All The Information You Want For The 2025 Eddie Reese Showdown

2024 Eddie Reese Showdown

One of the anticipated meets of the NCAA common season is lastly upon us because the Texas Longhorns host Virginia, Arizona State, and NC State for the Eddie Reese Showdown. These are 4 of the highest applications within the NCAA, and every college brings a minimum of one reigning convention championship crew to the meet. The four-time defending NCAA champions, the Virginia ladies received the ladies’s ACC titles final season, whereas the Wolfpack took house the lads’s trophy. The Texas women and men claimed the Massive 12 trophy and the Arizona State males received the lads’s PAC-12 title earlier than profitable their first NCAA title in program historical past.

From Paris Olympians to world report holders and NCAA champions, this meet has all of it. And the Texas Longhorns are placing on a present to match. Under, discover all the knowledge you could be ready for the meet. Groups have been revealing entries for the second heats of the Friday evening session–the session with essentially the most pomp and circumstance–on social media. On the finish of this text is a information to which swimmers will seem in Warmth 2 of every occasion that can preserve updating as entries are revealed.

Occasion Schedule

Friday Morning — 10 am CT

• 200 medley relay
• 500 freestyle
• 200 IM
• 50 freestyle
• Execs Race

Friday Night — 5:30 pm CT

• 200 freestyle relay
• 400 IM
• 100 butterfly
• 200 freestyle
• 100 breaststroke
• 100 backstroke
• Diving (final spherical of 3-meter)
• Execs Race
• 400 medley relay

Saturday Morning — 10 am CT

• 200 backstroke
• 100 freestyle
• 200 breaststroke
• 200 butterfly
• 1650 freestyle
• Execs Race
• 400 freestyle relay

Meet Format

The Fundamentals

• Two heats for each occasion besides relays and the 1650 freestyle
• Every crew will get two lanes in every warmth, random draw to find out lanes on Friday morning, then rotate
  • Staff A: Lanes 1+5
  • Staff B: Lanes 2+6
  • Staff C: Lanes 3+7
  • Staff D: Lanes 4+8
• Max of three entries for every swimmer per session (2 particular person, 1 relay)

Scoring

The meet will likely be scored in two alternative ways. First, it is going to be a triple twin meet over three periods with regular twin meet scoring. Second, a winner will likely be declared on the finish of every session based mostly on championship scoring. Each heats will rating, however swimmers will likely be locked into their heats with championship-style scoring.

• Warmth 1 Factors Out there: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Warmth 2 Factors Out there: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11 (relays one warmth solely, value double)

Know Earlier than You Go

In case you plan to attend the Showdown in individual, the Friday evening session would be the one with the massive present. The enjoyable kicks off at 4:30 with picture ops with Bevo XV as a part of his tenth birthday celebration. quarter-hour later, picture ops with Eddie Reese and Paris Olympians will start.

• 4:30: Photograph Ops With Bevo XV
• 4:45: Photograph Ops With Eddie Reese and Paris Olympians
• 5:30: Session begins

The primary 500 followers will obtain free Eddie Reese Texas Showdown Koozies, and the Longhorn Band, Texas Cheer, Texas Pom, and Hook’Em will likely be within the constructing. Texas has placed on a present with a number of twin meets over the previous couple of seasons, so anticipate extra of the identical, particularly for the on-deck introductions for the second warmth of every occasion.

And, there will likely be “lappy hour” pricing for alcohol for the entire session.

Can’t make it to the pool? The Friday evening session will likely be live-streamed on SECN+.

Friday Evening Showdowns To Watch

The Friday evening session options 5 particular person occasions, two relays, and diving. Groups have begun to submit the swimmers they’re fielding within the championship warmth of every occasion, and some of the thrilling elements of a meet that options 4 of the highest applications within the NCAA is that there’s a minimum of one thrilling swimmer in every occasion. Listed below are 4 races we’re most excited to observe tomorrow evening.

