Texas vs. Indiana Dual Meet Live Recap — Session 2

By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

Indiana vs. Texas

• Nov. 1, 2024
• Austin, Texas
• 25 Yards (SCY)
• Live Results
• Watch Live: SEC+ Network starting at 5:30 pm CT

Welcome back for the second session of the two-part dual meet between Indiana and Texas. It’s been a busy day as the first scored session happened earlier this morning, with diving in the afternoon. The Texas men and women swept the first swimming session of the day. The Texas women dominated, though Indiana got as close as four points.

It was a much tighter battle on the men’s side, as the lead changed hands several times. Ultimately, Texas’ 200 fly and 400 IM depth helped them establish a lead in the closing events of the meet, which they sealed with a 400 medley relay victory.

Tonight’s session is being called an “all-finals” format and is unscored. The majority of the events happening this session were not swum this morning, and the showdown closes with a mixed 4×100 freestyle relay.

Women’s 200 Medley Relay

• SEC Record: 1:33.29 — Alabama (White, Wiseman, Scott, Antoniou), 2022
• Big Ten Record: 1:33.09 — Ohio State (Funderburke, Bach, Zenick, Ivan), 2024

Top 3:

1. Texas ‘A’ (Kern, Enge, Sticklen, Cooper), 1:34.72
2. Indiana ‘A’ (McKenna, Crawford, Grana, Paegle), 1:36.26
3. Texas ‘B’ (Berglund, Arens, Longi, Coe), 1:36.63

The Longhorn women picked up right where they left off this morning and took the win in the 200 medley relay to open the session. Emma Kern led off the Texas ‘A’ relay in 24.16, then turned things over to the freshman Piper Enge, who split 26.77 and takes over breaststroke duties on the medley relay after the departure of Anna Elendt and Lydia Jacoby.

Emma Sticklen has been on fire in her primary event, the 200 butterfly this season, but she also pulls butterfly sprint duties and she did so here, splitting 22.02. Fifth-year Grace Cooper anchored in 21.77 and the Texas women posted 1:34.72 to win the opening race handily.

Indiana’s ‘A’ relay of Kacey McKenna (24.16), Brearna Crawford (27.45), Miranda Grana (23.17), and Kristina Paegle (21.48) swam a 1:36.26, with Paegle pulling them ahead of the Texas ‘B’ relay on the final 50 yards and denying the Longhorns a 1-2 finish.

Men’s 200 Medley Relay

• SEC Record: 1:20.15 — Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff), 2024
• Big Ten Record: 1:21.52 — Indiana (Burns, Mathias, Frankel, Wight), 2023

Top 3:

1. Texas ‘A’ (Modglin, Germonprez, Kos, Taylor), 1:23.58
2. Texas ‘B’ (Sampson, Scholtz, Walker, Gould), 1:24.82
3. Indiana ‘B’ (Barr, Yep, Lee, Wight), 1:25.46

It was a tough opening to the meet for Indiana. Three of their 200 medley relays were disqualified for a false start, including their ‘A’ relay of Miroslav Knedla, Brian Benzing, Tomer Frankel, and Finn Brooks, who stopped the clock first in 1:23.36 before being disqualified.

Instead, it was Will Modglin (20.76), Nate Germonprez (23.30), Hubert Kos (20.25), and Camden Taylor (19.27) claiming the top spot in 1:23.58. That’s nearly a second faster than they went at their dual meet against LSU a few weeks ago and moves them to third in the NCAA this season. The Longhorns ‘B’ relay of Ben Sampson (21.61), Will Scholtz (23.42), Logan Walker (20.59), and Garrett Gould (19.20) earned second in 1:24.82, well ahead of Indiana’s ‘B’ squad.

It’s worth noting that those this session was advertised as unscored, the published results are still keeping track of the score.

