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Florida’s Caeleb Dressel lowered his 17-18 U.S. National Age Group mark in the 50-yard free again with a winning effort at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Dressel turned in a sizzling time of 18.67 for the win. That’s better than the 18.86 he posted a pair of times this morning for the 17-18 U.S. NAG.
His time vaulted him into a sixth-place tie all time with Fred Bousquet, and Dressel is the first Florida Gator to ever win the 50-yard free.
All Time 50 Free
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cesar Cielo | 18.47r |
| 2 | Matt Targett | 18.52 |
| 3 | Vlad Morozov | 18.63 |
| 4 | Kristian Gkolomeev | 18.64 |
| 5 | Nathan Adrian | 18.66 |
| 6 | Fred Bousquet | 18.67 |
| 6 | Caeleb Dressel | 18.67 |
| 8 | Adam Brown | 18.72 |
Special thanks to Florida Athletics for the video.
Alabama’s Kristian Gkolomeev (18.74) and Arizona’s Brad Tandy (18.91), who tied for the title last year with 18.95, finished second and third with Tandy actually tying NC State’s Simonas Bilis (18.91) for third-place points.
The last time four men cleared 19 seconds at NCAAs was in 2009 during the techsuit years.
1 Dressel, Caeleb FR Florida 18.86 18.67 20
r:+0.60 9.06 18.67 (9.61)
2 Gkolomeev, Kris SO Alabama 18.92 18.74 17
r:+0.68 9.09 18.74 (9.65)
3 Tandy, Brad SR Arizona 19.17 18.91 15.5
r:+0.66 9.04 18.91 (9.87)
3 Bilis, Simonas JR NC State 19.09 18.91 15.5
r:+0.72 9.23 18.91 (9.68)
5 Kosic, Andrew SR Georgia Tech 19.10 19.18 14
r:+0.69 9.36 19.18 (9.82)
6 Messerschmidt, JR California 19.07 19.19 13
r:+0.74 9.29 19.19 (9.90)
7 Ortiz, Bruno SR Michigan 19.09 19.32 12
r:+0.67 9.34 19.32 (9.98)
8 Powers, Paul FR Michigan 19.28 19.44 11
r:+0.65 9.40 19.44 (10.04)
1. Texas 109 2. California 85 3. Florida 84 4. Michigan 75 5. Southern Cali 59 6. Alabama 47 7. Stanford 41 8. Auburn 39 9. Georgia 35.5 10. Missouri 35 11. Arizona 33.5 12. NC State 31.5 13. Georgia Tech 14 14. Unlv (M) 12 15. Univ of Utah 9.5 16. Ohio St 9 16. Louisville 9 18. UNC 7.5 19. Wisconsin 6 20. Tennessee 5 21. Texas A&M 4.5 22. Northwestern 2