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Stanford’s Rex Maurer Enters Transfer Portal, #1 Recruit Coming Out Of High School

April 26, 2024

Stanford freshman Rex Maurer has entered the transfer portal after spending a season with the Cardinal. Maurer was the #1 ranked recruit coming out of high school.

Maurer helped the Stanford men to a 2nd place finish at the Pac-12 Championships as he was 3rd in the 500 free, 400 IM, and 200 backstroke. He swam his personal best time of a 3:38.10 at Pac-12s in the 400 IM.

He went on to earn an individual NCAA invite but did not earn a swim in finals. He finished 30th in the 400 IM (3:44.58), 31st in the 500 free (4:16.69), and 38th in the 200 back (1:43.00).

In addition to swimming individually, Maurer showed off his versatility and range as he led off Stanford’s 200 medley relay. He split a 21.02 on the backstroke leg helping then relay to a 7th place finish. The Stanford men finished 8th as a team overall at 2024 NCAAs.

Maurer’s fastest swims of the season came at midseasons as he swam his personal best times in the 500 free and 200 backstroke then. He also swam a 3:41.27 in the 400 IM which also marked a personal best until he swam faster at Pac-12s.

	PB before Stanford	PB at Stanford
500 free	4:12.33	4:11.88
400 IM	3:41.94	3:38.10
200 back	1:42.30	1:39.75

Maurer’s older brother Luke Maurer has also entered the transfer portal. Luke just finished up his senior season and is in as a graduate transfer. The two are the sons of USC head coach Lea Maurer.

Rex Maurer represented the US last fall at the U23 Championships at the beginning of August. He finished 3rd in the LCM 400 freestyle swimming a personal best of a 3:47.63. That was faster than his 3:48.18 at 2023 US Summer Nationals that earned him a 5th place finish which was just over two seconds off of making the 2023 Worlds roster for the US.

Entering the transfer portal does not require an athlete to transfer. It instead allows for athletes to come in contact with other coaches about a potential change. On rare occasions, athletes enter the portal but stay with their original school.

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