Justin Ress Shocks the Field For First National Title in 50 Back

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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NC State swimmer Justin Ress shocked the whole field in winning the 50 back on Thursday in Indianapolis. The 19-year-old turned heads in the Natatorium as he beat the last two Olympic champions in the 100 back in Ryan Murphy and Matt Grevers. Ress beat them all with a 24.41 to have the number one time in the world for 2017. Ress moves ahead of China’s Xu Jiayu (24.42) and Russia’s Evgeny Rylov (24.52).

Ress beat out Murphy (24.64) and Grevers (24.67) to take home his first career national title. Ress will make his first major international trip with that win. John Shebat (24.88), Taylor Dale (24.93), Luke Kaliszak (24.97), Michael Andrew (25.01) and Daniel Carr (25.30) also swam in the A-final.

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