Who Is Shaine Casas

Shaine Casas is living proof that confidence can bring both greatness and also failure. This inspiring individual coming from California told the world that their self-believed and ultimate confidence may bring him into what he is today. This famous swimming star, who’s still pretty young, has proven to the world that he can.

He successfully won the national championship for 100m backstroke back in 2019 and the other three titles two years later. Casas swam in the USA Olympic Trials and qualified, making him one of the contestants in both 100 & 100 backstroke.

In the previous year, he also won the silver medal for the 200 m backstroke in the 2022 World Short Course Championships. In 100 m backstroke, he won fourth place.

Early Life

The story of Shaine Casas began when he was born on the 25th of December 1999 to his mother, Monica Epling. Starting at an early age, Casas showed brilliance in swimming, and this was proven when he attended a swimming competition when he was only seven years old.

In his teenage years, he attended Mc Allen High School in Texas, and at that time, he was the state champion for the 200-yard medley and 100-yard butterfly. This happened in 2017. He graduated from the school a year later.

In 2018, he joined Texas A&M University and fought for them in the swimming competitions that happened until the year 2021. A year later, he was transferred to the University of Texas.

Huge Respect for Michael Jordan

Many swimmers do have someone they hugely respect. And for this case, Shaine Casas put his utmost respect to Michael Jordan. From all the tattoos he has on his body, there’s one that’s special and makes him go.

The tattoo simply says “The World Is Yours,” a word from the Scarface movie. Casas admitted that one of his best inspirations is Michael Jordan, who had the mindset he really likes. Casas encapsulates this feeling of respect for him by collecting and putting a lot of posters and media about Micahel Jordan.

Casas further stated similarities between swimming and basketball: these two sports require not only skills but also practice. If you want to be better and reach the top level, you have to really work hard for it, as he stated.

Missed the Olympics

One controversial thing Casas did back in 2021 was missing the Olympics. Of course, this made a lot of people upset about his decisions, especially his university. However, he did this for a reason, a much greater reason.

On the Olympics trials, he only finished third, which he considered his biggest failure. As we stated above, according to Casas, you have to be the greatest to reach the greatest. And so this condition made him stay out of swimming for two months.

During this time, he really avoided all the things related to the Olympics because, according to his statement, this would relieve his biggest failure. However, things got better when he returned in 2022.

Throughout the year, he successfully won the 100 m butterfly and 100 freestyle when he competed against the gold medalist, Caeleb Dressel.

Career

2019 National Championships

In the championships, he successfully won the national title for 100m backstroke, and he even broke the record for the quickest swimming in the global event in 2022. His time was 52.72. The record made him one of the seven fastest swimmers in all of America.

Within the same year, he also won the second position for the 200m medley. He was only second to Ryan Lochte, which was the Olympic medalist.

2020 Art Adamson Invitational

In 2020, he caught COVID-19 and decided to rest until he fully recovered. Thankfully, he became really healthy and finally recovered from the virus. Within the same year, he also made a record for being one of the third-fastest swimmers in the Art Adamson Invitational event. He continued to win titles miraculously through the years 2020 and 2021.

2022 World Short Course Championships

2022 was his year. Within the event, he won not only one but four titles for backstroke, freestyle, and medley.

For the 4X50 m mixed medley, he won first place. He also won second place in the 4X50 m medley and 200 m backstroke. And he also got a bronze for 4 x 100 m freestyle.

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