Read moreNCAA Women's Championships, Day 2 Finals: Jillian Cox Overtakes Anna Peplowski to Secure 500 Free Title For Texas20 March 2025NCAA Women's Championships, Day 2 Finals: Jillian Cox Overtakes Anna Peplowski to Secure 500 Free Title For Texas She could have represented Texas in collegiate competition last year, but Jillian Cox chose to wait one year to maximize her chances at qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team. The presence...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Day 2 Heat Sheets20 March 2025NCAA Women's Championships: Day 2 Heat Sheets The 2025 Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championship continues from Federal Way, Washington, with the Day 2 prelims. Here is a look at the heat sheets. The morning begins with the prelims of the 500 freestyle, followed by the 200 IM and 50 freest...
Read moreLuke Hobson, Emma Sticklen Shine as Texas Defeats Indiana in Marquee Combined Dual Meet01 November 2024Luke Hobson, Emma Sticklen Shine as Texas Defeats Indiana in Marquee Combined Dual Meet The University of Texas swim teams welcomed the Indiana Hoosiers to Austin Friday for a two-part meet: an unscored morning session consisting of mostly longer events plus diving and then a "marquee" dual meet in ...
Read moreNCAA Women’s Championships Pre-Cut Psych Sheet: Virginia Holds 11 Top Seeds in Walsh Sisters' Finale04 March 2025NCAA Women’s Championships Pre-Cut Psych Sheet: Virginia Holds 11 Top Seeds in Walsh Sisters' Finale The pre-cut psych sheets for the upcoming NCAA Women's Championships were released Tuesday morning. These are not the final entry lists for the meet, which will be held March 19-22 at Weyerhaeuser Ki...
Read more9 Rising Female Stars Who Can Make a Team USA Impact on Road to 2028 Olympic Games04 September 20249 Rising Female Stars Who Can Make a Team USA Impact on Road to 2028 Olympic Games As the United States women excelled at the Paris Olympics with 18 total medals, experienced swimmers provided the highlights. Of the nine American women who won individual medals, seven were returners from the Tokyo G...
Read moreSEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Texas Distance Depth a Little Sluggish in 50019 February 2025SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Texas Distance Depth a Little Sluggish in 500 One of the stories of the 2025 SEC Championships, upon the inclusion of the University of Texas, would be how its vaunted distance program in particular shook up the status quo. The first returns, in the men’s 500 frees...
Read moreSEC Championships, Night 6: Texas Caps Conference Debut with Title Sweep; Spectacular Tie in 100 Freestyle22 February 2025SEC Championships, Night 6: Texas Caps Conference Debut with Title Sweep; Spectacular Tie in 100 Freestyle Texas has turned its first SEC Championships on the women’s side into a rout. Jillian Cox added a little flourish to that to start the final night. Cox won the mile in 15:30.33, setting a meet ...
Read moreTexas Invitational: Jillian Cox, Emma Sticklen Impress for Longhorn Women on Final Night22 November 2024Texas Invitational: Jillian Cox, Emma Sticklen Impress for Longhorn Women on Final Night During the final session of the Texas Invitational, the home team continued to dominate for both the women and men. The Texas women got big swims from faces old and new, with the two-time defending NCAA champion...
Read moreTrenton Julian Blasts 1:54.71 200 Fly at Speedo Summer Championships24 July 2024Trenton Julian Blasts 1:54.71 200 Fly at Speedo Summer Championships In the Olympic Trials final of the men's 200 butterfly, Trenton Julian led throughout but faded to eighth on the last length. Now, Julian has recorded a time that would have qualified him for the American Olympic team at the Speedo...
Read moreCollege Swimming Women's Top Times: Who Has Surprised This Season?13 January 2025College Swimming Women's Top Times: Who Has Surprised This Season? College swimming has just over a month to go until the beginning of conference championship meets, which can produce sensational efforts from all corners of the country. One month after that will be the NCAA Championships, with both ...
