Seth Stubblefield
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Nickname | "Stubbs" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1993-07-21) July 21, 1993 (age 31) San Angelo, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | California Aquatics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | California Golden Bears | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Dave Durden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seth Stubblefield (born July 21, 1993) is an American retired competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly.[1] He is a gold medalist in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay from the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju.[2]
Early life
Stubblefield was the 2010 Junior National champion in both the 100 and 200-meter butterfly, which qualified him for the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii. At Junior Pan Pacs, Stubblefield earned a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly and a gold medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[3][4]
Swimming as a sophomore for Plano Senior High School at the 2009 5A Texas State Championships, Stubblefield won the 4×50 and the 4×100 y freestyle relays.[5] As a junior at the 2010 State Championships, he won the 4×100 freestyle relay and was runner-up in the 50 y freestyle and the 100 y butterfly. In the 4×50 y medley relay, Stubblefield teamed up with high school and club teammate Will Licon to earn a bronze medal.[6] In his senior year, he elected to forego his last year of high school eligibility. He still currently holds the Plano Senior High School records in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay, and the 400-yard freestyle relay.[7]
Collegiate career
Stubblefield competed for the California Golden Bears from 2011 to 2015 where he was a 3-time NCAA champion, 5-time NCAA runner-up, 2-time NCAA team champion (2012 & 2014), 16-time All-American, and a 5-time honorable mention All-American.[8][9][10][11] He also formerly held the American record in the 4×100 medley relay from the 2015 NCAA Championships.[12]
International career
At the 2014 Phillips 66 Summer National Championships, Stubblefield swam the 50 and 100-meter freestyles as well as the 100-meter butterfly. Stubblefield's times in the 50 and 100 freestyles qualified himself for the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, where he won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.
At the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, Stubblefield entered the 100-meter butterfly final as the top-seeded swimmer, ahead of the likes of Michael Phelps and Tom Shields.[13] In a tightly contested race, Stubblefield touched third behind Phelps and Shields, missing out on an Olympic berth by 4-hundredths of a second.[14][15]
Personal life
Seth is married to former University of Georgia All-American swimmer Lauren (Harrington) Stubblefield, and they have a son together named Judah. Seth is the son of Scott and Patti Stubblefield and has a younger sister, Alyssa.
Personal bests
- As of February 22, 2021
Short course yards | ||||
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Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
50 y freestyle | 18.97 | 2014 NCAA Championships | March 27, 2014 | |
100 y butterfly | 45.84 | 2015 Pac-12 Conference Championships | March 6, 2015 | |
100 y freestyle | 42.31 | 2014 NCAA Championships | March 29, 2014 |
Long course | ||||
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Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
50 m butterfly | 24.36 | 2017 Phillips 66 Summer National Championships | June 28, 2017 | |
50 m freestyle | 22.15 | 2014 Phillips 66 Summer National Championships | August 10, 2014 | |
100 m butterfly | 51.24 | 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials | July 1, 2016 | |
100 m freestyle | 49.09 | 2014 Phillips 66 Summer National Championships | August 6, 2014 |
See also
- NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
- California Golden Bears
- List of University of California, Berkeley alumni in sports
References
- ^ "Seth Stubblefield". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ file:///C:/Users/micha/Downloads/Swimming_v1.0%20(1).pdf
- ^ "Men's Swimming and Diving". Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "2010 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships" (PDF). USAswimming. August 26, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "2009 5A State Meet". February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "2010 5A State Meet". February 26, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "School Records | Plano Wildcat Swimming & Diving". planowildcatswimming.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Division 1 Men's Swimming & Diving". March 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Championship Meet 2013 NCAA Division 1 Men's Swimming & Diving". teamunify. March 28, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Men's Division I Championship" (PDF). TexasSports. March 27, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "2015 NCAA Division I Mens Championships". swimcloud. March 26, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "2015 NCAA Men's Swimming (and Diving) Championships: Cal was great in day 1 but Texas was better". March 27, 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming - 6/26/2016 to 7/3/2016 Results" (PDF). July 3, 2016. p. 157. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming - 6/26/2016 to 7/3/2016 Results" (PDF). July 3, 2016. p. 157. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "Olympic Swimming Trials - Michael Phelps Wins 100m Butterfly Final". Youtube. July 2, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
External links
- [1] at Team USA
- [2] at SwimSwam
- [3] at Swimcloud
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- 1959: Great Britain: Unknown
- 1961: Japan: (Shimizu, Fukui, Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
- 1963: Japan: (Umemoto, Fukui, Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
- 1965: United States: (Roth, Saari, Dilley, Ilman)
- 1967: United States: (Walsh, Havens, Charlton, Zorn)
- 1970: United States: (Havens, McConica, O'Mallay, Heckl)
- 1973: United States: (Elliot, Tietre, Anderson, Knox)
- 1977: United States: (Coan, Lambert, Curington, Ebuna)
- 1979: Not held
- 1981: United States: (Spencer, Schmidt, Goodridge, Kirschner)
- 1983: Soviet Union:
- 1985: United States: (McCadam, Born, Oppel, Biondi)
- 1987: United States: (Hansen, Kerska, Williams, Thomas)
- 1991: United States: (Anderson, Davis, Hansen, Towne)
- 1993: United States: (Kurza, Pepper, Picotte, Fox)
- 1995: United States: (Schumacher, Tucker, Gumbril, Davis)
- 1997: United States: (Newman, Esway, Lezak, Jones)
- 1999: Australia: (Goudie, Upton, Wyllie, Pine)
- 2001: Great Britain: (Kidd, Scotcher, Cozens, Belk)
- 2003: Great Britain: (Cozens, Scotcher, Davenport, Kidd)
- 2005: France: (Galavtine, Bodet, Madelaine, Bernard)
- 2007: United States: (McGinnis, Grevers, Lundquist, Ritter)
- 2009: United States: (Copeland, Brady, Mcginnis, Robison)
- 2011: United States: (Feigen, Phillips, Norys, Savulich)
- 2013: Russia: (Grechin, Lobintsev, Morozov, Izotov)
- 2015: United States: (Ellis, Wynalda, Conger, Stubblefield)
- 2017: United States: (Rooney, Held, Ress, Lynch)
- 2019: United States: (Apple, Farris, Howard, Jackson)
- 2021: Poland: (Sieradzki, Dudys, Chowaniec, Kraska)