{"id":654251,"date":"2026-09-26T13:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=654251"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:32:09","slug":"hubert-kos-audrey-derivaux-among-double-winners-at-texas-intrasquad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hubert-kos-audrey-derivaux-among-double-winners-at-texas-intrasquad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubert Kos, Audrey Derivaux Among Double Winners at Texas Intrasquad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hubert Kos, Audrey Derivaux Among Double Winners at Texas Intrasquad<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Texas competed Friday in its annual preseason intrasquad meet, named in honor of the late Sam Kendricks<\/strong>, a longtime public address announcer at national-level competition who was once a manager and coach for the Longhorns. This year, Texas competed against professional swimmers training in Austin under the banner of Longhorn Aquatics, with big-name swimmers such as\u00a0Hubert Kos<\/strong> and\u00a0Chris Guiliano<\/strong> joining the collegians.<\/p>\n

Kos,\u00a0Jack Kelly<\/strong>,\u00a0Tyler Ray<\/strong> and Guiliano kicked off the men’s competition with a 200 medley relay time of 1:24.35. Guiliano later won the 50 freestyle in 19.84 while Kos cruised to a time of 1:43.76 in the 200 backstroke. Kos returned to dominate the 200 IM in 1:44.54. A pair of former Michigan Wolverines now training at Texas also grabbed wins, Jack Wilkening<\/strong> in the 100 back (46.75) and Ray in the 200 butterfly (1:42.48) and 100 butterfly (46.04).<\/p>\n

Rex Maurer<\/strong>, now a senior at Texas, took first in the 1000 free (9:03.14) and 500 free (4:22.16). Campbell McKean<\/strong> put up a time of 53.20 in the 100 breast to edge teammates\u00a0Luka Mladenovic<\/strong> (53.38) and\u00a0Nate Germonprez<\/strong> (54.39). Mladenovic topped the 200 breast in 1:57.82, six hundredths better than McKean.<\/p>\n

Laon Kim<\/strong>, a freshman from Canada, debuted with a strong time of 1:35.01 in the 200 free, winning over Guiliano and\u00a0Luke Hobson<\/strong>. He followed that up with a 43.44 in the 100 free, ahead of\u00a0Rafael Fente-Damers<\/strong> as well as Guiliano and Hobson. Fente-Damers, Maurer,\u00a0Will Modglin<\/strong> and Kim were timed at 2:53.44 in the 400 free relay while winning divers included\u00a0Jacob Jones<\/strong> (1-meter, 368.63) and\u00a0Matej Nevescanin<\/strong> (3-meter, 394.13).<\/p>\n