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Olympian, Barrier-Breaking Swimmer Casey Converse Dies, 66
By Braden Keith on SwimSwam U.S. Olympic swimmer and former Air Force head swim coach Casey Converse has died. He was 66-years old. Converse swam collegiately at the University of Alabama where he set a pair of NCAA Records in the 1650 yard free and became the first man to break the 15-minute barrier in that event. At the 1977 NCAA Championships in Cleveland, he won in 14:57.30. In a dual meet he also shattered the American Record in the 1000 yard free. Converse swam at the 1976 Olympic Games when he was only 18-years old, finishing 9th in the 400-meter freestyle. After college, he went on to a long coaching career, most famously at the United States Air Force Academy. He coached there from

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