Shaine Casas ( ; born December 25, 1999) is an American professional

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. He is an Americas record holder in the short course 4×50 meter medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke, a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke, and placed seventh in the 50-meter backstroke. In 2022, at the year's World Aquatics Championships (

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), he won the bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke. Later in the year, at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre backstroke and placed fourth in the finals of the 100-meter individual medley and 200-meter individual medley.

Background

Casas was born in

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, on December 25, 1999. His mother is Monica Epling. When he was 7 years old he began swimming competitively."Shaine Casas - Men's Swimming and Diving - Texas A&M Athletics"
''

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021."Shaine Casas Bio"
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''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. He attended McAllen High School in

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, where he swam for his high school team and was the 6A State champion in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly in 2017. He graduated from McAllen High School in 2018. Later in 2018, Casas started competing collegiately for

where he competed through 2021 before transferring to the

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in 2022.

2019–2021

2019 National Championships

At the 2019 National Championships, an international swimming competition held July to August 2019 in

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, Casas won the national title in the 100-meter backstroke."2019 USA National Championships: Results Book"
'' Omega Timing''. August 4, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2021."Men's National Team: 2020-2021 Roster"
'' USA Swimming''. Retrieved July 6, 2021. His time of 52.72 made him the fifth fastest swimmer in the event globally for the year, and the seventh fastest American in the event in history.Hodges, Coleman (August 3, 2019)
"Shaine Casas: "I'm A Butterflier, It Just Hasn't Come Out Yet""
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021.OlympicTalk (August 3, 2019)
"Reece Whitley, long a standout swimmer, breaks through at nationals"
''

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''. Retrieved July 5, 2021.Rosen, Karen (August 4, 2019)
"Surprising Even Himself, Shaine Casas Makes A Name For Himself As One Of World's Fastest Backstrokers"
'' TeamUSA.org''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. In the 200-meter individual medley Casas took second place, finishing 1.07 seconds behind 12 time

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ist Ryan Lochte."Lochte wins nationals 200 IM after 14-month ban"
''

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

''. August 4, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2021. Casas also finished in second place in the 200-meter backstroke. Swimming the anchoring leg of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, Casas took third place with his relay teammates Steven Richardson, Mark Theall, and Adam Koster. Casas' swims in the 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, and 200-meter individual medley were all qualifying times for the 2020 US Olympic Trials."Casas Highlights 18 Qualified A&M Swimmers at U.S. Olympic Team Trials"
''

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''. June 4, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021. Additionally, his times from the National Championships earned him spots on the 2019—2020 and 2020—2021 US National Teams in the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter backstroke events.Hart, Torrey (September 4, 2019)
"115 Swimmers Selected To USA Swimming's 2019-2020 National Team"
''

''. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

2020

In June 2020, Casas was diagnosed with

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(December 20, 2020)
"SSPC: Shaine Casas on Having COVID, Rolling Ankle & Still Logging Historical Swims"
''

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''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. Five months later, he swam a 43.87 in the 100-yard backstroke at the 2020 Art Adamson Invitational becoming the all-time third fastest person to swim the event.Carlson, Reid (November 19, 2020)
"Shaine Casas Blasts 43.87 100 Backstroke to Become 3rd-Fastest All-Time (Video)"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. A little over a week earlier, Casas swam the unofficial fastest time swum by an American swimmer in history in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 46.33 seconds at an intrasquad meet hosted by Texas A&M.Ross, Andy (December 11, 2020)
"Shaine Casas Rips Unofficial Fastest Time Ever in SCY 100 IM"
''

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''. Retrieved November 18, 2021. His start to the 2020−2021 swim season in late 2020 along with his performances before competition shutdowns related to the

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in 2020 earned him the Swammy Award for "NCAA Male Swimmer of the Year".Gibbs, Robert (December 21, 2020)
"2020 Swammy Awards: NCAA Male Swimmer of the Year - Shaine Casas"
''

''. Retrieved July 19, 2021.Perreault, Rachel (December 30, 2020)
"Four Aggies Honored by SwimSwam"
''

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''. Retrieved July 19, 2021.

