Eddie Reese Showdown
- January 23-24, 2026
- Austin, Texas — Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Full Meet Results on Meet Mobile “Eddie Reese Texas Showdown Fri & Sat AM”
- Session 1 Recap
- Session 2 Recap
Louisville managed to defeat heavy favorite Texas in the women’s team standings to close out the 2026 Eddie Reese Texas Showdown with 488 points, just ahead of Texas’s 487 and Ohio State’s 227. The defeat marks Texas’ first lost of the season, as the No. 2 ranked team in the country lost on home soil to the No. 6 ranked team.
On the men’s side, however, No. 1 ranked Texas dominated with 540 points, followed by No. 8 Louisville at 459 and No. 16 Ohio State at 159. In the combined team totals, Texas topped the leaderboard with 1,027 points, Louisville was second with 947, and Ohio State third with 386.
The session on Saturday kicked-off with the 200 backstroke, where Texas claimed the top two spots on the women’s side as Sarah Rodrigues touched first in 1:53.08, with Lillie Nesty close behind in 1:54.37. Louisville’s Xeniya Ignatova finished third in 1:55.41, while Haley McDonald (1:56.02) and Emma Kern (1:56.89) added points for the Longhorns.
In the men’s event, Texas’s Hubert Kos paced the field in 1:38.14, and teammate Rex Maurer followed in 1:40.39. Louisville’s Filip Kosinski was third in 1:41.12, with Jackson Millard (1:42.03) and Nate Thomas (1:42.66) also scoring.
The 200 yard breaststroke saw Louisville’s Anastasia Gorbenko nip the women’s race in 2:07.45. With teammates Mia Cheatwood taking 2nd (2:09.53) and 3rd (2:09.58). On the men’s side, Texas asserted itself, with Nate Germonprez winning in 1:53.40 with teammate Will Scholtz taking 3rd in 1:55.90. Louisville’s Finnley Conklin finished 2nd overall in 1:55.77.
In the 50 freestyle, Louisville showed their sprint powers behind Julia Dennis as she won the women’s event in 21.55, while Texas’s Eva Okaro finished second at 21.75 and Louisville’s Caroline Larsen was third at 22.02. On the men’s side, Texas’s Garrett Gould touched first in 19.05, with Louisville’s Nikita Sheremet at 19.11 and Charlie Crush at 19.55.
In the 200 yard butterfly, Texas’ Campbell Stoll won the women’s race in 1:53.17, with Angie Coe second in 1:57.01 and Louisville’s Kaitlyn Sallows third in 2:00.27. The men’s race was led by Texas, with Ryan Branon taking the top time in 1:42.39 and Cooper Lucas close behind in 1:42.81, while Louisville’s Gregg Enoch placed third in 1:43.38.
Texas dominated the men’s 100 yard individual medley, sweeping the podium as Nate Germonprez touched first in 47.03, Hubert Kos second in 47.11, and Will Modglin third in 47.48. On the women’s side, Louisville’s Anastasia Gorbenko won in 52.42 for her second victory of the day, with teammate Caroline Larsen touching 2nd in 53.70 and Texas’s Angie Coe third in 54.58.
In the women’s 1650 freestyle, Texas dominated behind their strong distance squad. On the women’s side, NCAA Champion Jillian Cox led a Longhorn one-two with 15:44.61, followed by Kate Hurst in 15:56.77, while Louisville’s Leticia Fassina Romao was third in 15:56.88. In the men’s mile, Texas’s Aiden Hammer took the win in 14:49.19, with teammate Alec Enyeart second in 14:59.72 and Louisville’s Kayden Lancaster third in 15:22.86.
To close out the meet on the diving boards, it was Texas who once-again swam victory with Nicholas Harris leading the team to victory with a score of 359.33 points, well ahead of the field.
Nate beating Hubert and Will in the 100 IM. Let’s figure out that 200 IM, again. Please!
Kos is not at 100% right now, imo. He’ll be fast in March.
You think he’s been sick too?
Louisville is coached by the best Head Coach in the business.
Top 10 for sure but best might be stretching it
He is definitely in the conversation for best Head Coach with both men’s and women’s teams. I would put Bowman, Durden, Kredich, and Holloway, up there for a top 5. Honestly, I could see a case for any of those 5 being picked as the top.
You can’t say that AND be a Tennessee fan
Guess tOSU couldn’t stick around for the final session
Their flight was cancelled so had to take an earlier flight.
Congrats to Louisville but I doubt that Texas swimmers were tapered at all.
Well they usually swim faster without taper anyways
lol this is so true
I also doubt the Louisville team was either.
Considering Texas women are October Queens, I don’t think taper really matters at all to them.
Texas is a great team but they really need to fix the taper issue. They could be so much better at NCAAs if they did
Nobody is ever tapered, rested, nor shaved. Just ask them.
Cry me a river!
Congrats to Louisville! Happy to hear they were able to compete in the meet on Saturday since Ohio State had to fly out early due to the storm. Great meet by all!
That’s crazyyyy love that
Texas women were wildly overrated. Good for Louisville, the addition of Gorbenko is making them very dangerous.
Agree. There’s no way they should be above Stanford right now.
The Stanford University women’s swimming program swept the relays last year in Austin, TX.
The University of Texas women’s swimming program lost on home soil to the University of Louisville women’s swimming program, as well.
On the women’s side, the SEC has been vastly overrated during the 2025-2026 NCAA Season.
All that money just to be worse than the lowly ACC.
SEC power will shine at the SEC Championships where TX and TN ladies will fight down to the end of the ORANGE Battle. On the Men’s side TEXAS says it all.
NCAAs is not relevant for the SEC woman, but again TEXAS men will dominate.
….. only to crater at the 2026 NCAA DI Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships.
Talk about delusions of grandeur.
Who cares. With B finals- conference meets will be so much more fun (for swimmers and spectators) than ncaa
I feel like the SEC will be better in 2027-2028 though. Tennessee and Texas have insane incoming freshman classes
Title is deceiving. Not sure I would call it an upset.
A lower ranked team beat a higher ranked team, that’s literally the definition of an upset. What is your definition of an upset then?
Anybody paying attention to the actual meets this fall would know Louisville is a better team than Texas. And that was before Gorbenko. That high ranking was in name only.
Texas getting the benefit of their name just like in football?
The NCAA FBS (DI) Championships Game was Indiana versus Miami (FL). Just to let the Longhorns fans know.
Denial is not a river in Africa.