{"id":573661,"date":"2023-12-01T11:53:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=573661"},"modified":"2023-12-01T11:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T18:55:46","slug":"u-s-open-prelims-caeleb-dressel-comes-out-strong-with-51-83-in-100-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-open-prelims-caeleb-dressel-comes-out-strong-with-51-83-in-100-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Open Prelims: Caeleb Dressel Comes Out Strong with 51.83 in 100 Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Open Prelims: Caeleb Dressel Comes Out Strong with 51.83 in 100 Fly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on the evidence of Thursday, Caeleb Dressel\u2019s<\/strong> U.S. Open looks less sluggish than sluggish to start.<\/p>\n

The five-time Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo rectified a B final placement in prelims Thursday by blasting a time of 21.99 seconds in finals that would\u2019ve been fourth in the A final.<\/p>\n

Friday, Dressel made sure he didn\u2019t miss out, going 51.83 to finish third in prelims of the 100 fly. That places him in the thick of the title hunt, trailing the leading Canadian duo.<\/p>\n

Josh Liendo<\/strong> set the best time of the morning in 51.71, flying the flag of Florida. Second was Ilya Kharun<\/strong> in 51.75.<\/p>\n

Dressel is joined under 52 seconds by Hungary\u2019s Hubert Kos,<\/strong> who went 51.86. Trenton Julian<\/strong> and Santo Condorelli<\/strong> tied for fifth in 51.90. Zach Harting<\/strong> and Aiden Hayes<\/strong> tied for the final finals spot in 52.20.<\/p>\n

That relegates Shaine Casas<\/strong> to another B final in 52.24, though he performed quite well there a night earlier. Michael Andrew<\/strong> finished 14th and Ryan Murphy<\/strong> 19th.<\/p>\n

Also in prelims:<\/p>\n