2021: International debut

2021 NCAA Championships

At the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming Championships in

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, in March 2021, Casas won three individual events, the 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke, and 200-yard backstroke.D'Addona, Dan (March 27, 2021)
"Shaine Casas Delivers After Two Years of Build Up: 'The Pressure Was Incredible'"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021."2021 NCAA Division I Mens Championships Full Results"
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''. March 27, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021. His first individual title of the meet in the 200-yard individual medley was the first men's NCAA individual title won by a swimmer for

Texas A&M Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

. He also took third place with his relay teammates in the 4x200-yard freestyle relay. In his other events Casas placed fifth in the 4x50-yard freestyle relay, ninth in the 4x50-yard medley relay, and 13th in the 4x100-yard medley relay.Sutherland, James (September 29, 2021)
"College Swimming Previews: One Casas-Sized Hole To Fill For #10 Texas A&M Men"
''

''. Retrieved October 5, 2021. Casas was chosen as the SEC Male Swimmer of the Year by the

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, a first for

.De George, Matthew (April 14, 2021)
"Shaine Casas, Rhyan White Named Swimmers of the Year at All-SEC Awards"
''

''. Retrieved October 19, 2021. For the 2020—2021 collegiate swimming season, he was also the first swimmer for Texas A&M to receive the CSCAA Division-I Men's Swimmer of the Year award.Guenther, Emily (April 14, 2021)
"Casas Earns SEC Male Swimmer of the Year"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021.

2020 US Olympic Trials

Casas qualified to compete in the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials, the meet determining US Olympic swim team members for the

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, in a total of seven events, the same number as Caeleb Dressel and

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. Casas qualified in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, 100-meter butterfly, and 200-meter individual medley.Anderson, Jared (April 10, 2020)
"Current U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifiers By Event, Age, LSC & More"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. The 2020 Olympic Trials were his first US Olympic Trials. Leading up to the Olympic Trials, where the top two finishers qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games, Casas was one of the top two picks for ''

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'' in both the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter backstroke.Forde, Pat (June 10, 2021)
"Predicting Results for Each Event of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. He was also chosen by

as one of their top two picks for the 200-meter backstroke based on 2021 performances from U.S. swimmers in the race.Zaccardi, Nick (June 10, 2021)
"U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials: men's event-by-event previews"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. At the US Olympic Trials held in

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, and postponed to June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Casas competed in two events."2020 Olympic Trials Wave II Results"
'' USA Swimming''. June 20, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021. In the 100-meter backstroke he swam a 52.76 in the final, finished in third place behind Ryan Murphy and Hunter Armstrong, and did not make the 2020 US Olympic team in the event.Sutherland, James (June 15, 2021)
"2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. In his second event, the 200-meter backstroke, he finished in sixth place in the final with a time of 1:57.64 and did not qualify for the US Olympic team.

2021 Texas Senior Circuit

Less than a week after the end of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Casas swam personal best times in the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly at the 2021 Texas Senior Circuit long course meet in

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. He swam a 48.91 in the 100-meter freestyle and a 51.22 in the 100-meter butterfly. His time in the 100-meter butterfly made him the all-time ninth fastest American swimmer in the event.Lepesant, Madeleine (June 27, 2021)
"Olympic Trials 3rd-Place Finisher Shaine Casas Swims 51.22 100 Fly 1 Week Later"
''

''. Retrieved July 5, 2021. His swims throughout the 2021 year to September qualified him for the 2021—2022 US National Team in three individual events, the 100-meter butterfly, 100-meter backstroke, and 200-meter backstroke. USA Swimming (September 10, 2021)
"USA Swimming National Team Roster 2021-22"
''

''. Retrieved October 2, 2021.Lepesant, Anne (September 10, 2021)
"USA Swimming Names 114 Athletes To The 2021-22 National Team Roster"
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''. Retrieved October 2, 2021.

