{"id":467135,"date":"2021-03-26T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=467135"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:32:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T03:32:35","slug":"shaine-casas-claims-second-title-of-ncaas-with-44-2-in-100-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shaine-casas-claims-second-title-of-ncaas-with-44-2-in-100-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaine Casas Claims Second Title of NCAAs with 44.2 in 100 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas A&M junior\u00a0Shaine Casas\u00a0<\/strong>won his second NCAA title of the weekend in Greensboro with a 44.20 in the 100 backstroke, adding to his 200 IM title last night that brought home the first for the Texas A&M men<\/a>. It did not come easy for Casas, who won narrowly over NC State sophomore\u00a0Kacper Stokowski\u00a0<\/strong>(44.37) and Cal freshman\u00a0Destin Lasco\u00a0<\/strong>(44.49).<\/p>\n

Casas was a 43.8 earlier this season at a home invite in November, that saw him become the fourth fastest performer in the event’s history. He did not quite replicate that here in Greensboro but he finally lived up to the hype he has shown since the fall of 2019 with his second NCAA title, and he will follow that up with a potential third in the 200 back tomorrow.<\/p>\n

“It is double the happiness and success for the program. I wish I was a bit faster but I cannot complain with the win,” Shaine Casas said after the race.<\/p>\n

NC State’s Stokowski is now 10th all-time with his swim tonight while Lasco is tied for 11th.<\/p>\n

In the team race, Cal’s Lasco and\u00a0Bryce Mefford\u00a0<\/strong>(45.52) scored third and eighth fro the Golden Bears to put them 23 points in second place behind Texas. Texas had one finalist in\u00a0Alvin Jiang\u00a0<\/strong>in fourth at 44.60. Jiang and Louisville’s\u00a0Nick Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>each raced in the 100 fly final earlier, as Albiero finished in fifth at 44.86 in the 100 back.<\/p>\n

Indiana’s\u00a0Brendan Burns\u00a0<\/strong>(45.03) an Georgia’s Javier Acevedo\u00a0<\/strong>(45.06) also swam in the championship final.<\/p>\n

This is Texas A&M’s second NCAA title in men’s swimming, and the first for the SEC in the 100 back since Auburn’s\u00a0Kohlton Norys\u00a0<\/strong>won in 2009.<\/p>\n

All-Time Rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 43.49,\u00a0Ryan Murphy<\/strong>, California, 2016<\/li>\n
  2. 43.62,\u00a0Coleman Stewart<\/strong>, NC State, 2020<\/li>\n
  3. 43.66,\u00a0Dean Farris<\/strong>, Harvard, 2019<\/li>\n
  4. 43.87,\u00a0Shaine Casas<\/strong>, Texas A&M, 2020<\/li>\n
  5. 44.07,\u00a0Nick Thoman<\/strong>, Swim MAC, 2013<\/li>\n
  6. 44.10,\u00a0Zane Waddell<\/strong>, Alabama, 2020<\/li>\n
  7. 44.14,\u00a0Zachary Poti<\/strong>, Arizona State, 2020<\/li>\n
  8. 44.33,\u00a0Mark Nikolaev<\/strong>, Grand Canyon, 2019<\/li>\n
  9. 44.35,\u00a0John Shebat<\/strong>, Texas, 2019<\/li>\n
  10. 44.37,\u00a0Kacper Stokowski<\/strong>, NC State, 2021<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  11. 44.49,\u00a0Destin Lasco<\/strong>, California, 2021<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  12. 44.49,\u00a0Matt Grevers<\/strong>, Tucson Ford, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n