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2026 SEC Championships
Dates: Monday, February 16–Saturday, February 21 Location: Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, Knoxville, TN Defending Champions: Texas (1x) 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, Vanderbilt (women only), Arkansas (women only) Live Recaps Prelims: Day 2 Finals: Day 1 Distance | Day 1 | Day 2On the first evening of competition at the 2026 SEC Champions, LSU junior Jere Hribar dropped the hammer on his anchor leg of the 200 medley relay. The historic 17.59 split ranks first in his school by a long shot and makes him the 4th fastest performer in history.
More impressive than those accolades, perhaps was what the Croatian national accomplished in the first half of his split. Hribar registered an 8.08 to the feet, which just might be the fastest 25 split of all time.
Among the fastest 50 free splits in history, Hribar’s performance last night and World Champion Jordan Crooks’ first 25 from the same event in the same meet last year tie as the best recorded. The caveat here is that the two fastest 50 free splits in history – both swum by Caeleb Dressel at the 2018 NCAA Championships – don’t have 25 splits available. Dressel’s 17.30 and 17.37 marks are over two tenths faster than Hribar’s swim, and that difference had to be made somewhere.
That being said, though, Dressel was notoriously proportionally weak on relay starts, a crucial component of a first 25 split. The nine-time Olympic gold medalist always led off the U.S. 4×100 freestyle relay because his flying start barely eclipses his lethal flat start.
Whether 8.08 is truly the fastest 25 split or not, a race to a seven-point 25 split is brewing. Hribar will get another shot on LSU’s 200 free relay on Friday, and a deep, hungry pack of sprinters across the NCAA could have their eye on it too.
Fastest SCY 50 free splits & their opening 25s
Athlete Team Meet 50 split First 25 split Caeleb Dressel Florida 2018 NCAAs 17.30 unknown Caeleb Dressel Florida 2018 NCAAs 17.37 unknown Jordan Crooks Tennessee 2025 SECs 17.42 8.08 Jordan Crooks Tennessee 2024 Tennessee Invite 17.57 8.23 Josh Liendo Florida 2026 SECs 17.58 8.34 Jere Hribar Louisiana State 2026 SECs 17.59 8.08 Jordan Crooks Tennessee 2025 Tennessee vs Georgia 17.66 8.27 Caeleb Dressel Florida 2017 NCAAs 17.71 8.40 Jonny Kulow Arizona State 2025 NCAAs 17.78 8.30 Chris Guiliano Texas 2025 NCAAs 17.80 8.20 Gui Caribe Tennessee 2025 NCAAs 17.81 8.33 Vlad Morozov Southern California 2013 NCAAs 17.86 unknown Caeleb Dressel Florida 2017 SECs 17.86 unknownRead the full story on SwimSwam: Did Jere Hribar Swim The Fastest 25 Free Split In History?
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