Girls’s 100 Fly

Gretchen Walsh (picture: Jack Spitser)

The second occasion of the session will function Gretchen Walsh in her first 100-yard fly since she lit up the pool on the 2024 Quick Course World Championships. Walsh is the NCAA report holder on this occasion, which she reset earlier than her fireworks in Budapest, blasting a 47.35 on the Tennessee Invitational. Whereas she’s the clear favourite to win the race, Emma Sticklen has been on hearth this 12 months for Texas. She’s made essentially the most waves within the 200 butterfly, however her 100 fly has been on level as effectively. She’s swum two private bests (and Texas information) already this season, clocking 49.60 on the Texas Corridor of Fame Invitational.

Her teammate Olivia Bray will likely be in on the motion, as will NC State’s duo of Leah Shackley and Tyler Driscoll, each of whom had robust first semesters. Swiss freshman Julia Ullmann has been a key a part of the Solar Satan ladies’s success this season, factoring within the 200 medley relay that’s damaged this system report a number of occasions this season.

Whereas Walsh will probably run away with the win, the placements in the remainder of the warmth will assist determine which groups bounce to an early lead and which may have some floor to make up in later occasions.

Males’s 200 Free

Patrick Sammon (picture: Jack Spitser)

This race ought to be a barn burner. Texas isn’t pulling any punches by fielding Luke Hobson and Chris Guiliano within the championship last. Hobson is the short-course meters world report holder, the NCAA report holder, and the defending NCAA champion. Guiliano owns the second-fastest lifetime finest within the discipline, a 1:30.36 that makes him the 14th quickest performer in historical past. Texas has solely constructed on its mid-distance freestyler popularity within the first 12 months of the Bowman period and can look to stamp its authority on this session by going 1-2 within the occasion.

Whereas Hobson and Guiliano are the pre-race favorites, the opposite applications entered robust challengers. NC State’s Kaii Winkler is the nationwide highschool report holder within the occasion (1:32.68), and Daniel Diehl was simply three-hundredths from his lifetime finest (1:32.72) final weekend. Arizona State’s Patrick Sammon was a 2024 NCAA ‘B’ finalist within the occasion and ought to be on the coronary heart of the motion as effectively.

Girls’s 100 Breast

Piper Enge (picture: Jack Spitser)

Alex Walsh has stated she probably received’t compete within the 400 IM this championship season, the place she’s a 2x NCAA champion, and indicators in her coaching are pointing to her taking over the 100 breaststroke on Day 3. If that’s the place she decides to focus, she’ll get a have a look at a few of the competitors she’ll face in March tomorrow evening. This can be a robust occasion for the Virginia ladies, as they discipline Walsh and Paris Olympian Emma Weber.

But it surely received’t simply be her teammate Walsh might want to watch. Piper Enge and Abby Arens are the Longhorns’ prime breaststrokers after shedding Olympians Anna Elendt and Lydia Jacoby this season, and they are going to be vying for the win.

Weber has the quickest season-best on this discipline at 58.67, whereas Enge is simply behind at 58.86.

Males’s 100 Fly

Luke Miller (picture: Jack Spitser)

4 of the highest eight swimmers within the NCAA this season will likely be on this championship last. There’s Ilya Kharun, who’s been on hearth this season and posted a 43.85 on the Wolfpack Elite Invite, which is second solely to Jordan Crooks. Then, there’s Virginia freshman Spencer Nicholas. He’s sitting fourth within the league with a lifetime finest 44.41 from the Tennessee Invite, which he adopted up with a 43.7 relay break up.

NC State’s Luke Miller can fly underneath the radar, however he completed third at NCAAs final season by breaking 44 seconds (43.90). He owns a season-best of 44.86, which places him simply in entrance of Texas’ Hubert Kos. Kos switched his focus from IM to backstroke when he started coaching with Bowman, however he’s showcased his long-course fly velocity alongside the best way. He’s placing it to make use of in yards this 12 months in particular person occasions and on the relays and has already introduced his finest right down to 44.93.

Who’s In The Championship Heats

Right here’s how stacked this meet is–we haven’t even talked about Rex Maurer, who’s hit the bottom working at Texas, setting an American report within the 500 freestyle, or Katie Grimes, the two-time Olympian and latest Virginia Cavalier. By speedrunning by the NCAA Championship format in two days, there’s one thing for everybody at this meet and a number of alternatives to see a few of the quickest swimmers within the league face off.

Bear in mind the Friday evening session can even embody two relays and a execs race.

Girls

Males