Read more1U.S. Olympic Trials Preview, Day Eight: Katie Ledecky Swims 800 Free, Aiming For Four-Peat in Paris12 June 2024U.S. Olympic Trials Preview, Day Eight: Katie Ledecky Swims 800 Free, Aiming For Four-Peat in Paris American swimmers, coaches, officials and hundreds of thousands of fans will make their way to Lucas Oil Stadium — home of the National Football League’s Indianapolis Colts — for a unique U.S. Olympic...
Read moreTexas Sweeps LSU in SEC Dual; Jillian Cox, Emma Sticklen Pop School Records11 October 2024Texas Sweeps LSU in SEC Dual Behind Jillian Cox, Hubert Kos The University of Texas Longhorns swept LSU in an SEC dual on Friday. The Texas women won 184-116 and the men won 198-102. Texas' Emma Kern, Piper Enge, Emma Sticklen and Ava Longi won the 200 medley relay in 1:36.24 to kick off the met. Ke...
Read moreFreshman Focus: Five Swimmers Making an Instant Impact on New Teams07 January 2025Freshman Focus: Five Swimmers Making Instant Impact on New Teams A large group of decorated swimmers will suit up for the upcoming college championship season as they seek to continue adding individual and team accolades to their respective résumés. Alex Walsh enters her fifth year of racing having ...
Read moreGrant House, Jillian Cox Win Third Event Each to Wrap Up Irvine Meet28 July 2024Grant House, Jillian Cox Win Third Event Each to Wrap Up Irvine Meet Six individual events and two relays concluded the Speedo Summer Championships Saturday evening in Irvine, Calif., with Grant House and Jillian Cox each winning their third individual events of the meet. House, already the top fini...
Read more6 Top NCAA Performances from October: Gretchen Walsh Leads the Way08 November 20246 Top NCAA Performances from October: Gretchen Walsh Leads the Way The splash of determined competitors, dueling for victory. The roar of the crowd echoing throughout the arena. And of course, the sweet smell of chlorine. After months of intense anticipation, the college dual-meet season is well und...
Read moreTexas Invitational: Jillian Cox Enters All-Time Top-10 in 500 Freestyle20 November 2024Texas Invitational: Jillian Cox Enters All-Time Top-10 in 500 Freestyle While Rex Maurer stole the show in the 500 freestyle Wednesday evening at the Texas Invite, another Longhorn put on a show in the women's equivalent event while entering the all-time top-10 in the event. Jillian Cox waited one y...
Read moreU.S. Nationals: Katie Ledecky Swims Third-Fastest 800 Free Ever and Welcomes Jillian Cox to Worlds Team27 June 2023U.S. Nationals: Katie Ledecky Swims Third-Fastest 800 Free Ever and Welcomes Jillian Cox to Worlds Team Katie Ledecky cannot usually outdo herself. She has spent years wracking up the fastest times ever in all of the distance freestyle races, and she has set the world records to nearly impossible st...
Read moreJordan Crooks, Rex Maurer Share SEC Weekly Honors27 November 2024Jordan Crooks, Rex Maurer Share SEC Weekly Honors Tennessee sprinter Jordan Crooks and Texas distance swimmer Rex Maurer shared the SEC Weekly Honors for their outstanding performances at the mid-season invitationals, the conference announced Wednesday. Maurer’s Texas teammate Emma Sticklen earned t...
Read more1Fanfare and Spectacular Racing Lift College Swimming During Record-Breaking Four-Team Derby27 January 2025Fanfare and Spectacular Racing Lift College Swimming During Record-Breaking Four-Team Derby This was the best of what the college swimming regular season can offer: high-level racing in the often-lethargic month of January inspired by the stakes of competition against other high-level programs. Sure...
Read moreJunior Pan Pacs: Erin Gemmell Sets Second Meet Record to Win 200 Free; Aaron Shackell Shines in 200 Fly24 August 2022Junior Pan Pacs: Erin Gemmell Sets Second Meet Record to Win 200 Free Erin Gemmell's Junior Pan Pacs is off to a fast start. The 17-year-old set a pair of meet records on the opening day of the meet in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the women's 200 freestyle. The latter earned her a gold medal in the first ev...