Sterkel Classic
- January 31, 2026
- Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, Austin, TX
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
In the final showing for the Longhorns ahead of the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships, Texas, TCU, Incarnate Word, and Trinity gathered in Austin for the 2026 Sterkel Classic, where Nate Germonprez, Hubert Kos, Rex Mauer, and more continued their impressive 2025-2026 campaign.
Women’s Recap
The Longhorn women picked up the top three spots in the 10o butterfly, with Campbell Stoll earning top honors in 51.74, following her was Sarah Rodrigues (54.36) and Alexa Fulton (55.10).
Haley McDonald and Avery Collins battled for the top spot in the 400 IM for the Longhorn women; McDonald emerged victorious in 4:12.55, with Collins just a few ticks behind in 4:12.73.
Nikoletta Padar topped all performers in the 200 free with a 1:43.81 win for Texas. Her teammate Angie Coe notched a new lifetime best to finish 2nd in 1:44.09.
Texas finished 1-2 again in the 100 breast with Lindsey Hosch (1:03.03) and Ella Mongenel (1:03.77) touching more than three seconds faster than anyone else in the event. She later touched 2:16.19 in the 200 breast.
Emma Kern logged a more than a second win for Texas in the 100 back with her 52.25, finishing 2nd was Inez Miller in 53.68.
Miller later was victorious in the 100 free as the only sub 50 second swimmer in 49.75.
Texas’ Eva Okaro won the 50 free as the only competitor under 22 seconds, clocking 21.84.
Seanna Muhitch topped the 500 free for TCU, clocking 5:07.19, ahead of a pair of Incarnate Word swimmers in Teha Molina De La Rosa (5:15.79) and Lauren Matula (5:20.49).
Sydney Inman and Stella Todd finished 1-2 for TCU in the 200 IM, each swimming their fastest times of the season in 2:05.15 and 2:05.84, respectively.
Taylor Steelman won the 200 back for the Horned Frogs in 1:59.79.
TCU’s Emma Herrera added two wins for TCU, winning both the 1-meter (292.35) and 3-meter (325.90) events.
Incarnate Word’s Adriana Roldan finished nearly three seconds ahead of the field in the 200 fly in 2:03.88.
Men’s Recap
Texas’s sprint breaststroke ace Nate Germonprez comfortably swam the top 100 breast of the meet, clocking 51.00, the fourth fastest time for him this season. His teammate, Will Scholtz, was just behind in 53.68.
Kos was the Longhorn men’s top finisher in the 400 IM, an off-distance for him, clocking 3:38.66, missing his career best in the event of 3:35.83 from the NC State/GAC Invitational in November of 2023, more than two years ago. Just behind him was his teammate Spencer Aurnou-Rhees, who clocked the fastest time of his career in 3:42.54.
Rex Maurer and Kyle Peck each dropped lifetime bests in the 200 fly to finish 1-2 for Texas, with Maurer finishing two hundredths better in 1:41.71 and Peck in 1:41.73.
Aurnou-Rhees later logged his fastest 200 IM of the season in 1:43.99, the first of the Longhorns to finish top three in the event.
The Longhorns finished 1-2 in the 1650 free with Sasha Lyubavskiy (14:58.96) and Manning Haskal (15:01.14), finishing ahead of a pair of Horned Frogs from TCU in 3rd and 4th.
Will Modglin, Campbell McKean, and Garrett Gould each logged sub 47 second times in the 100 fly to earn a 1-2-3 sweep of the event. Modglin touched first in 46.01, McKean followed closely behind in 46.49, and Gould rounded out the top three in 46.85.
Texas’ Calvin Fry clocked his fastest ever 200 free and hit the NCAA qualifying time in 1:33.08, leading a top-three sweep for the Longhorns.
Evan Bailey touched nearly nine seconds faster than the field in the 500 free, stopping the clock in 4:20.56.
Rafael Fente Damers picked up the 50 free victory for the Longhorn men, touching just ahead of Incarnate Word’s Luis De Oliveira (19.75) in 19.61. Camden Taylor finished 3rd for Texas in 19.96.
The Horned Frogs of TCU picked up a win in the 100 back by way of Edgar Cicanci, clocking 46.76, more than Incarnate Word’s Logan Graham, who swam a season best 49.57 for 2nd.
The next event would see TCU at the top again, with Nikola Koltin finishing almost two seconds ahead of the field in the 200 breast in 1:58.89.
TCU’s Peter Horton and De Olivera of Incarnate Word battled in the 100 free, with Horton ultimately edging out De Oliveira 43.71 to 43.79.
Cicanci and Filip Suchanski touched in the fastest two times in the 200 back, finishing 1-2 for the Horned Frogs in 1:44.46 and 1:46.41, respectively.
Did Texas not swim relays?
Is the 4IM really an off event for Kos? If I remember correctly, then the 2back and 2IM are on the same day with the schedule change. There’s a good chance he swims the 4IM this year in my opinion.
def a real chance at it — except teammates Baylor Nelson and Rex are probably already the favorites. Then again, Texas doesn’t need to worry about maximizing every last point. I think it just comes down to whether Hubi wants to go all in on chasing a 1:33 backstroke swim – in which case, he won’t want to swim 2IM ahead of it in the same session.
We don’t know what’s up with Baylor + David Johnston though. 400 IM might be just Cooper Lucas and Rex. While the 200 IM has Modglin/Germonprez/McKean/Taylor
Let’s have them all swim the 400 IM and go 5 up at NCAAs in a nod to the 2015 100 fly 6 up.
There’s a chance at it in the 200 IM. Look at the top times in the 200 IM this season. Hubert, Nelson, Modglin, Germonprez, McKean, Taylor and if Bob wants to get real spicy, he can throw Maurer in there the last day
Ha! Very true. 3/3 or 4/2 seems conservative with what those guys have done before.
Yeah, those first 4 have been A finalists in their careers, McKean is on a humongous rise and Taylor was near the top of the B Final last year in his first real year of being an IMer after focusing on the 50 his freshman year