By finishing third at the World Trials, Shanteau qualified for the University Games. Shanteau has a chance to win a gold at the World University Games, which begin Friday in Izmir, Turkey. "I just haven't gotten what I really want yet so I have to keep working for it." "A lot of people think it would just kind of be depressing and make you want to quit the sport after a while, but it's kind of the opposite of me. "I guess just the best way to say it is it keeps me motivated," Shanteau said. It was that same duo that left the 21-year-old off this summer's World Championship team, edging him again in the 200 IM. Phelps won in 1:56.71 and Florida's Ryan Lochte was second, painful tenths of a second faster than Shanteau. A couple days later, Shanteau finished the 200 IM in under 2 minutes - an exceptional feat - and still came in third. Olympic team by less than a second, coming in third in the 400 IM behind Erik Vendt and Phelps, who set a world record time. Because I'm not far behind them, which means I could be in contention for a medal at the Olympic Games." "When I look at it like that, that's actually the most frustrating way to look at it. "If you look at the Olympic Games, both the gold and silver medal in both the IMs were the guys that beat me (at the U.S. "It's definitely difficult every time," Shanteau said. But so does Michael Phelps, America's golden boy in the pool, and twice Shanteau has lost out to the phenom from Baltimore. qualifying meets for international competition.Ī tremendously versatile swimmer, Shanteau races the individual medleys. Six straight years of winning come in sharp contrast to Shanteau's luck at the major U.S. "I'm not real big into politics, but I did think it was pretty cool." But he stayed around and talked with us for a little bit. "I kind of figured he was going to come out, take the picture and leave. "It was really cool because he was a lot more personable than I thought he would be," Shanteau said.
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Since then, he's been part of three Georgia Class AAAAA team titles and three NCAA championships with Auburn - the most recent of which earned Shanteau and the rest of the Tigers a trip to the White House and a meeting with President Bush in July. The last time Shanteau lost at a championship meet was as a freshman at Parkview. Fractions of a second have kept him from qualifying for two World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games.īut as a member of a team, in high school and college, Shanteau has been second to none. By: Christine Troyke Courtesy of the Gwinnett Daily PostĮric Shanteau has been third in the nation at all the big swimming meets for the last two years.