{"id":626688,"date":"2025-11-19T18:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=626688"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:52:24","slug":"nate-germonprez-blasts-49-71-100-breast-at-texas-invite-torri-huske-baylor-nelson-lead-flurry-of-top-ranked-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nate-germonprez-blasts-49-71-100-breast-at-texas-invite-torri-huske-baylor-nelson-lead-flurry-of-top-ranked-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Germonprez Blasts 49.71 100 Breast at Texas Invite; Torri Huske, Baylor Nelson Lead Flurry of Top-Ranked Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nate Germonprez Blasts 49.71 100 Breast at Texas Invite; Torri Huske, Baylor Nelson Lead Flurry of Top-Ranked Times<\/strong><\/p>\n

With a full slate of individual events on tap Wednesday evening at the Texas Invitational, swimmers from Stanford, Southern California and the host Longhorns took turns posting the fastest times in the country in their respective events. In eight individual events, six swimmers claimed the top spot in the early-season rankings, but the highlight came in the 100 breaststroke as\u00a0Nate Germonprez<\/strong> surged to become the fourth-fastest performer in history.<\/p>\n

In prelims, Germonprez had gone 50.00, and he became the sixth member of the sub-50 club at night with a mark of 49.71. The only swimmers to ever go faster are\u00a0Julian Smith<\/strong> (49.51),\u00a0Liam Bell<\/strong> (49.53) and\u00a0Ian Finnerty<\/strong> (49.69), all previous NCAA champions in the event.<\/p>\n

Texas showed off its depth behind Germonprez as the Longhorns now occupy the top-four spots in the national rankings for this college season. Campbell McKean<\/strong> took second in 50.37, putting the 2025 U.S. national champion in the 100-meter breast at No. 12 all-time in the race, while\u00a0Will Modglin<\/strong> took third (50.91) and\u00a0Will Scholtz<\/strong> got fourth (50.95).<\/p>\n

Additionally, a pair of Texas men climbed the all-time rankings in the men’s 400 IM. Baylor Nelson<\/strong>, who placed seventh in the country last season while competing for Texas A&M, won the event in 3:34.83, making himself the seventh-fastest performer in history while clobbering his previous best of 3:37.46. Not far behind was sophomore teammate\u00a0Cooper Lucas<\/strong>, who went 3:35.28 to enter history’s all-time top-10. Lucas swam three seconds faster than his previous best time (3:38.18), which helped him to sixth at last year’s NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n

Nelson and Lucas have now jumped into position to contend in the event on the national level this year. Their top competition should come from a more decorated teammate, Rex Maurer<\/strong>, who finished a surprising fifth in this event in 3:40.58, just behind Northwestern’s Joshua Staples<\/strong> (3:40.05) and Wisconsin’s Dominik Mark Torek<\/strong> (3:40.21).<\/p>\n

The Longhorn men always boast superb depth in the 200 freestyle, and that will continue in 2025-26 despite the graduations of Luke Hobson<\/strong>,\u00a0Coby Carrozza<\/strong> and\u00a0Chris Guiliano<\/strong>. Now, Texas adds\u00a0Jacob Wimberly<\/strong> to the mix. Like Nelson, Wimberly transferred from Texas A&M in the offseason, and he crushed his best time in the event Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Entering with a top mark of 1:32.86, Wimberly clocked 1:31.57 in prelims and then 1:31.51 in the evening. That mark was just ahead of times from Ohio State’s Tomas Navikonis<\/strong> (1:31.60) and Georgia’s\u00a0Tomas Koski<\/strong> (1:31.68) at other invites for tops in the national rankings. Wimberly finished ahead of Texas teammate\u00a0Camden Taylor<\/strong> (1:32.38), with Wisconsin’s\u00a0Luukas Vainio<\/strong> third (1:32.84).<\/p>\n

The only men’s event not to go to a Texas swimmer was the 100 butterfly.\u00a0Michal Chmielewski<\/strong> got the win in 45.15, edging out Texas A&M’s Chase Swearingen<\/strong> (45.30) and Texas’\u00a0Garrett Gould<\/strong> (45.40).<\/p>\n

The Longhorns finished off the night with a first-place finish in the 200 free relay. Germonprez and Modglin bookended the squad while\u00a0Garrett Gould<\/strong> and\u00a0Calvin Fry\u00a0<\/strong>handled the middle legs. Texas’ final time was 1:15.97, with Texas A&M second (1:16.59) and the Texas “B” team third (1:16.84).<\/p>\n