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Cory Shanks

  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown League City, TX
  • High school Clear Creek High School
  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown League City, TX
  • High school Clear Creek High School

Cory Shanks Bio

Shanks’s Top Times
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 22.87 2/4/22 VT Invitational Blacksburg, VA
100 Freestyle

200 Freestyle

100 Butterfly

49.77

1:49.82

54.88p

2/4/22

2/4/22

2/3/23

VT Invitational

VT Invitational

VT Invitational

Blacksburg, VA

Blacksburg, VA

Blacksburg, VA

! = School Record  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split | p = Prelims 

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • T-9th – 100 free
  • 3rd, 4th – 200 free relay
  • 5th – 400 free relay
  • 10th – 200 medley relay

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Competed in all of South Carolina’s regular season meets, primarily in the 50 and 100 free races
  • Placed third in the 50 free at the season opener versus Army and versus UNCW
  • Placed a season-best second place in the 100 free during South Carolina’s meet versus Georgia
  • Set a new personal best in the 100 fly at the Virginia Tech Invitational

2021-22 (FRESHMAN)

  • Joined the team in January and competed in four different events
  • Placed third in the 50 free during the meet versus Missouri and at the Virginia Tech Invitational
  • Earned first place in the 200 free at the Virginia Tech Invitational
  • Competed on the SEC Championship team in the 50, 100, and 200 free

PERSONAL

  • Daughter to Kyle and Amy Shanks, sister to Michael Shanks
  • Supply Chain Management major
  • Attended and swam for Clear Creek High School under Coach Anthony Halford
  • Swam with the South Shore Sails club team under Coach Shawn Squires
  • Personal best times:
    • 50 free: 22.60
    • 100 free: 49.27
    • 200 free: 1:48.20
    • 500 free: 4:54.67
    • 100 back: 55.00
    • 100 fly: 53.74
    • 200 IM: 2:01.37
    • 400 IM: 4:19.44