Will Modglin Blasts 20.00 50 Backstroke; Fastest In History

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)
  • Championship Format
  • SCY
  • Live Results
  • Results on Meet Mobile as “Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invite”

We are a mere 30 minutes into the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational, and we are off to a flying start with three of the top 10 relay splits in history coming in the first session, led by Will Modglin swimming the fastest 50 backstroke ever.

Men’s 200 Medley Relay – Timed Finals

  • NCAA ‘A’ Cut – 1:23.61
  • NCAA ‘B’ Cut – 1:23.85

Top 8:

  1. Texas – 1:21.11
  2. Texas ‘B’ – 1:23.81
  3. Texas A&M – 1:24.44
  4. USC – 1:24.48
  5. Northwestern – 1:24.65
  6. Wisconsin – 1:24.82
  7. Pitt – 1:25.22
  8. Wisconsin ‘B’ – 1:25.78

Leading off the Texas ‘A’ relay, Modglin split 20.00 to move up to number one all time, overtaking NC State’s Aiden Hayes who swam 20.07 at the 2024 NCAA Championships. He is now only 0.01 seconds away from breaking 20 seconds.

He took three tenths off his previous fastest performance of 20.32 from the 2025 NCAA Championships.

Top 10 Performances

  1. 20.00 — Will Modglin (2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invite)
  2. 20.07 — Aiden Hayes (2024 NCAAs)
  3. 20.08 — Bjorn Seeliger (2022 NCAAs)
  4. 20.16 — Kacper Stokowski (2022 NCAAs)
  5. 20.19 — Adam Chaney (2022 NCAAs)
  6. 20.20 — Ryan Murphy (2016 NCAAs)
  7. 20.20 — Adam Chaney (2025 ASU vs. UNLV)
  8. 20.22 — Bjorn Seeliger (2024 Cal vs. ASU)
  9. 20.22 — Zane Waddell (2019 SECs)
  10. 20.24 — Quintin McCarty (2025 NCAAs)
  11. 20.26 — Adam Chaney (2023 SECs)

Modglin was not the only fast split on the men’s medley relays. Texas freshman Campbell McKean swam breaststroke on the ‘B’ relay, and he split 22.51 which is the 6th fastest split in history. He passes Virginia’s Noah Nichols, who split 22.52 at the 2023 Tennessee Invite for the position. He also becomes the 6th fastest performer in history (no athlete appearing more than once in the top five).

Top 10 Performances

  1. 22.15 — Julian Smith (2025 SECs)
  2. 22.25 — Liam Bell (2024 NCAAs)
  3. 22.27 — Leon Marchand (2023 NCAAs)
  4. 22.39 — Derek Maas (2023 NCAAs)
  5. 22.39 — Max McHugh (2023 NCAAs)
  6. 22.51 — Campbell McKean (2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invite)
  7. 22.52 — Noah Nichols (2023 Tennessee Invite)
  8. 22.53 — Van Mathias (2023 NCAAs)
  9. 22.54 — Brian Benzing (2023 CAAs)
  10. 22.55 — Brian Benzing (2024 CAAs)

Texas junior Nate Germonprez also had an exceptional breaststroke split, with his 22.59 coming just eight-hundredths behind McKean and sitting just outside the top 10.

On the women’s side, Stanford senior Torri Huske is out to a fast start. She split 21.88 on the fly leg of Stanford’s winning 200 medley relay to move into 7th all time and become the 3rd fastest performer in history.

Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Timed Finals

  • NCAA ‘A’ Cut – 1:36.09
  • NCAA ‘B’ Cut – 1:36.57

Top 8:

  1. Stanford – 1:33.29
  2. Texas – 1:34.69
  3. Wisconsin – 1:35.53
  4. USC – 1:36.72
  5. Stanford ‘B’ – 1:36.77
  6. Pitt – 1:37.22
  7. Northwestern – 1:37.68
  8. Texas ‘C’ – 1:38.05

Huske was nearly half-a-second faster than the 22.37 she split at this meet last year, and is the 6th woman to ever break 22 seconds on this relay leg

Top 10 Performances

  1. 20.87 — Gretchen Walsh (2025 UVA vs. VT Dual)
  2. 20.88 — Gretchen Walsh (2025 NCAAs)
  3. 21.07 — Gretchen Walsh (2025 Eddie Reese Showdown)
  4. 21.50 — Gretchen Walsh (2024 UVA vs. NC State vs. UNC)
  5. 21.65 — Gretchen Walsh (2024 UVA vs. Navy Combined Intrasquad)
  6. 21.85 — Maggie MacNeil (2022 Art Adamson Invite)
  7. 21.88 — Torri Huske (2025 Texas Hall of Fame Invite)
  8. 21.91 — Gretchen Walsh (2022 UVA vs. UF)
  9. 21.95 — Kate Douglass (2020 Tennessee Invite) / 21.95, Alex Shackell (2023 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals – East)
  10. (tie)

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Pea brain
6 months ago

Claire curzan also split 21.95 at the UNC dual meet

Swimfish87
6 months ago

I have been saying this since he came to Texas, will is a one of a kind in and out of the pool Eric Myers his club coach did a hell of a job getting him ready for life in and out of the pool. Mark my words he will make the team in 28

MDS
6 months ago

Let’s see where Chaney ends up this fall.

On the list of all time performances there are 6 individuals with one appearance on the list;

Bjorn Seeliger has two appearances;.

Adam Chaney is listed three times.

Barry Allen
Reply to  MDS
6 months ago

With a 20.20 after taking a year off of competing

A J
6 months ago

Still can’t believe Anthony grim did a 20.8 59 back as a sophomore

Wanna Sprite?
Reply to  A J
6 months ago

He had to get nerfed with that injury, he was way too overpowered

swimswamswum
6 months ago

ah yes WIL Modglin

saltie
6 months ago

wHy dO So mAnY pEOpLe cOmMit tO teXaS??? sUreLy bOb cAn’t CoaCh tHeM aLL.

This is why. Why are we still doubting Bob Bowman in 2025

Bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  saltie
6 months ago

People fear that which they don’t understand.

HeGetsItDoneAgain
Reply to  Bobthebuilderrocks
6 months ago

Fear is the mind killer

Jessewelles fan
Reply to  HeGetsItDoneAgain
6 months ago

Jessewelles????

Topdawg101
6 months ago

19 second 50 back before GTA 6

Bobthebuilderrocks
6 months ago

Bob and co have learned how to rest this guy. I can’t say I’m majorly surprised he went 20.00, dude was 20.8 out of high school. It is kind of a crazy time in the year to do it considering Bob said in a podcast that they wouldn’t rest as much for this meet as they did last year.

Bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  Bobthebuilderrocks
6 months ago

he’s .45 faster than he was last year in the 50 back at this meet and last year in the 100 he went 43.91….

Jack
Reply to  Bobthebuilderrocks
6 months ago

Will and Kos going 1-2 in the hundred.

Entgegen
Reply to  Jack
6 months ago

is Kos swimming this meet?

Bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  Entgegen
6 months ago

No Kos, no Johnston, no Fente-Damers