{"id":406632,"date":"2019-12-12T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=406632"},"modified":"2020-03-19T12:58:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T19:58:29","slug":"shaine-casas-on-stunning-year-i-want-people-to-know-i-am-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shaine-casas-on-stunning-year-i-want-people-to-know-i-am-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaine Casas on Stunning Year: &#8216;I Want People to Know I am Here&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\">After winning a national championship to enter the realm of an elite swimmer, <strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> has had one goal since then: to prove he belongs there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The Texas A&amp;M sophomore put together a few of the fastest races in the country during the annual Art Adamson Invitational in his home pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThere was a lot of expectations with that meet because I came off a great summer. People were wondering if this kid was for real and was going to be a factor at trials,\u201d Casas told <em>Swimming World<\/em>. \u201cPeople might say it. I think it. I want people to know I am here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Casas swam the fastest time in the NCAA so far this year in the 100-yard backstroke, touching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shaine-casas-goes-44-48-in-100-back-louise-hansson-dominates-art-adamson-invitational\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wall in a stunning 44.48<\/a>, putting him seventh all-time. For this time of the season, the time was stunning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6T3yg7lE-CE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">He turned in another stunning performance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shaine-casas-stuns-with-140-in-200-im-at-art-adamson-invitational\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the 200 IM<\/a>, going a 1:40.16, which put him tenth all-time in the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cI was definitely a little bit surprised. Sometimes I like to tell (head coach Jay Holmes) ridiculous times that I would want to go. They seem ridiculous in practice,\u201d Shaine Casas said. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cThe one race that surprised me was the 100 backstroke. I knew I was going around that in the 200 IM. The 100 back was one of those that just clicked. Everything felt good and it just happened. I just am trying to replicate that. It was a focus going into that meet.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EvqHohnZaHo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">But they aren&#8217;t so ridiculous by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Casas also earned an NCAA automatic qualifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shaine-casas-goes-138-in-200-back-katie-drabot-blasts-153-200-fly-in-art-adamson-finale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">time in the 200 back<\/a>, finishing in 1:38.21, the second fastest so far this season nation-wide and tied for eighth all-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThere was a little bit of intimidation of not being able to live up to the long course performance because historically, I haven\u2019t been as good of a short-course swimmer,\u201d he said. \u201cI am grateful all the hard work is showing in the short course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">It certainly worked in long course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Casas put together a dominant performance to win the national title in the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter backstroke in August at Stanford. He finished the 200 in 1:55 and 52.72 in the 100 back, putting himself in the top ten in the world in both events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI really couldn\u2019t tell you how it happened. It is a mixture of training hard and believing in myself,\u201d he said. \u201cI had that Mare Nostrum and did pretty well in that and kept building on that. Going into nationals, I told myself I could win it and do something that could shock people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">It started with change in his long-course work.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cWe did a pretty hard cycle and took it easy going into the meet. I don\u2019t even rest into it. It was a lot of mental work. I did things that I had never done before. I felt like a different swimmer, taking (underwaters) to the 15, attention on my start, breakouts and distance off the wall,\u201d Shaine Casas said. \u201cWater training has been a lot more intense. Freshman year, they took it a little easier on us. Now weights have increased and so has water training. Each practice is focusing on details. Freshman year you are blind and just hope for the best.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"western\">Casas is a huge reason the Aggies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cal-women-take-over-top-spot-texas-men-lead-in-december-cscaa-division-i-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moved up to fourth<\/a> in the College Swimming &amp; Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division I rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThe team dynamic is great right now,\u201d Casas said. \u201cThey guys are all working really hard. It is a great environment. The guys push me to keep going. It has been everything and more. I knew it was going to be a good team, but we are definitely turning heads and even surprising ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Casas is hoping that trend continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cIt is just building confidence. I think if I can do it short course, I will definitely do it long course. It may or may not translate the way you want, so you just have to go into (Olympic) Trials confident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Confidence could lead Casas into the ultimate goal of making an Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI am in a really good spot. There is a lot more work to be done, a few things I need to focus on it. All the momentum is on my side. In my mind, it is my race to lose. I just need to keep that mentality,\u201d Shaine Casas said. \u201cIt is a life goal. It is one of the biggest accomplishments that I would want to have. That is one of the most important things you can do in sport, compete at the highest level. It will kill you if you overwork yourself. It is very important to me but it won\u2019t make or break my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">It is about continuing the push forward, which Casas said he has already done after his stellar invitational.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cI definitely had a good meet but I still think I have a lot more to improve on. I want to get things ironed out,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a great meet, but it is in the rearview mirror already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">It is on to bigger meets and faster times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After winning a national championship to enter the realm of an elite swimmer, Shaine Casas has had one goal since then: to prove he belongs there. 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