Texas A&M Gears Up for Challenge at SEC Championships

Monday, February 16

Knoxville, Tenn.

4:20 PM

Texas A&M

SEC Championships (Day 1)

Photo by: Carter Bradley

Feb 15, 2026 | Swimming and Diving

2025-26 Swimming & Diving Season Bests

By: Brad Marquardt, Director of Athletics Communications

KNOXVILLE – The Texas A&M men's and women's swimming and diving teams battle for conference supremacy in the 2026 Southeastern Conference Championships Monday through Saturday at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center on the University of Tennessee campus.

Director of Swimming & Diving Blaire Anderson on the 2026 SEC Championships:
"I'm really excited about SEC's. These kids have worked extremely hard, and they have honed in their craft over the past couple weeks and sharpened their tools. I've really seen them come together from a support standpoint and I'm excited to see that on display. Yeah, I think we're in for a treat.

"I think the biggest growth has been the mental side. I think, physically, they've always been doing the right things, and (the coaching staff) coming in giving them the critique and feedback that they need to make it even better. But I think from the mental side, it's understanding how to emotionally regulate, understanding what pressure feels like, and how to respond to that. Also just getting excited for every opportunity, regardless of if it's an A final, a B final, a C final, it's still an opportunity to represent your university at a very high level. They take a lot of pride in that. So, I think they've grown a lot, matured a lot."

Getting Started :

The SEC Championships get underway on Monday with the prelims and finals of the men's 1m dive. The diving prelims start at 11 a.m. with the consolations occurring after the prelims, while the 1m final begins at 4 p.m.
Swimming begins on Tuesday with the 1,650-yard freestyle heats beginning at 10:30 a.m. The women's 1m dive prelims commence at 11 a.m. Featured in the evening finals session are the men's and women's 200 medley relay and 800 free relay and the women's 1m final.
For the remainder of the Championships, the morning preliminary session starts at 8:30 a.m. and the evening finals session begins at 4:30 p.m.
A detailed schedule of events can be accessed at UTSports.com.

Aggies In the SEC Top 10:
(Women)

Event	Swimmer	Time	Rank
50 backstroke	Kaitlyn Owens	23.69	No. 2
100 backstroke	Kaitlyn Owens	51.06 q	No. 3
50 breaststroke	Claire Gass	28.79	No. 7
100 breaststroke	Ella McQuinn	59.42 q	No. 9
200 breaststroke	Lillie Sczech	2:09.25 q	No. 10
200 butterfly	Ava Whitaker	1:55.01 q	No. 10
100 IM	Ava Whitaker	55.47	No. 3
	Corbyn Reyes	57.12	No. 6
	Hannah O'Leary	57.67	No. 7
	Giulia Goerigk	58.28	No. 8
200 freestyle relay		1:28.77 p	No. 6
400 freestyle relay		3:17.11	No. 10
800 freestyle relay		7:13.54	No. 9
200 medley relay		1:36.80 p	No. 7
400 medley relay		3:33.18	No. 7

q-denotes NCAA qualifying time
p-denotes NCAA provisional time

(Men)

Event	Swimmer	Time	Rank
50 freestyle	Ben Scholl	19.14 q	No. 9
100 breaststroke	Logan Brown	52.01 q	No. 9
200 breaststroke	Logan Brown	1:52.11 q	No. 5
100 butterfly	Chase Swearingen	45.30 q	No. 4
200 IM	Logan Brown	1:41.59 q	No. 5
200 freestyle relay		1:16.59 p	No. 8
400 freestyle relay		2:49.38 p	No. 7
800 freestyle relay		6:22.96	No. 7
200 medley relay		1:24.44	No. 10

Texas A&M Event Leaders:

Event	Women's Leader	Men's Leader
50 freestyle	22.37 / Kaitlyn Owens	19.14q / Ben Scholl
100 freestyle	48.54q / Ella McQuinn	42.30q / Ben Sytsma
200 freestyle		1:35.80 / Daniil Pancerevas
500 freestyle	4:48.54 / Rachel Love	4:20.85 / Bucky Gettys
1000 freestyle	9:58.44 / Rachel Love	9:01.61 / Bucky Gettys
1650 freestyle	16:28.56 / Rachel Love	15:05.24q / Bucky Gettys
100 backstroke	51.06q / Kaitlyn Owens	46.77 / John Simmons
200 backstroke	1:54.76q / Halina Panczyszyn	1:41.69q / Munzy Kabbara
100 breaststroke	59.42q / Ella McQuinn	52.01q / Logan Brown
200 breaststroke	2:09.25q / Lillie Sczech	1:52.11q / Logan Brown
100 butterfly	52.34q / Ava Whitaker	45.30q / Chase Swearingen
200 butterfly	1:55.01q / Ava Whitaker	1:42.47q / Alejandro Michelena
200 IM	1:59.18 / Giulia Goerigk	1:41.59q / Logan Brown
400 IM	4:13.24 / Giulia Goerigk	3:42.59q / Munzy Kabbara
1m dive	303.45z / Joslyn Oakley	359.78z / Emilio Trevino
3m dive	331.80z / Bridget Foster	405.00z / Emilio Trevino
Platform dive	267.05z / Gabby Filzen	426.40z / Emilio Trevino
200 Free Relay	1:28.77p	1:16.59p
400 Free Relay	3:16.88	2:49.38p
800 Free Relay	7:13.54	6:22.96
200 Medley Relay	1:36.15p	1:24.44
400 Medley Relay	3:33.18	3:08.60

q – NCAA qualifying time
z – NCAA zone qualifying score
p – NCAA relay provisional time

In the Rankings:

In the most recent editions of the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Div. I Team Rankings, both Texas A&M squads rank among the top vote-getters among teams outside the top 25.
The women's poll contains eight teams from the SEC: No. 3 Texas, No. 9 Tennessee, No. 10 Florida, No. 13 Alabama, No. 14 LSU, No. 16 Georgia, No. 18 South Carolina and No. 19 Auburn.
The men's poll has eight teams from the SEC: No. 1 Texas, No. 4 Florida, No. 7 Georgia, No. 9 Tennessee, No. 14 Alabama, No. 16 Auburn, No. 18 LSU and No. 23 Kentucky.

Last Year at SECs:

At the SEC Championships at Athens, Georgia, the Aggie men's team placed fifth with 790.0 points and the women's squad finished eighth with 566.6 points.
Jaxon Bowshire took the gold medal in the men's platform dive on his way to SEC Freshman Diver of the Year honors. Additionally, the Aggies took down four school records, including the men's 400 freestyle and medley relays.

Follow the Action:

Live Stats will be available on Meet Mobile, but will also be available at the live results website here: https://sidearmstats.com/utennessee/swim/index.htm
All streaming will be on SEC Network+.