Cameron McEvoy Only Man Under 48 in Men’s 100 Free Prelims

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Men’s 100 Free

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy provided the only swim under 48 seconds in the prelims of the men’s 100 free, checking in with a quick 47.97. That’s just a little bit short of third-ranked season-best time of 47.91.

France’s Mehdy Metella qualified second in 48.18, improving to No. 7 in the world rankings, while the United States’ Caeleb Dressel was third in 48.26. Dressel owns the top-ranked time in the world at 47.26 from his leadoff leg of the American 400 free relay Sunday evening.

Australia’s Jack Cartwright qualified fourth in 48.43, and then there was a four-way tie for fifth place at 48.46 between Japan’s Shinri Shioura, Brazil’s Marcelo Cherighini, the USA’s Nathan Adrian and Great Britain’s Duncan Scott.

Russia’s Danila Izotov and Canada’s Yuri Kisil tied for ninth in 48.56, and they were followed by Ukraine’s Sergii Shevtsov (48.60) and Brazil’s Gabriel Santos (48.64). Belgium’s Pieter Timmers, the Olympic silver medalist in the event last year, was 13th in 48.67.

Also making the semi-finals were Algeria’s Oussama Sahnoune (48.75), Italy’s Ivano Vendrame (48.78) and Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (48.80). Singapore’s Joseph Schooling just missed with a 17th-placed time of 48.86, while a pair of Pac-12 rivals, Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter (USC) and Hungary’s Richard Bohus (Arizona State) tied for 18th at 48.87.

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Elisabeth Semionov

8 years ago

Hayden Semionov

Ben Silke

8 years ago

Jada Ross

Laikhuram Robert

8 years ago

This is just the semi 5 of them will come up to 47 at Final

Jennifer Jensen Treat

8 years ago

That was just prelims….. it only gets faster from there!!!

Bach Nguyen

8 years ago

Vim dressel 47 in relay tho

Vim Arachchige

8 years ago

Reply to Bach Nguyen

that guy is insane