas women’s 800 free relay tonight.
Gemmell swam to a 1:45.92 leading off tonight’s relay, about 3.3 seconds off her season best of 1:42.64 that she swam a month ago in a dual meet against Tennessee. Also against Tennessee, Gemmell detailed her summer with Team USA as well as the arrival of fellow mid-distance freestyler Nikolett Padar. Padar swam to a 1:42.05 on the second leg for the Texas relay tonight.
The Texas women touched 3rd in the 800 free relay tonight with a 6:53.68, the #2 performance in school history. The program’s record stands at a 6:53.42 set back in 2018 at the NCAA Championships. Tonight, Stanford touched 1st in a a 6:51.07 while USC was 2nd in a 6:53.17.
The Texas relay also included freshman Inez Miller from Australia who has only raced the 200 freestyle once before this, as she swam to a 1:45.78 during the dual meet against Tennessee. The final relay member was Lillie Nesty who came home in a 1:41.91, notably faster than her 1:42.87 split that she swam at the 2025 NCAA Championships when the team finished 4th.
With Gemmell rested and healed, the relay has the potential to be a title contender come March, assuming all else stays constant or improves as well.
I’m sure Gemmell wanted to race, but if she was in a boot just earlier this week, it feels irresponsible for the coaches to have let her swim. It’s just midseason!
I sprained my ankle in college (jumping rope with a weighted jump rope was a bad idea for this uncoordinated swimmer), and the recovery took frustratingly long. A bad sprain can be just as bad, if not worse, than a break when it comes to recovery time. I couldn’t dive off of the blocks for months without significant pain, and my ankle didn’t feel normal again for 2-3 years.
It’s a tricky injury- can’t really push off the walls or dive. Hope she has a fast recovery.
Texas may have broken 6:50 with a healthy Gemmell
I feel like swimming is one of those sorts where any injury on the lower body is crucial, regardless how severe
id sacrifice an ankle if it meant no shoulder problems
You downvoters clearly haven’t been beat by a teammate with 1 leg and 2 arms