Post-Olympic Trials upheaval

Following his performance at the 2020 Olympic Trials and dropping time at the Texas Senior Circuit, Casas decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal in August as he was unsure of if he wanted to continue competing collegiately with the Texas A&M Aggies.Sutherland, James (August 30, 2021)
"3-Time NCAA Champion Shaine Casas Will Transfer Out Of Texas A&M"
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''. Retrieved October 5, 2021. In September, Casas revealed he was also considering turning

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.Sutherland, James (September 24, 2021)
"Three-Time NCAA Champion Shaine Casas Reveals Plans To Turn Pro"
''

''. Retrieved October 5, 2021. On October 21, he announced an intermediate step in his decision making, remaining at Texas A&M to train with the professional group of swimmers as he prepared for the 2021 Short Course World Championships.Keith, Braden (October 21, 2021)
"Shaine Casas Returns To Training At Texas A&M With Pro Group, For Now"
''

''. Retrieved October 21, 2021. As part of his racing preparation for the World Championships, Casas swam a time of 19.51 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle and a 1:42.96 in the 200-yard individual medley on the first day, November 17, of the 2021 Art Adamson Invitational, choosing to compete in exhibition unattached to any school.Sutherland, James (November 17, 2021)
"Curry, Johansson Put Up NCAA-Leading Times To Open Art Adamson Invite"
''

''. Retrieved November 17, 2021.Rieder, David (November 17, 2021)
"Shaine Casas Swims 1:42.96 200 IM at Art Adamson Invitational"
''

''. Retrieved November 17, 2021. Later during the invitational, Casas swam a 1:39.95 in the 200-yard individual medley in a time trial, making him the first swimmer in American history to swim the event faster than 1:40.00 five or more times.Sutherland, James (November 18, 2021)
"Shaine Casas Rips 1:39.95 200 IM Time Trial At Art Adamson Finals"
''

''. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

Casas entered to compete in all the individual backstroke events, 50-meter, 100-meter, and 200-meter distances, at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in

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in December."2021 FINA Short Course World Championships Roster"
'' USA Swimming''. October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021. For his eight individual and relay events, Casas reached the final in all eight events and medalled in six events.

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(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Results Book"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved February 2, 2022. On the first day of competition, Casas tied Lorenzo Mora of

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with a 50.40 in the same prelims heat of the 100-meter backstroke and both swimmers qualified for the semifinals ranked third overall.

(December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 16, 2021.Penland, Spencer (December 15, 2021)
"2021 SC World Championships: Day 1 Heats Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. In the semifinals, Casas tied Kliment Kolesnikov of

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in ranking first with each swimmer posting a time of 49.57 seconds in their semifinal heat.

(December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. The same day, Casas swum the lead-off leg of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay in the prelims heats, splitting a 46.93 and helping advance the relay to final ranking second.

(December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. On the finals relay, he split a 46.50 for the third leg, helping achieve a time of 3:05.42 with his finals relay teammates Ryan Held, Hunter Tapp, and Zach Apple, and win the bronze medal in the event.

(December 16, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 16, 2021. The second day, Casas won the gold medal in the final of the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 49.23 seconds, finishing over two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Kliment Kolesnikov.

(December 17, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 17, 2021.Perroni, Brian (December 17, 2021)
"A&M's Shaine Casas wins gold for Team USA at Short Course Worlds"
'' 247Sports.com''. Retrieved December 18, 2021."Casas' strong start earns gold in 100m backstroke"
''

''. December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021. Casas' win was his first world championships gold medal and first world title.Moss, Bonnie (December 17, 2021)
"Casas' Gold Leads Way for U.S. on FINA World Championships (25m) Night Two"
. '' USA Swimming''. Retrieved December 17, 2021. In the morning prelims session on day three, Casas qualified for the semifinals of the 50-meter backstroke ranking third with a 23.23, less than one-tenth of a second behind second-ranked Gabriel Fantoni of

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(December 18, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 18, 2021. Casas led-off the 4×50-meter mixed medley relay with a time of 23.15 seconds, contributing to a relay time of 1:37.74 and a ranking of first overall that qualified the relay to the final.

