2017 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25
- IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN
- Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Texas (results)
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- Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPN3
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Florida junior Caeleb Dressel has been named 2017’s CSCAA Swimmer of the Year in the NCAA, his second year winning at least a share of the award.
Dressel was the only swimmer to win all three of his individual events outright. (Texas’s Will Licon tied for the 200 IM). Dressel also led with two individual American, NCAA and U.S. Open record-setting swims.
His biggest firework swim was his massive upset of Olympic champ Joseph Schooling in the 100 fly. That’s Dressel’s third-best event, and he went 43.58 to take over the fastest time in history and beat a very tough field.
Dressel also set all the national records in the 100 freestyle, going 40.00 to win the event Saturday night. Dressel now owns the 3 fastest swims in history in that event and 6 of the top 10.
The 50 free was Dressel’s quietest event this week, despite going an absurd 18.23 twice. Dressel won the event for a third-straight season and took over all 10 of the fastest swims in history.
In addition, Dressel was a relay machine, without a bad swim all week. He was 18.23 leading off the 200 free relay in finals, plus threw down times of 17.71, 17.93 and 17.99 from relay starts between the 200 free and 200 medley relays. Dressel split 40.56 on the 400 medley relay in prelims and swam butterfly to a 44.33 on that relay in finals.
A look at all of Dressel’s swims chronologically:
- 200 free relay prelims: 17.99 (relay start)
- 50 free prelims: 18.38
- 400 medley relay prelims: 40.56 (relay start – free)
- 200 free relay finals: 18.23 (leadoff)
- 50 free finals: 18.23
- 400 medley relay finals: 44.33 (relay start – fly)
- 100 fly prelims: 44.49
- 200 medley relay prelims: 17.71 (relay start – free)
- 100 fly finals: 43.58
- 200 medley relay finals: 17.93 (relay start – free)
- 100 free prelims: 41.00
- 400 free relay prelims: 40.67 (relay start)
- 100 free finals: 40.00
- 400 free relay finals: 40.48 (leadoff)
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY HES GETTING HIS TATTOOS REMOVED!?!?!
I don’t think that is the case. Looks like he is getting them colored in. The bottom of the tattoo is now colored
Incredibly well deserved. I don’t think SwimSwam did this article this year, but if we had the ‘Most Valuable Swimmer’, Dressel would definitely be at the top. In addition to the incredibly rare task of sweeping three events, he elevated Florida’s relays to near contenders when they would be hard-pressed to make A final without him; he also had to swim both prelims AND finals for all of them, unlike some other top contenders.
Hats to Licon as well for being arguably the runner up for this award the third year in a row. Unlike past years, I would have co-awarded him the title if it were up to me, but that’s just my opinion. Funny that just like on… Read more »
Last triple winner for men was Lochte in ’06.
Really? Wow, that’s incredible.
Florida does a great job of creating Swiss Army knife swimmers who can swim just about anything and swim it fast. Marcin Cieslak was the most recent example before Dressel. 1st in the 100 fly and 200 IM, 2nd in the 200 fly at 2014 NCAAs,
Pretty cool there were two this year! Amazing swimming
Unbelievable.
Well deserved.
he is a great man too
King of the bathtub
Dressel’s selection for this award based on his great performance only serves to highlight how weak and puzzling the selection of K. Baker was in the women’s NCAA meet. Unlike Dressel’s three ARs here, in two seasons, K. Baker has set no ARs at NCAAs, or ever. Meanwhile, Ledecky won more events than any swimmer at NCAAs (5), set an individual AR by more than a second in the 500 Free and participated in 2 relay ARs (including anchoring a record-breaking relay for the 2nd time in a month), set/was part of 4 NCAA records at the meet, broke an individual NCAA meet record by more than 20 seconds, outsplit Baker in two winning relays, and overall during the NCAA… Read more »