2023 U.S. OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- November 29-December 2, 2023
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Long Course Meters (50 meters)
- Start Times
- Prelims: 9 AM (ET)
- Finals: 6 PM (ET)
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream Info
- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet
The human rollercoaster that is Shaine Casas continued its riveting ride on Thursday night at the U.S. Open.
Casas missed the A-final this morning as the 9th seed in prelims (2:01.47), but he bounced back tonight in a huge way with a new U.S. Open meet record of 1:56.06 from the B-final. He lowered the previous standard of 1:56.52 set last year by Chase Kalisz, who placed 1st in the A-final this year with a winning time of 1:57.43.
Casas was within a second of his personal-best 1:55.24 from the 2022 U.S. National Championships last July. This year, he placed 4th at the World Championships with a 1:56.35, missing the podium by just a couple tenths of a second.
Casas split 23.95 on the butterfly leadoff, 29.12 on the backstroke leg, 33.74 on the breaststroke leg, and 29.25 on the freestyle anchor. A 23-year-old former Texas A&M standout who now trains at the University of Texas, he matched his time of 1:56.06 from April’s Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont that made him the fastest American in the event this year.
MEN’S 200 IM– FINALS
- World Record: 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte (2011)
- American Record: 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte (2011)
- U.S. Open Record: 1:54.56 — Ryan Lochte (2009)
U.S. Open Meet Record: 1:56.52 – Chase Kalisz (2022)
Top 8:
- Chase Kalisz — 1:57.43
- Hubert Kos — 1:57.88
- Trenton Julian — 1:58.46
- Grant House — 1:59.19
- Ron Polonsky — 1:59.32
- Daniel Diehl — 1:59.79
- Baylor Nelson — 1:59.82
- Domink Mark Torok — 2:01.38
Kalisz was 5th at the halfway mark, but posted the fastest breaststroke split in the field by over a second to take the win.
In second was Kalisz’s ASU training teammate Hubert Kos, who led for the first half of the race before being overtaken by Kalisz on the backstretch. His time of 1:57.88 was the fastest he’s been since the 2022 European Championships.
Trenton Julian came in 3rd with a time of 1:58.46.
I would love to see Casas vs peak 2021 Michael Andrew duke it out in every 200m and under event, tapered a big stage. I wonder who’d have a winning tally
I just love how he goes “Full send” in the consolation final….good for Casas.
He just needs clean water
Classic Casas
he swam that race pissed off. I just don’t understand why he swam that prelims swim like he was warming up on that back leg. That was loco. Dude has the chops to be a world champion and gold medalist.
I’d say about 1.5% of people that comment here have the talent that Casas has. It’s funny when you swimmer bash from behind a keyboard. Oh wait. no it’s not.
U r seriously saying that only people faster than him in the 2IM can comment on his stupid premium swim?
1.5% seems like an extremely too high amount…even acknowledging that the commenters are primarily competitive swimmers, his talent is so far ahead of his apparent work ethic. I’d be fairly comfortable saying not more than 5 people that comment here have his pure talent – so do we have at least 333 commenters?
I don’t think it’s humanly possible to go 1:56 (or 1:55.2 last summer) without a pretty good work ethic.
That’s so Shaine Casas of him
“the human rollercoaster that is Shaine Casas” – legendary qoute
23.95 fly split 😂