ISL Times Report: Duncan Scott, Caeleb Dressel Show off Versatility
ISL Times Report: Duncan Scott, Caeleb Dressel Show off Versatility
The International Swimming League has completed its regular season of 11 matches, leaving eight teams set for the playoffs in November. Before those teams convene in Eindhoven, let’s take a look back at the top 10 times in each event from the first 11 matches of the season.
A few notes on the men’s die of the draw:
– It won’t surprise anyone that Caeleb Dressel has a top-10 time in six different events: The 50 and 100 freestyle, 50 and 100 butterfly, 100 and 200 individual medley. But the co-leader in that department might be a little surprising. It’s Duncan Scott of the London Roar. He holds the league’s top time in the men’s 200 free and is second in the 400 free. But he’s also in the top 10 (top seven, in fact) in the 100 free and all three individual medleys.
– Behind Dressel and Scott, five other swimmers are in the top 10 in each of four events. Two of them are, like Scott, IMers. Andreas Vazaios is in the top 10 of all three IMs (from 100 to 400, in order, fifth, third and eighth), as is Tomoe Hvas (eighth, fifth, seventh). Both are also in the top 10 in the 200 fly, which is Hvas’s highest placement in third.
– The most impressive collection of times might belong to Daiya Seto, whose season with the Tokyo Frog Kings ended in Match 11. Seto is first in the 200 IM, first in the 400 IM, first in the 200 fly and third in the 200 breast. That’s an astonishingly difficult quadruple.
– The final two swimmers with four top-10 times are both Cali Condors. Justin Ress has pulled the trick over 50 and 100 meters in free and back, while Coleman Stewart has done so in all three backstroke events plus the 100 fly. Stewart has that 100 back world record which is the only one, men or women, of the regular season.
– Stewart is one of three backstrokers with top-10 times over all three distances. Evgeny Rylov is the obvious one, the Energy Standard swimmer fourth over 50 meters, third over 100 and second over 200. Christian Diener of the London Roar is the other; he similarly improves as the race gets longer, from 10th over 50 to third over 200.
– Ilya Shymanovich owned the breaststroke field in the regular season. The Energy Standard swimmer had the best time in each of the three distances. Nic Fink posted top-10 times in each distance, varying from third over 50 meters to sixth over 200. Also among that group is Tokyo’s Yasuhiro Koseki, who finishes with the second-fastest 100 breast.
– The gulf in performers between the 50 fly and 200 fly is outlandish. Only one swimmer has mustered a top-10 time over both distances, and it’s an old standby. Tom Shields of the LA Current has the season’s sixth-fastest 50 fly time and is second over both 100 and 200 meters.
(ISL Times Report compiled by Swimming World; league, world or national records denoted as such)
Men’s 100 fly
- Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors 48.53
- Tom Shields, LA Current 48.78
- Coleman Stewart, Cali Condors 49.10
- Chad le Clos, Energy Standard 49.27
- Marius Kusch, Toronto Titans 49.73
