{"id":614191,"date":"2025-06-07T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T00:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=614191"},"modified":"2025-06-07T18:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T01:15:57","slug":"us-nationals-day-5-finals-shaine-casas-edges-carson-foster-in-mens-200-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/us-nationals-day-5-finals-shaine-casas-edges-carson-foster-in-mens-200-im\/","title":{"rendered":"US Nationals Day 5 Finals: Shaine Casas Edges Carson Foster in Men’s 200 IM"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Nationals Day 5 Finals: Shaine Casas Edges Carson Foster in Men’s 200 IM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaine Casas <\/strong>was sensational during prelims and Carson Foster<\/strong> wasn’t far behind in the 200 IM at the 2025 U.S. National Championships.<\/p>\n

So the question was, could anyone stop the two training partners?<\/p>\n

Casas took the early lead and was still ahead through the breaststroke, just ahead of Foster.<\/p>\n

Foster started pulling within striking distance in the freestyle and they fittingly touched the wall together.<\/p>\n

“Shaine has been so much fun to train with and has been one of my really close friends. I think it makes it even more fun that we swim the race completely different. It makes it easier because I am not basing my race off of him,” Foster said. “The goal is always to win, but the next best thing is getting second to a teammate.”<\/p>\n

Casas was first in 1:55.73 just three hundredths of a second ahead of Foster (1:55.76), as both swimmers put a cap on their sensational weeks, making the team in multiple events.<\/p>\n

“It was great meet,” Foster said. “For how much talk there has been about the U.S. men, I swam (extremely fast times) and didn’t win a single event. The U.S. men are pretty strong.”<\/p>\n

Trenton Julian<\/strong> finished third in 1:57.59, ahead of Owen McDonald<\/strong> (1:57.98) at US Nationals.<\/p>\n