Alcantara Sets School Record, No. 16/16 Alabama Falls to No. 1/2 Texas at Home
10/11/2025 1:02:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
The distance swimmer topped his prior Alabama record in the 1000 free as Leonardo Alcantara posted a time of 8:51.26
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A school record 1000 free performance from Leonardo Alcantara paced the No. 16/16 Alabama swimming and diving team in a loss to No. 1/2 Texas Friday.
In addition to Alcantara’s school-record setting swim, Emily Jones and Gaby Van Brunt helped lead the team with a pair of victories. Both swimmers were members of UA’s facility record and first-place 200 medley relay team (1:34.59) while Jones also won the 100 back (51.55) and Van Brunt won the 100 butterfly (52.92).
The women’s team would fall 211.5-88.5 to Texas as the men’s team dropped a 216-82 decision to the top-ranked Longhorns.
Gallery: 10-10-25 MWSD vs Texas
Head Coach Margo Geer Said
“It was good to welcome a team like Texas to our facility. They’re one of the best teams in the country so it’s great competition for us. There was a lot of excitement in the stands for our second home meet this fall. The crowd was awesome, and we were celebrating the Power of Pink, which is a great initiative as well. That gave us some really good energy.
"We had some really good swims and I’m excited for us to keep getting better. It was great seeing Leo set a school record this early in the year. This was only our second meet of the season and there were a lot of really good performances today. You could see the building and growth from what we did against Delta State a few weeks ago."
Highlights
- Leonardo Alcantara shortened his Alabama school record in the men’s 1000-yard freestyle, finishing second via an 8:51.26 time
- His performance bettered his prior UA-record breaking swim of 8:53.60 by over two seconds
- Emily Jones (51.55) set a new Alabama Aquatic Center facility record the 100 backstroke
- Additionally, the women’s 200 medley relay team of Jones, Jada Scott, Gaby Van Brunt and Cadence Vincent surpassed the prior facility record with their 1:34.59, first-place swim
Alabama Top-Two Finishes
- 200 Medley Relay
- Women: 1st - Emily Jones, Jada Scott, Gaby Van Brunt, Cadence Vincent – 1:34.59
- Men: 2nd – Tommy Hagar, Steijn Louter, Tim Korstanje, Jonathan Hoole – 1:24.70
- 1000 Free
- Men: 2nd - Leonardo Alcantara – 8:51.26
- 200 Free
- Men: 1st - Toni Dragoja - 1:33.48
- 100 Back
- Women: 1st - Emily Jones – 51.55
- Men: 2nd – Tommy Hagar – 45.70
- 100 Breast
- Women’s: 2nd - Jada Scott – 1:00.98
- 200 Butterfly
- Women’s: 2nd - Victoria Raymond – 1:56.88
- 50 Free
- Women’s: 2nd - Cadence Vincent – 21.87
- 1m Dive
- Men’s: 2nd - Colten Cryer – 3:43.28
- 3m Dive
- Men’s: 2nd - Colten Cryer – 379.80
- 100 Free
- Men’s: 2nd - Toni Dragoja – 42.70
- 200 Back
- Men’s: 1st - Tommy Hagar – 1:40.25
- 500 Free
- Men’s: 2nd - Leonardo Alcantara – 4:15.36
- 100 Butterfly
- Women’s: 1st – Gaby Van Brunt – 52.92
- Women’s: 2nd - Victoria Raymond – 53.22
- Men’s: 2nd - Tim Korstanje – 46.59
- 400 Free Relay
- Women’s: 2nd – Jada Scott, Cadence Vincent, Gaby Van Brunt, Emily Jones – 3:14.08
- Men’s: 2nd – Toni Dragoja, Adam Varga, Jonathan Hoole, Tim Korstanje – 2:53.10
