2018 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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- Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Caeleb Dressel has broken every major barrier he could have this weekend, including a 17.63 50 free, 42.80 100 fly, and now, a 39.90 100 free. Watch the video below, courtesy of ESPN, to see him become the first man under :40.
Orignally reported by Lauren Neidigh.
Florida’s Caeleb Dressel has been smashing barriers all week. Dressel, a senior, set out to make history individually one last time for the Gators in tonight’s 100 free final. After a scorching 40.00 last season, he set out to be the first man to break 40 seconds. Dressel exceeded expectations as usual, surging to an incredible 39.90 to win the final.
Dressel’s Splits:
- 1st 50 Split- 18.96
- 2nd 50 Split- 20.94
- Final Time- 39.90
While Dressel dominated the field, NC State’s Ryan Held had an awesome swim in his own right. Held swam to a 41.08, clipping his best time by .01 and tying Olympic champion Nathan Adrian as the 5th fastest man ever.
ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS: MEN’S 100 YARD FREE
| PLACE | SWIMMER | TIME |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 39.90 |
| 2 | Vlad Morozov | 40.76 |
| 3 | Cesar Cielo | 40.92 |
| 4 | Michael Chadwick | 40.95 |
| 5 | Nathan Adrian | 41.08 |
| 5 | Ryan Held | 41.08 |
| 7 | Blake Pieroni | 41.16 |
| 8 | Simonas Bilis | 41.18 |
| 9 | Ryan Hoffer | 41.23 |
| 10 | Tate Jackson | 41.27 |
| 11 | Justin Ress | 41.34 |
ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMANCES: MEN’S 100 YARD FREE
| PLACE | SWIMMER | TIME |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 39.90 |
| 2 | Caeleb Dressel | 40.00 |
| 3 | Caeleb Dressel | 40.46 |
| 4 | Caeleb Dressel | 40.48 |
| 5 | Caeleb Dressel | 40.68 |
| 6 | Vlad Morozov | 40.76 |
| 7 | Caeleb Dressel | 40.86 |
| 8 | Caeleb Dressel | 40.87 |
| 9 | Cesar Cielo | 40.92 |
| 10 | Michael Chadwick | 40.95 |
You can just see the exhaustion. Still very impressive!
Did Matt Biondi ever split 39.9 on a 4 x 100 free or medley relay?
The call was not right. No one should have been talking about him breaking a 39. It almost made it sound like breaking a 40 wasn’t a big deal. No one had ever done that so why the talk about going under 39.
I hope he swims the WC circuit
Me too. He would destroy some short course 25m records.
And then SC Worlds in December…the medal potential would be absolutely insane.
50/100 free, 50/100 fly, 100/200IM, 50/100 breast, and perhaps 200 free are all record I think he could get if he was able to focus on them. But 50/100 breast will likely never be swum by him. Everything else is fair game.
Correct if inaccurate, but it seemed that the crowd reaction was more one of relief than sheer ecstasy. Like a “whew”, kind of mirroring Caeleb’s own fatigued water slap. This is not like what we have seen from him before (Budapest, earlier this meet, etc.). Perhaps his groin situation was more of a factor than anyone let on, hence another part of his relief at having achieved a significant milestone even when injured? SUPER swim & SUPER DUPER week nonetheless!!!
Having Dressel swim the way he did the past few days is sort of like what would happen if you had a time machine and got to plunk the 2004 version of Michael Phelps down in the middle of the 1984 Olympics. All the excitement of watching, say, Jon Sieben pass by Michael Gross in the 200 fly with a new WR of 1:57.0 would have been lost with this monster in their midst who went a 1:54.0. The thrill of seeing Gross win the 100 fly in a new WR of 53.08 would shift to confusion about the interloper who just went a 51.2. And it wouldn’t be the normal amazement at a new WR, the standard reaction of… Read more »
Very Beamonesque is it? As one competitor said to Beamon, “You have destroyed this event.”
I said this before and I’ll say this again. Frederick Bousquet broke 19 13 years ago with an 18.74 in a body suit. In the 13 years since, excluding Caeleb, the 50 free has been brought down 0.27 seconds by Cesar Cielo to 18.47, also in a body suit. 0.27 seconds in 13 years. That’s the non-caeleb progress. Caeleb? 1.11 seconds in that time. He broke the event. The difference between him and the next fastest in the 50, is virtually the same as him and the next fastest in the 100 (a .84 second difference in the 50 and a .86 second difference in the 100 – Vlad Morozov’s 40.76 is the next fastest person).
He beat the field… Read more »
This one competitor was a world record holder.
you can be proud of any time, lets say a 24.0 in a 50free. pride comes from within, knowing you did your best at that time (just like dressel maybe wouldnt have been proud of an 18.3 for example).
what other people say or think in that regard isnt very important or least it shouldnt be, especially if they these other people are “non swimming people”.
so imo dressels swims dont devalue anything bc performance isnt a currency, its rather that they are now an even bigger motivation/inspiration to others than his old records already were.
The way he slaps the water at the end says it all. Tired.
I wish I could watch this race without the camera changing views every couple of seconds. Do we really need NINE camera changes in a 39s race?!!