﻿{"id":637205,"date":"2026-02-18T10:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637205"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:42:31","slug":"sec-championships-day-3-prelims-luca-urlando-hubert-kos-close-in-on-ncaa-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-3-prelims-luca-urlando-hubert-kos-close-in-on-ncaa-records\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Championships Day 3 Prelims: Luca Urlando, Hubert Kos Close in on NCAA Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships continued from the University of Tennessee on Wednesday, Feb. 18, with Day 3 of the meet, the first full day of prelims.<\/p>\n<p>The events are the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s 100 backstroke prelims, 200 butterfly prelims and 100 breaststroke prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at what happened in the morning prelims session:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/utennessee\/swim\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SEC Women&#8217;s 100 Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>Alabama senior <strong>Emily Jones<\/strong> claimed the top seed in the 100 backstroke, nearly breaking 51 seconds. Her time of 51.03 was a couple of tenths ahead of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Jillian Crooks<\/strong> was just behind in 51.24, followed by Florida&#8217;s <strong>Catie Choate<\/strong> (51.38).<\/p>\n<p>LSU&#8217;s <strong>Zoe Carlos-Broc<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 51.49, followed by Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s <strong>Kaitlyn Owens<\/strong> (51.62), Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Mizuki Hirai<\/strong> (51.70), Texas junior <strong>Emma Kern<\/strong> (51.81) and Auburn&#8217;s<strong> Lora Komoroczy<\/strong> (52.00).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 9  Women 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 48.10  2\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n          SEC: S 49.20  2\/21\/2025 Bella Sims, Florida\r\n         Meet: M 49.20  2\/20\/2025 Bella Sims, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 48.26  3\/17\/2023 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n                 52.65  NC\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Jones, Emily     SR Alabama-SE          50.61      51.03 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.58  11.77        24.30 (12.53)\r\n          37.60 (13.30)       51.03 (13.43)\r\n  2 Crooks, Jillian     Tennessee-SE        52.07      51.24 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.56  11.89        24.57 (12.68)\r\n          37.75 (13.18)       51.24 (13.49)\r\n  3 Choate, Catie G  JR FLOR-FL             50.95      51.38 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.69  12.07        24.65 (12.58)\r\n          38.10 (13.45)       51.38 (13.28)\r\n  4 Carlos-Broc, Zo  SO LSU-LA              51.60      51.49 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.61  12.16        24.88 (12.72)\r\n          38.28 (13.40)       51.49 (13.21)\r\n  5 Owens, Kaitlyn   5T Texas A&amp;M-GU        51.06      51.62 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.61  11.83        24.52 (12.69)\r\n          38.17 (13.65)       51.62 (13.45)\r\n  6 Hirai, Mizuki       Tennessee-SE        52.90      51.70 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.59  11.92        24.90 (12.98)\r\n          38.20 (13.30)       51.70 (13.50)\r\n  7 Kern, Emma       JR Texas               51.98      51.81 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.57  12.20        24.94 (12.74)\r\n          38.46 (13.52)       51.81 (13.35)\r\n  8 Komoroczy, Lora  SO Auburn-SE           51.65      52.00 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.49  11.91        24.61 (12.70)\r\n          38.13 (13.52)       52.00 (13.87)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Menear, Ella K   JR