By Claire Wong on SwimSwam
2026 SEC Championships
Dates: Monday, February 16–Saturday, February 21 Location: Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, Knoxville, TN Live Results Live Video: SEC Network+ Psych Sheet (UPDATED) Schedule of Events Championship Central Teams: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M SwimSwam Fan Guide Women Men Day 1 Live Recap (Relays) | Day 1 Live Recap (1650 Free)Today, we saw the new NCAA format in practice: the mile was swum in the afternoon and relays followed a few hours later. The Florida men dominated Day 1 of these championships, taking 1st and 3rd in the mile before breaking their own NCAA record in the 200 medley relay (1:20.03) later in the night. The Texas men, who are the favorites to win the conference title, were able to comfortably secure a win in the 800 free relay.
On the women’s side, Texas’ Jillian Cox defended her title in the 1650 free before returning to the pool in the 800 free relay to help the Longhorns win the 800 free relay. It was Tennessee, however, who won the 200 medley relay—and they did so in SEC record fashion.
Below, you can find links to watch each event.
Women’s 1650 Freestyle
NCAA Record: 15:03.31- Katie Ledecky (Stanford), 2017 SEC Record: 15:27.84- Brittany MacLean (Georgia), 2014 SEC Championship Record: 15:30.33- Jillian Cox (Texas), 2025 Pool Record: 15:15.17- Katie Ledecky (Nation’s Capital), 2013 2026 NCAA Championships Qualifying Time: 16:25.29Top 8:
Jillian Cox (TEX)- 15:32.75 Kennedi Dobson (UGA)- 15:43.72 Kate hurst (TEX)- 15:56.37 Michaela Mattes (FLA)- 16:07.98 Clarke Neace (UGA)- 16:09.39 Camille DeBoer (FLA)- 16:12.22 Mackenzie Brandt (ALA)- 16:12.50 Nora Fluck (SCAR)- 16:15.59In the 4th and final heat of the women’s 1650, the battle was expected to be between georgia’s Kennedi Dobson and Jillian Cox of Texas in lanes 5 and 4, and it was. Dobson took an early edge of Cox through 6000 yards in 5:40.92, just .15 ahead of the SEC Championship record holder Cox. That lead would be cut down to one hundredth of a second at the next 50.
Cox would then find her rhythm with consistent 56-mid splits until lowering those to 56 lows at the 1200.
Cox then showed her back half speed, amounting a near seven second lead over Dobson by the 1500 mark. Entering the final 50, Cox was within striking distance of her SEC meet record, bit would touch just off of that in 15:32.75 to take the SEC title, as Kennedi Dobson would touch 2nd in 15:43.72, a near four second drop to claim the silver, and rounding out the top three would be Texas’ Kate Hurst in 15:56.37.
*No race videos of the final heat have been uploaded yet. We’ll update this article if/when they are posted.
Men’s 1650 Freestyle
NCAA Record: 14:12.08- Bobby Finke (Florida), 2020 SEC Record: 14:12.08- Bobby Finke (Florida), 2020 SEC Championship Record: 14:12.08- Bobby Finke (Florida), 2020 Pool Record: 14:38.91- Akram Mahmoud (South Carolina), 2017 2026 NCAA Championships Qualifying Time: 15:06.60Top 8:
Ahmed Jaouadi (FLA)- 14:25.14 Levi Sandidge (UK)- 14:30.04 Ahmed Hafnaoui (FLA)- 14:30.74 Carson Hick (UK)- 14:39.87 Giovanni Linscheer (FLA)- 14:46.24 Sean Green (UGA)- 14:46.88 Dziugas Miskinis (UK)- 14:46.91 Nikola Simic (LSU)- 14:47.85The final heat of the men’s 1650 featured the highly anticipated SEC Championships debut of Florida’s Ahmed Jaouadi. And throughout the race, he appeared as dominant as advertised. Opening up in a blistering 4:16.54 in the first 500. And settling into a 52.6-53.1 pace for the next 800 yards.
He then began to turn in a few 53.5 splits over the next 200 yards, and 53,90 at the 1500 mark, sitting at 13:07.03 with 150 yards left to race. At the final touch, Jaouadi would take the win and claim his first career SEC event win in 14:25.14, setting a new pool record, and becoming the 13th fastest performer in the history of the event, just moving past Rex Maurer’s 14:25.22 from the 2025 NCAA Championships.