- Matteo Rivolta, Aqua Centurions 49.77
- Matt Temple, NY Breakers 49.79
- Takeshi Kawamoto, Tokyo Frog Kings 49.80
- Jakub Majerski, NY Breakers 49.98
- Vini Lanza, London Roar 50.01
Men’s 200 back
- Jacob Pebley, DC Trident 1:48.59
- Evgeny Rylov, Energy Standard 1:49.61
- Christian Diener, London Roar 1:50.12
- Luke Greenbank, London Roar 1:50.15
- Grigory Tarasevich, Tokyo Frog Kings 1:50.23
- Coleman Stewart, Cali Condors 1:50.98
- Lorenzo Mora, Team Iron 1:51.01
- Leonardo De Deus, Aqua Centurions 1:51.34
- Javier Acevedo, LA Current 1:51.47
- Cole Pratt, Toronto Titans 1:51.59
Men’s 200 breast
- Ilya Shymanovich, Energy Standard 2:02.10 (NR)
- Erik Persson, Team Iron 2:02.39
- Daiya Seto, Tokyo Frog Kings 2:02.48
- Cody Miller, DC Trident 2:02.93
- Arno Kamminga, Aqua Centurions 2:02.96
- Nic Fink, Cali Condors 2:03.05
- Tommy Cope, DC Trident 2:03.83
- Yasuhiro Koseki, Tokyo Frog Kings 2:04.05
- Christopher Rothbauer, LA Current 2:04.34 (NR)
- Marco Koch, NY Breakers 2:04.36
Men’s 50 free
- Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors 20.67
- Kyle Chalmers, London Roar 20.80
- Ben Proud, Energy Standard 20.84
- Ryan Hoffer, DC Trident 21.03
- Justin Ress, Cali Condors 21.06
- Marco Orsi, Team Iron 21.11
- Szebasztian Szabo, Aqua Centurions 21.13
- Vladislav Bukhov, LA Current 21.16
- Thom de Boer, Team Iron 21.17
- Jesse Puts, Cali Condors 21.19
- Matt Temple, NY Breakers 21.19
Men’s 200 IM
- Daiya Seto, Tokyo Frog Kings 1:51.12
- Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors 1:51.14
- Andreas Vazaios, DC Trident 1:51.15
- Finlay Knox, Toronto Titans 1:52.32 (NR)
- Tomoe Hvas, LA Current 1:52.42
- Leonardo Santos, Team Iron 1:52.50
- Duncan Scott, London Roar 1:52.63
- Chase Kalisz, Aqua Centurions 1:53.28
- Alberto Razzetti, Toronto Titans 1:53.36
- Vini Lanza, London Roar 1:53.42
Men’s 50 breast
- Ilya Shymanovich, Energy Standard 25.41
- Nicolo Martinenghi, Aqua Centurions 25.74
- Nic Fink, Cali Condors 25.84
- Fabio Scozzoli, Aqua Centurions 25.86
- Yasuhiro Koseki, Tokyo Frog Kings 26.01 (NR)
- Felipe Silva Franca, DC Trident 26.03
- Emre Sakci, Team Iron 26.06
- Alessandro Pinzuti, Tokyo Frog Kings 26.07
- Felipe Lima, Team Iron 26.08
- Kirill Strelnikov, Team Iron 26.20
Men’s 50 back
- Guilherme Guido, London Roar 22.60
- Coleman Stewart, Cali Condors 22.61
- Shane Ryan, Toronto Titans 22.82
- Evgeny Rylov, Energy Standard 22.97
- Mark Nikolaev, DC Trident 22.98
- Robert Glinta, Team Iron 23.01 (NR)
- Kliment Kolesnikov, Energy Standard 23.11
- Takeshi Kawamoto, Tokyo Frog Kings 23.11
- Justin Ress, Cali Condors 23.12
- Christian Diener, London Roar 23.12
Men’s 400 free
- Brendon Smith, NY Breakers 3:37.11
- Duncan Scott, London Roar 3:39.52
- Martin Malyutin, LA Current 3:40.22
- Luiz Altamir Melo, Team Iron 3:40.61
- Luc Kroon, Toronto Titans 3:40.74
- Fernando Scheffer, LA Current 3:41.15
- Matteo Ciampi, Aqua Centurions 3:41.78
- Max Litchfield, Toronto Titans 3:41.93
- Zane Grothe, DC Trident 3:42.43
- Ilia Borodin, Aqua Centurions 3:42.64
Men’s 100 free
- Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors 45.47
- Kyle Chalmers, London Roar 45.65
- Alessandro Miressi, Aqua Centurions 46.29
