2020 SEC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, February 18 – Saturday, February 22, 2020
- Auburn, AL – James E. Martin Aquatic Center
- Prelims/Finals: 9:30 AM/5:30 PM Wed-Sat, 10/4:20PM Tues (Central Standard Time)
- Defending Champion: Florida (7x) (results)
- Live Video – SEC Network+ (prelims), ESPN (finals)
- Men’s Fan Guide
- Women’s Fan Guide
- Psych Sheets
- Championship Central
- Estimated NCAA Invite Times
- NCAA ‘A’ Cuts
- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Live Video (Wednesday Finals)
- Heat Sheets
- Live Results
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)
His progression makes no sense.
Hard work with intention says otherwise.
Shaine is a very impressive athlete. What many people are not aware of is that he is also a colonel.
AHHAHAHAH
Is there any video
Tamuswim has all race videos if there’s an A&M swimmer in the heat
Get back to the drawing board and fix that last 75. You have the record in you Casas.
Shane’s an exciting swimmer to watch. He has a lot of speed as well as finesse.
and is very well spoken , smart & articulate in interviews
The article’s picture is gold!
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.
This is impressive! And his improvement from HS to college is amazing. Congrats!
If I’m not mistaken, I believe Shane trained himself in high school?
You are mistaken
I took a official visit to A&M and chatted with shaine for a long time , amazing guy and so driven , but yes he did train himself in His last year of high school ( leaned more towards weight training than swimming for his last year)
For some reason, I thought it was more than just his senior year. He went to a school in McAllen, which is close to the border, but he attached himself to TWST and Nitro for meets (both are over 4 hours away). It’s a fascinating story.
Freshman- junior year he had a coach and he went to nitro one summer. He trained by himself only swimming about an hour a day during his senior year.