Texas Defeats Texas A&M Behind Big Days From Hubert Kos, Emma Sticklen
The Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies spent 12 seasons competing in different conferences, but the rivalry never ceased in swimming. Now, with both teams in the Southeastern Conference, Texas continued its recent domination of the series. The Longhorn men dominated this dual meet by a score of 218.5-80.5 while the women won 197-102.
The Longhorns’ Will Modglin, Nate Germonprez, Hubert Kos and Chris Guiliao each posted swift splits in a dominant 400 medley relay win, with the team clocking 3:02.20. Modglin led off in 45.20, followed by Germonprez going 51.01 on breaststroke, Kos splitting 44.47 on butterfly and Guiliano coming home in 41.52. Luke Hobson clocked 41.92 on the B-relay for that Texas group to take second.
Hobson would earn an individual win in the 200 free, with the fastest swimmer ever in the event coming in at 1:32.18, and Kos was first in the 100 backstroke in 44.87. The Hungarian Olympic gold medalist went on to have a huge day, clocking 45.34 for the win in the 100 fly before concluding with a top time of 1:41.97 in the 200 IM. Guiliano’s lone individual win came in the 100 free in 41.97.
David Johnston and Rex Maurer put on a show in the 1000 freestyle before Johnston held off Maurer by a half-second, 8:40.74 to 8:41.23. Johnston would later dominate the 500 free in a time of 4:14.21. Will Scholtz took first in the 100 breaststroke (52.46), followed by Ryan Branon winning the 200 butterfly (1:42.46).
Maurer got to the wall first in the 200 back (1:40.79) before Scholtz won again in the 200 breast (1:52.69). Nicholas Harris finished atop 1-meter diving (379.35), and Guiliano, Kyle Peck, Modglin and Hobson finished off the meet with a time of 1:16.37 to win the 200 free relay.
Texas A&M’s Ben Scholl captured first in the 50 free in 19.17, two hundredths ahead of Guiliano. The Aggies also got a first-place finish from Allen Bottego in 3-meter diving (405.98).
The women from Texas were similarly dominant, beginning with Olivia Bray, Piper Enge, Abby Arens and Ava Longi winning the 400 medley relay in 3:29.73. Bray would later win the 200 fly in convincing fashion in 1:52.68. Emma Sticklen was not needed for medley relay duty this time, and in the fifth-year swimmer’s final home dual meet, she won the 100 back (52.04) and 100 free (48.03) before clocking a 21.51 50 free split to conclude the meet.
The two Texas freshman who typically dominate the distance races, Jillian Cox and Kate Hurst, opted out of the 1000 free on this occasion, but fellow first-year Longhorn Lillie Nesty stepped in with a winning mark of 9:35.01. Channing Hanley topped the 100 breast (1:00.66), and Alexa Fulton got the job done in the 50 free (22.25).
Campbell Stoll won the 500 free in 4:42.18, and Abby Arens came through in the 200 IM (1:57.42). The Longhorn women also swept diving, with wins from Hailey Hernandez on 1-meter (333.08) and Alejandra Estudillo on 3-meter (334.80), with the team of Sienna Schellenger, Grace Cooper, Sticklen and Campbell Chase closing out the meet with a 1:27.86 triumph in the 200 free relay.
Texas A&M veteran Chloe Stepanek clocked a strong mark of 1:43.98 to win the 200 free, and Aviv Barzelay topped the 200 back (1:54.88. Hannah O’Leary came in ahead of the field in the 200 breast (2:12.67), and Liv Theall earned the Aggies’ final win in the 100 fly (51.88).
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