{"id":635766,"date":"2026-01-23T21:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=635766"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:32:11","slug":"rex-maurer-swims-nations-fastest-500-freestyle-anastasia-gorbenko-triples-at-eddie-reese-texas-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rex-maurer-swims-nations-fastest-500-freestyle-anastasia-gorbenko-triples-at-eddie-reese-texas-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Maurer Swims Nation’s Fastest 500 Freestyle, Anastasia Gorbenko Triples at Eddie Reese Texas Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rex Maurer Swims Nation’s Fastest 500 Freestyle, Anastasia Gorbenko Triples at Eddie Reese Texas Showdown<\/strong><\/p>\n

This weekend, the University of Texas is hosting one of the signature meets of the college swimming regular season, the Eddie Reese Texas Showdown. Named in honor of the longtime men’s head coach who won 15 national titles, the meet features three season highlighted by a fan-centric Friday evening complete with Olympian autograph sessions and an appearance by Longhorns mascot Bevo. The Texas men were the dominant team of the meet, helping the Longhorns score 791 points Friday night to defeat rivals Louisville (666) and Ohio State (593).<\/p>\n

In Friday morning’s session, Texas reeled off wins from\u00a0Nate Germonprez<\/strong> in the 50 breaststroke (23.56),\u00a0Rex Maurer<\/strong> in the 400 IM (3:41.17) and\u00a0Will Modglin<\/strong> in the 50 backstroke (20.75), with\u00a0Hubert Kos<\/strong> taking second (20.98) in his first college meet of the season. Modglin, Germonprez, Kos and\u00a0Garrett Gould<\/strong> won the 400 medley relay in 3:03.03<\/p>\n

In the evening, the Longhorns welcomed a large crowd for the main event, and the men’s team started things off with a show in the 200 medley relay. Modglin, Germonprez, Kos and Gould combined for a time of 1:22.01 in the 200 medley relay, winning by 1.79 seconds over Louisville. Next up, Maurer dominated the 500 free with a time of 4:09.13, the fastest time in the country so far this season. Previously, the top result belonged to Indiana’s Zalan Sarkany<\/strong> at 4:09.57.<\/p>\n

Modglin took down Kos by three hundredths in the 100 back, 44.45 to 44.48. Modglin set an American record in the event at midseason with his time of 43.26<\/a> while Kos is the fastest man ever at 43.20, achieved at the 2025 NCAA Championships. Germonprez won again in the 100 breast, touching in 50.86, and Kos scored his first collegiate victory this season with a dominating performance in the 200 IM. His final time was 1:40.69. The 400 free relay went to the Texas team of\u00a0Ksawery Masiuk<\/strong>, Gould,\u00a0Camden Taylor<\/strong> and Maurer in 2:48.88.<\/p>\n

The morning saw Louisville’s team of Nikita Sheremet<\/strong>,\u00a0Charlie Crush<\/strong>,\u00a0Aiden Musso<\/strong> and\u00a0Guy Brooks<\/strong> win the 200 free relay in 1:16.33. Louisville then got two men’s victories in the evening session. Brooks won the 200 free in 1:32.61, with Maurer just behind (1:32.77), and Sheremet finished first in the 100 free in 41.96. Ohio State’s Matthew Klinge<\/strong> was the winner of the 50 butterfly (20.38) in the morning before clocking 45.12 to finish atop the 100 fly at night.<\/p>\n