Caeleb Dressel Swims 18.32 Relay Leadoff for Meet Record at NCAAs

  5 Braden Keith | March 24th, 2016

2016 NCAA DI Men's Championships

24 Mar 2016 – 26 Mar 2016

2016 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Florida sophomore Caeleb Dressel has swum an 18.32 relay leadoff on Thursday at the 2016 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, which marks a new NCAA Championship and Georgia Tech Pool Record in the event. The time is also the second-fastest 50 yard freestyle in swimming history at any level, behind only the 18.23 done at the SEC Championships in February.

Dressel’s split combined with Corey MainMark Szaranek, and Jack Blyzinskyj to qualify 3rd through to the A-Final at the meet.

Dressel now holds the three-fastest times in history. The top 11 (with ties):

  • Dressel, 18.23, 2016
  • Dressel, 18.32, 2016
  • Dressel, 18.39, 2016
  • Cesar Cielo, 18.47, 2008
  • Cesar Cielo, 18.52, 2008
  • Matt Targett, 18.52, 2009
  • Vlad Morozov, 18.63, 2013
  • Kristian Gkolomeev, 18.64, 2015
  • Nathan Adrian, 18.65, 2011
  • Fred Bousquet, 18.67, 2010
  • Nathan Adrian, 18.67, 2014
  • Caeleb Dressel, 18.67, 2015

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Wiscoswim
9 years ago

Does anyone have a link to a timeline for these sessions? Especially finals

SwimGeek
9 years ago

I will admit I was expecting him to be a bit slower here. I was thinking he’d go 18.5 and still win pretty easily but not repeat SECs. But to go 18.3 and 18.2 again — in the same session, no less — that just blows my mind! Could we see 18.1 or 18.0 tonight? He’s now gone the fastest 4 time in history (by quite a bit) in the last month. There’s are guys going 18s who are just getting destroyed by him. He’s on another level, and we’re lucky to see it!

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  SwimGeek
9 years ago

He has to be on that Usa team this summer – for the relay at least . Go for it Caeleb

Tim
9 years ago

And reset the record with his prelim 50 free swim, 18.29!

Speedy
9 years ago

Caeleb is a sophomore, not a junior.