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Training, Trust & Family Fuel Breakthrough For Rex Maurer at University of Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the end of the 2023-24 college season, Rex Maurer<\/strong> made \u201cprobably the hardest choice I\u2019ve ever had to make.\u201d After an up-and-down freshman season at Stanford, he saw an opportunity to advance his swimming career with a move to the University of Texas, with Bob Bowman<\/strong> taking over on the heels of leading Arizona State to a national title.<\/p>\n

Maurer opted to make the move, and his initial results training at Texas have been astounding: the highly-recruited mid-distance swimmer from an elite swimming family qualified for semifinals in two events at the U.S. Olympic Trials before continuing to show progress in long course at the U.S. Summer Championships. And in the first half of his first Longhorns season, Maurer has suddenly become the country\u2019s best mid-distance swimmer.<\/p>\n

The signs of a breakout first presented themselves in early November when Texas hosted Indiana for a marquee dual meet as he swam best times in the 200 and 500 free, dropping almost one-and-a-half seconds from his previous top mark in the 200. That was a warmup for three weeks later, when Maurer clocked the fastest times in the country of all three of his individual events<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Maurer arrived for the first finals session of the meet, he had already dropped two seconds from his 500 free time in prelims, getting under 4:10 for the first time. Prior to the evening session, he watched as Carson Foster<\/strong>, one of his new training partners at Texas, swam a time trial and clocked 4:05.81, a half-second faster than Kieran Smith\u2019s<\/strong> American record of 4:06.32.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he got to the 300, we all knew he was going to be real close to the record, and he ended up breaking it by a decent amount, and I was excited for him,\u201d Maurer said. \u201cWhen I saw a time, it gave me confidence, because I do train with him every day. And Bob said to me, \u2018You do train with him every day, and you win sometimes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rex Maurer — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Upon his arrival in Austin, Maurer decided to \u201cattach myself to the fastest guys,\u201d a list of Bowman trainees that includes Foster and Olympic medalists Hubert Kos<\/strong> and Luke Hobson<\/strong>, with French superstar Leon Marchand<\/strong> soon to arrive as well. Maurer believed spending time with these elite international swimmers and studying them closely would be keys to his own improvement. \u201cCarson is maybe even fed up with me,\u201d Maurer joked.<\/p>\n

But Foster knew his training partner could swim even quicker than he had in the 500, imploring Maurer to \u201cgo try and get it\u201d before the sophomore stepped to the blocks for the official final an hour later. And indeed, Maurer shattered Foster\u2019s briefly-held unofficial mark, recording a time of 4:04.45<\/a>. The time was the second-quickest ever behind Marchand\u2019s underwater-powered 4:02.31 from last year\u2019s NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n

The next day, Maurer posted a time of 3:34.19 in the 400 IM<\/a>, cutting four seconds from his previous best time and becoming the fifth-fastest man ever, putting himself within striking distance of an almost-eight-year-old American record held by Chase Kalisz<\/strong> (3:33.42). As with the 500 free, no current college swimmer has ever been that quick. Later that same session, Maurer led off the Texas 800 free relay in 1:31.59, a best time by a half-second, and he concluded the meet with another best in the 1650 free, his mark of 14:30.47 quicker than last year\u2019s NCAA-title-winning time and four seconds clear of anyone else in the national rankings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I was due for big drops,\u201d Maurer said. \u201cI didn’t know exactly how big of drops.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking back, Maurer credits his success to his full-on embrace of Bowman\u2019s training. Yes, Bowman has built a coaching r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that rivals any other in the sport\u2019s history, from his decades coaching Michael Phelps<\/strong> to his more recent accomplishments leading Marchand, Kos, Regan Smith<\/strong> and Paige Madden<\/strong> to individual medals in Paris, but the change meant some pretty significant adjustments for Maurer, who found himself swimming more volume than ever before and more intense swimming within every practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely took a little bit of adjustment period to get used to Bob\u2019s training method and how he works,\u201d Maurer said. \u201cBut I think I was able to commit to that and really embrace it really quickly, which I think has been a big part of why I’ve had so much success so far this semester, just trusting in Bob\u2019s plan. It\u2019s worked for other people, and I just have to trust that it will work for me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Support also comes from a group of people Maurer calls \u201cprobably the most important part of my swimming career,\u201d his family. His parents, Erik<\/strong> and Lea<\/strong>, were both NCAA champions for Stanford, and Lea has spent years coaching high-level college programs, first the Stanford women and more recently as the head coach at USC. Rex\u2019s older brother Luke<\/strong> also swam at Stanford, with the two brothers teaming up during the 2023-24 season, and Luke is now swimming a fifth year under Lea\u2019s guidance at USC.<\/p>\n

Rex appreciates having family members who understand his journey far better than most, including the pressure he feels and the technical aspects that can define a swim. His overall approach to the sport, he explained, comes from Lea \u201cpositioning swimming in a way that it’s beyond time,\u201d and that set the bedrock for the training that has catapulted his career this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s always highlighted to me how you need to find your why in swimming,\u201d Maurer said. \u201cMy why is going to the pool and spending time with my friends. It\u2019s a great two or so hours where you can just be with your friends, joke around and spend some time together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the pool where Maurer spends the most time is the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, and that\u2019s where he will pursue his goals for the NCAA Championships in March, where he will be a key contributor on a Longhorns<\/a> team with national championship aspirations. After that, he will shift his focus to long course, where another surge onto a senior-level U.S. national team is within reach in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough there have been a lot of big drops this season, consistency is key,\u201d Maurer said. \u201cBob has preached that, and I have lived that, even before I started swimming for Bob, just really committing to the grind, staying on top of workout, really attacking every workout for years at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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