Aggies Open 2026 against Commodores, Wildcats in Nashville

Friday, January 16

Nashville, Tenn.

1:00 PM

Texas A&M

Vanderbilt/Kentucky Tri-Meet

Photo by: Julianne Shivers/Texas A&M Athletics

Jan 15, 2026 | Swimming and Diving

By: Georgia Bailey, Athletics Communications

NASHVILLE – The Texas A&M swimming and diving teams open 2026 with a double dual with the Vanderbilt Commodores and Kentucky Wildcats on Friday at the Centennial Sportsplex on Vanderbilt's campus. The meet begins at 1 p.m. on Friday.

The women's team will swim against Vanderbilt and Kentucky, while the men's team faces the Wildcats. For the diving portion of the meet, the Aggies travel to Lexington to face Kentucky's divers at the Lancaster Aquatic Center.

In the Aggies' most recent outing, the swim team logged 13 race victories against the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson on Dec. 19-20.
Senior Munzy Kabbara led the men's team, providing three first-place finishes in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 back touching in 1:45.29, 3:48.12, and 1:43.39, respectively. Freshman Bucky Gettys chipped in two first-place finishes in the 1,650 free in 15:19.18 and the 500 free in 4:21.87.

Leading the way for the women were juniors Ava Whitaker and Hannah O'Leary. Whitaker placed first in the 200 fly finishing in 1:57.05 which logged a NCAA qualifying standard time. She also won the 100 fly touching in 52.87. O'Leary finished first in the 200 IM and the 400 IM in 2:00.39 and 4:17.14, respectively.
The women also bettered their season-best times in the 200 medley relay in 1:36.80 and the 400 medley relay in 3:33.18.

Four Aggie divers have qualified for NCAA Zones. Sophomore Gabby Filzen qualified on the platform with a score of 267.05. Sophomore Jaxon Bowshire and freshman Emilio Trevino also qualified on the platform with a score of 336.70 and 426.40, respectively. Sophomore Nathan Stone qualified on both springboards with a score of 307.25 on the 1-meter and 336.05 on the 3-meter.

Live results can be found on the Meet Mobile app.
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In the SEC Top 10
(Women)

Event	Swimmer	Time	Rank
50 backstroke	Kaitlyn Owens	24.01	No. 4
	Halina Panczyszyn	24.58	No. 10
100 backstroke	Kaitlyn Owens	51.78 q	No. 6
50 breaststroke	Claire Gass	28.79	No. 7
100 breaststroke	Ella McQuinn	59.42 q	No. 8
200 breaststroke	Lillie Sczech	2:09.25 q	No. 10
200 butterfly	Ava Whitaker	1:55.01 q	No. 6
100 IM	Ava Whitaker	55.47	No. 1
	Corbyn Reyes	57.12	No. 2
	Hannah O'Leary	57.67	No. 3
	Giulia Goerigk	58.28	No. 4
200 freestyle relay		1:28.77	No. 6
400 freestyle relay		3:17.11	No. 10
800 freestyle relay		7:13.54	No. 9
200 medley relay		1:36.80	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. 8
	Ben Sytsma	19.22 q	No. 9
100 breaststroke	Logan Brown	52.01 q	No. 8
200 breaststroke	Logan Brown	1:52.11 q	No. 5
100 butterfly	Chase Swearingen	45.30 q	No. 4
200 butterfly	Alejandro Michelena	1:42.47 q	No. 8
200 IM	Logan Brown	1:41.59 q	No. 4
400 IM	Munzy Kabbara	3:42.59 q	No. 8
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. 9