Olympic Bronze Medalist Caspar Corbeau Returning To NCAA As Mid-Season Arrival For Indiana

Caspar Corbeau will return to the NCAA and join the Indiana Hoosiers for the upcoming spring semester. Corbeau spent his undergraduate career with Texas and graduated in 2023.

Corbeau was consistently one of the top breaststrokers at the NCAA level during his time at Texas. He was seeded in the top eight on the psych sheets for the eventually canceled 2020 NCAAs. Making his official NCAA championship debut as a sophomore, he finished 4th in the 200 breast (1:51.43) and 6th in the 100 breast (51.62).

He finished 2nd in the 100 breast (50.49) and 6th in the 200 breast (1:50.79) as a junior at 2021 NCAAs. As a senior, he finished 2nd in the 200 (1:49.15) and 4th in the 100 (50.79).

Graduating in spring 2023, Corbeau moved to train in the Netherlands under Mark Faber. Corbeau saw success under his time with Faber, most notably winning Olympic bronze in the men’s 200 breaststroke this summer. He also finaled in the 100 breast, swimming to an 8th place finish in finals. Faber notably left the Netherlands this fall to become the technical director of the Flemish Swimming Federation. The move to Indiana allows Corbeau to test out a new home for his training for this Olympic cycle.

Just last week, Corbeau represented the Netherlands at the 2024 SC World Championships. He finaled in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes.

Corbeau is big pick up for the Indiana Hoosiers and adds even more depth to an already deep breaststroke group. The team currently has three of the top eight times in the NCAA this season in the 100 breast with Brian Benzing (t-#4, 51.03), Finn Brooks (#7, 51.13), and Josh Matheny (#8, 51.15). The 200 breast is also a strong event for the team with Matheny currently holding the #2 time in the NCAA (1:50.31) and Jassen Yep holding the #4 time in the NCAA (1:50.71).

In addition to his breaststroke impact, Corbeau also has the chance to impact the team’s sprint freestyle depth. Corbeau has a lifetime best of a 19.61 in the flat start 50 but was a member of numerous relays for Texas at NCAAs. As a senior at 2023 NCAAs, he swam a 18.48 flying start 50 and a 41.72 flying start 100 free. That 50 free split would have been faster than all four of Indiana’s splits at midseason while his 100 split from 2023 NCAAs would have been faster than three of Indiana’s splits at midseason.

The Indiana men were recently ranked #2 in SwimSwam’s Power Rankings, sitting only behind Texas which is also expected to have numerous big mid-season additions with Chris Guiliano and Ksawery Masiuk

After finishing 4th at NCAAs this past March, Indiana has gained some of the top transfer talent. In addition to Corbeau, the team also added Brian Benzing as a grad transfer from Towson. Owen McDonald was also an offseason addition after McDonald spent two seasons with Arizona State. With the addition of McDonald, two Indiana swimmers entered the transfer portal to allow them to break their scholarship contracts, reallocating that money to McDonald. “Owen is a fantastic addition to the team-a great guy and an amazing swimmer. We were really excited to be able to play a small role in getting him to IU,” said Josh Matheny.

As a mid-season addition, and scholarship money already re-allocated this offseason, name, image, and likeness (NIL) was involved in the addition of Corbeau, Indiana head coach Ray Looze told SwimSwam. Looze also spoke of how current Indiana swimmer Rafael Miroslaw made an impact with the addition of Corbeau while at the World Cup this fall. The two were speaking about Chris Guiliano‘s move to Texas and Corbeau mentioned he had another year. Miroslaw then told Corbeau that he should come to Indiana.

Looze spoke of the title chase for Indiana, “We’ve got the pedal to the metal. We’ve had it to the metal since basically last spring, and I think it would be good for swimming to have new blood in there. Whether that can happen or not, we are doing everything we can.”

Corbeau, a native of Portland, Oregon, will have a chance to return to the Northwest at NCAAs this upcoming March as they are scheduled for Federal Way, Washington. Looze said that Corbeau was “stoked” about the ability to return to his home area.

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Postgrad Swimmer
26 days ago

Can’t you guys just get real jobs and keep swimming. Sigh

Last edited 26 days ago by Postgrad Swimmer
Snowstorm
Reply to  Postgrad Swimmer
21 days ago

I mean, no, obviously not. What kind of “real job” gives you enough time to keep up Olympic-level training?

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
26 days ago

Anyone
But
Texas

Andrew
Reply to  Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
21 days ago

Texas will bomb out at NCAAs

I still have Cal finishing ahead of them

bobthebuilderrocks
Reply to  Andrew
21 days ago

Nahhhhh what

mds
Reply to  bobthebuilderrocks
20 days ago

Andrew, I agree with you about Cal finishing ahead of Texas; but not because Texas won’t swim well. I fully expect they will swim quite well.

But it won’t really matter as this is IU’s turn to get back to the top for the first time since 1973.

Did not Cali UT
Reply to  Andrew
20 days ago

If Texas does not win, the screamfest that the new coach will give will be legendary ..

OldChestertonliveson!
28 days ago

SwimSwam, please make a “speak comments” button so I can just lay back with the bag of chips and hit, “play” and enjoy!

Justin Pollard
Reply to  OldChestertonliveson!
28 days ago

There’s a button in Google Chrome labeled “Listen to this page”. Maybe that would help?

lilly king’s engagement ring
29 days ago

Are there any masters degrees you can achieve in 1 semester?

bobthebuilderrocks
29 days ago

At this point, I’m expecting to see Carson or Shaine suit up at NCAA’s.

Andrew
Reply to  bobthebuilderrocks
29 days ago

Cope harder. You Texas fans are SO bitter right now and seething. The Texas boys are even bitter liking Carson’s KD GIF comment lmfaoooo

Fluffer
Reply to  Andrew
29 days ago

Didn’t Foster quit on his team to turn pro before his eligibility was up? Corbeau gave four years to Texas and his teammates.

lilly king’s engagement ring
Reply to  Fluffer
29 days ago

Wouldn’t call it quitting – he was in pursuit of Olympic medals. He still trains with the team daily and represents Texas with everything he does.

Texan
Reply to  Andrew
29 days ago

Bitter and seething? Bemused is more accurate right now. Especially considering how much room we seem to have in your head.

Cotswwalds
29 days ago

Ha! Texas team dodged a bullet. IU underclassmen can have fun enduring his “leadership”.

IU Swammer
Reply to  Cotswwalds
29 days ago

Not sure what you’re referring to, but I imagine most teams could put up with quite a bit for three-ish months to get an extra 30+ points at NCAAs.

Andrew
Reply to  IU Swammer
29 days ago

Prob closer to 45 points. Olympic bronze medalist, guaranteed 2 A finals and prob another in 2 IM where he was 1:40 point 2 years ago

Oh and for good measure he’s also 18.4/41.5/1:32 on relays despite being a 2 breast guy lol. And this was 2 years ago

theroboticrichardsimmons
30 days ago

I’m really excited to see the advanced graduate degree Corbeau receives at the end of his Indiana career.

This Guy
Reply to  theroboticrichardsimmons
29 days ago

He will end up with 12 credits (the minimum required) in basket weaving

Thezwimmer
Reply to  This Guy
29 days ago

Graduate students typically only need 9 per semester if he’s pursuing a masters

MAC Daddy
Reply to  theroboticrichardsimmons
29 days ago

This has Matt Sates written all over it.

AQW
30 days ago

But his entire wardrobe is orange!

Chewed pull buoy
Reply to  AQW
28 days ago

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