Alabama-SE          52.60      52.11 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  12.08        24.92 (12.84)\r\n          52.11 (27.19)                    \r\n 10 Stephens, Lexi      Tennessee-SE        52.54      52.36 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.62  12.29        25.12 (12.83)\r\n          38.69 (13.57)       52.36 (13.67)\r\n 11 Rathwell, Regan     Tennessee-SE        52.27      52.39 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.57  12.45        25.34 (12.89)\r\n          38.84 (13.50)       52.39 (13.55)\r\n 12 Rodrigues, Sara  FR Texas               52.78      52.64 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.60  12.36        25.33 (12.97)\r\n          39.00 (13.67)       52.64 (13.64)\r\n 13 De Villiers, Mi  SR LSU-LA              52.55      52.70 q      \r\n    r:+0.66  12.12        25.13 (13.01)\r\n          39.04 (13.91)       52.70 (13.66)\r\n 14 Schellenger, Si  SR Texas               52.59      52.87 q      \r\n    r:+0.78  12.31        25.42 (13.11)\r\n          39.14 (13.72)       52.87 (13.73)\r\n 15 Scholes, Dylan   SR South Carolina-S    53.10      52.93 q      \r\n    r:+0.66  12.42        25.38 (12.96)\r\n          39.03 (13.65)       52.93 (13.90)\r\n 16 Fox, Ellis       JR Auburn-SE           52.97      52.94 q      \r\n    r:+0.66  12.33        25.58 (13.25)\r\n          39.06 (13.48)       52.94 (13.88)<\/pre>\n<h3>\nSEC Men&#8217;s 100 Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>Texas senior <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong> took the top seed in the 100 backstroke. Not much of a surprise, but his 43.87 was not far off of his NCAA record.<\/p>\n<p>The Longhorns went 1-2 with junior <strong>Will Modglin<\/strong> finishing second in 44.16.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Ulises Saravia<\/strong> was the third seed in 44.50, followed by Florida&#8217;s <strong>Jonny Marshall<\/strong> (44.80), Georgia&#8217;s <strong>Ruard Van Renen<\/strong> (44.81), Kentucky&#8217;s <strong>Lysander Osman<\/strong> (44.87), Florida&#8217;s <strong>Scotty Buff<\/strong> (45.23) and Alabama&#8217;s <strong>Tommy Hagar<\/strong> (45.26).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 10  Men 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 43.20  3\/28\/2025 Hubert Kos, Texas\r\n          SEC: S 43.20  3\/28\/2025 Hubert Kos, Texas\r\n         Meet: M 43.73  2\/20\/2025 Jonny Marshall, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 44.07  12\/5\/2013 Nick Thorman, SwimMAC\r\n                 46.29  NC\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Kos, Hubert      SR Texas               44.48      43.87PqNC    \r\n    r:+0.66  10.34        21.11 (10.77)\r\n          32.52 (11.41)       43.87 (11.35)\r\n  2 Modglin, Will C  JR Texas               43.26      44.16 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.64  10.16        21.29 (11.13)\r\n          32.76 (11.47)       44.16 (11.40)\r\n  3 Saravia, Ulises     Tennessee-SE        44.89      44.50 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.68  10.54        21.40 (10.86)\r\n          32.88 (11.48)       44.50 (11.62)\r\n  4 Marshall, Jonny  JR FLOR-FL             45.13      44.80 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.83  10.27        21.17 (10.90)\r\n          32.94 (11.77)       44.80 (11.86)\r\n  5 Van Renen, Ruar  SR UGA-GA              43.92      44.81 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.55  10.55        21.71 (11.16)\r\n          33.33 (11.62)       44.81 (11.48)\r\n  6 Osman, Lysander  FR UK                  45.91      44.87 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.62  10.47        21.62 (11.15)\r\n          33.21 (11.59)       44.87 (11.66)\r\n  7 Buff, Scotty     JR FLOR-FL             46.50      45.23 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  10.48        21.61 (11.13)\r\n          33.27 (11.66)       45.23 (11.96)\r\n  8 Hagar, Tommy E   JR