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Swimming & Diving

Jillian Cox recognized as 2025 Honda Sport Award for Swimming and Diving finalist

Jillian Cox recognized as 2025 Honda Sport Award for Swimming and Diving finalist

Payton Blalock, General Sports Reporter April 24, 2025

After securing first place in both distance events at the NCAA Championships, freshman Jillian Cox earned recognition as a finalist for the 2025 Honda Sport Award for Swimming and Diving. Presented...

Maurer’s poise and performance key in Texas’ National Championship victory

Maurer’s poise and performance key in Texas’ National Championship victory

Diego Becerra, General Sports Reporter April 23, 2025

The expectations placed on sophomore swimmer Rex Maurer were high as he stepped up to the block in Federal Way, Washington, for the NCAA tournament.  But on a high-caliber team like Texas swim and...

Texas swim and dive reflects on historic season, looks to the future

Texas swim and dive reflects on historic season, looks to the future

Matthew Gomez, General Sports Reporter April 22, 2025

As head coach Bob Bowman wrapped up his first year at Texas, the season was filled with record-breaking meets and a couple of NCAA firsts. The team ended the season in the top spot in the nation, rounding...

Diving head coach Matt Scoggin reflects on 31st year at Texas

Diving head coach Matt Scoggin reflects on 31st year at Texas

Payton Blalock, General Sports Reporter April 10, 2025

Those who know about the immense history of success within the swimming and diving program at Texas likely also know the names of former men’s head coach Eddie Reese and women’s head coach Carol Capitani....

Graduate student Emma Sticklen celebrates at Texas' Swim Invitational on Nov. 20, 2024.

Emma Sticklen bids farewell to Texas swim after 5 fervent years of performance

Payton Blalock and Gabby Comer April 1, 2025

With the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships officially in the rearview mirror, so is the collegiate career of one of Texas Women's swimming and diving’s most valuable members in recent...

Texas men's swimming and diving dominates collegiate field, wins NCAA Championships for the first time since 2021

Texas men’s swimming and diving dominates collegiate field, wins NCAA Championships for the first time since 2021

Matthew Gomez and Diego Becerra April 1, 2025

Head coach Bob Bowman took the dive into the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center’s pool with his team in Federal Way, Washington, celebrating taking home the championship in his inaugural season...

A Texas swimmer competes in the 200m butterfly on Feb. 2, 2024 at a meet against TCU.

No. 1 Texas heads to Washington for NCAA Championships

Matthew Gomez, General Sports Reporter March 25, 2025

No. 1 Texas aims to take home the NCAA’s Division I Swimming and Diving trophy for the first time since 2021 after a dominating performance in the Southeastern Conference championship meet. The Longhorns...

Graduate student Emma Sticklen celebrates at Texas' Swim Invitational on Nov. 20, 2024.

Texas earns 5th consecutive top 3 finish in the NCAA Championships

Payton Blalock and Gabby Comer March 24, 2025

After nearly seven consecutive months of training and competing, Texas women’s swim and dive officially concluded its 2024-25 season with a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships on Saturday, March...

Graduate student Emma Sticklen celebrates at Texas' Swim Invitational on Nov. 20, 2024.

Texas women’s swim and dive has still ‘got something in the tank for NCAAs’

Gabby Comer, General Sports Reporter March 14, 2025

No. 2 Texas women’s swim and dive will compete in the NCAA Championship meet from March 19–22. The team looks to end a 34-year championship drought after finishing runner-up for the past three seasons. The...

Junior Hailey Hernandez pushes up out of the pool after a dive on October 6, 2023. At this meet against The University of Houston, Hernandez got first in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive with 347.48 and 401.33 points respectively.

Texas women’s diving takes on NCAA Zone Diving Championships

Payton Blalock, General Sports Reporter March 12, 2025

While NCAA Championship swimming qualifiers were selected on March 5, the divers are currently competing one last time in the NCAA Zone Diving Championships to secure their spots in the final meet of the...

Texas men’s swim and dive lands swimmer Aiden Hammer, flips from Cal

Texas men’s swim and dive lands swimmer Aiden Hammer, flips from Cal

Diego Becerra, General Sports Reporter March 4, 2025

No. 25 ranked commit Aiden Hammer flipped to Texas after verbally committing to the University of California, Berkeley, back in October. In the same announcement, Hammer said he would be reclassifying...

Texas swimmers ready to jump in the pool at the Texas Invitational on Nov. 22, 2024.

Men’s swim and dive win 46th consecutive conference championship

Matthew Gomez and Diego Becerra February 23, 2025

Texas men’s swim and dive won their 46th consecutive conference championship following a dominant five-day meet performance at the Southeastern Conference championship on Feb. 22.  In their inaugural...

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