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Claire Curzan is an American swimmer. She is the world junior record holder in the short course 100 meter butterfly and 50 meter freestyle. She also holds the American record in the short course 50 meter butterfly and the 100 yard butterfly. She won four medals at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay for her contribution swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the prelims and in her individual event, the 100 meter butterfly, she placed tenth. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, she won a total of two gold medals and two silver medals in relay events, and two bronze medals in individual events.
Shaine Casas is an American professional swimmer. He was national champion in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2019 National Championships. In 2021 he was a three-time NCAA champion, once in the 100-yard backstroke, once in the 200-yard backstroke, and once in the 200-yard individual medley. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4×50-meter medley relay, a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke, the 4×100-meter medley relay, and the 4×50-meter mixed medley relay, and a bronze medal as part of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Trenton Jeffrey Julian is an American competitive swimmer. He is an American record holder in the short course 4×200 meter freestyle relay. He won a gold medal in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay at the 2019 World University Games. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he won gold medals in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay and 4×50 meter medley relay and a silver medal in the 4×100 meter medley relay, swimming butterfly on the medley relays.
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- ↑ "14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Men's 100m Butterfly". FINA. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
