Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Rex Maurer Blasts a 4:13.17 to Win the 400 IM in Irvine; Rockets to #21 All-time US Performer | SwimSwam

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2024 Speedo Summer Championships

WEDNESDAY EVENING HEAT SHEETS

Men’s 400m Individual Medley – finals

  • World: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, FRA
  • American: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps, USA
  • US Open: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
  • Jr World: 4:10.02 – Ilia Borodin, RUS

Podium:

  1. Rex Maurer, UNAT – 4:13.17
  2. Ryan Healy, MICH – 4:18.94
  3. Jake Magahey, SA – 4:19.69
  4. Levi Sandidge, KYA – 4:20.43
  5. Ryan Merani, KYA – 4:20.90
  6. Grant Sanders, FAST – 4:22.41
  7. AJ Robinson, AGS – 4:25.79
  8. Luka Mijatovic, PLS – 4:25.97

Rex Maurer, officially swimming unattached but sporting a Texas Longhorns cap, ripped a 4:13.17 in the 400 IM final at the 2024 Speedo Summer Nationals to become the 21st-fastest U.S. performer of all time.

It was a huge swim for the 19-year-old, who is transferring to the University of Texas in August after having spent his freshman year at Stanford. Maurer’s lifetime best coming into the meet was a 4:19.10 from last summer’s 2023 TYR Pro Championships in Irvine. And that was a PB by 3.4 seconds, as he had come into the meet with a lifetime best of 4:22.51.

This year, swimming in the same pool, he clocked a 4:18.72 in prelims and a 4:13.17 in finals, crushing his old personal record by nearly 6 seconds. In the last 12 months, Maurer has dropped 4.14 on his breaststroke leg and 1.85 on the free, while the front half of his race has remained more or less unchanged.

2023 TYR Pro 2024 Speedo Summer Champs prelims 2024 Speedo Summer Champs finals
50 26.75 26.86 26.66
100 57.37 (30.62) 58.04 (31.18) 57.19 (30.53)
150 1:30.10 (32.73) 1:31.40 (33.36) 1:30.01 (32.82)
200 2:01.94 (31.84) 2:04.17 (32.77) 2:02.00 (31.99)
250 2:40.79 (38.85) 2:41.27 (37.10) 2:39.21 (37.21)
300 3:20.30 (39.51) 3:19.37 (38.10) 3:16.22 (37.01)
350 3:50.41 (30.11) 3:49.23 (29.86) 3:45.29 (29.07)
400 4:19.10 (28.69) 4:18.72 (29.49) 4:13.17 (27.88)

Maurer will move to Austin in August, where he will join some of the best IMers in the world training with Bob Bowman.

All-Time U.S. Performers

Rank Time Swimmer Age LSC Team Meet
1 4:03.84 Michael Phelps 23 MI Unattached 2008 Olympic Games
2 4:05.18 Ryan Lochte 27 FL Daytona Beach Swimming 2012 Olympic Games
3 4:05.90 Chase Kalisz 23 GA Unattached 2017 World Champs
4 4:06.56 Carson Foster 21 OH Mason Manta Rays 2023 World Champs
5 4:06.96 Tyler Clary 20 MI Club Wolverine 2009 Summer Nationals
6 4:09.22 Jay Litherland 23 GA Dynamo Swim Club 2019 World Champs
7 4:09.55 Bobby Finke 23 FL Saint Petersburg Aquatics 2023 Phillips 66 National Championships
8 4:11.27 Erik Vendt 21 US Unattached 2002 Summer Nationals
9 4:11.45 Kevin Vargas 21 CA La Mirada Armada 2022 Phillips 66 Summer Nationals
10 4:11.46 Charlie Swanson 21 MI Club Wolverine 2019 Pan Am Games
11 4:11.66 Gunnar Bentz 21 GA Athens Bulldog Swim Club 2017 Summer Nationals
12 4:11.76 Tom Dolan 25 US Unattached 2000 Olympic Games
13 4:12.00 Michael Weiss 22 WI Unattached 2013 WUGS
14 4:12.48 Alex Vanderkaay 23 MI Club Wolverine 2009 WUGS
15 4:12.51 David Johnston 22 CA The Swim Team 2024 World Champs
16 4:12.58 Jack Brown 21 AZ Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics 2009 U. S. Open
17 4:12.72 Sean Grieshop 19 PC California Aquatics 2018 Summer Nationals
18 4:12.92 Robert Margalis 24 FL Saint Petersburg Aquatics 2006 Summer Nationals
19 4:12.94 Pat Mellors 21 AM Jewish Community Ctr Sailfish 2007 WUGS
20 4:13.15 Josh Prenot 21 PC Unattached XXVIII Universiade
21 4:13.17 Rex Maurer 19 CA Unattached 2024 Speedo Summer Championships

 

 

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