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USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Hubert Kos leads Texas Longhorns to 16th men's swimming/diving national championship
Hubert Kos leads Texas Longhorns to 16th men's swimming/diving national championship Led by 2024 Paris Olympic Gold medalist Hubert Kos, the Texas Longhorns men's swimming and diving team has won its 16th national championship. Kos set two NCAA records and won three medals in the title meet. Texas has won a third of all men's swimming and diving national titles since 1981. Kos, who won gold in Paris in the 200m backstroke, set the NCAA record for the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:34.21. Kos also set the the 100-yard backstroke Friday with a time of 43.20. The Hungarian also won the 200 individual medley in 1:37.91 on Thursday. Rex Maurer also shined for Texas, winning the 500 freestyle in 4:05.35 on Thursday and the 400 individual medley on Friday at 3:34.00. While Texas has been dominant in the pool over the past four decades, all 15 prior championships were under legendary coach Eddie Reese. Reese last won the title in 2021, but his teams struggled over the past couple of years. After Reese's retirement last year, Texas hired Arizona State coach Bob Bowman. The Sun Devils won the national championship last season. Bowman becomes the first ever swimming and diving coach to win a men's national championship two years in a row. It has only happened in women's swimming with Richard Quick, who won with Texas in 1988 and Stanford in '89. Texas diving coach Matt Scoggins has now won 11 NCAA titles. Texas won six individual evens, three by Kos, and one relay. The 200 medley relay win was controversial because Florida initially won, but the Gators were later disqualified because of a false start. Final Team Scores:
Associated Press
28-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Texas takes lead on Day 2 at NCAA swimming and diving championships with titles from Maurer, Kos
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — Rex Maurer won the first race of Day 2 at the NCAA men's swimming and diving championships and his Texas teammate Hubert Kos took the second event as the Longhorns ended Thursday night in first place with 190 points. Maurer took the 500-yard freestyle in 4:05.35 ahead of teammate Luke Hobson to clinch a 1-2 finish for Texas, which made a big jump atop the team standings. Kos, an Olympic gold medalist, held off a late surge by Cal's Destin Lasco in the 200 individual medley with a personal-best time of 1:37.91. It was the same time Lasco won the event last season at the national championships. Tennessee's Jordan Crooks became a two-time champion in the 50 freestyle when he finished in 17.91. It was his fifth performance under 18 seconds in the event. His teammate Guilherme Caribe finished third. Crooks also broke a program record with a 17.82 leadoff split in the 200 freestyle relay to help the Vols win in a meet record 1:12.84. Florida, which was seeking a four-peat in the event, finished third. Indiana senior Quentin Henninger won the 1-meter diving for his first career NCAA title. Stanford's Jack Ryan captured second for his highest NCAA finish. California is second in the team standings with 159.5 points and Indiana third at 146. The four-day event continues on Friday with six swimming titles and one diving at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center. ___
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Texas takes lead on Day 2 at NCAA swimming and diving championships with titles from Maurer, Kos
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — Rex Maurer won the first race of Day 2 at the NCAA men's swimming and diving championships and his Texas teammate Hubert Kos took the second event as the Longhorns ended Thursday night in first place with 190 points. Maurer took the 500-yard freestyle in 4:05.35 ahead of teammate Luke Hobson to clinch a 1-2 finish for Texas, which made a big jump atop the team standings. Kos, an Olympic gold medalist, held off a late surge by Cal's Destin Lasco in the 200 individual medley with a personal-best time of 1:37.91. It was the same time Lasco won the event last season at the national championships. Tennessee's Jordan Crooks became a two-time champion in the 50 freestyle when he finished in 17.91. It was his fifth performance under 18 seconds in the event. His teammate Guilherme Caribe finished third. Crooks also broke a program record with a 17.82 leadoff split in the 200 freestyle relay to help the Vols win in a meet record 1:12.84. Florida, which was seeking a four-peat in the event, finished third. Indiana senior Quentin Henninger won the 1-meter diving for his first career NCAA title. Stanford's Jack Ryan captured second for his highest NCAA finish. California is second in the team standings with 159.5 points and Indiana third at 146. The four-day event continues on Friday with six swimming titles and one diving at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center. ___ AP sports:
