After barely two weeks within the switch portal, Rex Maurer, who we ranked as the highest recruit within the highschool boys class of 2023, formally introduced that he’ll switch from Stanford to Texas.
Excited to announce that I might be persevering with my faculty profession on the College of Texas. I’d wish to thank Bob and Erik for giving me this superb alternative. I’d additionally wish to thank Eddie, Wyatt, and the crew for welcoming me to Austin.
Lastly, I’d wish to say thanks to everybody who made my time at Stanford an incredible expertise.
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Maurer took the final quarter of the college yr off from Stanford, and has been coaching at Texas beneath new head coach Bob Bowman (and representing Longhorn Aquatics in lengthy course competitors), so, it appeared like solely a matter of time earlier than Maurer introduced his switch to Austin.
However, his brother Luke simply introduced yesterday that he’s transferring from Stanford to USC for a fifth yr. The Maurer brothers’ mom, Lea Maurer, is the pinnacle coach there, so Trojan followers might need been holding out a small ray of hope that Rex would be part of the household in Southern Cal.
Each Maurer mother and father are well-known Stanford alums. Lea, (née Lea E. Loveless) earned a bronze medal in 100 again and a gold medal as a part of the USA’s 4×100 medley relay crew on the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Her husband, Eric Maurer, racked up collegiate accolades at Stanford, together with a number of All-American finishes and a 50 free title in 1992.
Rex had some blended outcomes throughout his one season on the Farm, relying on the way you wish to measure success. He hit lifetime bests in every of his three major occasions, completed third in all three particular person occasions on the closing Pac-12 Championships, and earned All-American standing as a part of Stanford’s Seventh-place 200 medley relay at NCAAs. Nevertheless, two of these lifetime bests got here at midseason, and he didn’t make finals in any particular person occasion at NCAAs.
| PB earlier than Stanford | PB at Stanford | |
| 500 free | 4:12.33 | 4:11.88 |
| 400 IM | 3:41.94 | 3:38.10 |
| 200 again | 1:42.30 | 1:39.75 |
He’ll presumably be in search of a little bit extra consistency — and NCAA scoring — at Texas, the place his major occasion lineup melds properly with each Texas custom and Bowman’s swimmer historic successes.
Maurer is the second extremely ranked recruit from that class to make the transfer to Texas after one yr at a Bay Space faculty, as former Cal swimmer Aaron Shackell introduced his Texas switch earlier final month.
Shackell is primarily a mid-distance freestyler, whereas current Texas transfers Hubert Kos (coming with Bowman from ASU) and Ben Sampson (CMU) each swim the 400 IM and 200 again as major occasions.
Texas is coming off its worst NCAA end in over a decade (Seventh), however the Longhorns are reloading rapidly beneath the brand new teaching employees, particularly within the 400 IM and mid-distance freestyle. In addition to the aforementioned transfers, freestyler Coby Carrozza just lately introduced he’ll be staying for a fifth yr, and David Johnston, who’s been an NCAA A-finalist a number of occasions within the 400 IM and 500 free, will presumably return to Austin after taking an Olympic redshirt this previous yr.
