Caeleb Dressel Photo Courtesy: Dan D'Addona
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In tonight’s 50 free A final Florida Gator Caeleb Dressel threw down yet another NCAA and American record with a 17.63 to win by nearly a second ahead of NC State’s Ryan Held. Minnesota’s Bowen Becker snuck into third with a 18.90.
USC’s Santo Condorelli touched first in the B final with a 18.99.
Watch a full video of Dressel’s historic swim below:
Event 5 Men 50 Yard Freestyle - Caeleb Dressel
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NCAA: N 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
American: A 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
U. S. Open: O 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Championship: C 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Pool: P 17.81 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Name Year School Prelims Finals NISCA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Caeleb Dressel SR Florida 18.11 17.63N 200 20
r:+0.63 8.48 17.63 (9.15)
2 Ryan Held SR NC State 18.69 18.64 192 17
r:+0.60 9.10 18.64 (9.54)
3 Bowen Becker JR Minnesota 18.88 18.90 186 16
r:+0.63 9.20 18.90 (9.70)
4 Pawel Sendyk SO California 18.95 18.94 185 15
r:+0.66 9.08 18.94 (9.86)
5 Ryan Hoffer FR California 19.04 18.97 184 13.5
r:+0.65 9.07 18.97 (9.90)
5 Zach Apple JR Auburn 18.97 18.97 184 13.5
r:+0.63 9.10 18.97 (9.87)
7 Robert Howard JR Alabama 19.00 19.09 181 12
r:+0.69 9.19 19.09 (9.90)
8 Blake Pieroni SR Indiana 18.93 19.17 179 11
r:+0.64 9.28 19.17 (9.89)
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This guys is unbelievable!! GEAUX GATORS!!
Plain old wow
That’s some crazy fast swimming!
Unbelievable. Just unbelievable
shitt weer sneller moet je weer taggen
Meredith Eakinss ??
Ah!! I was just reading that article! Did you see he has ALL the top times?
Meredith Eakins ya it’s literally crazy he keeps breaking his own American and World records
Last time I checked 18.64 – 17.63 = 1.01. 1.01 is more than a second, not almlst a second.
Erin Weaver too bad the men and women weren’t combined this year! (Stephanie Chappel this is literally so fast there is no comparison ha).
Look at that split 8.9 secs lol that’s just ridiculous
Is there a video link available?
https://youtu.be/JTSEAV8qd9s
https://youtu.be/PY5lRsUBqP8
gg
First man to go under 18 in the 50 free. And he didn’t just squeak under either.
Wow wow wow wow …i have no words…
Wow just wow !!
Just not human!! He is a beast! WTH Caleb❤️
Congratulations!
Unreal !!! Love it !!!
Holy. Cow.
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Maureen Tom Haley
Wow that’s fast!!??♂️??♂️??♂️
Lisa Anne ??
Philip Vranić k
I just want him to swim SCM ?
So true
Tim Wells ?
Holy hell Batman!
LeeAnne Thorson Schwan
Brent Trevisan
Seth
Cesar Jauregui
Is this yards??
Yes
that helps. A little different in metres but still impressive
Beast!! ???
Astounding!
That’s crazy!!!! But I love it!
Chrisse Hassett a body length…in a 50. ?
I just said the same thing Chrisse!! Insane!
Lachlan Byrne
What is also amazing is Florida would be 2 seconds faster in the 400 MR if he swam breaststroke instead of freestyle. Their breaststroker did 53.01 in prelims, Caeleb might do 49.1 in a relay.
What’s he the 100 free? I want Rowdy to drop his jaw does mid 39
I’d say breaking a 39 is entirely possible!
Current world record in the 50 meter freestyle is 20.91 by Cesar Cielo. The time Dressel just went when converting to meters is 19.29. Think about that for a moment. He won the event by 1.01 seconds tonight. Just wait until he blasts a 39.3 in the 100 free.
Joe Stott hahaha
Yeah but cielo was 18.4 then 20.9 a few years later. 17.63 realistically converts to more like a 20.2ish, in a few years if he continues to improve like cielo did.
The faster the times the less accurate the conversion
True I was giving a comparison. I do think Dressel could push 20.0 plus he won’t have the turn so that will slow him down.
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That’s pretty nuts
That is crazy fast!
Unbelievable!! That’s awesome! ???♂️?♂️
Julie Nations, Sam O’leary,deb Deborah Dourlain!
UNBELIEVABLE!!
Can you imagine being his Mom? “Yeah, I drove 1500 miles yesterday to watch my kid swim for less than 18 seconds.” ?❤️?
Davy Bisslik, Rowin Bisslik
Al Germain
Joe Stott thats probs fast af but its not metress so no respect from me
Jonathan Powers….. ? Don’t blink you’ll miss it ???
Insane
Insane!!
That’s bananas! Well done! ??
Ally Peterson holy cow!
Tucker Wetmore !!!!
Brandon Sum
This guy is a g
Jason L Wagner
This stud, if allowed to enter more events and if there were enough time to recover after his events, could win: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 IM, 100 breast and 200 IM. He is simply the greatest swimmer at yards ever.
I notice his coach had him swim the breast leg on the 400 MR, he had a good split, but was out of it as their man had the slowest split of all the backstrokers