Alabama-SE          45.33      45.26 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.67  10.67        21.98 (11.31)\r\n          33.67 (11.69)       45.26 (11.59)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Masiuk, Ksawery  SO Texas               46.86      45.30 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.80  10.43        21.46 (11.03)\r\n          33.48 (12.02)       45.30 (11.82)\r\n 10 Simons, Nick F      Tennessee-SE        46.73      45.42 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.64  10.52        21.70 (11.18)\r\n          33.61 (11.91)       45.42 (11.81)\r\n 11 Makinen, Kalle   SR Auburn-SE           45.55      45.53 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.65  10.42        21.71 (11.29)\r\n          33.58 (11.87)       45.53 (11.95)\r\n 12 Goncharov, Step  SR LSU-LA              45.25      45.75 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.74  10.69        21.97 (11.28)\r\n          33.84 (11.87)       45.75 (11.91)\r\n 12 Naoroz, Devin A  JR UK                  45.91      45.75 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.71  10.63        21.85 (11.22)\r\n          33.63 (11.78)       45.75 (12.12)\r\n 14 Gould, Quinlan   JR Missouri-MV         45.97      45.76 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.72  10.56        21.74 (11.18)\r\n          33.63 (11.89)       45.76 (12.13)\r\n 15 Bricca, Ben         Tennessee-SE        46.17      45.86 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.72  10.72        22.00 (11.28)\r\n          34.05 (12.05)       45.86 (11.81)\r\n 15 Khaled, Sohib E  SR Auburn-SE           45.80      45.86 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.66  10.70        22.24 (11.54)\r\n          34.10 (11.86)       45.86 (11.76)<\/pre>\n<h2>\nSEC Women&#8217;s 200 Butterfly<\/h2>\n<p>Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Ella Jansen<\/strong> led a group of three swimmers to break 1:54 in the prelims session. Jansen got to the wall in 1:52.36, about a half second off of her seed time.<\/p>\n<p>Texas junior <strong>Campbell Stoll<\/strong> was also a little slower than her seed time ,finishing in 1:53.36, while Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Emily Brown<\/strong> was at 1:53.49, again, about a second off of her seed time.<\/p>\n<p>This should add up to a stellar final with all three holding back to have a little more in the tank.<\/p>\n<p>LSU&#8217;s <strong>Sofia Sartori<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 1:54.25, followed by South Carolina senior <strong>Jordan Agliano<\/strong> (1:54.50), Texas A&amp;M junior <strong>Ava Whitake<\/strong>r (1:55.91), Florida junior <strong>Lainy Kruger<\/strong> (1:56.17) and LSU sophomore <strong>Giuli Zambelli<\/strong> (1:56.17).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 11  Women 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:49.11  3\/22\/2025 Emma Sticklen, Texas\r\n          SEC: S 1:49.11  3\/22\/2025 Emma Stricklin, Texas\r\n         Meet: M 1:49.17  2\/22\/2025 Emma Stricklen, Texas\r\n         Pool: P 1:49.95  3\/18\/2023 Emma Sticklen, Texas\r\n                 1:57.11  NC\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Jansen, Ella        Tennessee-SE      1:52.88    1:53.26 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.72  25.15        53.55 (28.40)\r\n        1:22.52 (28.97)     1:53.26 (30.74)\r\n  2 Stoll, Campbell  JR Texas             1:52.13    1:53.36 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.67  25.11        54.04 (28.93)\r\n        1:23.49 (29.45)     1:53.36 (29.87)\r\n  3 Brown, Emily        Tennessee-SE      1:52.39    1:53.49 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.76  25.17        54.01 (28.84)\r\n        1:23.41 (29.40)     1:53.49 (30.08)\r\n  4 Sartori, Sofia   SR LSU-LA            1:53.29    1:54.25 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.68  25.64        54.64 (29.00)\r\n        1:24.14 (29.50)     