{"id":491262,"date":"2021-11-11T13:49:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=491262"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:49:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:49:03","slug":"caeleb-dressel-among-notable-swimmers-not-competing-in-first-isl-semifinal-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caeleb-dressel-among-notable-swimmers-not-competing-in-first-isl-semifinal-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Caeleb Dressel Among Notable Swimmers Not Competing in First ISL Semifinal Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caeleb Dressel opted not to swim in the first International Swimming League (ISL) semifinal match in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Thursday. It hasn’t hurt the Cali Condors.<\/p>\n

The Condors lead with 290 points, ahead of Energy Standard (276), DC Trident (183) and Team Iron (171) after the first day of the first semifinal match.<\/p>\n

Cali’s Caeleb Dressel,<\/strong> Hali Flickinger, Sherridon Dressel<\/strong> and Energy Standard’s Chad le Clos, Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> and Florent Manaudou<\/strong> were not among the start lists for this meet.<\/p>\n

In Dressel’s absence, Justin Ress<\/strong> won the 50 free for the Cali Condors<\/a>, minimizing the first-day point differential without Caeleb Dressel, the defending ISL MVP.<\/p>\n

There were several other big names not competing in the meet, many of them European stars who just competed in the Short Course European Championships last week.<\/p>\n

For DC Felipe Franca Silva, Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> and Jay Litherland<\/strong> are not slated to compete, while Team Iron will be without Marco Orsi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Cali Condors took the lead behind two victories from Beata Nelson<\/strong>.\u00a0 Energy Standard was within striking distance, just 14 points behind heading into the second day.<\/p>\n

It is unknown how long Caeleb Dressel, or the rest of the stars, will be absent, but definitely not for the second day of the first semifinal match.<\/p>\n

Team Scores<\/strong>
\nCali Condors 290
\nEnergy Standard 276
\nDC Trident 183
\nTeam Iron 171<\/p>\n

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