–Diving Exhibition–

Women’s 200 Free

Top 5:

1. Erin Gemmell (TEX), 1:43.22
2. Anna Peplowski (IU), 1:43.48
3. Lillie Nesty (TEX), 1:44.87
4. Campbell Chase (TEX), 1:45.36
5. Ching-Hwee Gan (IU), 1:46.99

In a battle between United States 4×200 freestyle relay Olympic teammates, Erin Gemmell prevailed over Anna Peplowski. Gemmell held the lead through the first 100-yards, flipping in 50.46 to Peplowski’s 50.56. The Hoosier made a push on the third 50, splitting 26.28 to move ahead with a .28 second lead over Gemmell.

Gemmell fought back on the final 50 yards, splitting 26.10 to erase Peplowski’s slight lead and win with a 1:43.22, which is not far off her lifetime best of 1:43.22.

Men’s 200 Free 

Top 5:

1. Luke Hobson (TEX), 1:31.86
2. Rex Maurer (TEX), 1:32.13
3. Owen McDonald (IU), 1:33.54
4. Coby Carrozza (TEX), 1:33.95
5. Cooper McDonald (IU), 1:34.25

Luke Hobson let Rex Maurer lead the men’s 200 freestyle final around at the 50 yard mark, but by the 100, the NCAA record holder had taken over the lead. Hobson flipped at 44.70, .11 seconds ahead of Maurer and built his lead from there. He touched in 1:31.86, taking over as the fastest man in the NCAA this season.

Maurer made it a 1-2 finish for the Longhorns, firing off a new lifetime best of 1:32.13, bettering the 1:33.54 he logged at the 2023 CIF-SS Division I Championships. This continues the strong performance that he’s putting up this fall in his first NCAA season at Texas.

Owen McDonald swam a 1:33.54, placing 3-5 with his brother Cooper McDonald, who swam a lifetime best 1:34.25 for fifth.

Women’s 100 Butterfly

• SEC Record: 48.51 — Maggie MacNeil (LSU), 2023
• Big Ten Record: 48.89 — Maggie MacNeil (MICH), 2021

Top 5:

1. Emma Sticklen (TEX), 49.62
2. Campbell Stoll (TEX), 51.44
3. Abby Arens (TEX), 51.54
4. Miranda Grana (IU), 51.73
5. Ava Longi (TEX), 52.25

The calendars have flipped to November, officially signaling the end of spooky season. But it’s still scary how fast Sticklen has been through the first two months of the NCAA season. After cracking another sub-1:50 200 butterfly this morning, she reset her 100 butterfly lifetime best this evening.

Sticklen’s 49.62 slices .08 seconds off her lifetime best, which previously stood at 49.70 from the 2024 NCAA Championships. It also moves her up one spot into 11th in the all-time rankings.

Texas went to work in this event and went 1-2-3 as Campbell Stoll and Arens finished second and third.

Grana, a transfer from Texas A&M, is mostly known at the NCAA level for her backstroke skills but she’s on butterfly duties this afternoon. She swam butterfly on the 200 medley relay, then finished fourth here in 51.73, about four-tenths off her lifetime best.

Men’s 100 Butterfly

• SEC Record: 42.80 — Caeleb Dressel (FLOR), 2018
• Big Ten Record: 43.85 — Tomer Frankel (IU), 43.61

Top 5:

1. Hubert Kos (TEX), 44.93
2. Holden Smith (TEX), 46.10
3. Luke Barr (IU), 46.19
4. Tomer Frankel (IU), 46.27
5. Kyle Peck (TEX), 46.43

Hubert Kos has developed his butterfly skills in long-course over the last 12 months, breaking the Hungarian record multiple times. Now, he’s translating that skill over to the yards pool, helping fill a need on the Texas roster (he’s swum butterfly on multiple medley relays for them this season).

Kos dominated this race, winning by over a second as he swam a new lifetime best of 44.93. It’s his first time breaking 45-seconds as his former lifetime best was an altitude-adjusted 45.59 from the ASU vs. Utah dual meet in November 2023.

His teammate Holden Smith also swam a lifetime best, clocking 46.10 to swim a new lifetime best by .57 seconds. Smith out-touched Barr for second place, as clocked a season-best 46.19 to round out the top three spots.

