Caeleb Dressel Swims 18.11 in 50 Free in Prelims, New American/NCAA Record

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Caeleb Dressel has done it again. In the 50 free prelims at the men’s NCAA championships, he swam a time of 18.11, nine hundredths under his previous American and NCAA records of 18.20.

Dressel qualified first by more than a half-second, with NC State’s Ryan Held taking second in 18.69. Third went to Minnesota’s Bowen Becker in 18.88. Three others broke 19 seconds: 200 free American record-setter Blake Pieroni (18.93), Cal’s Pwerl Sendyk (18.95) and Auburn’s Zach Apple (18.97).

Alabama’s Robert Howard (19.00) and Cal’s Ryan Hoffer (19.04) also made the final.

Notably, NC State relay hero Justin Ress was 10th in 19.09, just ahead of USC’s Santo Condorelli (19.10). Texas’ Joseph Schooling tied for 15th in 19.20.

Event 5  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 18.20  3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
     American: A 18.20  3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
   U. S. Open: O 18.20  3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
 Championship: C 18.20  3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
         Pool: P 18.66  3/24/2011 Nathan Adrian, California
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims NISCA       
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Caeleb Dressel   SR Florida             18.66      18.11N q200  
     r:+0.63  8.74         18.11 (9.37)
  2 Ryan Held        SR NC State            18.75      18.69  q191  
     r:+0.61  9.05         18.69 (9.64)
  3 Bowen Becker     JR Minnesota           18.69      18.88  q186  
     r:+0.64  9.19         18.88 (9.69)
  4 Blake Pieroni    SR Indiana             19.60      18.93  q185  
     r:+0.62  9.09         18.93 (9.84)
  5 Pawel Sendyk     SO California          19.09      18.95  q185  
     r:+0.66  9.17         18.95 (9.78)
  6 Zach Apple       JR Auburn              18.91      18.97  q184  
     r:+0.63  9.19         18.97 (9.78)
  7 Robert Howard    JR Alabama             19.11      19.00  q183  
     r:+0.65  9.23         19.00 (9.77)
  8 Ryan Hoffer      FR California          19.13      19.04  q182  
     r:+0.64  9.11         19.04 (9.93)

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Martha Phelan

6 years ago

That is just crazy???

Arica Courtney

6 years ago

Holy cow!!

Jonna Waller

6 years ago

Graham Ginn

Scott Osborn

6 years ago

Brooke Lowery Osborn

Scott Osborn

6 years ago

Reply to Scott Osborn

I’m pretty sure 40.0 is going down.

Gian Alessandro

6 years ago

Reply to Scott Osborn

Scott Osborn Maybe by more than one person

Scott Osborn

6 years ago

Reply to Scott Osborn

I hope. That would be awesome to see.

Graham Ginn

6 years ago

God damn.

Allan Ortiz

6 years ago

Erwin Ortiz Torres

Travis Pope

6 years ago

Jeff Williams NCAAs have begun and this man is just getting warmed up

Jeff Williams

6 years ago

Reply to Travis Pope

I NEED to watch finals

Kingsbrooke Sea Lions

6 years ago

Lightning ?

Svetlana Scott

6 years ago

Godspeed!!!

Gleneen Kozlowski Orndahl

6 years ago

Alec Orndahl

Darnell James

6 years ago

First guy under 18. Tonight.

Clayton Jimmie

6 years ago

It’s unreal?

Kathie Egloff

6 years ago

Chase Vanucchi

Kyle Starling

6 years ago

This is just the beginning for him

Aaron Gordon

6 years ago

Joni Gordon …ridiculous

Pro Women Fitness

6 years ago

Yay

Aaron Gordon

6 years ago

Joni Gordon ridiculous

Joni Gordon

6 years ago

Reply to Aaron Gordon

Crazy

Aaron Gordon

6 years ago

Reply to Aaron Gordon

He will go under 18 tonight in the finals

Andréa Jessup

6 years ago

Kelly Jastremski he is gonna break 18 sec!!wow!

Kelly Jastremski

6 years ago

Reply to Andréa Jessup

Balls to the wall fast. Did you see that the Blake Peroni, an IU swimmer, set an American record leading off the 800 Free relay going 1:29.65 for the 200 free?! First person ever under 1:30