Shaine Casas Becomes Seventh Man Under 1:40 in 200 IM

2020 SEC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Shaine Casas of Texas A&M was the clear favorite tonight in the 200 IM after nearly breaking the 1:40 barrier mid-season. Here in Auburn, the race for him was against the clock, where he just slipped under that mark to win the race at 1:39.91.

SPLITS

  • Fly – 21.05
  • Back – 24.86 (45.91)
  • Breast – 29.03 (1:14.94)
  • Free – 24.97
  • Total – 1:39.91

That swim today makes Casas, a sophomore, just the seventh man in history under 1:40 in this event. He was previously #10 on the all-time top performers list with his 1:40.16 from mid-season, and he now jumps Josh Prenot (1:40.14), Ryan Lochte (1:40.08) and Will Licon (1:40.04) to #7.

Caeleb Dressel rocked a 1:38.13 at this meet in 2018, which still holds up as the NCAA/American/U.S. Open record, one that demolished the old record of 1:39.38 from David Nolan, the first man to break 1:40. Since then, Andrew Seliskar (1:38.14), Andreas Vazaios (1:39.35), Jan Switkowski (1:39.54) and John Shebat (1:39.63) have all broken 1:40, too.

Casas had a big drop in this event last year as a freshman, cutting over five seconds off of his pre-college best. Since last season, he’s now taken another two seconds off (and change).

SHAINE CASAS 200 IM PROGRESSION

  • Pre-College – 1:47.59
  • 2018 Mid-Season – 1:43.06 (-4.53)
  • 2019 SEC Champs – 1:43.21
  • 2019 NCAA Champs – 1:42.29 (-0.77)
  • 2019 Mid-Season – 1:40.16 (-2.13)
  • 2020 SEC Champs – 1:39.91 (-0.25)

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doe
6 months ago

Now there are 18 under 1.40

doe
Reply to  doe
6 months ago

And 7 under 1.39

Swimmer
4 years ago

His progression makes no sense.

anonymous
Reply to  Swimmer
4 years ago

Hard work with intention says otherwise.

Nathaniel H
4 years ago

Shaine is a very impressive athlete. What many people are not aware of is that he is also a colonel.

Swimmer
Reply to  Nathaniel H
4 years ago

AHHAHAHAH

Swimfish87
4 years ago

Is there any video

Swimmerdude420_69
Reply to  Swimfish87
4 years ago

Tamuswim has all race videos if there’s an A&M swimmer in the heat

Swimming Fan
4 years ago

Get back to the drawing board and fix that last 75. You have the record in you Casas.

marklewis
4 years ago

Shane’s an exciting swimmer to watch. He has a lot of speed as well as finesse.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  marklewis
4 years ago

and is very well spoken , smart & articulate in interviews

Dhdkwn
4 years ago

The article’s picture is gold!

FlyNDie
4 years ago

Man, Casas’ fly and back splits were on par with Dressel’s record, which is absolutely flying. But Dressel’s breast and free splits were just too good. I see only good things in the future for him, nice swim.

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Karl Ortegon

Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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