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Seth Stubblefield
American swimmer

Seth Stubblefield

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American swimmer
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31 years
Education
University of California, Berkeley
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Biography

Seth Stubblefield (born July 21, 1993) is an American retired competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly. He is a gold medalist in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay from the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju.

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 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. 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 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. 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 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. In a tightly contested race, Stubblefield touched third behind Phelps and Shields, missing out on an 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

As of February 22, 2021
Short course yards
EventTimeMeetDateNote(s)
50 y freestyle18.972014 NCAA ChampionshipsMarch 27, 2014
100 y butterfly45.842015 Pac-12 Conference ChampionshipsMarch 6, 2015
100 y freestyle42.312014 NCAA ChampionshipsMarch 29, 2014
Long course
EventTimeMeetDateNote(s)
50 m butterfly24.362017 Phillips 66 Summer National ChampionshipsJune 28, 2017
50 m freestyle22.152014 Phillips 66 Summer National ChampionshipsAugust 10, 2014
100 m butterfly51.242016 U.S. Olympic TrialsJuly 1, 2016
100 m freestyle49.092014 Phillips 66 Summer National ChampionshipsAugust 6, 2014
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