Women’s 100 Breaststroke

• SEC Record: 56.64 — Mona McSharry (TENN), 2024
• Big Ten Record: 55.73 — Lilly King (IU), 2019

Top 5:

1. Piper Enge (TEX), 59.26
2. Angie Coe (TEX), 1:00.21
3. Brearna Crawford (IU), 1:00.91
4. Channing Hanley (TEX), 1:01.80
5. Lindsey Hosch (TEX), 1:01.86

Enge was the only swimmer in this field to break 1:00 in the women’s 100 breaststroke. She split 27.94/31.32, earning the win by almost a second ahead of her teammate Angie Coe. Coe’s 1:00.21 is a new lifetime best by .01 second, which had stood since April 2023.

The Longhorns went 1-2-4-5 in this race, another overpowering performace. Crawford was Indiana’s only “scoring” swimmer in this race, clocking 1:00.91 for third.

Men’s 100 Breaststroke

• SEC Record: 50.03 — Caeleb Dressel (FLOR), 2018
• Big Ten Record: 49.69 — Ian Finnerty (IU), 2018

Top 5:

1. Nate Germonprez (TEX), 51.60
2. Brian Benzing (IU), 51.66
3. Jassen Yep (IU), 52.12
4. Josh Matheny (IU), 52.23
5. Will Scholtz (TEX), 52.60

The men’s 100 breaststroke was a back-and-forth battle between sophomore Nate Germonprez and fifth-year Brian Benzing. Benzing, who transferred from mid-major Towson to Power 4 Indiana, held a one-hundredth advantage over Germonprez at the halfway point.

He made the turn in 24.21 to Germonprez’ 24.22. Benzing still held the lead with 25 yards to go, but Germonprez out-split him 13.71 to 13.90 on the final 25 yards and got the win in 51.60, edging out Benzing by six-hundredths. Germonprez now moves up to second in the NCAA this season between Denis Petrashov‘s 51.50 and Carles Coll Marti‘s 51.61.

Indiana’s breaststroke group made themselves known, going 2-3-4. Jassen Yep took third in 52.12, .11 seconds ahead of Josh Matheny.

Men’s 500 Freestyle

• SEC Record: 4:06.32 — Kieran Smith (FLOR), 2020
• Big Ten Record: 4:08.60 — Peter Vanderkaay (MICH), 2006

Top 5:

1. Rex Maurer (TEX), 4:11.20
2. David Johnston (TEX), 4:12.45
3. Zalan Sarkany (IU), 4:12.56
4. Cooper Lucas (TEX), 4:18.72
5. Coby Carrozza (TEX), 4:21.91

That’s two lifetime bests in two events for Maurer during the evening session. After swimming a lifetime best in the 200 freestyle, Maurer followed up with a win in the 500 freestyle with a new lifetime best of 4:11.20. David Johnston led this race for the first 350 yards, followed by Zalan Sarkany and Maurer.

Maurer began to make his move after the 300-yard mark. Over his fourth 100 he split 50.73, pulling himself into the lead. He closed his race in 49.10, touching in 4:11.20. That swim rewrites his personal best, which stood at 4:11.88 from the 2023 Texas Invitational by .68 seconds.

Maurer already held the fastest time in the NCAA this season from his 4:14.58 during the Texas vs. LSU dual meet. Johnston and Sarkany are now ranked second and third, as they swam 4:12.45 and 4:12.56, with Johnston holding off a final 50 yard charge from Sarkany (24.26 closing 50 split).

Women’s 200 IM

• SEC Record: 1:51.62 — Megan Small (TENN), 2019
• Big Ten Record: 1:50.79 — Beata Nelson (WISC), 2019

Top 5:

1. Angie Coe (TEX), 1:54.23
2. Campbell Stoll (TEX), 1:55.33
3. Campbell Chase (TEX), 1:56.15
4. Piper Enge (TEX), 1:59.36
5. Reese Tiltmann (IU), 2:00.08

In the first session, Coe, Stoll, and Campbell Chase swept the women’s 400 IM. They did the same here in the 200 IM, albeit in a different order. Coe and Stoll traded the lead throughout the race; Coe got out to the lead after the butterfly leg with a 25.09 split, then Stoll took over after the backstroke leg with a 28.19 split.

