Caeleb Dressel Annihilates Textile-Best in 100 Fly Prelims

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Men’s 100 Fly

Less than an hour after qualifying second in the men’s 50 free prelims, Caeleb Dressel put up a monster performance in the men’s 100 fly. He blasted a 50.08 to lead all qualifiers by more than a second, and the time was the fastest ever in a textile suit.

Only Michael Phelps (49.82) and Milorad Cavic (49.95) have ever been quicker than Dressel’s morning effort, with both times coming at the 2009 World Championships in Rome. Dressel beat the textile best time of 50.39 set by Joseph Schooling on his way to Olympic gold last summer.

Italy’s Piero Codia swam a time of 51.09, well behind Dressel but good enough for the No. 2 seed, while Great Britain’s James Guy qualified third in 51.16, and Schooling was fourth in 51.21.

Hungary’s Kristof Milak posted an impressive World Junior Record in the men’s 100 fly, touching in 51.23 to top the 51.26 set by Li Zhuhao last year. South Africa’s Chad Le Clos, the World Champion in the 200 fly, took sixth in 51.28, and France’s Mehdy Metella, who won bronze behind Dressel in the 100 free, was seventh in 51.46.

Brazil’s Henrique Martins (51.48) and Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (51.50) qualified eighth and ninth, respectively, while Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh, who won silver in the 200 fly, took 10th in 51.55. The next man in was Li in 51.62.

Also making the semi-final were Australia’s Grant Irvine (51.67), Poland’s Jan Switkowski (51.82), Russia’s Aleksandr Popkov (51.84), Australia’s David Morgan (51.90) and the USA’s Tim Phillips (51.96).

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Jaden Harris

7 years ago

Drew Aiden Adam Ashlea

Steve Roth

7 years ago

I like this guy… can anybody tell me why USA doesn’t have a “USA Team Uniform”?… or is this just a “stock” photo?

Panos Aristomenopoulos

7 years ago

Reply to Steve Roth

no the USA swimming team hasn’t a “standard” swimming uniform.U could notice that yesterday at the 4×200 women.the girls had different swimming uniforms.

Michael Fleming

7 years ago

Reply to Steve Roth

They have a uniform for clothing. Swimmers are free to get any swim suit sponsor they can though.

Leander

7 years ago

Reply to Steve Roth

The practical reason is that tech suits are not identical, and different suits fit different swimmers better. How well the suit fits can make a difference of the tenths and hundredths of a second that matter in swimming. As a result, you can’t have a common suit for the entire team anymore.

For example, the Arena suits did not fit my older son very well last season, but the Michael Phelps one did. He was really disappointed in this — not.

Mark Hesse

7 years ago

Reply to Steve Roth

Michael Fleming is correct there is no longer a standard team competition suit. Athlete can chose the brand, style and color they prefer

Neil Morgan

7 years ago

Reply to Steve Roth

I think they only have team kits at the olympics, but some athletes prefer certain brands, so it’s only the hat that gives away the country (on the other side from the Yakult).