- Nandor Nemeth, Tokyo Frog Kings 46.36
- Thomas Ceccon, Aqua Centurions 46.43
- Duncan Scott, London Roar 46.53
- Katsumi Nakamura, London Roar 46.56
- Justin Ress, Cali Condors 46.58
- Kacper Majchrzak, Cali Condors 46.59
- Aleksandr Shchegolev, DC Trident 46.66
Men’s 200 fly
- Daiya Seto, Tokyo Frog Kings 1:49.41
- Tom Shields, LA Current 1:50.24
- Tomoe Hvas, LA Current 1:50.62 (NR)
- Chad le Clos, Energy Standard 1:51.06
- Teppei Morimoto, London Roar 1:51.06
- Alberto Razzetti, Toronto Titans 1:51.15 (NR)
- Leonardo de Deus, Aqua Centurions 1:51.31
- Andreas Vazaios, DC Trident 1:51.35
- Zach Harting, DC Trident 1:51.92
- Camden Murphy, DC Trident 1:51.93
Men’s 100 back
- Coleman Stewart, Cali Condors 48.33 (WR, ISL record, NR)
- Guilherme Guido, London Roar 48.95 (NR)
- Evgeny Rylov, Energy Standard 49.42
- Robert Glinta, Team Iron 49.60 (NR)
- Kliment Kolesnikov, Energy Standard 49.63
- Mark Nikolaev, DC Trident 49.65
- Christian Diener, London Roar 49.92 (NR)
- Justin Ress, Cali Condors 50.12
- Shane Ryan, Toronto Titans 50.20
- Jacob Pebley, DC Trident 50.26
Men’s 100 IM
- Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors 50.68
- Marco Orsi, Team Iron 51.32
- Finlay Knox, Toronto Titans 51.77 (NR)
- Thomas Ceccon, Aqua Centurions 51.84
- Andreas Vazaios, DC Trident 51.88
- Duncan Scott, London Roar 51.92 (NR)
- Vladimir Morozov, Tokyo Frog Kings 52.08
- Tomoe Hvas, LA Current 52.10
- Leonardo Santos, Team Iron 52.13
- Joe Litchfield, NY Breakers 52.29
Men’s 100 breast
- Ilya Shymanovich, Energy Standard 55.63
- Yasuhiro Koseki, Tokyo Frog Kings 56.31
- Arno Kamminga, Aqua Centurions 56.46
- Nicolo Martinenghi, Aqua Centurions 56.57
- Nic Fink, Cali Condors 56.74
- Fabian Schwingenschlogl, Toronto Titans 56.93
- Felipe Lima, Energy Standard 56.93
- Alessandro Pinzuti, Tokyo Frog Kings 57.03
- Fabio Scozzoli, Aqua Centurions 57.16
- Bernhard Reitshammer, Team Iron 57.29
Men’s 50 fly
- Nicholas Santos, Team Iron 21.81
- Szebasztian Szabo, Aqua Centurions 22.18
- Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors 22.23
- Ben Proud, Energy Standard 22.26
- Takeshi Kawamoto, Tokyo Frog Kings 22.28
- Tom Shields, LA Current 22.32
- Marius Kusch, Toronto Titans 22.32
- Dylan Carter, London Roar 22.36 (NR)
- Marco Orsi, Team Iron 22.50
- Grigori Pekarski, Toronto Titans 22.58
Men’s 200 free
- Duncan Scott, London Roar 1:41.72
- Aleksandr Shchegolev, DC Trident 1:42.26
- Martin Malyutin, LA Current 1:42.33
- Fernando Scheffer, LA Current 1:42.62
- Joe Litchfield, NY Breakers 1:42.84
- Matt Richards, Team Iron 1:43.11
- Luc Kroon, Toronto Titans 1:43.15
- Cristian Quintero, Tokyo Frog Kings 1:43.22
- Matteo Ciampi, Aqua Centurions 1:43.28
- Velimir Stjepanovic, DC Trident 1:43.30
Men’s 400 IM
- Daiya Seto, Tokyo frog Kings 3:58.65
- Ilia Borodin, Aqua Centurions 3:59.57 (NR)
- Brendon Smith, NY Breakers 3:59.33
- Alberto Razzetti, Toronto Titans 4:01.57 (NR)
- Duncan Scott, London Roar 4:02.34
- Chase Kalisz, Aqua Centurions 4:02.72
- Tomoe Hvas, LA Current 4:02.85 (NR)
- Andreas Vazaios, DC Trident 4:03.37 (NR)
- Jay Litherland, DC Trident 4:03.58
- Brandonn Almeida, NY Breakers 4:04.00