Coe was back in front after the breaststroke leg (33.59), then anchored her race in 27.02 to earn the win in a lifetime best 1:54.23. This was Coe’s first time breaking the 1:55 mark and she blew past the barrier. Her previous lifetime best stood at 1:55.91 from the 2023 Texas Invitational.

Stoll’s 1:55.33 is also a lifetime best, breaking her previous best from the 2023 NCSA Spring Championships by six-tenths. Chase, a freshman, made it three-for-three lifetime bests on the podium, bettering her 1:56.80 from February 2024 with a 1:56.15.

Women’s 50 Freestyle

• SEC Record: 20.98 — Maggie MacNeil (LSU), 2023
• Big Ten Record: 21.17 — Maggie MacNeil (MICH), 2021

Top 5:

1. Kristina Paegle (IU), 21.92
2. Grace Cooper (TEX), 22.17
3. Erin Gemmell (TEX), 22.28
4. Ava Longi (TEX), 22.30
5. Sze Yeo (IU), 22.58

Paegle gave the Indiana women their first win of this session. She dropped a 21.92 50 freestyle and was the only woman in the field to break 22 seconds as Cooper swam a 22.17 for second place. At this point in the 2023-24 season, Paegle had only been as fast as 22.45, though she swam 21.76 at the Ohio State Invitational about two weeks later, which still stands as her lifetime best.

Gemmell shaved .24 seconds off her lifetime best for third place, swimming 22.28 and stopping the clocked two-hundredths ahead of teammate Ava Longi.

Men’s 50 Freestyle

• SEC Record: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel (FLOR), 2018
• Big Ten Record: 18.69 — Bowe Becker (MINN), 2018

Top 5:

1. Mikkel Lee (IU), 19.32
2. Finn Brooks (IU), 19.44
3. Garrett Gould (TEX), 19.53
4. Luke Hobson (TEX), 19.54
5. Gavin Wight (IU), 19.73

With Mikkel Lee winning the men’s 50 freestyle, Indiana takes the win in both the women’s and men’s edition of the race. Lee earned the win in the men’s race with a lifetime best of 19.32, breaking through the 19.43 he swam at the 2023 Ohio State Invitational.

Brooks got his feet on the wall first at the 25-yard mark, splitting 9.30, three-hundredths ahead of Lee. Though Lee went by him, Brooks held on for second in 19.44, giving the Hoosiers a 1-2 finish. He was just .08 seconds from his lifetime best.

Garrett Gould swam his second lifetime best of the day in the 50 freestyle. During the morning session, he led off a Longhorn 200 freestyle relay in 19.69, crushing his previous best of 19.92. Now, he’s dropped down to a 19.53, meaning the freshman has taken .39 seconds from his lifetime best.

Men’s 200 IM

• SEC Record: 1:38.13 — Caeleb Dressel (FLOR), 2018
• Big Ten Record: 1:39.87 — Gal Cohen Groumi (MICH), 2024

Top 5:

1. Hubert Kos (TEX), 1:40.51
2. Owen McDonald (IU), 1:41.25
3. Miroslav Knedla (IU), 1:43.05
4. Luke Barr (IU), 1:43.21
5. Spencer Aurnou-Rhees (TEX), 1:43.86

Women’s 500 Freestyle

• SEC Record: 4:32.47 — Bella Sims (FLOR), 2024
• Big Ten Record: 4:34.06 — Anna Peplowski (IU), 2024

Top 5:

1. Jillian Cox (TEX), 4:34.41
2. Kate Hurst (TEX), 4:38.18
3. Lillie Nesty (TEX), 4:42.00
4. Mariah Denigan (IU), 4:42.52
5. Olivia McMurray (TEX), 4:43.47

The Texas first-years cleaned up in the women’s 500 freestyle, taking the top three spots. Redshirt freshman Jillian Cox swam her second program record this season, clocking 4:34.41 to win the race. Cox reset the 1000 freestyle record less than a month ago, and now she breaks the 500 freestyle program record which Evie Pfeifer set at 4:35.02 in 2021.

