2021 ART ADAMSON INVITATIONAL
- November 17-19, 2021
- Texas A&M Student Rec Center Natatorium, College Station, TX.
- SCY (25y)
- Live Results
- Results on Meet Mobile: “Art Adamson Invitational”
- Live Stream (Finals)
Former Texas A&M Aggie and soon-to-be pro Shaine Casas put together the 14th sub-1:40 200 IM (SCY) in history during a time trial at Day 1 finals of the 2021 Art Adamson Invitational in College Station.
Casas, swimming the meet exhibition and under no club affiliation (unattached), rocketed to a time of 1:39.95 while swimming on his own, the fifth-fastest swim of his career and 12th-fastest of all-time.
Last season, Casas produced what remains his personal best time at the Art Adamson Invite (almost one year earlier to the day, Nov. 18, 2020) in 1:38.95, which stands up as the third-fastest performance of all-time behind only Caeleb Dressel (1:38.13) and Andrew Seliskar (1:38.14).
Split Comparison
| Casas, 2020 Art Adamson | Casas, 2021 Art Adamson |
| 20.88 | 21.02 |
| 24.62 (45.50) | 24.83 (45.85) |
| 28.96 (1:14.46) | 29.09 (1:14.94) |
| 24.49 (1:38.95) | 25.01 (1:39.95) |
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Casas has now cracked the 1:40-barrier on five separate occasions, more than any other swimmer—Seliskar and Andreas Vazaios are the only others to have done so more than once. In addition to his swim at the 2020 Art Adamson Invite, Casas also went 1:39.91 at the 2020 SECs, 1:39.26 at the 2021 SECs, and then 1:39.53 last March en route to winning the NCAA championship title.
All-Time Performances, Men’s 200 IM (SCY)
- Caeleb Dressel (FLOR), 1:38.13 – 2018 SEC Championships
- Andrew Seliskar (CAL), 1:38.14 – 2019 NCAA Championships
- Shaine Casas (TAMU), 1:38.95 – 2020 Art Adamson Invitational
- Shaine Casas (TAMU), 1:39.26 – 2021 SEC Championships
- Andreas Vazaios (NCS), 1:39.35 – 2019 NCAA Championships
- David Nolan (STAN), 1:39.38 – 2015 NCAA Championships
- Shaine Casas (TAMU), 1:39.53 – 2021 NCAA Championships
- Jan Switkowski (FLOR), 1:39.54 – 2018 NCAA Championships
- John Shebat (TEX), 1:39.63 – 2019 NCAA Championships
- Andrew Seliskar (CAL), 1:39.90 – 2019 NCAA Championships
- Shaine Casas (TAMU), 1:39.91 – 2020 SEC Championships
- Shaine Casas (UNAT), 1:39.95 – 2021 Art Adamson Invitational
- Andreas Vazaios (NCS), 1:39.97 – 2018 NCAA Championships
- Hugo Gonzalez (CAL), 1:39.99 – 2021 NCAA Championships
Casas was coming off of clocking 1:42.96 in the prelims. He also raced the 50 free in the morning, touching in a time of 19.51. Last year at this meet, he swam to a time of 19.15 leading off the 200 free relay before bringing his PB down to 19.02 at NCAAs.
He is entered to race the 400 IM, 100 back, 200 back and 100 free over the remaining two days of the competition.
After sweeping his individual events at the 2021 NCAAs, Casas surprisingly entered the transfer portal in late August and later revealed he has designs on turning pro.
While the 21-year-old’s plan is ultimately to move to Austin and join head coach Eddie Reese and the University of Texas pro group, he remains in College Station with the Texas A&M pro group for the time being. Casas says housing and lack of a pro contract are the reasons he has yet to join the UT group.
Casas is scheduled to represent the United States at the Short Course World Championships next month in Abu Dhabi (UAE) in the men’s 50, 100 and 200 backstroke.
We give these swimmers A-list celebrity levels of scrutiny. It’s awesome how much this site has grown and I love the swimming fan base, but sometimes you gotta remember it’s a 21 year old still struggling to “make it” not some centi-millionaire pop star with worldwide fame and a personal manager. Acknowledging mental health and one’s humanity is important in both cases, but swimmers like Shaine we should perhaps judge more delicately.
Come on Salo enter him in the 2IM at worlds.
Could he still return for the spring semester?
great point – If he hasn’t gotten a pro money (and even if he has, it could be NIL money allowed by NCAA), why not just swim for TAMU for NCAAs?
Credit to the A&M guys for cheering him on. It must be hard watching him swim knowing that he quit on the team that made him who he is today
I noticed that too. Dude left to go to the so called rival Texas, came back, practices with the team he left plus wears their colors with the tattoo. Crazy story. 🤣
Not half as crazy as the speculation and gossip being made in the comment section. A&M is a great team, but don’t get it twisted. He made himself in to the swimmer he is today. Great to see the support, but he did the work.
I’m not questioning A&M’s team or the talent/hard work of Casas. Just it’s a weird situation
You cheer for your friends, even if and when they will leave your team because you want them to succeed. even if it means not on your team. it happens.
Once an Aggie; always an Aggie👍