(December 18, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 18, 2021. For his first race of the evening session, Casas tied Lorenzo Mora for fourth rank in the semifinals of the 50-meter backstroke with a time of 23.13 seconds and qualified for the final.

(December 18, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 18, 2021. In his second and final race of the evening, Casas split a 23.16 on the lead-off leg of the 4×50 meter mixed medley relay to help win the silver medal in 1:37.04.

(December 18, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 18, 2021.

(December 18, 2021)
"Casas Adds Silver Medal at Short Course Worlds"
''

''. Retrieved December 18, 2021."Texas A&M's Shaine Casas wins silver medal for Team USA at FINA Short Course World Championships"
'' The Eagle''. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021. In the final of the 50-meter backstroke, Casas swam a personal best time of 22.99 seconds in lane two and placed seventh overall, finishing nine-hundredths of a second behind silver medalists in the event Christian Diener of

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and Lorenzo Mora.

(December 19, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 19, 2021. For the 4×50-metre freestyle relay, held in the same session as the final of the 50-meter backstroke on day four, Casas split a 20.73 for the second leg of the relay and contributed to the relay's fourth-place time of 1:23.81.

(December 19, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 19, 2021. Day five, Casas split a 23.34 for the backstroke leg of the 4×50-meter medley relay, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking fourth with a time of 1:33.29.

(December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 20, 2021. On the finals relay, Casas split a 23.11 to help tie the Championships record and Americas record and set a new American record with a time of 1:30.51, which tied the Russia relay team for the Championships record and a gold medal.

(December 20, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 20, 2021.Rieder, David (December 20, 2021)
"Russian and United States Tie for Gold in Men's 200 Medley Relay; U.S. Men Lower American Record"
''

''. Retrieved December 20, 2021. The sixth and final day, Casas swam a personal best time of 1:49.82 in the 200-meter backstroke prelims heats, ranked first, and qualified for the final.

(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 21, 2021. In his first event of the evening, Casas lowered his time in the 200-meter backstroke to a 1:48.81, which earned him the silver medal.

(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.Sagendorph, Kyle (December 21, 2021)
"U.S. Wraps with 30 Medals, Team of the Meet Honors at 2021 FINA World Championships (25m)"
'' USA Swimming''. Retrieved December 21, 2021. Finishing his competition at the championships, Casas split a 50.44 for the backstroke leg of the 4×100-meter medley relay to help finish less than one second behind the Italy relay team, place second, and win the silver medal.

(December 21, 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

2022

On January 6, 2022, Casas officially transferred to the

from Texas A&M University and started training with the

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swim team.Keith, Braden (January 5, 2022)
"Shaine Casas Is Officially Headed To Austin To Join Longhorn Post-Grad Group"
''

''. Retrieved January 6, 2022.Rieder, David (January 5, 2022)
"Shaine Casas to Begin Training at the University of Texas This Week"
''

''. Retrieved January 6, 2022. At his first meet with the University of Texas, the 2021 Eddie Reese Invite, Casas swam a 19.28 in the 50-yard freestyle, a 1:11.0 in the 150-yard backstroke, and a 1:12.0 in the 150-yard butterfly.Harder, Matthew (January 18, 2022)
"Shaine Casas Makes Texas Debut At 2022 Eddie Reese Invite"
''

''. Retrieved January 21, 2022. At the 2022 Pro Swim Series stop in

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, in early March, Casas won the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 49.29 seconds on the second day of competition, finishing 0.08 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Maxime Rooney.Gibbs, Robert (March 3, 2022)
"2022 Pro Swim Series – Westmont: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 3, 2022. The following day, he placed second in the 200-meter backstroke, behind Ryan Murphy, in 1:58.09 and second in the 100-meter butterfly, behind Michael Andrew, with a 51.77.Hy-Tek (March 5, 2022)
"2022 TYR Pro Swim Series - Westmont: Meet Results"
''swmeets.com''. Retrieved March 5, 2022. On the fourth and final day, he false started in the preliminary heats of the 50-meter freestyle before going on to place second in the 100-meter backstroke final with a time of 53.28 seconds.Johnson, Annika (March 5, 2022)
"2020 Pro Swim Series – Westmont: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 5, 2022.

