{"id":225563,"date":"2026-03-29T08:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/225563\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:12:08","slug":"texas-mens-swimming-diving-wins-2026-ncaa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/225563\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Men\u2019s Swimming & Diving Wins 2026 NCAA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ATLANTA \u2013\u00a0Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving captured the 2026 NCAA Championship Saturday at McAuley Aquatic Center, fueled by Hubert K\u00f3s’ 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<\/a> now has three consecutive NCAA titles, dating to his 2024 championship at Arizona State.<\/p>\n

K\u00f3s 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.<\/p>\n

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

Texas sealed the championship with a sixth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay as the quartet of K\u00f3s, Garrett Gould<\/a>, Rafael Fente-Damers<\/a> and Kyle Peck<\/a> touched the wall in 2:45.97, a program-record time.<\/p>\n

Campbell McKean<\/a> and Nate Germonprez<\/a> 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<\/a> finished 13th in 1:39.94 and Cooper Lucas<\/a> 14th in 1:40.11. Rex Maurer<\/a> placed 11th in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:38.36, and Garrett Gould<\/a> was 14th in the 100-yard freestyle in 41.47.<\/p>\n

2026 NCAA Championships \u2013 Final Team Standings (Top 10 teams listed)<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Texas \u2013 445.5

\n2. Florida \u2013 416\u00a0

\n3. Indiana \u2013 351\u00a0

\n4. Arizona State \u2013 328\u00a0

\n5. Tennessee \u2013 272\u00a0

\n6. NC State \u2013 258.5\u00a0

\n7. California \u2013 231\u00a0

\n8. Michigan \u2013 220\u00a0

\n9. Virginia \u2013 192\u00a0

\n10. Stanford \u2013 136<\/p>\n

Texas Longhorns National Champions

\nRafael Fente-Damers<\/a>: 800-yard freestyle relay

\nHubert K\u00f3s: 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke

\nRex Maurer<\/a>: 800-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard IM

\nBaylor Nelson<\/a>: 800-yard freestyle relay

\nCamden Taylor<\/a>: 800-yard freestyle relay<\/p>\n

Texas Longhorns All-Americans

\nRafael Fente-Damers<\/a>: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 800-yard freestyle relay,\u00a0

\nLuke Forester<\/a>: 3-meter diving

\nNate Germonprez<\/a>: 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay,\u00a0

\nGarrett Gould<\/a>: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 800-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay

\nNick Harris<\/a>: 3-meter diving

\nHubert K\u00f3s: 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay, 200-yard medley relay,

\nCooper Lucas<\/a>: 400-yard IM

\nRex Maurer<\/a>: 400-yard IM, 800-yard freestyle relay\u00a0

\nCampbell McKean<\/a>: 100-yard breaststroke

\nWill Modglin<\/a>: 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay

\nBaylor Nelson<\/a>: 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM, 800-yard freestyle relay,

\nKyle Peck<\/a>: 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay\u00a0

\nCamden Taylor<\/a>: 400-yard medley relay, 800-yard freestyle relay<\/p>\n

Texas Longhorns Honorable Mention All-Americans

\nRafael Fente-Damers<\/a>: 200-yard freestyle

\nNate Germonprez<\/a>: 200-yard IM

\nGarrett Gould<\/a>: 100-yard freestyle

\nJacob Jones<\/a>: 1-meter diving

\nCooper Lucas<\/a>: 200-yard butterfly

\nRex Maurer<\/a>: 200-yard backstroke\u00a0

\nCampbell McKean<\/a>: 200-yard IM

\nKyle Peck<\/a>: 200-yard butterfly

\nWill Scholtz<\/a>: 200-yard breaststroke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Order your Men’s Swimming & Diving National Champions t-shirts TODAY! ATLANTA \u2013\u00a0Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving captured the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-225563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}