Rowan Cox, Junior Pan Pacs Medalist and #4 In the Class of 2026, Verbals to Texas Longhorns

by Robert Gibbs 22

September 30th, 2024 College, College Recruiting, News, SEC

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Rowan Cox won’t have to travel far when he heads to college in the fall of 2026, as the Austin native announced his verbal commitment to the Texas Longhorns today.

 

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I am very happy to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and swimming career at the University of Texas! This wouldn’t be possible without my coaches, teammates, family and friends. Thank you to Coach Bob, Erik and Trevor for this amazing opportunity! Hook’em!!! 🤘🏼

Cox, who we ranked #4 in our intial rankings for the high school class of 2026, broke the Texas LSC 13-14 age group record in the 100 yard fly in 2022, then followed that up with a long course junior national title in the 100 fly last December.

This summer, he qualified for the Junior Pan Pacific team with his 19th-place finish in the 100 fly at Olympic Trials. At Junior Pan Pacs, he earned gold medals by swimming fly in the mixed and men’s 400 medley relays, helping break the Junior Pan Pacific record in the latter event. He also earned an individual silver medal in the 100 fly.

Cox, who swims for Longhorn Aquatics and James Bowie High School, will join a Texas Longhorn team that’s reloading quickly under new head coach Bob Bowman. Butterfly is Cox’s forte in long course, but he’s also got freestyle speed, so it’ll be interesting to see if he focuses on the 200 fly or the 100 free down the road.

Best SCY times:

  • 100 fly: 47.51
  • 200 fly: 1:46.41
  • 50 free: 20.58
  • 100 free: 44.15
  • 200 free: 1:37.43
  • 100 back: 48.07
  • 200 back: 1:45.80

With the fall recruiting season just really getting underway in earnest, Cox is now the second major recruit for Bowman in this class, joining #3 Austin Carpenter.

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jeff
4 days ago

seeing ‘30 is jarring

Last edited 4 days ago by jeff
swimgeek
4 days ago

Any relation to former swimmer Madisyn Cox or current swimmer Jillian Cox?

Texan
Reply to  swimgeek
4 days ago

No. He is the son of Colleen Lanne, who finished up at Texas about ’01.

swimgeek
Reply to  Texan
4 days ago

wow, time flies — when swimmers I remember in not so distant memory now have swimmers of their own committing to college teams

Texan
4 days ago

Don’t think this was a big surprise as his mom swam at Texas before making the ’04 Olympic team. Believe she had an undefeated season in 2000-2021. Will be great to see Rowan swimming for the men.

Andrew
5 days ago

Incoming bob the builder rocks comments about how he’ll fix into hypothetical medley relays in 4 years

snailSpace
Reply to  Andrew
5 days ago

…okay? What’s the problem with that?

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  Andrew
4 days ago

Seeing my username typed out is pretty funny.

Modglin/Germonprez/Kos/Masiuk (or Taylor or Gould) for a 200 medley

Modglin/Germonprez/Kos/Hobson for a 400 medley

Seems like the medleys will be fixed this year, no need to wait 4 years

Horninco
Reply to  bobthebuilderrocks
4 days ago

Agree, if they put Kos on fly you can go 44.2/51.5/44.8/40.9 with no projection

That won’t win but it’s a huge improvement

200 medley and 400 free will see similar improvement

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  Horninco
4 days ago

I could see podium finishes, but I agree, they won’t win. I can’t see anyone taking down Indiana in the 4 medley and probably Florida again in the 2 medley.

swimgeek
Reply to  Horninco
4 days ago

44.8 fly SPLIT for Kos is actually conservative.
Dude just went 20.3 flat start fly in September. He’s been :50 LCM fly (at random pro swim). He’s been :43.7 in 100y back. His 100 fly LCM is a full 2 sec faster than his 100 back LCM. He might be able to go :43 fly *flat start* and on a relay – it seems 43 fly is a lock.

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  swimgeek
4 days ago

I think Modglin and Kos go 43’s, Luke’s been 40.9 anchoring and with Germonprez going 24.1 at the pentathlon, I think 50 high/51 low is in play come NCAA’s

ArtVanDeLegh10
Reply to  Horninco
4 days ago

I believe Kos can split 43 on fly

Breezeway
5 days ago

With the SEC roster limits coming, Texas is going to run out of spots

Swammer
Reply to  Breezeway
5 days ago

He will just show the door to anyone who won’t final at NCAA is my guess

SwimmerSwammer
Reply to  Breezeway
4 days ago

Lot of kids on the team know they’re going to get run off when roster limits hit and Bob finds a better international kid somewhere. Mercenary culture. Probably going to win a bunch, but better watch your back.

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  SwimmerSwammer
4 days ago

This made me laugh

MIKE IN DALLAS
5 days ago

That ol’ Bowman magic just continues to conjure a near future that is going to be magnificent.
I mean, folk wondered if the Eddie R. era would ever be seen again?
Well, I may be 70, but I sure anticipate living long enuf to see more ‘glory days’ down in the 40 Acres, for sure!

bobthebuilderrocks
5 days ago

#1 & #2 incoming

TexasLonghorn Alum
5 days ago

Congratulations! Texas will welcome a much needed sprint flyer in 2026. One year to train with Kos!

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  TexasLonghorn Alum
5 days ago

Hubert will be a pro by then, he should be a junior right now.

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