{"id":501729,"date":"2022-03-29T14:03:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=501729"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:03:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:03:36","slug":"grant-shoults-to-retire-after-this-weeks-mission-viejo-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/grant-shoults-to-retire-after-this-weeks-mission-viejo-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Shoults To Retire After This Week\u2019s Mission Viejo Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Grant Shoults To Retire After This Week\u2019s Mission Viejo Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stanford swimmer <strong>Grant Shoults<\/strong> announced on Tuesday that he\u2019ll retire after one last meet at Mission Viejo this week.<\/p>\n<p>Shoults made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbsYl2GpeLZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the announcement on social media<\/a>, bowing out as the Swim Meet of Champions hosted by Mission Viejo, his home pool.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This Friday will mark my last race as a competitive swimmer and I am incredibly excited to do so at my home pool in Mission Viejo (SMOC). Thank you everyone for the amazing support throughout my career and I can\u2019t wait to be light it up in my 1st and last day as a Pro Swimmer! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TjnIKbTFzv\">pic.twitter.com\/TjnIKbTFzv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 grantshoults (@grantshoults) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grantshoults\/status\/1508872133891399681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It brings an end to a long and illustrious career for the graduate student who, ever self-aware, lists his grad year as \u201cStanford 20-ish\u201d. Shoults utilized a redshirt year for the COVID-19 pandemic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/grant-shoults-will-have-extra-year-of-eligibility-for-stanford-cardinal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a graduate student year<\/a>, giving the 24-year-old six years with the Cardinal.<\/p>\n<p>The decision isn\u2019t because Shoults is getting slower: He finished ninth at NCAAs in the 1,650 freestyle, the time of 14:38.18 the second-fastest of his college career. He helped the Cardinal finish seventh in the team standings.<\/p>\n<p>Shoults finishes as a 14-time All-American, 10 of them individual. He\u2019s a three-time Pac-12 champion in the 500 free, finishing third in that event this season and second in the mile. He holds the Stanford record in the 500 free (4:10.02) and is third all-time in the 1,650 and fourth in the 1,000 free. He endured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/after-shoulder-surgery-grant-shoults-determined-to-fight-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a shoulder surgery in 2019<\/a> that cost him significant time in the water.<\/p>\n<p>A long-time U.S. national teamer, he competed at the 2019 World Championships. The native of Laguna Hills, Calif., and Santa Margarita Catholic graduate was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-male-high-school-swimmer-of-the-year-grant-shoults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year<\/a>. He set national high school records in the 200 free and 500 free. He won two gold medals and a silver at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Singapore, including gold in the 400 free and silver in the 200 free. 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