{"id":624543,"date":"2025-10-20T06:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=624543"},"modified":"2025-10-20T06:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:12:51","slug":"storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the college swimming season underway for the 2025-2026 year, there\u2019s no shortage of storylines to follow. Between up and coming competitors, returning stars, new coaches and movement among conferences, this NCAA season should have it all. Here are a few storylines to follow in the Southeastern Conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Texas&#8217; Command<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the biggest storyline this year centers on the University of Texas, which joined the SEC last season and immediately made its presence known. In their first year in the conference, the Longhorns won both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/can-hubert-kos-rex-maurer-lift-texas-men-to-repeat-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">men\u2019s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-women-reload-around-jillian-cox-erin-gemmell-divers-for-2025-26-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s<\/a> titles, proving that their Big 12 reign could easily translate to the nation\u2019s most competitive conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to a strong core headlined by <strong>Jillian Cox<\/strong> and <strong>Erin Gemmell<\/strong>, the Texas women have one of the most powerful incoming classes in the SEC. Top recruits like <strong>Haley McDonald<\/strong> (2023 world junior silver medalist and two-time national junior team member), <strong>Avery Collins<\/strong> (two-time Junior Nationals finalist finalist), <strong>Sarah Rodrigues<\/strong> (2025 national junior team member) and <strong>Inez Miller<\/strong> (2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships medalist) will be names to look out for. International freestylers <strong>Eva Okaro<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Nikolett Padar<\/strong> are expected to make a huge impact right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After losing key competitors <strong>Bella Sims<\/strong> and <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> last year, Florida has also brought in a competitive freshman women&#8217;s class, led by IM specialists <strong>Lilla Bognar<\/strong> and <strong>Grace Rabb<\/strong>, world junior champion <strong>Lynsey Bowen<\/strong>, Trinidad and Tobago Olympian <strong>Zuri Ferguson<\/strong> and Lithuanian freestyler <strong>Sylvia Statkevicius<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On the men&#8217;s side, the Gator men&#8217;s team had dominated the SEC since 2012, but Texas came in to end its 12-year conference championship streak last year. Standout swimmers like <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong>, <strong>Rex Maurer<\/strong>, <strong>Nate Germonprez<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Will Modglin<\/strong> led the way for the Longhorns. Maurer won both the 500 freestyle and 400 IM, establishing himself as one of the SEC\u2019s all-around talents. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the Gators return major contributors in <strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong>, <strong>Jonny Marshall<\/strong> and <strong>Scotty Buff<\/strong>, ensuring a showdown at the SEC Championships this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Tennessee on the Rise<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Texas and Florida may dominate the leading headlines of SEC swimming, there are several other rising competitors to keep an eye out for heading into the season. Tennessee stood out at the start of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secsports.com\/championships\/swimming-and-diving-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC championships<\/a> last season and finished third for both of their men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lady Vols have remained a consistent force within the conference under head coach <strong>Matt Kredich<\/strong>, who just had his contract renewed through 2030. Kredich has brought in several new talents, including <strong>Lilly Daley<\/strong> from UF, <strong>Kamal Muhammad<\/strong> from UVA and <strong>Simon\u00e9 Moll<\/strong> from Miami. Japan&#8217;s <strong>Mizuki Hirai<\/strong> is expected in the spring. On the men&#8217;s side, the Vols will add <strong>Ulises Saravia <\/strong>from Argentina and <strong>Ethan Dumesnil<\/strong> from France. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They&#8217;re likely to make an impact this upcoming year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Auburn&#8217;s New Class<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Auburn\u2019s women&#8217;s team is also a group to look out for after experiencing a large shift in its roster this past year. The Tigers had 13 women enter the transfer portal, the most from a single school and the most from an SEC school. The school will be looking to bounce back following an eighth-place finish at SECs for men and a ninth place finish for women. Head coach <strong>Ryan Wochomurka<\/strong> has brought in several talents to the men&#8217;s team, including <strong>Luke Bedsore<\/strong>, <strong>Maston Ballew<\/strong>, <strong>Mack Schumann<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Daniel Krichevsky<\/strong>, who will add depth and energy to the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Impacts of NIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the lanes, the growing influence of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) opportunities are continuing to reshape collegiate athletics, especially for powerhouse conferences like the SEC. The SEC specifically, in fact, is one of the biggest spenders for college athletics. Although NIL hasn&#8217;t transformed swimming as much as it has for larger revenue sports such as basketball or football, there is still a huge impact on the environment of the sport. In several cases, effects of NIL has led to the elimination of non-revenue sports for certain colleges. This conflict and added pressure on the sport may be a factor to watch out for heading into this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26 With the college swimming season underway for the 2025-2026 year, there\u2019s no shortage of storylines to follow. Between up and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165060,"featured_media":615968,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[136899,32,44804,53190,46364,366],"class_list":["post-624543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","category-usa","tag-d1-swimming","tag-florida","tag-ncaa-swimming","tag-sec","tag-sec-swimming","tag-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The University of Texas will aim to defend the SEC titles from the school&#039;s first year in the league, with tough competition from Florida.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Texas will aim to defend the SEC titles from the school&#039;s first year in the league, with tough competition from Florida.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lily Perkins\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lily Perkins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lily Perkins\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/93467e5b712e8ff35fb99e95fc1fad38\"},\"headline\":\"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/\"},\"wordCount\":702,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"D1 Swimming\",\"Florida\",\"NCAA Swimming\",\"SEC\",\"SEC Swimming\",\"Texas\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/\",\"name\":\"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"The University of Texas will aim to defend the SEC titles from the school's first year in the league, with tough competition from Florida.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":750,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/93467e5b712e8ff35fb99e95fc1fad38\",\"name\":\"Lily Perkins\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee6d45628d2ee26efa864a39cdce314f?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee6d45628d2ee26efa864a39cdce314f?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Lily Perkins\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/lily-perkins\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26","description":"The University of Texas will aim to defend the SEC titles from the school's first year in the league, with tough competition from Florida.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26","og_description":"The University of Texas will aim to defend the SEC titles from the school's first year in the league, with tough competition from Florida.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lily Perkins","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lily Perkins","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/"},"author":{"name":"Lily Perkins","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/93467e5b712e8ff35fb99e95fc1fad38"},"headline":"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26","datePublished":"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/"},"wordCount":702,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg","keywords":["D1 Swimming","Florida","NCAA Swimming","SEC","SEC Swimming","Texas"],"articleSection":["College","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/","name":"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-20T13:12:51+00:00","description":"The University of Texas will aim to defend the SEC titles from the school's first year in the league, with tough competition from Florida.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg","width":1000,"height":750,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/storylines-to-look-out-for-in-sec-swimming-in-2025-26\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Storylines to Look Out for in SEC Swimming in 2025-26"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/93467e5b712e8ff35fb99e95fc1fad38","name":"Lily Perkins","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee6d45628d2ee26efa864a39cdce314f?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee6d45628d2ee26efa864a39cdce314f?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Lily Perkins"},"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/lily-perkins\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Texas junior Rex Maurer -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rex-maurer-2025-Indy-Summer-Cup-0614-Edit.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2Cth","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624543"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624863,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624543\/revisions\/624863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}