Shaine Casas and Carson Foster are Paris bound after a 1-2 in the 200-meter individual medley.
saidFoster announced he would forgo his remaining NCAA eligibility in 2023 to pursue a professional career. Nonetheless, he never stopped showing his support for his former team and teammates.
Casas swam for arch-rivals Texas A&M and the Aggie Swim Club for three years before moving to the University of Texas in 2022.”Now I don’t have to pretend to be an Olympian,” Casas said. “I am an Olympian.” Foster and Casas finished the 200m IM in first and second place, with Foster winning the event in 1:56.65 and Casas following at 1:55.83. Fellow Longhorn Will Modglin also qualified for the finals but fell short in eighth place in 1:58.44.in Paris — Aaron Shackell, Luke Hobson, Erin Gemmell, Drew Kibler, and Foster, who had already qualified in the 400-meter individual medley.
The Olympic trials end on June 23 inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, for both men’s and women’s events.
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