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ATLANTA – Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving captured the 2026 NCAA Championship Saturday at McAuley Aquatic Center, fueled by Hubert Kós’ record-breaking victory in the 200-yard backstroke. The Longhorns scored 445.5 points to secure their second consecutive national championship and 17th in program history. Florida finished second with 416 points, and Indiana took third with 351 points. Coach Bob Bowman now has three consecutive NCAA titles, dating to his 2024 championship at Arizona State.

Kós led the way with a record-breaking performance in the 200-yard backstroke, touching first in 1:34.13 to break his own NCAA, U.S. Open, meet and program records. The Hungarian standout now holds back-to-back NCAA titles in both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke.

The final evening session opened with the 200-yard individual medley. Baylor Nelson finished third (1:40.08), dropping 0.74 seconds from his prelim time, while Will Modglin was fourth (1:40.94). Both earned All-America honors.

Texas sealed the championship with a sixth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay as the quartet of Kós, Garrett Gould, Rafael Fente-Damers and Kyle Peck touched the wall in 2:45.97, a program-record time.

Campbell McKean and Nate Germonprez earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 200-yard individual medley, with McKean placing ninth in 1:48.21 and Germonprez 14th in 1:42.26. Texas added two more honorable mentions in the 200-yard butterfly as Kyle Peck finished 13th in 1:39.94 and Cooper Lucas 14th in 1:40.11. Rex Maurer placed 11th in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:38.36, and Garrett Gould was 14th in the 100-yard freestyle in 41.47.

2026 NCAA Championships – Final Team Standings (Top 10 teams listed)

1. Texas – 445.5

2. Florida – 416 

3. Indiana – 351 

4. Arizona State – 328 

5. Tennessee – 272 

6. NC State – 258.5 

7. California – 231 

8. Michigan – 220 

9. Virginia – 192 

10. Stanford – 136

Texas Longhorns National Champions

Rafael Fente-Damers: 800-yard freestyle relay

Hubert Kós: 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke

Rex Maurer: 800-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard IM

Baylor Nelson: 800-yard freestyle relay

Camden Taylor: 800-yard freestyle relay

Texas Longhorns All-Americans

Rafael Fente-Damers: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 800-yard freestyle relay, 

Luke Forester: 3-meter diving

Nate Germonprez: 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay, 

Garrett Gould: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 800-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay

Nick Harris: 3-meter diving

Hubert Kós: 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay, 200-yard medley relay,

Cooper Lucas: 400-yard IM

Rex Maurer: 400-yard IM, 800-yard freestyle relay 

Campbell McKean: 100-yard breaststroke

Will Modglin: 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay

Baylor Nelson: 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM, 800-yard freestyle relay,

Kyle Peck: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay 

Camden Taylor: 400-yard medley relay, 800-yard freestyle relay

Texas Longhorns Honorable Mention All-Americans

Rafael Fente-Damers: 200-yard freestyle

Nate Germonprez: 200-yard IM

Garrett Gould: 100-yard freestyle

Jacob Jones: 1-meter diving

Cooper Lucas: 200-yard butterfly

Rex Maurer: 200-yard backstroke 

Campbell McKean: 200-yard IM

Kyle Peck: 200-yard butterfly

Will Scholtz: 200-yard breaststroke