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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday night, Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> did enough to earn two standing ovations and even got on SportsCenter<\/em>. That\u2019s what happens when you not only become the first man to break 18 seconds in the 50-yard free<\/a> but you annihilate 18 seconds\u2014twice.<\/p>\n

The night after featured a bit of a scare, as Dressel got out of the pool after swimming the breaststroke leg on Florida\u2019s 4×100 medley relay limping and dealing with some sort of upper leg injury. Sounds extremely painful\u2014but not enough to stop Dressel.<\/p>\n

The morning after, he was just fine\u2014even if most of the others in attendance at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center hadn\u2019t gotten over the 17.63-second 50 free<\/a> they witnessed 16 hours earlier.<\/p>\n

Dressel swam in the first of six heats of the 100 fly, having hardly competed in that event all season, and he promptly posted the fastest time overall at 44.37. He turned at the 50-yard mark in 20.32, well under his own American and NCAA-record pace of 20.70. And then he shut it down on the way home.<\/p>\n

Dressel\u2019s record is 43.58\u2014and it seems realistically possible for him to threaten the 43-second barrier in the finals. Sixteen months ago, no one had ever broken 44.<\/p>\n

His other swim in the session was anchoring Florida\u2019s 4×50 medley relay, and he dropped a split of 17.30. Yes, that\u2019s the fastest in history by almost a half-second. Yes, his split was more than a second faster than the next quickest in the race, the 18.48 put up by USC\u2019s Santo<\/strong> Condorelli<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Consider this: Minnesota is playing host to one of the most exciting team battles at an NCAA championships, and the man who leads off every conversation is Dressel. He’s been compared to comic book superhero Thor. Even Blake Pieroni\u2019s<\/strong> stunning 1:29.63 200 free<\/a> from his relay leadoff Wednesday night has been reduced to afterthought status.<\/p>\n

Dressel, however, doesn\u2019t see himself as the undisputed center of everyone\u2019s attention. Of course, the fact that he deleted all social media in the leadup to NCAAs has something to do with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know if I am,\u201d he said Thursday night. \u201cThere’s a lot of studs in this group. You’ve got Townley<\/strong> (Haas<\/strong>), you\u2019ve got Blake\u2014Blake just was the first man under 1:30. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m at the center of it at all. I don\u2019t want to get complacent with anything. I want to keep staying hungry and keep chasing goal times.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s chasing times, not individuals. In in his final collegiate meet, he\u2019s posting times that could last on the record books for a long time. Not even a bum leg can stand in his way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"