Freshmen on the Texas women’s swimming and diving team posted record-breaking performances in the first two meets of the 2024-25 season, showing early signs that the young class will dominate.
Standout names include freshman Piper Enzi and redshirt freshman Jillian Cox, who each broke Baton Rouge’s pool record in their first collegiate competition.
A native of Mercer Island, Washington, Enge joined the Longhorns as the state’s top recruit and excelled in the breaststroke and individual medley races.
“We knew Texas was one of the best teams and would continue to be one of the best teams,” Enge said. “I also knew that this country had the best athletic program in the country and that the athletes were treated really well here.”
Enge’s Texas debut was in Baton Rouge, where he started his collegiate career with a 59.67 100, breaking the pool record and earning his first collegiate individual victory. Just three weeks later, she had two more wins at home, winning the 200 breast in 2:09.27 and the 100 breast in 59.26 against Indiana.
“There’s a really nice sweet spot where you don’t know if you’re nervous because you’re scared or nervous because you’re excited, and it gives you just the right amount of adrenaline,” Enge says. . Said. “I was very lucky that my first race was my first race of the competition. I could see the whole team beside me and I was immediately so excited.”
Freshman Jillian Cox, who redshirted for the 2023-24 season, broke UT’s 1,000-meter free record in her collegiate debut, surpassing former teammate Erica Sullivan’s 2022 record with a time of 9 minutes, 25.88 seconds. Recorded. She also won the 500 free that afternoon, dominating the free distance events.
Against Indiana, Cox broke her second career UT record in the 500 free, swimming a time of 4:34.41, setting an NCAA “A” cut time and advancing to the 2025 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. automatically qualified to participate.
“I was looking at that record,” Cox said in an interview. Longhorn Network Media Availability. “It was crazy to do it today and it was a nice surprise in a way, but it felt great.”
Before attending college, Cox swam for Longhorn Aquatics, a competitive swimming club in Austin, and practiced at the Lee and Joe Jamel Texas Swimming Center. The Lee and Joe Jamel Texas Swimming Center is the same facility where Texas student-athletes currently train.
Enzi and Cox appeared again in their third intercollegiate game on November 20th at the Texas Invitational against Stanford, BYU, Pitt, USC, and Wisconsin.
