{"id":126483,"date":"2026-01-17T00:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126483\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T00:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:27:06","slug":"casas-alexy-among-4-mens-200-free-scratches-for-2026-pro-swim-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126483\/","title":{"rendered":"Casas, Alexy Among 4 Men\u2019s 200 Free Scratches For 2026 Pro Swim Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t2026 PRO SWIM SERIES \u2013 AUSTIN<\/p>\n<p>2025 World Championships individual silver medalists <a class=\"auto-link-tag\" title=\"Jack Alexy Bio\" href=\"https:\/\/swimswam.com\/bio\/jack-alexy\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Alexy<\/a> and <a class=\"auto-link-tag\" title=\"Shaine Casas Bio\" href=\"https:\/\/swimswam.com\/bio\/shaine-casas\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaine Casas<\/a> were among four men to scratch the B final of the 200 free on the third night of the Pro Swim Series in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>After not swimming his scheduled events on the first two days of home pool competition, Casas will still take to the blocks in the evening for the first time. He\u2019s the top qualifier for the men\u2019s 50 back semifinal, which offers double prize money for the final. The 200 free scratch, in which he finished 18th this morning with a 1:53.34, is likely a tactical one to optimize performance in the sprint event.<\/p>\n<p>Alexy, by contrast, will not compete in tonight\u2019s session. The Berkeley-based sprint ace was a DNS in the 50 backstroke this morning. Alexy finished 12th in the 200 this morning with a 1:50.68. His best time in the off event comes from the U.S. Open last month, when he clocked a 1:48.68.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the two pros in the high number of B-final scratches was Aquajets swimmer <a class=\"auto-link-tag\" title=\"View more articles about Jack Dahlgren\" href=\"https:\/\/swimswam.com\/tag\/jack-dahlgren\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Dahlgren<\/a>. ASU and Swiss athlete <a class=\"auto-link-tag\" title=\"View more articles about Tiago Behar\" href=\"https:\/\/swimswam.com\/tag\/tiago-behar\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiago Behar<\/a> rounded out the four renounced lanes. Dahlgren curbed a double with his 50 back semifinal swim, while Behar is absent from tonight\u2019s heat sheets.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from this event, it was a relatively quiet afternoon for scratches. The highest ranked swimmer to drop was France\u2019s <a class=\"auto-link-tag\" title=\"View more articles about Analia Pigree\" href=\"https:\/\/swimswam.com\/tag\/analia-pigree\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Analia Pigree<\/a>. The 24-year-old European Champion gave up her #3 seed in the women\u2019s 50 back semifinal. Pigr\u00e9e registered a 28.86 this morning, a couple tenths behind runner-up <a class=\"auto-link-tag\" title=\"Regan Smith Bio\" href=\"https:\/\/swimswam.com\/bio\/regan-smith\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regan Smith<\/a> and seventh tenths behind fellow Frenchman <a class=\"auto-link-tag\" title=\"View more articles about Beryl Gastadello\" href=\"https:\/\/swimswam.com\/tag\/beryl-gastadello\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beryl Gastadello<\/a>. She will not compete in tonight\u2019s finals after previously finishing 5th in the 50 free.<\/p>\n<p>Full scratch report (A\/B finals):<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 800 Freestyle<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s 50 breast<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 50 breast<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s 200 free<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 200 free<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s 50 fly (semifinal)<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 50 fly (semifinal)<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s 400 IM<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 400 IM<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s 50 back (semifinal)<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 50 back (semifinal)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 PRO SWIM SERIES \u2013 AUSTIN 2025 World Championships individual silver medalists Jack Alexy and Shaine Casas were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[54325,132,134,133,54613,50892,53924,53927,54614,50903,50906,54615],"class_list":{"0":"post-126483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-analia-pigree","9":"tag-austin","10":"tag-austin-headlines","11":"tag-austin-news","12":"tag-beryl-gastadello","13":"tag-jack-alexy","14":"tag-jack-dahlgren","15":"tag-kia-alert","16":"tag-madalyn-petty","17":"tag-regan-smith","18":"tag-shaine-casas","19":"tag-tiago-behar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}