1:54.25 (30.11)\r\n  5 Agliano, Jordan  SR South Carolina-S  1:54.87    1:54.50 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.69  26.43        55.36 (28.93)\r\n        1:24.56 (29.20)     1:54.50 (29.94)\r\n  6 Whitaker, Ava G  JR Texas A&amp;M-GU      1:55.01    1:55.91 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.71  26.02        55.07 (29.05)\r\n        1:25.02 (29.95)     1:55.91 (30.89)\r\n  7 Kruger, Lainy A  JR FLOR-FL           1:55.71    1:56.17 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.66  26.14        55.12 (28.98)\r\n        1:24.75 (29.63)     1:56.17 (31.42)\r\n  7 Zambelli, Giuli  SO LSU-LA            1:53.76    1:56.17 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.72  26.19        55.75 (29.56)\r\n        1:24.79 (29.04)     1:56.17 (31.38)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Gormley, Brecki  SR South Carolina-S  1:58.11    1:56.73 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.69  26.57        56.11 (29.54)\r\n        1:26.36 (30.25)     1:56.73 (30.37)\r\n 10 Reese, Addison   SO FLOR-FL           1:56.28    1:56.97 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  26.07        55.79 (29.72)\r\n        1:26.25 (30.46)     1:56.97 (30.72)\r\n 11 Raymond, Victor  JR Alabama-SE        1:55.93    1:57.15 q      \r\n    r:+0.67  26.32        55.86 (29.54)\r\n        1:25.97 (30.11)     1:57.15 (31.18)\r\n 11 Maluka, Ieva     SR UGA-GA            1:54.44    1:57.15 q      \r\n    r:+0.67  25.94        55.35 (29.41)\r\n        1:25.19 (29.84)     1:57.15 (31.96)\r\n 13 Rinard, Carissa  JR Auburn-SE         1:56.57    1:57.53 q      \r\n    r:+0.65  26.02        55.41 (29.39)\r\n        1:25.28 (29.87)     1:57.53 (32.25)\r\n 14 Van Brunt, Gaby  JR Alabama-SE        1:54.70    1:57.63 q      \r\n    r:+0.72  25.56        55.50 (29.94)\r\n        1:26.48 (30.98)     1:57.63 (31.15)\r\n 15 Grimley, Taylor  SO South Carolina-S  1:57.78    1:57.72 q      \r\n    r:+0.67  25.89        55.67 (29.78)\r\n        1:27.06 (31.39)     1:57.72 (30.66)\r\n 16 Bacher, Taylor   FR Auburn-SE         1:56.13    1:57.85 q      \r\n    r:+0.71  26.61        56.35 (29.74)\r\n        1:26.89 (30.54)     1:57.85 (30.96)<\/pre>\n<h3>SEC Men&#8217;s 200 Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>Georgia senior <strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong> was nearly a second faster than the field in the 200 fly, not surprising since he is the NCAA record holder.<\/p>\n<p>His time of 1:39.87 was about four tenths off of his NCAA mark.<\/p>\n<p>Teammate <strong>Drew Hitchcock<\/strong> took the second seed in 1:40.48, ahead of Auburn freshman <strong>Nasr Youssef<\/strong> (1:40.73) and Texas sophomore <strong>Kyle Peck<\/strong> (1:40.87).<\/p>\n<p>Missouri senior <strong>Jan Zubik<\/strong> took the fifth seed in 1:41.19, followed by Tennessee&#8217;s<strong> Martin Espernberger<\/strong> (1:41.56) and the Texas duo of <strong>Cooper Lucas<\/strong> (1:41.83) and <strong>Rex Maurer<\/strong> (1:41.87).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 12  Men 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:36.41  11\/25\/2025Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n          SEC: S 1:36.41  11\/21\/2025Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         Meet: M 1:37.18  2\/21\/2025 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         Pool: P 1:37.56  11\/22\/2025Ilya Kharun, ASU\r\n                 1:43.79  NC\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Urlando, Luca    SR UGA-GA            1:36.41    1:39.87 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  21.93        46.52 (24.59)\r\n        1:12.24 (25.72)     1:39.87 (27.63)\r\n  2 Hitchcock, Drew  SO UGA-GA            1:40.46    1:40.48 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.65  22.23        47.69 (25.46)\r\n        1:13.80 (26.11)     1:40.48 (26.68)\r\n  3 Youssef Nasr, A  FR Auburn-SE         1:41.66    