Caeleb Dressel Swims World Leading 50.3 100 Fly at Mission Viejo (RACE VIDEO)

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Caeleb Dressel showed off his versatility in the men’s 100 fly, enforcing his monopoly on sprint events with a meet-record 50.36. Dressel swam this on the final night of the 2019 Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, California. Adilbek Mussin was his closest competitor at 52.61, which barely surpassed Marius Kusch’s mark of 52.79. Evan Carlson managed to lower his time from prelims, posting a 53.08 for fourth, while Jiajun Sun turned in a 53.25 to break into the top five.

Cody Bybee had an impressive swim of his own, clocking in at 53.90 to take down Kyle Robrock (54.15) and Ariel Spektor (54.84).

Event 34  Men Open 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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         MEET: M 50.36  6/23/2019 Caeleb Dressel, GSC  -FL
         POOL: P 50.36  6/23/2019 Caeleb Dressel, GSC  -FL
     AMERICAN: A 49.82  8/1/2009  Michael Phelps, USA
      US OPEN: U 50.22  7/9/2009  Michael Phelps, USA
        WORLD: W 49.82  8/1/2009  Michael Phelps, USA
                 54.19  ~OLY 2020 Olympic Trials
                 54.49  ^SRS 2019 Senior National
                 56.49  ^JRS 2019 Junior National
                 58.39  ^FUT 2019 Futures
               1:00.80  SMOC 2019 SMOC Meet Qual
 Meet Qualifying:  1:00.80
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals       Points 
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                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Caeleb Dressel   22 GSC-FL              51.98      50.36M~OLY    20  
                 23.82        50.36 (26.54)
  2 Mussin, Adilbek  19 TROJ-CA             52.42      52.61 ~OLY    17  
                 24.52        52.61 (28.09)
  3 Kusch, Marius    26 UN-17-NC/TE         53.01      52.79 ~OLY    16  
                 24.14        52.79 (28.65)
  4 Carlson, Evan    19 SUN-AZ              53.65      53.08 ~OLY    15  
                 25.36        53.08 (27.72)
  5 Sun, Jiajun      18 CHIN                54.72      53.25 ~OLY    14  
                 24.58        53.25 (28.67)
  6 Bybee, Cody      19 SUN-AZ              54.51      53.90 ~OLY    13  
                 25.21        53.90 (28.69)
  7 Robrock, Kyle    25 UN-01-CO            54.79      54.15 ~OLY    12  
                 25.13        54.15 (29.02)
  8 Spektor, Ariel   20 BSS-FL/TROJ         54.88      54.84 ^JRS    11  
                 25.36        54.84 (29.48)

Caeleb Dressel now has the fastest time in the world for 2019. His time put him past France’s Mehdy Metella and South Africa’s Chad Le Clos. Dressel is aiming for his second straight 100 fly World title in four weeks at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju. The time is an in-season best and was faster than what he swam last year to win Nationals (50.50). His previous in-season best was a 51.41 from the Atlanta Classic in May 2019.