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.