Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>lowered the American record in semi-finals of the 50 freestyle, touching in 20.51, faster than his 20.62 from this morning<\/a>. That time earns him the top finals seed, a full two tenths ahead of Great Britain’s\u00a0Benjamin Proud\u00a0<\/strong>in 20.71.\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>of Russia had the third fastest swim, a 20.83.<\/p>\n Australian\u00a0Cameron McEvoy<\/strong> (20.91), Lithuania’s\u00a0Simonas Bilis\u00a0<\/strong>(21.03) Brazilian\u00a0Cesar Cielo <\/strong>(21.06), and South Africa’s\u00a0Bradley Tandy<\/strong>\u00a0(21.07) also advance to tomorrow night’s final. There will have to be a swim off for the final spot as both\u00a0the Netherlands’\u00a0Jesse Puts\u00a0<\/strong>and Poland’s\u00a0Pawel Jurasek\u00a0<\/strong>got to the wall in 21.12.<\/p>\n Immediately after the race McEvoy said: \u201cI\u2019m happy I went under 21 again and did the same time as this morning. I felt a lot flatter in terms of energy tonight so to do the same time is really good and I\u2019m in the final, so I can\u2019t complain.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Coming right off his 100 IM semifinal, American\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>failed to advance to finals, touching in 21.18.<\/p>\n