Seth Stubblefield (born July 21, 1993) is an American retired competitive

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who specialized in sprint

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and butterfly. He is a gold medalist in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay from the

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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. Swimming as a

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for Plano Senior High School at the 2009 5A Texas State Championships, Stubblefield won the 4×50 and the 4×100 y freestyle relays. 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. 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.

Collegiate career

Stubblefield competed for the

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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. He also formerly held the American record in the 4×100 medley relay from the 2015 NCAA Championships.

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

, where he won a gold medal in the 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

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. In a tightly contested race, Stubblefield touched third behind Phelps and Shields, missing out on an Summer Olympic Games, Olympic berth by 4-hundredths of a second.

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

References

External links

at Team USA

at SwimSwam

at Swimcloud {{DEFAULTSORT:Stubblefield, Seth 1993 births Living people American male butterfly swimmers American male freestyle swimmers Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade California Golden Bears men's swimmers Sportspeople from Plano, Texas Sportspeople from San Angelo, Texas 21st-century American people