John Shebat

King, Haas, Smoliga Lead US-Heavy Cali Condors ISL Team Roster

7-time Olympic medalist Jason Lezak has been named GM of the Cali Condors.

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USA Swimming Announces World University Games Coaching Staff

NC State Head Coach Braden Holloway will be the men’s Head Coach, while Stanford women’s Assoiciate Head Coach Tracy Slusser will be leading the women’s team.

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Men’s Recruiting Ranks In-Progress Analysis: All Classes Through 2019 NCAAs

It’s a tale of two classes for the men: the current junior class has been pretty lackluster, especially among our top-20 ranked recruits. But the current sophomores, led by #1 recruit Ryan Hoffer of Cal, have been outstanding through two years.

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Men’s Recruiting Class Ranks Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019

Our recruiting class ranks for the current crop of graduating seniors, all the way back in 2015: #1 Texas, #2 Cal, #3 USC. How did those classes (and the rest of our top 12) turn out after four years? And what would a revised top 12 list look like? We have the answers – and the data – here.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2015

Just how close did #1 Andrew Seliskar and #2 Townley Haas end up over their careers? And you might be shocked to know just how many developmental sprint talents flourished from outside our top 20 ranks in the boy’s high school class of 2015.

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2019 Men’s NCAA Predictions: How Did the Comment Section Do?

Two of the better predictions revolved around John Shebat in his non-backstroke events.

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Only Four Texas Pool Records Survived 2019 NCAAs

Five more Texas pool records were broken on the final day of the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships, leaving only four records untouched after the four days of competition.

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Top 25 Quotes from the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships (Video)

This year was all about 2nd chances for 1st times

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How Important Was Winning the 400 Free Relay For Texas? (Video)

Texas made a bold relay call, swapping out freshman Drew Kibler (who has generally been good on relays this week) for John Shebat

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John Shebat on 1st NCAA Title in Last NCAA Race: “Surreal” (Video)

Texas’s John Shebat blasted a huge front half to lead the 200 back field, hurting near the end but hanging on and holding off teammate and defending champ Austin Katz by a hair at the wall

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The highlight might be the 200 breast, where 200 IM/200 free champ Andrew Seliskar goes up against 100 breast champ (and defending 200 breast champ) Ian Finnerty of Indiana.

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WATCH: Texas Two-Step, Shebat & Katz #2/#3 Performers in 200 Back All-Time

John Shebat, celebrating his win in the 200 backstroke, the first individual title of his career

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships Pick’em: Final Scores

Night 4 at defied expectations. There was only one place in the top 4 in any of the 5 individual events that was picked correctly by more than 50% of entries

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2019 M. NCAA Finals Preview: Seliskar Chasing 3-For-3

Cal’s Andrew Seliskar has always been a versatile force to be reckoned with, but until 2 days ago, he had never won an individual NCAA title.

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

The big showdown of the day is probably Andrew Seliskar vs. Ian Finnerty in the 200 breast. Seliskar is 2-for-2 in wins and the favorite for Swimmer of the Meet, but needs to avenge a loss to Finnerty last year to remain perfect in his individuals this week.

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