{"id":656516,"date":"2026-10-31T13:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T20:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=656516"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T20:24:42","slug":"rex-maurer-jillian-cox-lead-the-way-as-texas-sweeps-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rex-maurer-jillian-cox-lead-the-way-as-texas-sweeps-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Maurer, Jillian Cox Lead the Way as Texas Sweeps South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rex Maurer, Jillian Cox Lead the Way as Texas Sweeps South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Texas Longhorns flew east to face South Carolina in a dual meet Friday and picked up two dominant wins. The men’s team won 225-73 while the women won every event and finished ahead by a 223-77 final margin, even with top breaststroker\u00a0Piper Enge<\/strong> absent, competing (and winning) at the U.S. Short Course Trials.<\/p>\n

The Texas men’s team opened the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 400 medley relay, the top team of\u00a0Will Modglin<\/strong>,\u00a0Campbell McKean<\/strong>,\u00a0Rowan Cox<\/strong> and\u00a0Rafael Fente-Damers<\/strong> winning by five seconds in 3:03.45. Modglin then picked up the win in the 100 backstroke in 45.96 while McKean topped the 100 breaststroke in 52.08. Fente-Damers was the winner of the 100 freestyle in 42.35. Modglin earned a second win in the 200 back (1:42.22), and McKean also doubled up, touching first in the 200 breast in 1:53.46.<\/p>\n

A strong day for Rex Maurer<\/strong> included a win in the 200 butterfly, where he checked in at 1:42.50. Maurer also won the 500 free, beating the field by more than six seconds in 4:11.89, and he claimed a third triumph with a time of 3:40.99 in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n

Kuzey Tuncelli<\/strong>, the world-junior-record holder in the 1500 free, should make a big impact for Texas this season. He captured the 1000 free in 8:45.65, leading a 1-2-3 finish with teammates\u00a0Aiden Hammer<\/strong> and\u00a0Cooper Lucas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Freshman\u00a0Laon Kim<\/strong> picked up first in the 200 free in 1:33.43, edging out Fente-Damers (1:33.55), while Nate Germonprez<\/strong> got to the wall first in the 50 free (19.66) and Rowan Cox<\/strong> led the way in the 100 fly (46.78). To conclude the meet, the team of Fente-Damers,\u00a0Garrett Gould<\/strong>, Germonprez and\u00a0Austin Carpenter<\/strong> won the 200 free relay in 1:18.26.<\/p>\n

In 3-meter diving, Max Spencer<\/strong> of the Gamecocks won with a score of 399.45. Spencer also won 1-meter (348.00).<\/p>\n