{"id":579463,"date":"2024-03-02T09:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=579463"},"modified":"2024-03-02T09:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:30:53","slug":"big-12-championships-day-5-prelims-erin-gemmell-will-modglin-bidding-for-more-titles-on-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-5-prelims-erin-gemmell-will-modglin-bidding-for-more-titles-on-final-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Erin Gemmell, Will Modglin Bidding for More Titles on Final Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Big 12 Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Erin Gemmell, Will Modglin Bidding for More Titles on Final Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The University of Texas women and men will cruise to Big 12 titles in their final year in the conference, with both Longhorns teams leading by enormous margins heading into the final day of racing. The Texas women will try to complete a title sweep by winning every race on the docket, and\u00a0<strong>Olivia Bray<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Erin Gemmell<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Anna Elendt<\/strong> each booked lane four for a women&#8217;s final Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>On the men&#8217;s side,\u00a0<strong>Will Modglin<\/strong> could be the conference swimmer of the meet as he looks to add the 200 back title to his earlier wins in the 200 IM and 100 back while fellow Texas freshmen\u00a0<strong>Nate Germonprez<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Brayden Taivassalo<\/strong> go for their first wins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-01-225510.png\" width=\"727\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-12-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big 12 Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/wvuni\/swimming\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/big12sports.com\/sports\/swim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Stream Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-1-kelly-pash-coby-carrozza-impressive-as-texas-wins-all-four-relays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-2-prelims-kelly-pash-erica-sullivan-lead-texas-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-2-finals-texas-freshman-erin-gemmell-will-modglin-claim-first-conference-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 2 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-3-prelims-erin-gemmell-poised-for-200-500-double\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-3-finals-coby-carrozza-kelly-pash-win-second-events-of-meet-in-200-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 3 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-4-prelims-emma-sticklen-starts-texas-top-seed-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 4 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/big-12-championships-day-4-finals-kelly-pash-wins-claims-third-triumph-lydia-jacoby-will-modglin-among-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 4 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 200 Backstroke<\/h2>\n<p>Versatile Texas senior\u00a0<strong>Olivia Bray<\/strong> will be favored to win her first conference title of the meet in the 200 back after she finished almost one-and-a-half seconds clear of the field in the morning. Bray, owner of the Big 12 meet record at 1:50.09 (set last year), clocked 1:55.15 in prelims. She previously took second in the 100 back Friday evening behind freshman teammate\u00a0<strong>Berit Berglund<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>TCU took the second and fourth spots in the field, with\u00a0<strong>Tania Quaglieri<\/strong> (1:56.58) and\u00a0<strong>Mikayka Popham<\/strong> (1:57.77), respectively, while Berglund was third at 1:57.16.