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FINA Short Course World Championships (25m)
Carson Foster shines at FINA Short Course World Championships
12.18.2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Junior Carson Foster earned five medals and helped the United States establish a 4x200m free relay world record.
MELBOURNE, Australia – Texas Men's Swimming's Carson Foster collected five medals and helped the United States take down the 4x200m freestyle relay world record this week at the 2022 FINA Short Course World Championships (25m) at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre.
Foster and Texas Ex Drew Kibler teamed with Kieran Smith and Trenton Julian to smash the 4x200m free relay with a time of 6:44.12, more than two seconds better than the previous world record of 6:46.81 by Brazil. Foster posted the fastest split for the Americans, clocking 1:40.48, while Kibler swam the anchor in 1:41.16.
On Tuesday's first day of competition, Foster opened the championships with a silver-medal performance in the 200m IM, swimming a personal-best 1:50.96 that is the second-fastest time ever for an American in the event (Ryan Lochte, 1:49.63). It marked the second-straight year Foster earned silver in the event at the FINA World Championships. He added a bronze medal later in the evening, helping the United States to a third-place result in the 4x100m free relay. He joined Kibler, Smith and Shaine Casas, who trains in Austin with Texas head coach Eddie Reese, to post a time of 3:05.09.
Foster collected a second silver on Friday, finishing runner-up in the 400m IM with a personal-best 3:57.63. He was joined in the final by his brother Jake Foster, who took sixth with a time of 4:02.51.
"Honestly, I would've liked to go a little faster and place one spot higher," Carson Foster said. "That's a race that – no matter what the result was – I'll always remember getting to walk out with my brother (Jake). Sharing that with him is what I'm taking away from tonight."
The Fosters also earned medals for competing in relay preliminary races, with Carson collecting his fifth medal with a gold in the 4x100m medley relay and Jake receiving a gold in the 4x200m free relay.
Kibler narrowly missed earning a third medal, placing fourth in Sunday's 200m free final with a time of 1:41.44.
David Johnston advanced to two championship finals for the United States, taking fifth in the 800m freestyle with a time of 7:34.33 on Saturday and eighth in Tuesday's 1500m free final in 14:35.27.
Caspar Corbeau competed for The Netherlands, advancing to the 100m breaststroke semifinals and placing sixth in his heat in 57.73, while clocking the 11th-fastest time in 200m breaststroke preliminary heats at 2:05.14.
Casas had an outstanding championship, winning silver in the 200 back (1:48.01) and earning a trio of relay medals with a silver in the 4x50m medley relay (American Record 1:30.37), bronze in the 4x100m free relay, while adding a gold for swimming in the prelims of the mixed 4x50m medley relay. He also finished just off the podium twice with fourth-place finishes in the 100m IM (51.36) and 200m IM (1:51.31).
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