{"id":363238,"date":"2019-04-08T12:35:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T19:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=363238"},"modified":"2019-04-08T13:29:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T20:29:26","slug":"caeleb-dressel-on-17s-tattoos-and-the-future-of-the-hall-of-fame-aquatic-complex-at-the-groundbreaking-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caeleb-dressel-on-17s-tattoos-and-the-future-of-the-hall-of-fame-aquatic-complex-at-the-groundbreaking-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Caeleb Dressel on 17’s, Tattoos, and the Future of the Hall of Fame Aquatic Center at the Groundbreaking Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016 Olympian and American Record holder\u00a0Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>made the trip from Gainesville to Fort Lauderdale to be on hand for the Hall of Fame Aquatic Complex’s Groundbreaking Ceremony<\/a> on Friday. Dressel sat down with Swimming World TV’s\u00a0Brent Rutemiller\u00a0<\/strong>to talk about his monster year in 2018 where he had one of the most memorable NCAA meets<\/a> of all-time where he swam the fastest time in history in the 50 free, 100 fly and 100 free.<\/p>\n

Dressel most notably swam a 17.63 at that meet in Minnesota to be the first swimmer to ever break 18 seconds from a flat start and also was the first man to break 43 in the 100 fly and 40 seconds in the 100 free. Dressel talked to\u00a0Swimming World\u00a0<\/em>about that meet and how swimming in the Olympics in 2016 was able to prepare him and motivate him for the future.<\/p>\n

Dressel also talked about his tattoos (5:38) and what each of them means. He also gave a hint at what events he will be focusing on to make the Olympic team in 2020.<\/p>\n