USADA has announced another doping suspension for an American swimmer, this time 17-year-old Jack Casey. Casey tested positive for the banned substance anastrozole at Winter Nationals last December and will serve a six-month suspension.
The USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) report says that Casey was taking anastrozole on a doctor’s prescription. But the substance – classified by USADA as a “hormone and metabolic modulator” – requires a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), which Casey didn’t have. USADA says Casey no longer needs the prescription and won’t need a TUE moving forward, but will have to serve the suspension for his positive test in December. You can read the full USADA release here.
Casey will be suspended for six months, starting March 22, 2018. That’ll leave him out of competition through September 22, 2018. His results from U.S. Winter Nationals have also been wiped out. Competing for Hauppage Athletic Association, Casey swam two 100 yard breaststrokes there, making the B final and taking 11th in 54.77. His lifetime-best of 54.69 from prelims is wiped from the record as well.
Casey is at least the second American junior and the fifth American to serve a doping ban in swimming over the pat year. Matthew Willenbring tested positive at World Juniors last year and was suspended for four months. Amanda Kendall was suspended three months earlier this year. Madisyn Cox was hit with a 2-year suspension earlier this month and Ryan Lochte was suspended 14 months a few days later.
He’s from Long Island. They had “A Guy”. He happened to be a physician who before, or after the fact, wrote a prescription. A bit shocked the USADA fell for this lame excuse, but they probably haven’t ever been to Long Island.
Check the meet information sheet. I think it will say all swimmers are subject to testing and it’s not any more specific than that. What you really are asking is how do they actually pick the test subjects at the meet.
So many non medical people that know how to use webmd here. I’ve coached and am a medical professional. Medications have many off label uses. Minors don’t usually think about needing paperwork for drug testing, if it is prescribed. Neither do most coaches or parents of youth. People think they know everything and are quick to pass judgment on this kid due to typical use of the Med. Since neither of us has this kid’s medical record, we shouldn’t judge
Minors who have swum at US Nationals and watched people get piss tested should think about it. If they don’t, that’s a failing by USA Swimming or USADA.
Also, lifeguard certified in first aid does not certify one as a ‘medical professional.’
The kid was doping. Go back in time and look at his progression. The drug is a known hormone metabolic agent.
Actually I think we should judge in this case. You are asking us to assume innocence and just accept he was not doping? Burden is on him for full disclosure of the facts. Off label uses are typically widely known in the medical community it’s not like a doctor just decides to experiment on his own. I did a 9 month off label experimental cancer treatment and it was widely known that people were using it as it was in Phase 2 trials elsewhere at the time
Why isn’t his NAME in the article headline like everyone?
You pretty confident about that statement? That “everyone” has their name in the headline?
https://swimswam.com/news/anti-doping/
Asking for a friend…..
I know he’s a junior, but my teammates and I were on top of this even as a junior. Frankly, I was sort of excited at the prospect of being drug tested because it meant I was at a high enough level competition to warrant it, so I was very on top of things. If you qualify for a meet that they drug test at, you need to educate yourself, or at the very least, your coach needs to educate you.
There is no medical indication for this. The idea that he was misdiagnosed and was using this innocently is absurd. Clear case of trying to get an advantage in the pool.
Agreed. Seems like he got caught cheating and got off easy.
Yeah, the idea of him taking this innocently is almost as bad as ” accidentally” taking a banned diuretic that
your house guest kept in an Aleve bottle. I hate to say it but PED use at this age is probably not as uncommon as many people would like to think
What’s up with this trend? Are athletes pushing the boundaries (even at really young ages in the US) of what they are putting in their bodies or athletes not being educated on what correct documents they should be filling out? While on that subject – Can they PLEASE give Rick Demont his well deserved medal? If you’re too young to know the story pls do yourself a favor and read up on Rick. It’s unfortunate for MANY reasons but most of all because it couldn’t have happened to a better dude. Regardless, no one will ever be able to take away the fact he inspired so many of us (as a kid growing up dreaming of making the Olympics &… Read more »
Alexandrov?