{"id":623138,"date":"2025-09-27T04:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=623138"},"modified":"2025-09-27T04:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:23:17","slug":"rex-maurer-hubert-kos-jillian-cox-impressive-in-texas-intrasquad-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rex-maurer-hubert-kos-jillian-cox-impressive-in-texas-intrasquad-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Maurer, Hubert Kos, Jillian Cox Impressive in Texas Intrasquad Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rex Maurer, Hubert Kos, Jillian Cox Impressive in Texas Intrasquad Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 men. The White team defeated the Orange team 285-262, fueled by a 143-124 victory in men’s races. The Orange team women outscored the White team 136-127.<\/p>\n

The defending national champion men welcomed standout breaststroker\u00a0Campbell McKean<\/strong>, the U.S. national champion in the 50 and 100-meter races this year, to the roster as well as Frech freestyle specialist\u00a0Rafael Fente-Damers<\/strong>. Those two joined\u00a0Will Modglin<\/strong> and\u00a0Kyle Peck<\/strong> to take the win in the 200 medley relay for the White team in 1:23.98.<\/p>\n

Rex Maurer<\/strong> kicked off his campaign with a top mark of 1:33.24 in the 200 free while Modglin scored a win over\u00a0Hubert Kos<\/strong> in a sizzling 100 backstroke duel. Modglin went 44.83 to Kos’ 44.96. And in the 100 breast,\u00a0Nate Germonprez<\/strong> got the better of McKean with a time of 51.54, with the newcomer checking in at 52.21.<\/p>\n

David Johnston<\/strong> clocked 8:47.75 in a dominant performance in the 1000 free.\u00a0Cooper Lucas<\/strong> won the 200 butterfly (1:42.39), and Fente-Damers came home first in the 50 free (19.39) and 100 free (42.47). Kos clocked 1:40.48 in the 200 back, an event in which he is the fastest swimmer ever by more than a second, while\u00a0Will Scholtz<\/strong> was the top finisher in the 200 breast (1:54.02).<\/p>\n

Maurer got the better of Johnston in convincing fashion in the 500 free, 4:12.11 to 4:14.78, while the 100 fly went to\u00a0Logan Walker<\/strong> (46.98). Kos then picked up his second win in the 200 IM in 1:43.71, fending off a challenge from McKean and Baylor Nelson<\/strong>. Diving wins went to Nicholas Harris<\/strong> on 1-meter (328.72) ad 3-meter (330.83).<\/p>\n