Kentucky’s Levi Sandidge turned in the 2nd fastest performance of these championships, just edging out Hafnaoui with a career best 14;30.04, a near six tenth drop from his former best of 14:30.61.
Sandidge’s teammate Carson Hick also found his way into the top four, finishing 3rd in the heat in 14;39.87, and Florida’s Giovanni Linscheer also clocked the 5th fastest performance in 14:46.24. Making a top five consisting of the Gators in 1st, 3rd and 5th, and the Wildcats in 2nd and 4th.
*No race videos of the final heat have been uploaded yet. We’ll update this article if/when they are posted.
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
NCAA Record: 1:31.10- Virginia (Curzan, A Walsh, G Walsh, Parker), 2025 SEC Record: 1:33.29- Alabama (White, Wiseman, Scott, Antoniou), 2022 SEC Championship Record: 1:33.84- Texas (Sticklen, Enge, Arens, Cooper), 2025 Pool Record: 1:31.51- Virginia (G Walsh, A Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass), 2023 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time (Qualifying/Provisional): 1:36.09/1:36.57Top 8:
Tennessee- 1:32.80 *SEC, SEC Champs Record Alabama- 1:33.63 Texas- 1:34.52 LSU- 1:34.71 Auburn- 1:35.07 Texas A&M- 1:35.78 Florida- 1:35.81 Missouri- 1:36.38Alabama’s Emily Jones put her team into a great position early for the Crimson Tide, opening up in a 23.22. But the next three legs for Tennessee would prove to be major factors in the Volunteers taking home the SEC title in SEC and Meet Record fashion.
McKenzie Siroky lit a fire under this Volunteers relay, charging to the front of the pack in 25.84 on the breaststroke leg. She then handed over to Ella Jansen who carried the momentum into the wall in 22.85, and the anchor leg, Tennessee’s sprint free ace Camille Spink, who scorched home in 20.46, Putting a stamp on the win in 1:32.80.
The two key legs from the first heat was Georgia’s Charlotte Headland who threw down a quick 27.08 to put Georgia into the lead at the halfway point. But Arkansas’ Harriet Rogers powered the Razorbacks ahead with her 23.05 fly leg. But the Bulldogs would take the win in heat one. But just missing the top 8 in 1:36.67.
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
NCAA Record: 1:20.15- Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff), 2024 SEC Record: 1:20.15- Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff), 2024 SEC Championship Record: 1:20.22- Tennessee (Taylor, Houseman, Caribe, Crooks), 2025 Pool Record: 1:20.56- Arizona State (Chaney, Dobrzanski, Kharun, Kulow), 2025 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time (Qualifying/Provisional): 1:23.61/1:23.85Top 8:
Florida- 1:20.03 *NCAA, SEC, SEC Champs, Pool Record Texas- 1:20.85 LSU- 1:21.23 Kentucky- 1:21.80 Auburn- 1:22.41 Tennessee- 1:22.48 Georgia- 1:22.61 Missouri- 1:23.27Keeping the momentum high after a successful 1650 showing earlier today, the Florida men’s 200 medley relay blasted the fastest ever 200 medley relay in 1:20.03, besting their own 2024 mark by .12 seconds.
All eyes were on the 50 back American Record Holder Will Modglin of Texas, who set that record in 20.00 at the Texas Hall of Fame Invite. Opening up this relay in 20.17 just off of that record time. The race went from a body length lead for the Longhorns following Nate Germonprez‘s 22.49 split, to a very competitive final 100 yards.
Scotty Buff and Josh Liendo were stars here, with Buff closing the gap to give Liendo a chance to work his magic. Buff popped a 19.32 fly split, that then helped fuel Liendo’s heroic anchor of 17.58, the 5th fastest 50 freestyle split in history.
LSU’s Jere Hribar also turned in an historic anchor leg for the Tigers, anchoring the 3rd place relay in 17.59, now the 6th freestyle leg in history.
Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay
NCAA Record: 6:44.13- Virginia (G Walsh, A Walsh, Canny, Curzan), 2025 SEC Record: 6:48.59- Florida (Sims, Ivey, Weyant, Cronk), 2024 SEC Championship Record: 6:49.65- Florida (Sims, Ivey, Weyant, Cronk), 2024 Pool Record: 6:49.82- Virginia (Canny, A Walsh, Tiltmann, Nelson), 2023 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time (Qualifying/Provisional): 7:00.86/7:05.18Top 8:
Texas- 6:50.59 Georgia- 6:53.71 Tennessee- 6:54.56 Florida- 6:59.86 South Carolina- 7:03.23 Auburn- 7:03.86 LSU- 7:04.13 Alabama- 7:04.64The Longhorn women’s 800 claimed the win in 6:50.59, just missing the pool and meet records, but earning gold in a commanding victory.
Off the start it was Texas’ Nikolett Padar (1:4.36) and Tennessee’s Ella Jansen (1:42.26) battling at the front of the pack, but the Longhorns quickly asserted their dominance once Lillie Nesty dove in for the second leg, continuing the speed from Padar in 1:42.28.
At the 500 yard mark, Texas held the lead over the field by four and a half seconds. Campbell Chase (1:44.27) handed the reigns over to anchor leg Erin Gemmell, who continued to extend the Longhorns multi-body length lead over the field, splitting a strong 1:42.68.
The battle for the silver came down to anchors Emily Brown for Tennessee and 1650 runner-up Kennedi Dobson of Georgia, as it would be Dobson getting the better of Brown in 1:42.06 to 1:42.62, helping the bulldogs finish runners-up.
Auburn dominated the first heat, clocking a more than four second win a season-best 7:03.86; Julia Strojnowska, who finished 15th inthe 1650 earlier today, contributed a major anchor leg for the Tigers in 1:44.93, nobody else on the relay was better than 1:46.21.
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay
NCAA Record: 5:59.75- Cal (Alexy, Jett, Lasco, Henveaux), 2025 SEC Record: 6:00.08- Texas (Hobson, Guiliano, Maurer, Carrozza), 2025 SEC Championship Record:6:02.50- Florida (Painter, Liendo, Smith, Mitchell), 2025 Pool Record: 6:08.00- Florida (Smith, Freeman, Lindholm, Mestre), 2022 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time (Qualifying/Provisional): 6:14.67/6:16.79Top 8:
Texas- 6:06.24 *Pool Record Tennessee- 6:10.31 Auburn- 6:12.02 Georgia- 6:12.55 Florida- 6:13.60 Alabama- 6:14.14 LSU- 6:19.38 South Carolina- 6:19.51The opening legs of this relay saw Tomas Koski (1:32.76) for Georgia, Rex Maurer (1:32.73) for Texas, and Alex Painter (1:33.19) for Florida all battle for the opening leg of this relay. But opening up the relay was Tennessee’s Koby Bujak-Upton showing his sprint strength, taking his first 100 out in 44.50, and holding a body length lead over all three with a major 1:30.77 opening leg to give the Volunteers an early lead.
Luca Urlando (1:32.03) and Camden Taylor (1:30.59) each worked to try and catch Nikoli Blackman (1:32.67) and Tennessee on the 2nd leg. Taylor made up massive ground on the middle 100, and overtook the Volunteers by the halfway point.
The 3rd Longhorn in the water was Rafael Fente-Damers (1:30.81) and he was tasked with staying ahead of Gabe Nunziata of Tennessee, who held on as long as he could, splitting a strong 3rd leg of 1:33.31, but Fente-Damers grew the lead to more than two and a half seconds before handing it over to the final leg of the relay.
Baylor Nelson (1:32.11) anchored the Texas relay with nothing but clean water ahead of him, cruising to a four second win in 6:06.24.
With a 50 left to go, Auburn’s anchor Luke Bedsole (1:32.61)out of lane 1, put together a gritty final 100 to overtake Georgia and secure their spot in the podium in 6:12.02.
Team Standings After Day 1 of Swimming:
Women:
Texas- 232 Florida- 190 South Carolina- 175 Auburn- 169 Georgia- 160 Tennessee- 153 Texas A&M- 139 Alabama- 133 Kentucky- 126 Missouri- 122 LSU- 114 Arkansas- 81 Vanderbilt- 58Men:
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