Justin Ress Rattles American Record In 50 Back Prelims At Nationals

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NC State’s Justin Ress narrowly missed the American Record in the 50 back on Friday morning at the 2018 Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine. Ress swam a 24.46 in the heats as he was just off the American Record of 24.33 by Randall Bal from 2008. Ress is also just off of the US Open record of 24.36 by Junya Koga from 2015.

Ress is now tied for second in the world rankings for 2018.

Ress has a chance to break both records tonight as he is the top seed ahead of Matt Grevers (24.53), Michael Andrew (24.59), Ryan Held (24.59) and Ryan Murphy (24.63).

Any five of those guys could take the top spot tonight in the championship final as a plane ticket to the 2019 World Championships in South Korea is on the line for the winner.

Daniel Carr (24.86), Luke Kaliszak (25.22) and Chris Staka (25.33) placed in the top eight this morning after the prelim heats.

2018 World Rankings:

Vladimir Morozov, RUS, 24.35
Justin Ress, USA, 24.46
Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS, 24.46
Matt Grevers, USA, 24.53
Junya Koga, JPN, 24.56
Michael Andrew, USA, 24.59
Ryan Held, USA, 24.59
Ryan Murphy, USA, 24.63

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Thomas A. Small

5 years ago

Congratulations