By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam
If you’ve been following Shaine Casas since his NCAA glory days when he swept the DI championships with a triple-win, this is the world stage moment we’ve all been waiting for. Shaine has shown flashes of brilliance, moments that hinted at greatness, but 2025 feels different. This summer feels like a corner was turned and the promise of potential bent into the hard reality.
On this episode, we cover:
- Training under Bob Bowman. What’s it like training under him day-to-day?
- Training with Leon Marchand. Iron sharpens iron, how has one of the best swimmers in the world pushed Shaine to level up?
- The sickness at World Championships. Shaine talks about what it cost him and how he bounced back.
- Swimming a 1:54.30 in the 200m IM. What that breakthrough means on his long path toward the LA 2028 Olympic Games.
- Shaine’s overall World Champs performance: Swimming the 4×100 free relay, and his plans to chase that relay through the remainder of this quad.
- Shaine’s schedule this quad: He’s versatile. Determining where to focus is an on going challenge. He’s been 50.40 (2022 U.S. Nationals) in the 100m fly and he’d like to develop that race more.
Shaine has remained among the most talented athletes in the sport. Now the question is whether that talent and the work will collide at just the right moment. Shaine’s building confidence, and he’s looking forward to racing in the near term at the World Cup this fall. He’s already back in training after a short break.
What events do you think Shaine should focused on between now and the 2028 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials? Drop your comments below.
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