1:40.73 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.71  22.79        48.61 (25.82)\r\n        1:14.60 (25.99)     1:40.73 (26.13)\r\n  4 Peck, Kyle       SO Texas             1:41.73    1:40.87 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.62  22.53        48.28 (25.75)\r\n        1:13.95 (25.67)     1:40.87 (26.92)\r\n  5 Zubik, Jan K     SR Missouri-MV       1:41.54    1:41.19 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.64  22.52        48.50 (25.98)\r\n        1:14.56 (26.06)     1:41.19 (26.63)\r\n  6 Espernberger, M     Tennessee-SE      1:41.22    1:41.56 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.65  22.80        48.47 (25.67)\r\n        1:14.68 (26.21)     1:41.56 (26.88)\r\n  7 Lucas, Cooper    SO Texas             1:40.40    1:41.83 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.68  22.74        48.57 (25.83)\r\n        1:14.81 (26.24)     1:41.83 (27.02)\r\n  8 Maurer, Rex      JR Texas             1:41.71    1:41.87 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.73  23.07        49.10 (26.03)\r\n        1:15.39 (26.29)     1:41.87 (26.48)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Bedsole, Luke C  FR Auburn-SE         1:44.06    1:41.96 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.59  22.78        48.57 (25.79)\r\n        1:14.75 (26.18)     1:41.96 (27.21)\r\n 10 Lopez-Guillen,   SO UK                1:43.27    1:42.35 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.62  22.97        48.96 (25.99)\r\n        1:15.67 (26.71)     1:42.35 (26.68)\r\n 11 Wimberly, Jacob  SO Texas             1:43.76    1:43.10 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.60  22.54        48.31 (25.77)\r\n        1:14.57 (26.26)     1:43.10 (28.53)\r\n 12 Kabbara, Munzy   5T Texas A&amp;M-GU      1:42.91    1:43.18 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.62  22.89        48.99 (26.10)\r\n        1:15.56 (26.57)     1:43.18 (27.62)\r\n 13 Ploof, Drew M    FR Missouri-MV       1:45.37    1:43.24 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.57  22.99        48.67 (25.68)\r\n        1:15.40 (26.73)     1:43.24 (27.84)\r\n 14 Judkins, Matthe  SO Missouri-MV       1:42.84    1:43.43 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.70  22.70        48.67 (25.97)\r\n        1:15.42 (26.75)     1:43.43 (28.01)\r\n 15 Moura, Gabriel   FR Alabama-SE        1:44.40    1:43.53 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.60  23.56        49.80 (26.24)\r\n        1:16.64 (26.84)     1:43.53 (26.89)\r\n 16 Cairns, Matt J   SO FLOR-FL           1:45.41    1:43.55 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.61  23.51        50.24 (26.73)\r\n        1:16.65 (26.41)     1:43.55 (26.90)<\/pre>\n<h3>SEC Women&#8217;s 100 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Florida sophomore<strong> Anita Bottazzo<\/strong> swam to the top seed in the 100 breaststroke, getting to the wall in 57.78. She was the only swimmer to break 58 in the prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee took the next two spots with <strong>McKenzie Siroky<\/strong> at 58.66 and <strong>Simone Moll<\/strong> at 58.86.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri senior <strong>Lina Bank<\/strong> took the fourth seed in 58.96, followed by LSU freshman <strong>Martina Bukvic<\/strong> (59.47), Texas sophomore <strong>Piper Enge<\/strong> (59.63), Florida junior <strong>Molly Mayne<\/strong> (59.64).<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M sophomore <strong>Ella McQuinn<\/strong> (1:00.01) and Auburn sophomore <strong>Annika Finzen<\/strong> tied for the eighth seed and will have a swim-off.