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John Shebat<\/strong> carried some heavy emotional baggage into his final NCAA championships, beset by his repeated frustrations in individual national title races to put his hand on the wall first, despite his team winning every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve gotten (grief) from friends back home, from family, jokingly,\u201d Shebat said. \u201cIt takes a lot out of me. I always had an itch whenever doing weights, doing practice, anything.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because for two straight years, Shebat was the man for the first 150 yards of the 200 back. As a sophomore, he finished second in the 100 back behind Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy<\/strong> and then led Murphy for the first 150 yards of the 200 back, but he fell back as Murphy won his fourth straight NCAA title in the event. A tough loss but an understandable one given Murphy\u2019s credentials.<\/p>\n

But the 2018 loss stung, because after a rough year for Shebat where he had to undergo orthoscopic knee surgery just weeks before the Big-12 championships\u2014and didn\u2019t have any NCAA qualifying times until the conference meet\u2014Shebat was in pole position to take advantage of Murphy\u2019s graduation and win NCAA titles in both backstroke events.<\/p>\n

Instead, he was in store for a double whammy of heartbreak. In the 100 back final, Coleman Stewart<\/strong> touched out Shebat by one hundredth for the national title. And then in the 200 back, Shebat led by a full second with 50 yards to go, but he was out of gas. He split 26.31 on the last 50, the third-slowest in the field, and freshman teammate Austin Katz<\/strong> stormed by him and touched first.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

So Shebat entered his senior year with a whopping four individual NCAA runner-up finishes\u2014and no individual titles. The 100 back didn\u2019t work out as hoped, either, as Shebat ended up fourth in a deep final. So that left the 200 back, where Shebat qualified second behind Katz.<\/p>\n

It would be his final race as a collegiate swimmer. And Shebat was going to go out as he always did\u2014fast.<\/p>\n

No one went with the Texas senior from Oak Hill, Va., for the first 100 yards, and he was out in 22.06 at the 50 and 46.03 at the 100, both times under American-record pace. At the 150, he flipped dead even with Murphy\u2019s record pace and led by a half-second.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew that if I wanted to be near Austin, I needed to take it out a lot faster than Austin because I know he\u2019s probably the best backstroke swimmer I\u2019ve ever competed against, ever trained with,\u201d Shebat said. \u201cI knew that if I ever wanted any chance at a title, I needed to take it out (guns) blazing because I don\u2019t have what it takes to bring it back like he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

But then came the familiar sensation\u2014the burning legs, the slowing arms\u2014and Katz was coming, hard.<\/p>\n

Under the flags, Katz pulled even, maybe ahead. But this time, Shebat was not going to get touched out. He got his hand on the wall in 1:36.42, three hundredths ahead of Katz. The two men became the second and third-fastest men in history, respectively.<\/p>\n

Shebat slammed the water and screamed in exuberance. He swam over to the lane line and embraced Katz. Texas assistant coach Wyatt Collins<\/strong> ran over and laid down on the pool deck between lanes four and five to congratulate the two swimmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurreal,\u201d Shebat said. \u201cDidn\u2019t seem real. It felt like I was still playing the race in my head.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One lane over, Katz didn\u2019t wear the face of a man who had by three hundredths missed defending his NCAA title. He exuded joy, including on the awards podium when he clapped vigorously as Murphy handed Shebat his national championship trophy.<\/p>\n

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John Shebat after his 200 back NCAA title — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s like my brother,\u201d Katz said of Shebat. \u201cI train with him every day. I\u2019m with him almost 24\/7, essentially. I heard, \u2018John Shebat,\u2019 and in that moment, I was incredibly happy. It was like I won. I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve seen him work so, so hard all year and the year before that. It\u2019s hard to put into words. I\u2019m glad it turned out that way. It was a perfect ending, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immediately after that race, Texas coach Eddie Reese<\/strong> informed Shebat that he would be joining teammates Daniel<\/strong> Krueger<\/strong>, Tate Jackson<\/strong> and Townley Haas<\/strong> on the Longhorns\u2019 400 free relay\u2014a moment that would be special for the Longhorns, even with Cal having dethroned the Longhorns from their national championship perch.<\/p>\n

Texas delivered, earning a national title to cap off the meet in winning fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of icing on the cake,\u201d Shebat said of swimming on the relay. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve swum a 100 free since junior year of high school, dual meet or anything. I was a little worried when Eddie came up to me after the 200 back and said, \u2018You\u2019re going to be in the relay.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Uh, alright. Let\u2019s go.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time in his four years, Shebat will not leave the NCAA championships with the team trophy. But on his final night of college swimming, in his home pool in Austin, he finally got his championship moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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