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Luka Mijatovic and Rex Maurer Can Turn Back Clock to American Glory Days in 400 Freestyle Rare are the events in which the United States has historically struggled in international competition. The country overwhelms the all-time medals charts at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and more A...

Texas, Again: Longhorn Men Prevail at NCAA Championships for Second Straight Year, 17th Overall Title Throughout the four days of the NCAA Men’s Championships, the Texas Longhorns were not exactly showing peak form. Hubert Kos delivered a performance best described as legendary, pushing Josh Liendo ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Ahmed Hafnaoui Holds Off Loaded Field For 500 Free Upset Win; Jaouadi Achieves Florida 1-2 A matchup of titans unfolded in the men's 500 freestyle. The top three seeds entering the final all had NCAA titles on their ledger while the fourth was an Olympic gold medalist in th...

NCAA Men's Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Ben Delmar, Rex Maurer, Gui Caribe Earn Top Seeds Friday morning's prelims session at the NCAA Men's Championships opened in record-breaking fashion as Hubert Kos blasted his own NCAA and U.S. Open marks in the 100 backstroke, putting the Texas senior in posi...

NCAA Men's Championships: With Something to Prove, Rex Maurer Sets 400 IM American Record A year ago, Rex Maurer made the 400 individual medley title part of a resurgent NCAAs for the Texas sophomore. Thursday night, he defended his title in spectacular fashion and while feeling more pressure than i...

The 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championship continued with the Day 2 prelims from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech. The events for the morning are the 10 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breaststroke and 200 free relay, minus the final heat of the timed finals...

NCAA Men's Championships: Rex Maurer Supplies Key Leg as Texas Tops 800 Free Relay; Henry McFadden Anchors Stanford to Second This contest brought some drama through the first 700 yards as Arizona State, North Carolina State and Ohio State all took turns occupying the top spot. But in the end, no on...

U.S. Nationals: Luke Hobson Blasts 1:43.73 200 Free, Becoming Fifth-Fastest Man Ever The world record in the men's 200 freestyle has been untouched since the era of full-body polyurethane suits, the 1:42.00 belonging to Germany's Paul Biedermann considered among the most untouchable marks on the boo...

The SEC announced its weekly swimming and diving awards for the conference. SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Rex Maurer, Texas Texas’ Rex Maurer, a junior from Pasadena, Calif., captured two first-place finishes in the win over No. 23 Texas A&M. Maurer broke a 25-year-old Rec Center Natatorium record....

Rex Maurer Will Aim to Turn College Wins into International Rise Entering the summer championship season, the U.S. women continue to look like the world’s deepest and most dominant team. They won 18 medals at the Paris Olympics and are now set up for success at the Singapore World Championships foll...

SEC Championships, Night 3 Finals: Tennessee Sets NCAA Record in Men’s 200 Free Relay at 1:12.80 A near miss in the 200 medley relay Tuesday night at the SEC Championships wasn’t enough for Tennessee. So the Volunteers made up for it on Wednesday, in a massive way. The Volunteers bludgeoned the 2023...

U.S. Nationals: Men's Team Seeking New Standouts in 2025 (Men's Predictions) The Olympic swimming competition in Paris brought disappointment for the American men, with only six individual medals throughout. Bobby Finke claimed the team's lone individual gold on the final individual event of the mee...

NEW COMMIT: One of the top recruits in the Class of 2023, Rex Maurer of Pasadena, Calif., has made his college decision: He will attend Stanford University beginning next fall. Rex will be joining his family legacy on The Farm. His mother, Lea Maurer — who's currently the head coach at USC — is a me...

Breaststroke Breakthroughs? Where U.S. Team Has Openings Entering Nationals The United States has never lost a women's medley relay when Lilly King has handled the breaststroke leg, with two Olympic gold medals and four world titles to show for it. Three of those wins came in world-record time, incl...

SEC Championships, Day 4: Camille Spink Blasts 20.87 50 Free, Becomes Fourth-Fastest Woman Ever Friday evening's action at the SEC Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., included the women's and men's 200 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 200 freestyle relay along with men's platform diving....

SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Josh Liendo’s 43.26 100 Fly Sets Stage Josh Liendo brought a season-best time to prelims of the 100 butterfly on Thursday morning at the 2026 SEC Championships. His time of 43.26 was .16 under his seed and sets up a showdown with 200 fly winner Luca Urlando. On the ...

Rex Maurer, Hubert Kos, Jillian Cox Impressive in Texas Intrasquad Meet The University of Texas women and men competed for the first time this season Friday evening in intrasquad competition, known as the "Dust Off Your Boots Invitational" for the women's team and the Sam Kendricks Classic for the m...

Texas Tops Tennessee as Campbell Stoll, Rex Maurer, Will Modglin Win Three Apiece A pair of powerhouse SEC swimming programs met Friday in Austin as the University of Texas Longhorns welcomed the Tennessee Volunteers. Texas, the reigning national champions on the men's side and third-place women's p...

College Swimming Reset (Men's Freestyle): Liendo, Maurer, Sarkany Set to Defend Titles The college swimming season has entered its home stretch. January features the final dual meets of the season before conference championships in February and the NCAA Championships in March. Prior to the holiday b...

NCAA Preview: Hubert Kos, Rex Maurer Pushing Texas Toward Second Straight Crown (Predictions) The University of Texas men's swimming and diving program was the most successful in the sport's history, winning 15 national titles under legendary head coach Eddie Reese. When Reese retired after the 2024...