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SEC Championships (Day 5)
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Aggies Post Seven Top Eight Finishes on Day 5 at SEC Championships
Feb 20, 2026 | Swimming and Diving
KNOXVILLE – Seven top eight finishes and multiple NCAA qualifying cuts highlighted the Aggies' penultimate day at the 2026 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center on the University of Tennessee campus.
The Aggies closed out the night with a pair of strong efforts in the 200 free relays. The women's foursome of senior Kaitlyn Owens, sophomore Ella McQuinn and freshmen Eloise Williamson and Reagan Sherrard placed sixth with a season-best 1:28.46, which improved their NCAA provisional cut. The men's quartet of junior Ben Scholl, sophomore Ben Sytsma, junior Logan Brown and fifth-year senior Seth Reno nabbed a coveted NCAA automatic qualifying time in 1:16.16 while placing fifth. The time was the fourth-fastest in school history.
The Aggie women opened the evening session with a 48-point effort in the 200-yard breaststroke. Junior Hannah O'Leary led the way with an eighth place finish in 2:10.14, which was just off her lifetime best of 2:10.10 from the prelims. In the consolation final, freshman Lillie Sczech placed fifth (13th overall) in 2:10.49 and sophomore Ella Smoker finished seventh (15th) in 2:11.42. Smoker had a lifetime best of 2:11.38 in the prelims.
Brown threw down a lifetime best in the men's 200 breaststroke, placing fourth in a time of 1:51.55. Brown's PR moved him past Mauro Castillo and Ben Walker to No. 3 on the Aggies' all-time top 10 list in the race.
Freshman diver Emilio Trevino flirted with a spot on the platform podium but finished in fourth place with a 399.05. Sophomore Jaxon Bowshire placed second in the consolation final (10th overall) of men's platform dive with a score of 378.35. Fellow sophomore Charles Reuter just missed the consols with a 17th place finish with a 299.15 point total.
Scholl kept the lifetime bests trend going with in the men's 50 free as he dipped under 19-seconds for an 18.94 clocking while placing eighth. Scholl's lifetime best ranks No. 2 in school history behind Connor Foote's school record of 18.67 from last year's SEC meet. In the women's 50 free, Owens chipped in a 22nd place finish in 22.57.
In the team standings, the Aggie women are ninth with 424 points and the men are ninth with 391.5 points.
Live results for swimming can be accessed at UTsports.com, while the diving can be followed at divemeets.com.
Fans can follow the Saturday's action on SEC Network+
Prelims: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/1e7970bc-6bc5-4f46-8269-0512fe87b3be
Finals: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/8c7512eb-46ff-4dcb-91ca-377749dd3ff1
The Aggies closed out the night with a pair of strong efforts in the 200 free relays. The women's foursome of senior Kaitlyn Owens, sophomore Ella McQuinn and freshmen Eloise Williamson and Reagan Sherrard placed sixth with a season-best 1:28.46, which improved their NCAA provisional cut. The men's quartet of junior Ben Scholl, sophomore Ben Sytsma, junior Logan Brown and fifth-year senior Seth Reno nabbed a coveted NCAA automatic qualifying time in 1:16.16 while placing fifth. The time was the fourth-fastest in school history.
The Aggie women opened the evening session with a 48-point effort in the 200-yard breaststroke. Junior Hannah O'Leary led the way with an eighth place finish in 2:10.14, which was just off her lifetime best of 2:10.10 from the prelims. In the consolation final, freshman Lillie Sczech placed fifth (13th overall) in 2:10.49 and sophomore Ella Smoker finished seventh (15th) in 2:11.42. Smoker had a lifetime best of 2:11.38 in the prelims.
Brown threw down a lifetime best in the men's 200 breaststroke, placing fourth in a time of 1:51.55. Brown's PR moved him past Mauro Castillo and Ben Walker to No. 3 on the Aggies' all-time top 10 list in the race.
Freshman diver Emilio Trevino flirted with a spot on the platform podium but finished in fourth place with a 399.05. Sophomore Jaxon Bowshire placed second in the consolation final (10th overall) of men's platform dive with a score of 378.35. Fellow sophomore Charles Reuter just missed the consols with a 17th place finish with a 299.15 point total.
Scholl kept the lifetime bests trend going with in the men's 50 free as he dipped under 19-seconds for an 18.94 clocking while placing eighth. Scholl's lifetime best ranks No. 2 in school history behind Connor Foote's school record of 18.67 from last year's SEC meet. In the women's 50 free, Owens chipped in a 22nd place finish in 22.57.
In the team standings, the Aggie women are ninth with 424 points and the men are ninth with 391.5 points.
Live results for swimming can be accessed at UTsports.com, while the diving can be followed at divemeets.com.
Fans can follow the Saturday's action on SEC Network+
Prelims: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/1e7970bc-6bc5-4f46-8269-0512fe87b3be
Finals: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/8c7512eb-46ff-4dcb-91ca-377749dd3ff1
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