Males’s Swimming wins 15 medals at Pan Pacific and European Championships

AUSTIN, Texas — Current and former University of Texas males’s swimmers wrapped up a profitable week on the European Championships (Aug. 10-16) in Paris and the Pan Pacific Championships (Aug. 12-15) in Irvine, Calif. All totaled, the Longhorns’ contingency mixed to file 15 complete medals, together with eight gold, six silver and one bronze, throughout the pair of worldwide competitions.

At the Pan Pacific Championships, Texas males’s swimmers registered 10 medals, together with 5 gold, 4 silver and one bronze. Rising senior Will Modglin led the best way by successful 4 medals, together with two gold, one silver and one bronze. Modglin swam the leadoff (backstroke) leg (53.40 cut up) for Team USA on the combined 4x100m medley relay which received the gold and set a world file with a time of three:36.70. He additionally swam the leadoff (backstroke) leg (53.86 cut up) for Team USA on the 4x100m medley relay which received the gold and set a championship file with a time of three:29.06. Modglin earned a silver medal within the 100m backstroke (53.37) and claimed the bronze medal within the 50m backstroke (24.66).

Former Longhorn Luke Hobson earned a pair of gold medals on the Pan Pacific Championships. He received the 200m freestyle in a championship-record time of 1:43.85. Hobson additionally swam the leadoff leg (1:44.13) for Team USA on the 4x200m freestyle relay which received the gold and set a championship-record time of 6:59.37. Former Longhorn Carson Foster claimed a trio of silver medals within the 200m butterfly (1:53.67), the 400m particular person medley (4:07.11) and the 200m particular person medley (1:56.37). Former Longhorn Chris Guiliano swam the leadoff leg (47.51) for Team USA on the 4x100m freestyle relay which received the gold and set a championship-record time of three:09.01.

Rising senior Rex Maurer posted a sixth-place end within the 400m freestyle (3:45.72) and a sixth-place displaying within the 200m particular person medley (1:57.78). Maurer additionally received the B closing within the 400m particular person medley (4:12.49). Rising sophomore Campbell McKean received the B closing in three separate breaststroke occasions. He first received the B closing within the 100m breaststroke in a time of 59.50, which might have tied for fifth within the A closing. McKean received the B closing within the 50m breaststroke in a time of 26.94, which might have positioned fifth within the A closing, and he additionally received the B closing within the 200m breaststroke in a time of two:10.28, which might have positioned sixth within the A closing.

At the European Championships, Texas males’s swimmers registered 5 medals, together with three gold and two silver and one bronze. Former Longhorn Hubert Kós earned all three of the gold medals. Kós received the 200m backstroke (1:53.08) and set a European and championship-record time of 1:52.30 throughout the semifinals. He claimed the gold within the 200m particular person medley with a championship-record time of 1:54.24. Kós additionally swam the leadoff leg (48.18) for Team Hungary on the 4×100 m freestyle relay which received the gold in a championship-record time of three:10.03. In addition, he positioned fourth within the 100m butterfly (50.25) and sixth within the 200m butterfly (1:54.89).

Former Longhorn Caspar Corbeau earned a silver medal within the 200m breaststroke (2:07.78). He additionally swam the second leg (breaststroke) for Team Netherlands on the combined 4x100m medley relay which claimed the silver in a time of three:40.92, and he positioned eighth within the 100m breaststroke closing (59.48). Rising junior Ksawery Masiuk positioned sixth within the 100m backstroke closing (52.92), and he swam the leadoff (backstroke) leg (53.13 cut up) for Team Poland within the combined 4x100m medley relay which positioned seventh (3:46.37).