Shaine Casas is an American professional swimmer.
19 Facts About Shaine Casas
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Shaine Casas attended McAllen High School in McAllen, Texas, 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.
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At the 2019 National Championships, an international swimming competition held July to August 2019 in Stanford, California, Shaine Casas won the national title in the 100-meter backstroke.
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Swimming the anchoring leg of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, Shaine Casas took third place with his relay teammates Steven Richardson, Mark Theall, and Adam Koster.
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At the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, in March 2021, Shaine Casas won three individual events, the 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke, and 200-yard backstroke.
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Shaine Casas took third place with his relay teammates in the 4x200-yard freestyle relay.
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Shaine Casas was chosen by NBC Sports as one of their top two picks for the 200-meter backstroke based on 2021 performances from US swimmers in the race.
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At the US Olympic Trials held in Omaha, Nebraska, and postponed to June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shaine Casas competed in two events.
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Shaine 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 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in December.
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The second day, Shaine 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.
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Shaine Casas' win was his first world championships gold medal and first world title.
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At the 2022 Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont, Illinois, in early March, Shaine 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.
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Shaine Casas 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.
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The second day of the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina, Shaine 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.
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Shaine Casas placed fourth in the final, finishing in 53.01 seconds.
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At the 2022 Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, Germany, his first FINA Swimming World Cup, Shaine 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 Italy.
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At the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Shaine 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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Shaine Casas 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.
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US Olympic Trials: Shaine Casas earned his spot on the US Olympic team by finishing second in the 200m IM at the US Olympic Trials with a time of 1:55.83, behind teammate Carson Foster.