Pro Swim Series – San Antonio

At the 2022 Pro Swim Series in

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, at the Northside Swim Center, Casas swam a personal best time of 51.14 seconds in the prelims heats of the 100-meter butterfly, qualifying for the final ranking first.Hamann, Michael (March 31, 2022)
"Pro Swim Series- San Antonio: Day 2 Prelim Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 31, 2022.De George, Matthew (March 31, 2022)
"TYR Pro Swim Series: Shaine Casas Goes 51.1 in 100 Fly Prelims"
''

''. Retrieved March 31, 2022. He won the final with another personal best time, 51.09 seconds, finishing 0.70 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Caeleb Dressel and 0.84 seconds ahead of third-place finisher Coleman Stewart.Harder, Matthew (March 31, 2022)
"Pro Swim Series- San Antonio: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 31, 2022.OlympicTalk (April 1, 2022)
"Swimmer Shaine Casas missed the Olympics, then made a rare move"
''

''. Retrieved April 1, 2022. In the 100-meter backstroke prelims the following morning, he qualified for the final ranking first with a time of 55.35 seconds.Hy-Tek (April 1, 2022)
"2022 TYR Pro Swim Series - San Antonio"
''swmeets.com''. Retrieved April 1, 2022. He swam a 53.54 in the final to place first, finishing less than one second ahead of second-place finisher Coleman Stewart.Lohn, John (April 1, 2022)
"TYR Pro Series: Michael Andrew Clips Caeleb Dressel in 50 Freestyle; Leon Marchand and Chase Kalisz Shine"
''

''. Retrieved April 1, 2022. On day four, he swam a 1:59.86 in the prelims heats of the 200-meter individual medley to advance to the final ranking third with his time being 0.79 seconds faster than fourth-ranked Chase Kalisz.Hamann, Michael (April 2, 2022)
"Pro Swim Series- San Antonio: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved April 2, 2022. He won the final with a personal best time of 1:56.70, finishing a quarter of a second ahead of second-place finisher Léon Marchand.Harder, Matthew (April 2, 2022)
"Pro Swim Series – San Antonio: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved April 2, 2022.Lohn, John (April 2, 2022)
"TYR Swim Series: Shaine Casas Delivers Quick 200 IM; Caeleb Dressel Shares Title in 100 Freestyle"
''

''. Retrieved April 2, 2022. His time of 1:56.70 ranked as number one in the world for the 2022 year up through the time of his swim.Sampl, Emily (April 3, 2022)
"New 200 IM Top Time in the World This Year Closes TYR Pro Swim Series San Antonio"
'' USA Swimming''. Retrieved April 3, 2022."Casas clocks top 200m medley time of 2022"
''

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''. April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.

2022 International Team Trials

The second day of the 2022 US International Team Trials in

, Casas ranked first in the prelims heats of the 200-meter backstroke with a personal best time of 1:55.57, qualifying for the evening final. USA Swimming (April 27, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 27, 2022. In the final, he placed second with a personal best time of 1:55.46, finishing less than half a second behind the first-place finisher. USA Swimming (April 27, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 27, 2022. Day three, he qualified for the final of the 100-meter butterfly ranking sixth with a time of 51.75 seconds and the final of the 50-meter backstroke ranking third with a personal best time of 24.45 seconds from the morning prelims heats. USA Swimming (April 28, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 28, 2022. USA Swimming (April 28, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 28, 2022. In the evening finals session, he did not swim the 100-meter butterfly and he placed third in the 50-meter backstroke with a personal best time of 24.00 seconds. USA Swimming (April 28, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 28, 2022. USA Swimming (April 28, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 50m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 28, 2022. For his fourth event, the 100-meter backstroke on day four, Casas ranked third in the prelims heats with a time of 53.31 seconds, qualifying for the evening final. USA Swimming (April 29, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 29, 2022. He placed fourth in the final, finishing in 53.01 seconds. USA Swimming (April 29, 2022)
"Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved April 29, 2022. From his performances, he earned a spot on his first long course World Championships team, the

