2018 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 14 – Sunday, February 18
- Rec Center Natatorium, College Station, TX (Central Time Zone)
- Prelims 10AM / Finals 6PM
- Defending Champion: Florida (5x) (results)
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live results
- Live Video (finals)
After blowing by the American and NCAA records in the 200 IM on night 2, Florida superstar Caeleb Dressel was at it again at day 4 prelims of the SEC Championships.
Once again taking on an event he doesn’t usually contest at the championship level, Dressel threw down a scintillating 51.07 in the 100 breast prelims. The swim breaks the school record, and also lowers Nic Fink‘s SEC Championship meet record of 51.25 set in 2014.
Dressel’s previous best was a 51.88, done at the Ohio State Invitational in November of 2015.
The swim moves Dressel into 9th all-time in the event. Kevin Cordes is currently the American Record holder in the event at 50.04, a time that has to be on watch for tonight’s final after what we’ve seen from Dressel this week.
Dressel qualified for the final nearly a full second and a half clear of the rest of the field, with Texas A&M’s Mauro Castillo Luna 2nd at 52.56.
ALL-TIME TOP PERFORMERS, MEN’S 100 BREAST
| Rank | Swimmer | Time | Year |
| 1 | Kevin Cordes | 50.04 | 2014 |
| 2 | Will Licon | 50.68 | 2017 |
| 3 | Fabian Schwingenschloegl | 50.77 | 2017 |
| 4 | Nic Fink | 50.8 | 2017 |
| 5 | Cody Miller | 50.82 | 2015 |
| 6 | Damir Dugonjic | 50.86 | 2009 |
| 7 | Chuck Katis | 50.89 | 2015 |
| 8 | Andrew Wilson | 50.94 | 2017 |
| 9 | Caeleb Dressel | 51.07 | 2018 |
With all those pullouts… His 200 breaststroke would be crazy!
Wait, his whole body was beyond the 15m marker at the other end of the pool when surfacing. Should he have been DQ’ed?
There’s no 15 meter rule for breaststroke.
It’s interesting that their turnover isn’t very quick. I thought quick turnover had become the norm for the 50 and 100.
Kal-El Dressel!
Everyone is talking about the swim and all I can think is that he switched out the eagle tattoo on his shoulder for what looks like a bear on his upper arm
Yeah, I noticed that too! I’m trying to figure out what it is for sure
.51.07!! That is smoking! Wow
Video?!
Dressel
50 free 15.6
100 free 35.8
200 free 1:26.0
100 breast 46.9
Long course
The real question everyone is dying to know his could he go a 7.9 in a 25 or a 4.6 in a 15? Enough with this 200 business. Dude is a sprinter.
1:38.1 200 im
And a sub 4:00 500 warm down after every race
I heard a rumor that Joe Schooling just went 15.5, 35.7, 1.25.9, and 46.8 in practice last night.