Shaine Casas on 50.40 100 Fly: “I’ll take it for this season”

2022 US SUMMER NATIONALS

• Tuesday, July 26 – Saturday, July 30, 2022
• William Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
• Prelims 9 AM / Finals 5 PM (U.S. Pacific Time)
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Reported by Robert Gibbs.

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• World Record – 49.45, Caeleb Dressel (2021)
• American Record – 49.45, Caeleb Dressel (2021)
• U.S. Open Record – 49.76, Caeleb Dressel (2021)
• LC Nationals Record – 49.76, Caeleb Dressel (2021)
• World Junior Record – 50.62, Kristof Milak (2017)

Top 3:

1. Shaine Casas (Texas Longhorn Aquatics) – 50.40
2. Shaun Champion (Australia) – 51.54
3. Gabriel Jett (Una/Cal) – 52.19

Yes, you read that correctly. Shaine Casas is now the 3rd-fastest American ever in this event, behind only Caeleb Dressel and Michael Phelps (and tied with Ian Crocker), after a sterling swim tonight in Irvine.

Casas went 50.56 just a few weeks ago, so it stood to reason that he would have a bit more in the tank here, and sure enough, his time tonight would’ve earned him a silver medal in Budapest tonight.