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team, in the 200-meter backstroke."2022 FINA World Championships Roster"
. '' USA Swimming''. April 30, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

In the preliminaries of the 200-metre backstroke on day five of pool swimming competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in

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in June, Casas was one of three men to swim under 1:57.00, advancing to the semifinals ranking first with his time of 1:56.66.

(June 22, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved June 22, 2022.Kng Zheng Guan (June 22, 2022)
"Hoe Yean just misses national record in Budapest"
''

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''. Retrieved June 22, 2022."Swedish veteran chases elusive swim gold, youngsters eye records"
''

''. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022. In the semifinals, he went out faster than in the prelims, lowering the first half of his 200 meters to a time of 55.94 seconds, and came back slower to finish in 1:56.90 and qualify for the final ranking sixth.

(June 22, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinals Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved June 22, 2022. He swam a personal best time of 1:55.35 in the final to win the bronze medal, finishing 0.19 seconds behind silver medalist Luke Greenbank of

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(June 23, 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved June 23, 2022."Murphy, Casas power U.S. to 200m backstroke medals"
''

''. June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.

2022 National Championships

The following month, Casas competed at the 2022 Speedo Southern Sectionals held in

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, winning the 100-meter freestyle with a personal best time of 48.23 seconds, the 100-meter backstroke with a personal best time of 52.51 seconds, and the 100-meter butterfly with a personal best time of 50.56 seconds."2022 ST TXLA Speedo Southern Sectionals: Meet Results"
''txlameetresults.com''. July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022. In July, he was announced as a roster member for the 2022 Duel in the Pool to be held in August."2022 Duel in the Pool - U.S. Roster"
'' USA Swimming''. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022. Nine days later, he won the national title in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2022 US National Championships with a personal best time of 50.40 seconds. USA Swimming (July 28, 2022)
"2022 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved July 28, 2022. Two days after that, he won the national title in the 200-meter individual medley with a personal best time of 1:55.24. USA Swimming (July 30, 2022)
"2022 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved July 30, 2022. Earlier in the Championships, two days before the 100-meter butterfly win, he won the bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 48.46 seconds, finishing just 0.02 seconds behind the two swimmers who tied for the gold medal, Zach Apple and Matt King. USA Swimming (July 26, 2022)
"2022 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved July 30, 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup

At the 2022 Swimming World Cup stop in

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, his first FINA Swimming World Cup, Casas won two gold medals, the first in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:50.02 and the second in the 100-meter backstroke with a 49.54, which was less than one-tenth of a second faster than silver medalist Thomas Ceccon of

."Mireia Belmonte no pasa el corte y Chad Le Clos se sale en la Copa del Mundo"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. October 21, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022."Conclusa la CdM Berlino. Giorno 3. Tutti i vincitori. Ruta Meilutyte sfiora il WR dei 50 rana (28.60). Ceccon e Razzetti d’argento, Rivolta al bronzo"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022. Across all of the events he competed in for the first stop, including those he did not medal in, he ranked seventh amongst all male competitors with a score of 48.9 points."FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Men Individual Rankings 2022"
''

''. 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022. On the first day of competition at the stop in

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, Casas won the gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke with a 1:48.99, which neared his personal best time of 1:48.81.

(October 28, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved October 28, 2022. Approximately 55 minutes later in the evening, he won a gold medal in the 100-meter individual medley with a personal best time of 51.03 seconds.

(October 28, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved October 28, 2022. The next day, he won the 200-meter individual medley with a World Cup record time of 1:50.37, which was 0.74 seconds slower than the world record of 1:49.63 set by Ryan Lochte in 2012.

