Townley Haas
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| Full name | Francis Townley Haas | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 United States
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December 13, 1996 Richmond, VA |
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| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||
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Francis Townley Haas (born December 13, 1996) is an American swimmer specializing in freestyle events. He competes for the University of Texas.
Haas grew up in Richmond, Virginia (where his family still lives) and graduated from Benedictine College Prep. Before his time at Texas he swam for Geoff Brown at Nova of Virginia Aquatics, which sent nine swimmers to the Olympic trials in Omaha.
He won the 500 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle at the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and diving Championship. In 2016 he swam in a 4×200 free relay for Texas setting the US Open record and with the fastest relay split ever.
Haas holds the American record in the 200 yard freestyle.
In 2016 he placed first at the US Olympic Swimming trials in the 200 meter freestyle, qualifying for a spot on the US Olympic Team. Haas also placed third in the 400 m freestyle.
At the Rio Olympics, he placed fifth in the 200 meter freestyle and first in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay. He swam the second leg on the relay and provided the fastest split of the entire field by 0.71 seconds.
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