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 13  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 55.73  3\/22\/2019 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n          SEC: S 56.64  3\/22\/2024 Mona McSherry, Tennessee\r\n         Meet: M 57.06  2\/22\/2024 Mona McSharry, Tennessee\r\n         Pool: P 56.64  12\/1\/2017 Molly Hannis, TNAQ\r\n               1:00.30  NC\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Bottazzo, Anita  SO FLOR-FL             56.87      57.78 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.67  12.24        26.73 (14.49)\r\n          42.01 (15.28)       57.78 (15.77)\r\n  2 Siroky, McKenzi     Tennessee-SE        57.78      58.66 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.64  12.61        27.44 (14.83)\r\n          43.19 (15.75)       58.66 (15.47)\r\n  3 Moll, Simone        Tennessee-SE        58.98      58.86 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.71  12.86        27.68 (14.82)\r\n          42.98 (15.30)       58.86 (15.88)\r\n  4 Bank, Lina       SR Missouri-MV         59.39      58.96 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.66  12.54        27.40 (14.86)\r\n          42.95 (15.55)       58.96 (16.01)\r\n  5 Bukvic, Martina  FR LSU-LA              59.54      59.47 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.65  13.08        28.16 (15.08)\r\n          43.75 (15.59)       59.47 (15.72)\r\n  6 Enge, Piper      SO Texas               58.13      59.63 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.59  12.66        27.99 (15.33)\r\n          43.78 (15.79)       59.63 (15.85)\r\n  7 Mayne, Molly     JR FLOR-FL             58.88      59.64 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.67  12.91        27.73 (14.82)\r\n          43.66 (15.93)       59.64 (15.98)\r\n  8 McQuinn, Ella    SO Texas A&amp;M-GU        59.42    1:00.01 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.67  12.67        28.00 (15.33)\r\n          43.71 (15.71)     1:00.01 (16.30)\r\n  8 Finzen, Annika   SO Auburn-SE           59.98    1:00.01 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.58  12.90        27.87 (14.97)\r\n          43.71 (15.84)     1:00.01 (16.30)\r\n Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------\r\n 10 Lyn, Sabrina     JR LSU-LA              59.63    1:00.02 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.62  12.82        27.87 (15.05)\r\n          43.73 (15.86)     1:00.02 (16.29)\r\n 11 Zeller, Zoey     JR Auburn-SE         1:00.27    1:00.07 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.69  13.05        28.34 (15.29)\r\n          43.94 (15.60)     1:00.07 (16.13)\r\n 12 Fast, Emelie        Tennessee-SE        58.69    1:00.14 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  12.62        27.69 (15.07)\r\n          43.69 (16.00)     1:00.14 (16.45)\r\n 13 Zallen, Zara A   JR Missouri-MV         59.41    1:00.22 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.71  12.75        27.89 (15.14)\r\n          43.55 (15.66)     1:00.22 (16.67)\r\n 14 Rosendale, Char  SR Alabama-SE          59.92    1:00.26 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  12.79        27.95 (15.16)\r\n          43.60 (15.65)     1:00.26 (16.66)\r\n 15 Headland, Charl  SO UGA-GA            1:00.27    1:00.61 q      \r\n    r:+0.74  13.08        28.13 (15.05)\r\n          44.14 (16.01)     1:00.61 (16.47)\r\n 16 Moore, Anna C    SR FLOR-FL           1:00.65    1:00.68 q      \r\n    r:+0.66  13.20        28.31 (15.11)\r\n          44.17 (15.86)     1:00.68 (16.51)<\/pre>\n<h3>SEC Men&#8217;s 100 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Texas junior <strong>Nate Germonprez<\/strong> broke the pool record to take the top seed in the men&#8217;s 100 breast. He got to the wall in 50.05, breaking the mark set by Alabama&#8217;s <strong>Derek Maas<\/strong> (50.78) in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Florida senior<strong> Koen de Groot<\/strong>\u00a0took he second seed in 50.72, also bettering the previous pool record.