Big 12 Finalist Shea Skarda Transferring To Pitt After One Season With TCU

Shea Skarda will be a part of Pitt for the upcoming 2026-2027 season. The Washington native spent one season at TCU.

Skarda confirmed to SwimSwam that he’s nonetheless planning to go to Pitt this fall regardless of the uncertainty of who will likely be head coach for Pitt this upcoming season. Head coach Chase Kreitler resigned final week, efficient instantly.

Skarda arrived at TCU this previous fall and had a powerful displaying at midseason, swimming to lifetime bests in each the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. He swam a 54.17 within the 100 and a 1:56.81 within the 200.

He concluded his season on the 2026 Big 12 Championships and finaled within the 100 breast as he was twenty first in a 54.64. His lifetime greatest from midseason would have completed twentieth. He additionally was twenty sixth within the 200 breast (1:59.68) and forty first within the 200 IM in a season greatest 1:54.58.

Skarda’s Best SCY Times Are:

• 100 breast: 54.17
• 200 breast: 1:56.81

The Pitt males completed eleventh out of 15 groups on the 2026 ACC Championships and went on to complete twentieth at 2026 NCAAs, their highest end in 73 years. Sprinter Julian Koch led the best way however has since introduced he’ll switch to Tennessee.

Based on his greatest instances, Skarda is simply off what it took to make it again within the 200 breast at ACCs because it took a 1:56.17 to earn a second swim. It took a  52.95 100 breast to make it again. Rising sophomore Joseph Gardner was Pitt’s highest finisher within the 200 breast with a 1:57.97 for thirty second. Rising junior Eli Hobson led the crew within the 100 breast with a 52.40 for 14th. Skarda can have the prospect to coach alongside the 2 for no less than two seasons.