(October 29, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved October 29, 2022.Isaacson, David (October 30, 2022)
"Matthew Sates loses grip atop World Cup series leaderboard – for now"
''

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''. Retrieved October 30, 2022. For the final day, he won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke with a World Cup record and personal best time of 48.84 seconds.

(October 30, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved October 30, 2022. For the 200-meter backstroke on day one at the third stop, in

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in November, Casas won the gold medal with a US Open record and personal best time of 1:48.40, breaking the former record of 1:48.81 set by Ryan Murphy in 2019.

(November 3, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved November 3, 2022. About an hour later, he set a US Open record in the 100-meter individual medley as well, winning the gold medal in a time of 51.04 seconds.

(November 3, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved November 3, 2022. Concluding his events on day three of three with the 100 meter backstroke, he won the gold medal with a time of 49.40 seconds, which was 0.23 seconds faster than silver medalist Kacper Stokowski of

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(November 5, 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved November 5, 2022. By the end of World Cup competition he brought his score up to 164.9 points, ranking fourth overall amongst male competitors.

2022 World Short Course Championships

Two days before the start of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup in

, Casas was publicly announced to the roster for the 2022 World Short Course Championships, in December in

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, in four individual events, the 200-meter backstroke, 50-meter butterfly, 100-meter butterfly, and 200-meter individual medley, however, in December and less than two weeks before the start of competition, he was removed from the roster in the 50-meter butterfly and added in the 100-meter individual medley."2022 FINA World Championships (25m) Roster - Version 2"
'' USA Swimming''. December 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022."USA Swimming Announces 2022 FINA World Championships (25m) Roster"
'' USA Swimming''. October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022. For his first final of the Championships, the 200-meter individual medley on day one, Casas placed fourth with a time of 1:51.31.

(December 13, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 13, 2022.Perreault, Rachel (December 22, 2022)
"Aggies Shine at Short Course Worlds"
''

''. Retrieved December 23, 2022. Approximately 80 minutes later, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, splitting a 45.90 for the second leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 3:05.09.

(December 13, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 13, 2022. The following day, he swam a 22.98 for the backstroke portion of the 4×50-meter mixed medley relay in the preliminaries to help qualify it for the final with a time of 1:36.83 and overall first rank.

(December 14, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 14, 2022. On the finals relay, Ryan Murphy substituted in for him and he won a gold medal for his efforts when the final relay placed first in 1:35.15.

(December 14, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 14, 2022. In his second relay preliminary, the 4×50-meter freestyle relay on day three, Casas anchored the relay with a 20.84 to a second-rank and final-qualifying time of 1:24.07.

(December 15, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 15, 2022. Trimming his time by one-hundredth of a second to a 20.83 in the final for the second leg of the relay, he helped place fifth in 1:24.03.

(December 15, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 15, 2022. For his fourth relay event and third relay preliminary, the 4×50-meter mixed freestyle relay on day four, he helped rank fourth in the morning with a time of 1:29.97, which qualified the relay to the evening final.

(December 16, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 16, 2022. The finals relay, on which he was substituted out, placed fourth in a time of 1:29.18.

(December 16, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 16, 2022. Later in the session, he achieved a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter individual medley with a time of 51.36 seconds.

(December 16, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 16, 2022. On the fifth day, he helped set an Americas record in the final of the 4×50-meter medley relay and win the silver medal in 1:30.37, contributing a 22.13 for the butterfly portion of the relay.

(December 17, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.Sagendorph, Kyle (December 17, 2022)
"Flickinger Leads Way on FINA World Championships (25m) Night Five"
'' USA Swimming''. Retrieved December 23, 2022. In his final event, the 200-meter backstroke on day six of six, he won the silver medal with a personal best time of 1:48.01, finishing less than half a second ahead of bronze medalist Lorenzo Mora and over half of one second behind gold medalist Ryan Murphy.

