Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
From growing up swimming in Lake Michigan to becoming the first from @NYUswimming to compete in the @teamusa Olympic trials, Derek Maas knows what hard work looks like. The current @NYUGrossman med student also maintained a perfect 4.0 while earning his bachelor’s and MBA in four years as a star swimmer at @univofalabama.
This June, he represented NYU in the Olympic prelims for 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley, and 100m butterfly. There are more than 325,000 swimmers in the U.S., and Derek is one of just approximately 900 who competed in Indiana for qualifying—making him part of the top 0.2 percent nationally. Here’s what he had to say about the journey there
From growing up swimming in Lake Michigan to becoming the first from @NYUswimming to compete in the @teamusa Olympic trials, Derek Maas knows what hard work looks like. The current @NYUGrossman med student also maintained a perfect 4.0 while earning his bachelor’s and MBA in four years as a star swimmer at @univofalabama.
This June, he represented NYU in the Olympic prelims for 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley, and 100m butterfly. There are more than 325,000 swimmers in the U.S., and Derek is one of just approximately 900 who competed in Indiana for qualifying—making him part of the top 0.2 percent nationally. Here’s what he had to say about the journey there