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 35  Women 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 1:47.24  3\/23\/2019 Beata Nelson\r\n     American: $ 1:47.16  3\/10\/2019 Regan Smith\r\n      US Open: &amp; 1:47.16  3\/10\/2019 Regan Smith\r\n       Big 12: * 1:49.91  3\/18\/2017 Tasija Karosas, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 1:50.09  2\/25\/2023 Olivia Bray, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 1:50.50\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 1:57.07\r\n NCCA Invit23:   1:53.34\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Bray, Olivia           SR TEX               1:52.68    1:55.15B \r\n             26.83        56.24 (29.41)\r\n        1:25.34 (29.10)     1:55.15 (29.81)\r\n  2 Quaglieri, Tania       GS TCU               1:58.30    1:56.58B \r\n             25.34        54.40 (29.06)\r\n        1:24.78 (30.38)     1:56.58 (31.80)\r\n  3 Berglund, Berit        FR TEX               1:52.80    1:57.16  \r\n             27.87        56.96 (29.09)\r\n        1:26.77 (29.81)     1:57.16 (30.39)\r\n  4 Popham, Mikayla        GS TCU               1:58.65    1:57.77  \r\n             28.01        57.74 (29.73)\r\n        1:27.88 (30.14)     1:57.77 (29.89)\r\n  5 Titus, Danielle        SR UH                2:01.58    1:57.93  \r\n             28.25        58.14 (29.89)\r\n        1:28.12 (29.98)     1:57.93 (29.81)\r\n  6 Kern, Emma             FR TEX               1:55.32    1:58.12  \r\n             26.40        55.42 (29.02)\r\n        1:26.16 (30.74)     1:58.12 (31.96)\r\n  7 Wilson, Alicia         GS TEX               1:54.41    1:58.18  \r\n             27.22        56.60 (29.38)\r\n        1:27.11 (30.51)     1:58.18 (31.07)\r\n  8 Marusakova, Emma       SO BYU               1:57.66    1:58.62  \r\n             27.16        56.96 (29.80)\r\n        1:27.64 (30.68)     1:58.62 (30.98)<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 200 Backstroke<\/h2>\n<p>Cincinnati&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hunter Gubeno<\/strong> as the best swim of the morning as he clocked 1:41.69, but a pair of Longhorns are looming.\u00a0<strong>Will Modglin<\/strong>, who ranks seventh in the country at 1:38.99, is already the winner of the 200 IM and 100 back this week, and he qualified just 16-hundredths behind Gubeno at 1:41.85. The freshman is bidding to become the only male swimmer to win three individual events this week.<\/p>\n<p>Texas senior\u00a0<strong>Chris O&#8217;Connor<\/strong> was third in 1:42.89, with a big gap back to TCU&#8217;s <strong>Edgar Cicanci<\/strong> in fourth (1:44.44).<\/p>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p>Texas claimed the top five spots in the women&#8217;s 100 free, with top seeds\u00a0<strong>Erin Gemmell<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Grace Cooper<\/strong> each looking for a second individual conference title. Gemmell, who touched out\u00a0<strong>Erica Sullivan<\/strong>, for the win in the 500 free, qualified first in 48.36, while Cooper, the 50 free winner and a relay stalwart, took second in 48.88.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ava Longi<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Emma Davidson<\/strong> tied for third in 48.88, with\u00a0<strong>Sienna Schellenger<\/strong> fifth in 49.27.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 37  Women 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 45.56  3\/19\/2017 Simone Manuel\r\n     American: $ 45.56  3\/18\/2017 Simone Manuel\r\n      US Open: &amp; 45.56  3\/18\/2017 Simone Manuel\r\n       Big 12: * 47.32  2\/23\/2018 Claire Adams, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 47.46  2\/24\/2022 Claire Adams, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 47.18\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 49.36\r\n NCCA Invit23:   48.37\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Gemmell, Erin          FR TEX                 48.17      48.36B \r\n             11.10        23.28 (12.18)\r\n          35.97 (12.69)       48.36 (12.39)\r\n  2 Cooper, Grace          SR TEX                 47.79      48.50B \r\n             10.86        23.08 (12.22)\r\n          35.90 (12.82)       48.50 (12.60)\r\n  3 Longi, Ava             SR TEX                 48.25      48.88B \r\n             11.16        23.23 (12.07)\r\n          36.21 (12.98)       48.88 (12.67)\r\n  3 Davidson, Emma         GS TEX                 48.34      48.88B \r\n             11.10        23.36 (12.26)\r\n          36.21 (12.85)       48.88 (12.67)\r\n  5 Schellenger, Sienna    SO TEX                 49.70      49.27B \r\n             11.27        23.61 (12.34)\r\n          36.48 (12.87)       49.27 (12.79)\r\n  6 Davis, Jessica         SR CINC                49.32      49.45  \r\n             11.26        23.63 (12.37)\r\n          36.54 (12.91)       49.45 (12.91)\r\n  7 Gould, Serena          SR TCU                 49.83      49.76  \r\n             11.44        23.79 (12.35)\r\n          36.83 (13.04)       49.76 (12.93)\r\n  8 Fulton, Alexa          FR TEX                 49.14      49.80  \r\n             11.35        23.66 (12.31)\r\n          36.69 (13.03)       49.80 (13.11)<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p>Brigham Young University&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jordan Tiffany<\/strong> will try to become the first non-Texas swimmer with multiple titles this week. The freshman who won the 100 fly Thursday touched first in the 100 free prelims in 42.60. But he will be surrounded in the final by two Texas freshmen.