This is also a lifetime best for Cox, undercutting the 4:36.93 from November 2023. Kate Hurst‘s swim is a new liftetime best as well; this is her first sub-4:40 swim, breaking the 4:41.74 she swam against LSU. Since arriving at Texas, she’s taken 5.28 seconds off her best.

Nesty rounded out the 1-2-3 sweep for the Longhorns in 4:42.00, splitting 27.10 on her final 50 yards to move ahead of Indiana’s Mariah Denigan.

Women’s 100 Backstroke

• SEC Record: 50.02 — Bella Sims (FLOR), 2024
• Big Ten Record: 49.18 — Beata Nelson (WISC), 2019

Top 5:

1. Miranda Grana (IU), 51.04
2. Emma Kern (TEX), 51.68
3. Mya Dewitt (IU), 52.30
4. Berit Berglund (TEX), 52.36
5. Kacey McKenna (IU), 52.61

Grana lowered her 100 backstroke season-best for the second time today to get the win in the individual race. She swam a 51.50 to lead off the 400 medley relay earlier today, and now undercuts that with a 51.04, continuing to establish herself as a threat in both backstroke events.

Kern led through the first 50 yards, flipping at 24.76 to Grana’s 24.94. Grana split 26.10 on her second 50 to Kern’s 26.92, pulling ahead of the Longhorn to win. Kern took second in 51.68, solidly ahead of Indiana’s Mya Dewitt as she was the only swimmer to join Grana sub-52 seconds.

Men’s 100 Backstroke

• SEC Record: 43.35 — Luca Urlando (UGA), 2022
• Big Ten Record: 43.61 — Brendan Burns (IU), 2023

Top 5:

1. Will Modglin (TEX), 44.82
2. Owen McDonald (IU), 46.54
3. Miroslav Knedla (IU), 46.59
4. Gavin Wight (IU), 46.61
5. Kyle Peck (TEX), 47.01

Modglin ran away with the men’s 100 backstroke, firing off a 44.82 to win by 1.72 seconds. Modglin was .62 seconds from the 44.20 lifetime best that he posted at 2024 NCAAs in his freshman campaign.

Teammates McDonald, Knedla, and Gavin Wight battled behind Modglin for second place. Knedla led the pack of Hoosiers at the 50 mark with a 22.28, followed by Wight (22.50) and McDonald (22.87). McDonald split 23.67 over the back 50 yards to pull into second place ahead of his teammates. They were separated by less than a tenth as McDonald swam 46.54, Knedla 46.59, and Wight 46.61.

Mixed 4×100 Freestyle Relay

Top 3:

1. Texas ‘A’ (Taylor, Hobson, Sticklen, Gemmell), 2:59.35
2. Indiana ‘A’ (Frankel, Lee, Peplowski, Paegle), 3:00.83
3. Texas ‘B’ (Maurer, Carrozza, Arens, Cooper), 3:02.01

The meet closed out with a fun event, the mixed 4×100 freestyle relay.

Taylor sliced one hundredth off his season best with a 42.69 to grab the lead for the Longhorn ‘A’ relay. Meanwhile on the ‘B’ relay, Maurer swam his third personal best of the session, posting 42.83 for his first sub-43 performance (his previous PB was 43.28 from high school).

The Longhorn ‘A’ relay maintained a slim lead over the ‘B’ relay at the halfway point, as Carrozza split 42.56 on the ‘B’ relay to close the gap. Sticklen split 46.59 to blow the race open, and Gemmell closed it out for the ‘A’ relay in 47.39, giving the quartet a final overall time of 2:59.35.

The Indiana ‘A’ relay was running third at the halfway point, but Peplowski’s 47.63 split moved them into second, where they stayed thanks to Paegle’s 47.64 anchor. They combined for a 3:00.83, well ahead of the Texas ‘B’ relay’s 3:02.01.

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