By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
As Bob Bowman continues to bolster his already powerful Texas pro training group, it’s time to take a look back at some of the newer additions to the loaded training group and see how they performed at some of their end-of-season championships.
*Disclaimer: We will not be covering the swimmers who have trained under Bowman for some time now (i.e., Leon Marchand, Summer McIntosh, Hubert Kos, Carson Foster, Regan Smith, etc.) as their end-of-season meets have been covered in-depth
Mitchell Schott
Schott, the Princeton standout, announced back in February that he would be making the move to Austin to train under Bowman at the University of Texas. Since that announcement, and having spent plenty of time surrounded by some of the top athletes in the sport, Schott has already seen him rise through the domestic ranks and has firmly put himself in contention for a potential Olympic team spot as we get closer to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Mitchell Schott (photo: Jack Spitser)
Schott’s final meet of the season took place in Irvine at the US National Championships, where he swam to several lifetime best times. One of his top performances came in the 200 free, where he finished 3rd in 1:45.78, marking his first-ever time under 1:46, coming into this meet with a lifetime best of 1:46.70 from the Fort Lauderdale Open in May.
He also surged to a career best in the 200 fly in 1:55.37 to finish 5th, a near half-second improvement on what he went at these championships last summer in 1:55.86. Schott also took the ‘B’ final win in the 400 free, touching in 3:48.69, a time that would have been 5th in the ‘A’ final, swimming yet another big personal best.
Jack Kelly
Another Ivy League star turned Texas Pro, Jack Kelly, shared in February that he would switch his international representation from the United States to Ireland, leading to his representing the Irish team at the European Championships, where he would make his mark in the Irish National record book.
Jack Kelly (photo: Jack Spitser)
Kelly qualified for a pair of individual championship finals in Paris, competing for a podium spot in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Despite finishing 7th in both event finals, Kelly made a splash in the semifinals of both events. He notched his first-ever sub-59-second 100 breast to finish 2nd in the semifinals, notching an Irish Record in the process. He saw similar success in the 200 breast, clocking 2:09.23 in the semifinals, a lifetime best of more than six tenths of a second, and another national record.
Kelly completed the sweep of the records with his showing in the 50 breast, finishing 22nd in the prelims in 27.37. The records were not all individually earned, as Kelly would also represent Ireland as the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 medley relay, splitting 59.18 en route to a national relay record of 3:33.74.
Rowan Cox
Cox will be suiting up for the Longhorns this fall as a freshman, but has confirmed that he has been training with Bowman at Texas since his graduation, and that training has paid off in a big way so far. Cox closed out his season at the US National Championships, where he was one of the breakout swimmers of the entire competition.
Rowan Cox (photo: Jack Spitser)
Nearly every time Cox entered the pool, he swam a lifetime best. One of his standout swims came in the 100 fly. After finishing 3rd in the prelims with a best time of 51.42, Cox faced a tough challenge ahead of him, racing against the likes of Ilya Kharun, Caeleb Dressel, and Logan Robinson, among several others, in the championship final. Though the young star would shine, he finished 3rd in that final in 50.64, a huge drop from the prelims, and earned a spot on the podium as one of just three sub-51-second performers in the final, along with Kharun (50.05) and Dressel (50.45). That time also took down Thomas Heilman’s 17-18 National Age Group Record of 50.70 at last summer’s meet.
Cox, whose mother, Colleen, was a four-time NCAA Champion with the Longhorns, was electric in Irvine, swimming other lifetime bests in the 50 fly (23.61), 200 fly (1:56.50), 100 back (54.57), 200 free (1:48.14), and 200 IM (2:05.83). His performance also earned him the Ultra Swimmer of the Month.
Jack Aikins
Aikins closed out his season at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, with his top finish coming in the 100 backstroke, clocking 53.46, just behind Canada’s Blake Tierney (53.18) and fellow Texas training mate Will Modglin (53.37), earning himself a bronze medal. He also added a 9th-place finish in the 200 back in 1:57.47, despite touching in the 7th-fastest time in the prelims, but was relegated to the ‘B’ final due to the meet’s two-per-country finals restrictions.
Jack Aikins (photo: Jack Spitser)
He also turned in a 9th-place prelims performance in the 50 back, stopping the clock in 25.13, the fastest time he had swum all season, though it was just off his personal best of 24.81 from April of 2022. Aikins was the 5th fastest American in the prelims, leaving him without a 2nd opportunity to race the event in the final.
Aikins told SwimSwam back in May that he was going to join the training group at an altitude camp directly after he graduated from the University of Virginia.
Tyler Ray
Ray wrapped up his career with the University of Michigan this past Spring and moved to Austin around the same time as Aikins, having not raced in long-course since July of 2024. Ray’s final meet of the season came at the US National Championships, where he delivered several swims that rank as his fastest-ever performances.
Tyler Ray (photo: Jack Spitser)
Ray’s top-placing swim came in the 200 fly, where he touched 4th in the final in 1:55.11, dropping from the best time that he set in the prelims in 1:55.57. Similar to Cox, it was a best time nearly every time that Ray entered the water.
In addition to his 200 fly performance, Ray finished 6th in the 100 fly (51.62, best time), 12th in the 50 fly (23.80, clocked a 23.59 personal best in the prelims), and 19th in the 50 free (22.52, best time).
Jack Wilkening
Wilkening also moved to Austin, joining his former Wolverine teammate Ray and the strong backstroke group that has developed there, including Hubert Kos, Shaine Casas, and Modglin. Wilkening’s final meet of the season was also in Irvine at the US National Championships.
Jack Wilkening (photo: Jack Spitser)
In Irvine, Wilkening was a runner-up in the 50 back, swimming a lifetime best of 24.75, and added a 3rd-place performance in the 100 back in 53.78, just off of his lifetime best from May of 2024 at the Indy May Cup when he clocked 53.37.
He also finished 5th in the 200 in 1:58.80, his career-best and the first time under the 1:59 mark. He entered the meet with a career-best of 2:00.10 from the Speedo Summer Championships in July of 2024; in the prelims in Irvine, he notched the first sub-2:00 of his career in 1:59.34. In the prelims of the 100 free, Wilkening also notched a lifetime best in the 50 free of 22.86, finishing 38th overall in the event.
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