\u00a0<strong>Nate Germonprez<\/strong> has been dynamite on relays while finishing second in both the 200 IM and 200 free, and he came in second here at 42.79, with fellow first-year Longhorn\u00a0<strong>Camden Taylor<\/strong> third in 42.91.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jon Osa<\/strong> took fourth in 43.37, and watch out for\u00a0<strong>Coby Carrozza<\/strong>, the Texas senior who has already won the 200 and 500 free, in fifth after he clocked 43.40 in the morning.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 38  Men 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 39.90  3\/24\/2018 Caeleb Dressel\r\n     American: $ 39.90  3\/24\/2018 Caeleb Dressel\r\n      US Open: &amp; 39.90  3\/24\/2018 Caeleb Dressel\r\n       Big 12: * 41.06  12\/1\/2018 Tate Jackson, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 41.26  2\/29\/2020 Daniel Krueger, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 41.50\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 43.46\r\n NCCA Invit23:   42.32\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Tiffany, Jordan        FR BYU                 42.60      42.60B \r\n              9.69        20.28 (10.59)\r\n          31.47 (11.19)       42.60 (11.13)\r\n  2 Germonprez, Nate       FR TEX                 43.17      42.79B \r\n              9.84        20.54 (10.70)\r\n          31.84 (11.30)       42.79 (10.95)\r\n  3 Taylor, Camden         FR TEX                 43.31      42.91B \r\n              9.85        20.62 (10.77)\r\n          31.78 (11.16)       42.91 (11.13)\r\n  4 Osa, Jon               GS CINC                43.78      43.37B \r\n             10.07        20.85 (10.78)\r\n          32.22 (11.37)       43.37 (11.15)\r\n  5 Carrozza, Coby         SR TEX                 43.07      43.40B \r\n             10.03        20.89 (10.86)\r\n          32.24 (11.35)       43.40 (11.16)\r\n  6 Hawthorne, Drew        SR CINC                43.57      43.62  \r\n              9.86        20.81 (10.95)\r\n          32.38 (11.57)       43.62 (11.24)\r\n  7 Plumb, Payton          SR BYU                 44.21      43.76  \r\n             10.14        21.26 (11.12)\r\n          32.72 (11.46)       43.76 (11.04)\r\n  8 Haskal, Manning        SO TEX                 44.22      43.78  \r\n             10.22        21.28 (11.06)\r\n          32.59 (11.31)       43.78 (11.19)<\/pre>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 200 Breaststroke<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lydia Jacoby<\/strong> got the better of Texas teammate\u00a0<strong>Anna Elendt<\/strong> Friday evening in the 100 breast, but Elendt will try to turn the table over 200 yards in Saturday&#8217;s final. Elendt clocked 2:09.69 in the heats for the top qualifying time by less than two tenths, with West Virginia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Mia Cheatwood<\/strong> second (2:09.87). Jacoby will swim next to Elendt in the final after clocking 2:10.18 for the third seed.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 41  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 2:01.29  3\/18\/2023 Kate Douglass\r\n     American: $ 2:01.29  3\/18\/2023 Kate Douglass\r\n      US Open: &amp; 2:01.29  3\/18\/2023 Kate Douglass\r\n       Big 12: * 2:03.26  2\/18\/2023 Anna Elendt, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 2:03.92  2\/26\/2022 Anna Elendt, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 2:05.73\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 2:13.86\r\n NCCA Invit23:   2:09.68\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 *Elendt, Anna          SR TEX               2:06.19    2:09.69B \r\n             29.83      1:02.22 (32.39)\r\n        1:35.26 (33.04)     2:09.69 (34.43)\r\n  2 Cheatwood, Mia         SO WVU               2:10.60    2:09.87B \r\n             30.16      1:02.64 (32.48)\r\n        1:36.23 (33.59)     2:09.87 (33.64)\r\n  3 Jacoby, Lydia          SO TEX               2:10.42    2:10.18B \r\n             28.98      1:02.25 (33.27)\r\n        1:36.98 (34.73)     2:10.18 (33.20)\r\n  4 Vadovicova, Nina       FR TCU               2:11.30    2:12.53B \r\n             29.96      1:03.25 (33.29)\r\n        1:37.29 (34.04)     2:12.53 (35.24)\r\n  5 Rose, Julie            FR CINC              2:13.26    2:13.07B \r\n             31.34      1:04.92 (33.58)\r\n        1:39.06 (34.14)     2:13.07 (34.01)\r\n  6 Miller, Mackenzie      SO BYU               2:10.98    2:13.12B \r\n             29.92      1:03.89 (33.97)\r\n        1:38.79 (34.90)     2:13.12 (34.33)\r\n  7 Peter, Flo             SO UH                2:14.23    2:13.13B \r\n             30.13      1:04.72 (34.59)\r\n        1:39.06 (34.34)     2:13.13 (34.07)\r\n  8 Stoll, Campbell        FR TEX               2:13.62    2:13.25B \r\n             29.95      1:04.41 (34.46)\r\n        1:38.22 (33.81)     2:13.25 (35.03)<\/pre>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 200 Breaststroke<\/h2>\n<p>A stunning finish helped Texas freshman\u00a0<strong>Brayden Taivassalo<\/strong> move up to second in the Big 12 final of the 100 breast Friday night. Now, he will be favored to win the 200 after clocking 1:54.61 in the morning, seven tenths clear of the field. The deep freshman class for the Longorns will again be on display as\u00a0<strong>Will Scholtz<\/strong>, the 100 breast winner, took third in 1:55.81.<\/p>\n<p>Splitting the difference was TCU&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Guilherme Camossato<\/strong> in 1:55.35, while BYU&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Brad Provo<\/strong>, fresh off a win in the 200 fly Friday night, placed fourth in 1:56.04.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 42  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n      NCAA D1: ! 1:46.91  3\/25\/2023 Leon Marchand\r\n     American: $ 1:47.91  3\/25\/2017 Will Licon\r\n      US Open: &amp; 1:46.91  3\/25\/2023 Leon Marchand\r\n       Big 12: * 1:47.91  3\/25\/2017 Will Licon, Texas\r\n         Meet: # 1:49.89  2\/25\/2017 Will Licon, Texas\r\n     NCAA \"A\": A 1:51.09\r\n     NCAA \"B\": B 1:57.44\r\n NCCA Invit23:   1:52.94\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 *Taivassalo, Brayden   FR TEX               1:53.89    1:54.61B \r\n             26.03        55.45 (29.42)\r\n        1:24.80 (29.35)     1:54.61 (29.81)\r\n  2 Camossato, Guilherme   FR TCU               1:54.74    1:55.35B \r\n             25.71        54.86 (29.15)\r\n        1:25.07 (30.21)     1:55.35 (30.28)\r\n  3 Scholtz, Will          FR TEX               1:54.35    1:55.81B \r\n             25.89        54.97 (29.08)\r\n        1:25.24 (30.27)     1:55.81 (30.57)\r\n  4 Prolo, Brad               BYU               1:54.74    1:56.04B \r\n             26.19        55.92 (29.73)\r\n        1:26.44 (30.52)     1:56.04 (29.60)\r\n  5 Edwards, Emerson       JR BYU               1:55.85    1:56.21B \r\n             26.32        55.93 (29.61)\r\n        1:25.76 (29.83)     1:56.21 (30.45)\r\n  6 Berlitz, Danny         SR WVU               1:57.16    1:57.36B \r\n             26.85        56.71 (29.86)\r\n        1:26.72 (30.01)     1:57.36 (30.64)\r\n  7 Goncalves, Felipe      FR TCU               1:56.76    1:57.65  \r\n             26.61        56.17 (29.56)\r\n        1:26.73 (30.56)     1:57.65 (30.92)\r\n  8 Wuilliez, Jadon        JR TCU               1:59.11    1:58.69  \r\n             26.54        56.54 (30.00)\r\n        1:27.33 (30.79)     1:58.69 (31.36)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big 12 Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Erin Gemmell, Will Modglin Bidding for More Titles on Final Day The University of Texas women and men will cruise to Big 12 titles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":531195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[69488,65998,131617,69814,133917,73991,59683,458,127846],"class_list":["post-579463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-anna-elendt","tag-big-12-swimming","tag-brayden-taivassalo","tag-erin-gemmell","tag-hunger-gubeno","tag-jordan-tiffany","tag-olivia-bray","tag-university-of-texas","tag-will-modglin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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