Texas Junior Will Scholtz Breaks SEC Record (But Not Texas School Record)

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 | Day 3
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3

University of Texas junior Will Scholtz cleared the SEC Record in the 200 breaststroke on Thursday evening at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational.

Scholtz swam 1:49.59 to beat his teammate Nate Germonprez (1:49.80), leading a 1-2-3-4 for a rejuvenated Texas breaststroke group that also had a big performance on Wednesday in the 100.

Scholtz broke the old SEC Record of 1:49.71 set by Germonprez at last year’s NCAA Championship meet. Prior to that, the record was a 1:50.02 set by Florida’s Aleksas Savickas at last year’s SEC Championship meet.

Savickas clocked a 1:53.86 on Thursday at the Georgia Fall Invitational.

Ironically, Scholtz didn’t break the Texas school record. That belongs to Will Licon, who swam 1:47.91 at the 2017 NCAA Championships when Texas was still a member of the Big 12. Also faster is Caspar Corbeau, who swam 1:49.15 at the 2023 NCAA Championships. Texas joined the SEC last season.

This is a rare event where the SEC, one of the best conferences in college swimming, doesn’t have a swimmer in the top 10 of the all-time rankings. Scholtz now ranks 14th all-time in the event; Germonprez’s best time ranks him 15th.

The swim was a huge breakout for Scholtz, now with the benefit of training in arguably the best breaststroke group in the NCAA. His best time coming into the meet was a 1:51.04 from last year’s SEC Championship meet.

Scholtz’s improvement curve:

Scholtz finished 16th in the 200 breaststroke at last year’s NCAA Championship meet to earn his first All-America honor (Honorable Mention).