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Shaine Casas<\/strong> has been the up-and-coming star for years, and with the NCAA championships canceled last year, that just added a year of wondering what the Texas A&M swimmer would be capable of.<\/p>\n

Casas felt that pressure, both internally and externally for nearly two years, and it reached a breaking point before this year\u2019s NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pressure was incredible. It almost cracked me. I was not going to come to this meet but my mom was there for me and my friends and coaches inspired me and supported me to push through and keep going. I am very happy that I did,\u201d Shaine Casas said. \u201cAfter SECs, I felt like I cracked a little. The pressure and everything going on with me was just too much. I felt like I had not mental health issues, but too many things going on \u2014 dealing with too much. But I fell back on my support system and I did it for them and I am so happy that it worked out this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casas won U.S. national titles in 2019, which was a breakout meet for him. But with so long between big meets, the speculation grew about what he was capable of \u2014\u00a0and he proved it with three NCAA titles this week in Greensboro.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is just confidence. Everybody thought I could do it. I thought I could do it. It was just a matter of time until I did it. Now it is official, I am a champion. It is more proving who I was. I am not just a rumor or a post anymore,\u201d Casas said.<\/p>\n

Shaine Casas did more than just get to the meet. He put together a spectacular show, winning all three of his individual events.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, he won the 200 IM in 1:39.53, the first individual NCAA title for himself or any Texas A&M men\u2019s swimmer in history. On Friday, he won the 100 backstroke in 44.20, then made it three-for-three with the 200 backstroke win to close out his meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was start-to-finish pretty awesome. Definitely a talented field of guys and it was an exciting race,\u201d Casas said of the 200 backstroke, which he won in 1:35.75, the second-fastest performer in history<\/a>, ahead of Cal freshman Destin Lasco<\/strong> (1:35.99). \u201cI definitely didn\u2019t think he was going to come back that fast. I knew what I was trying to go but I didn\u2019t know how fast he was going. The 150 turn came and I was like, \u2018Man this kid is still with me. He is the real deal.\u2019 I was a little bit behind and the last turn I made the decision that it was fine if I passed out or whatever, but I was going to use everything I had the last 25. It was enough fortunately. I was happy with the race and finally felt satisfied. It was just so fun for once.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a huge finale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe individual accolades are pretty impressive, but I definitely fell short on times and stuff like that, but I still got the job done \u2014 three-for-three. Hopefully that is something that this year\u2019s success can build on in the future. I can\u2019t take away that it was a great meet, but I want more than a great meet, I want an excellent meet,\u201d Casas said.<\/p>\n

This meet showed Casas what it will take to get there this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I wasn\u2019t in the best shape I could have been because of the circumstances this year, but I did the best I could in that moment. That is something I struggled with at SECs,\u201d Shaine Casas said. \u201cIt just came down to I didn\u2019t apply myself and do enough. Going through the progress of this meet and I am going to add what works and add that for long course and hopefully apply that for the Olympic Trials and hopefully the Olympic Games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"