Wisconsin’s Enzo Solitario Clocks 2nd Fastest 800 Free Relay Split Ever by a Freshman in 1:30.43 ...Middle East

By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam

2026 Men’s Big Ten Championships

On the opening night of the 2026 Men’s Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships, Wisconsin freshman Enzo Solitario, swimming the 2nd leg of Wisconsin’s 800 freestyle relay, split a blazing 1:30.43, which marks the 2nd fastest split ever in the 800 free relay by a freshman, only trailing Leon Marchand‘s 2022 NCAA Championships achor leg of 1:29.96.

That split also marks the 4th sub-1:31 split by a freshman during the 2026 conference championships season, joining Texas’ Rafael Fente Damers and Auburn’s Daniel Krichevsky who both split 1:30.81, and Tennessee’s Koby Bujak-Upton, who led off the Volunteers’ 800 free relay in 1:30.77.

Outside of the NCAA Championships, only one other freshman has ever split a sub-1:31 in the 800 free relay, as Stanford’s Henry McFadden clocked 1:30.87 anchor leg split on the Cardinal’s 2024 PAC 12 Championship relay.

Fastest Sub-1:31 Freshman 800 Free Relay Splits:

*denotes leadoff split

It is worth mentioning that nobody on this list ever split sub-1:31 twice in their freshman season, though Solitario, Bujak-Upton, Fente Damers, and Krichevsky will all likely have that opportunity come the Men’s NCAA Championships.

Solitario’s split helped lead the Badgers to a runner-up finish in the 800 free relay in 6:08.87, a time that had it not been for Ohio State’s winning time of 6:06.64, would have been a new Big Ten meet record, but still bested the Wisconsin program record by nearly five seconds, lowering the 2017 mark of 6:13.78. He was also the only swimmer in the event to have swam under 1:31.

Prior to arriving in Madison, Solitario’s best time in the 200 free was 1:34.18 from the Louisiana High School Division 1 State Championships last year. Since then, he has been as fast as 1:33.16, which came at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational in November.

This split comes in as a major drop in his career, he has only dipped under 1:34 twice, including his prelim swim at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational in 1:33.77. That 1:33.16 only ranks him 48th in the NCAA this season, but does sit under the 2026 NCAA qualifying time of 1:33.93. Outside of those two 1:33 swims, he has no other times that are inside of that pre-college best.

Solitario has seen some improvement in his 500 free during his freshman season as well, having logged a career best 4:16.47 at the Texas Hall of Fame Invite, five and a half seconds faster than any time he had swam prior to joining the Badgers, a time that also slots him at 48th in the country this season.

Within the program, Solitario ranks 2nd in the 200 free this season behind Luukas Vainio (1:32.32), and a second and a half off the program record currently held by Jake Newmark from 2023 in 1:31.61.

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