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky sophomore <strong>Adomas Gatulis<\/strong> took he third spot in 51.35, followed by Texas freshman <strong>Campbell McKean<\/strong> (51.65), Auburn sophomore <strong>Uros Zivanovic<\/strong> (51.70), LSU junior<strong> Levi Thome<\/strong> (51.72), Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Gabe Nunziata<\/strong> (51.74) and South Carolina freshman <strong>Eina Agustsson<\/strong> (51.75).<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 14  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 49.51  2\/21\/2025 Julian Smith, Florida\r\n          SEC: S 49.51  2\/21\/2025 Julian Smith, Florida\r\n         Meet: M 49.51  2\/20\/2025 Julian Smith, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 50.78  2\/18\/2022 Derek Maas, Alabama\r\n                 52.58  NC\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Germonprez, Nat  JR Texas               49.71      50.05PqNC    \r\n    r:+0.61  10.44        23.35 (12.91)\r\n          36.52 (13.17)       50.05 (13.53)\r\n  2 de Groot, Koen   SR FLOR-FL             52.70      50.72PqNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  10.67        23.54 (12.87)\r\n          37.00 (13.46)       50.72 (13.72)\r\n  3 Gatulis, Adomas  SO UK                  52.35      51.35 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.61  10.82        24.06 (13.24)\r\n          37.55 (13.49)       51.35 (13.80)\r\n  4 McKean, Campbel  FR Texas               50.37      51.65 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  11.04        24.19 (13.15)\r\n          37.99 (13.80)       51.65 (13.66)\r\n  5 Zivanovic, Uros  SO Auburn-SE           51.98      51.70 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.60  10.76        23.81 (13.05)\r\n          37.27 (13.46)       51.70 (14.43)\r\n  6 Thome, Levi      JR LSU-LA              55.28      51.72 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.67  11.52        24.15 (12.63)\r\n          37.82 (13.67)       51.72 (13.90)\r\n  7 Nunziata, Gabe      Tennessee-SE        52.31      51.74 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.64  10.95        24.19 (13.24)\r\n          37.75 (13.56)       51.74 (13.99)\r\n  8 Agustsson, Eina  FR South Carolina-S    51.78      51.75 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.63  11.17        24.36 (13.19)\r\n          37.94 (13.58)       51.75 (13.81)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Lisovets, Volod  SO LSU-LA              51.93      51.78 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.64  10.92        23.85 (12.93)\r\n          37.78 (13.93)       51.78 (14.00)\r\n 10 Savickas, Aleks  SR FLOR-FL             52.45      51.95 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.65  11.07        24.27 (13.20)\r\n          37.90 (13.63)       51.95 (14.05)\r\n 11 Brown, Logan H   JR Texas A&amp;M-GU        52.01      52.16 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.60  11.14        24.42 (13.28)\r\n          38.15 (13.73)       52.16 (14.01)\r\n 12 Pitzer, Cayden   JR UK                  53.56      52.26 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.67  11.18        24.59 (13.41)\r\n          38.11 (13.52)       52.26 (14.15)\r\n 12 Camossato, Guil     LSU-LA              56.81      52.26 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.61  10.85        24.33 (13.48)\r\n          38.05 (13.72)       52.26 (14.21)\r\n 14 Ballew, Maston   FR Auburn-SE           52.56      52.42 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.65  11.27        24.73 (13.46)\r\n          38.59 (13.86)       52.42 (13.83)\r\n 15 Scholtz, Will T  JR Texas               50.95      52.50 qNC    \r\n    r:+0.70  11.15        24.46 (13.31)\r\n          38.26 (13.80)       52.50 (14.24)\r\n 16 Ottke, Logan D   JR Missouri-MV         52.47      52.64 q      \r\n    r:+0.61  11.13        24.63 (13.50)\r\n          38.59 (13.96)       52.64 (14.05)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships continued from the University of Tennessee on Wednesday, Feb. 18, with Day 3 of the meet, the first full day of prelims. 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