Ksawery Masiuk Proclaims Verbal Dedication to Swim For Texas Starting in Spring 2025
In his first season guiding the Texas males’s group, head coach Bob Bowman may have one other piece to deploy throughout championship season with Polish backstroker Ksawery Masiuk saying his intention to move to Austin starting in January. Masiuk, a four-time world junior champion and two-time medalist on the senior-level World Championships, is one in every of a number of high-profile additions to the Texas roster that might transfer the Longhorns again into national-title rivalry.
Masiuk wrote in an Instagram publish, “After fascinated about it for a very long time I’ve determined to enroll at college of Texas in January 2025🤘I’m actually enthusiastic about what we’ll obtain collectively.”
Masiuk beforehand dedicated to swim for North Carolina State starting final season, however he modified his thoughts and remained based mostly in Poland till his first Olympics, by which he was a semifinalist within the 100 backstroke. In his worldwide profession, Masiuk gained 50 backstroke bronze on the World Championships in 2022 and this February, and he took three medals, together with 50 again silver and 100 again bronze, at this yr’s European Championships. He additionally gained six medals on the 2022 World Junior Championships, together with golds within the 50 and 100 again.
When he arrives in time for the second semester, Masiuk will be a part of a roster that returns Olympic medalist Luke Hobson and up-and-comers Will Modglin and Nate Germonprez from the ultimate yr of the Eddie Reese period in addition to 200 backstroke Olympic gold medalist Hubert Kos, who adopted Bowman from Arizona State. David Johnston returns to Texas following his redshirt yr which paid off in an Olympic berth. Aaron Shackell, an Olympic finalist for the U.S. within the 400 freestyle, joins Texas this yr, as do transfers Rex Maurer and Michael Cotter.