(December 18, 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 200m Backstroke Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.Sagendorph, Kyle (December 18, 2022)
"World Record Dead Heat Closes out FINA World Championships (25m)"
'' USA Swimming''. Retrieved December 21, 2022."Récord de medallas para Italia"
(in Spanish). '' ANSA Brasil''. December 18, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

2023

At the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series in

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, Casas won the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 50.80 seconds, tying the Pro Swim Series record set by Michael Andrew in 2021.

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(May 24, 2021)
"Andrew Powers To 100m Fly Win In Impressive 50.80sec"
''

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''. Retrieved March 29, 2023. USA Swimming (March 4, 2023)
"Shaine Casas Sets NEW Pro Swim Series Record in 100M Butterfly , TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale"
''

''. Retrieved March 29, 2023. He also achieved a personal best time in the 200 meter freestyle the day before with a 1:47.88, tying Luiz Altamir of Brazil for third-place. USA Swimming (March 3, 2023)
"2023 TYR Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale: Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

2024

U.S. Olympic Trials: Casas earned his spot on the U.S. Olympic team by finishing second in the 200m IM at the U.S. Olympic Trials with a time of 1:55.83, behind teammate Carson Foster. 2024 Paris Olympic: Casas swam 200m IM in 1:57.82, just 0.06 seconds behind Knox Finlay of Canada, narrowly missing the eighth and final spot in the final.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

: Casas swam only in the preliminary heats.

Personal bests

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Legend: h – preliminary heat; r – relay 1st leg

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Casas has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Shaine Casas: Medals"
''

''. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

Continental and national records

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Highlights

* 2017

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6A high school state champion: 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly. * 2019 US national champion: 100-meter backstroke. * 2019—2020 US national team member: 100-backstroke, 200-backstroke. * 2020 Swammy Award: NCAA Male Swimmer of the Year. * 2020—2021 US national team member: 100-backstroke, 200-backstroke. * 2021 NCAA champion: 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke. * First NCAA national champion for

in men's swimming: 2021, 200-yard individual medley. * 2020—2021 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Male Swimmer of the Year. * First SEC Male Swimmer of the Year for Texas A&M University: 2020–2021. * 2020—2021 CSCAA Division-I Men's Swimmer of the Year. * First CSCAA Division-I Men's Swimmer of the Year for Texas A&M University: 2020–2021. * 2021—2022 US national team member: 100-backstroke, 200-backstroke, 100-butterfly. * First world title: 100-meter backstroke at the 2021 World Short Course Championships, his first World Championships. * First long course World Championships medal: bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke at the

, his first long course World Championships. * 2024 - US Olympic Team - 200 Meter Individual Medley

Awards and honors

(SEC), Male Swimmer of the Year: 2020—2021 * Southeastern Conference (SEC), Commissioner's Trophy: 2020—2021"2021 SEC Swimming & Diving Awards Announced"
''

''. April 15, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021. * College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), Division-1 Swimmer of the Year (Men's): 2020—2021 * ''

'' Swammy Award, NCAA Swimmer of the Year (male): 2020, 2021Gibbs, Robert (January 4, 2022)
"2021 Swammy Awards: NCAA Male Swimmer Of The Year – Shaine Casas"
''

''. Retrieved January 4, 2022. * ''SwimSwam'' Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#42),Anderson, Jared (January 29, 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Men's #50 — #41"
''

''. Retrieved October 11, 2021. 2022 (#71)Sutherland, James (January 10, 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #75-51"
''

''. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casas, Shaine Living people 1999 births Swimmers from San Diego American male backstroke swimmers American male butterfly swimmers American male medley swimmers American male freestyle swimmers Texas A&M Aggies men's swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century American sportsmen Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the United States

Background

2019–2021

2019 National Championships

2020

2021: International debut

2021 NCAA Championships

2020 US Olympic Trials

2021 Texas Senior Circuit

Post-Olympic Trials upheaval

2021 World Short Course Championships

2022

Pro Swim Series – San Antonio

2022 International Team Trials

2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 National Championships

2022 Swimming World Cup

2022 World Short Course Championships

2023

2024

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal bests

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

Continental and national records

Short course meters (25 m pool)

Highlights

Awards and honors

See also

References

External links