
Tom Shields, 100 butterfly finals, 2010 US National Championships (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, Cal Berkeley Bears, 200 butterfly finals, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields (coached by David Durden) before 200 butterfly finals, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, the swim pictures)

Tom Shields, 200 butterfly prelims, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields wins the 100 backstroke championship final, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields wins the 100 back finals, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields wins the 100 back finals, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, before the 200 freestyle relay championship final, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, 4×100 medley relay prelim, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields before the 4×100 free relay prelim, 2012 Men’s Swimming Division I NCAA Championshps, (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields of Cal Aquatics swims the 200 fly B final at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields of Cal Aquatics wins the100 free B final in 49.77 at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields of Cal Aquatics wins the100 free B final in 49.77 at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields of Cal Aquatics, 100 butterfly prelims, 2012 US Olympic Swimming Trials (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields of Cal Aquatics, 100 butterfly semi-final, 2012 US Olympic Swimming Trials (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields and Michael Phelps, 100 butterfly final, 2012 US Olympic Swimming Trials (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields of Cal Aquatics, 100 butterfly final, 2012 US Olympic Swimming Trials (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, 100 butterfly championship final, Men’s NCAA Swimming Championships, college swimming (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields is awarded Swimmer of the Meet and Cal Berkeley Men’s Swimming and Diving Celebrates winning the NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields is awarded Swimmer of the Meet and Cal Berkeley Men’s Swimming and Diving Celebrates winning the NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields is awarded Swimmer of the Meet and Cal Berkeley Men’s Swimming and Diving Celebrates winning the NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, Cal Berkeley, 100 back championship final, Men’s Swimming NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, Cal Berkeley, 100 back championship final, Men’s Swimming NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, Cal Berkeley, 100 back championship final, Men’s Swimming NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, Cal Berkeley, 100 fly championship final, Men’s Swimming NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, Cal Berkeley, 100 backstroke start, Men’s Swimming NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

Tom Shields, Cal Berkeley, 100 back championship final, Men’s Swimming NCAA Championship (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Look at the fourth photo from the bottom — he swam NCAA’s in a brief? Even if it was just prelims — wow.
I wish he’d learn to stop splashing like some kind of Auburn retard.
You probably wish he would stop winning too but that’s not going to happen. #GoBears
I wish that the meet director hadn’t put the 200 free on the same day inbetween the 100 fly and 100 back at NCAAs, because considering shields went a 1:33 as a high school senior, he would probably be fast enough to win if it could be moved to another day, possibly being the first under 1:31 with his underwater powers. Just a thought