It’s hard to really say how to describe this video. It’s really unbelievable. The Bolles coaches, including Jason Calanog, who is Caeleb Dressel’s direct coach, and Sergio Lopez Miro, who is the Bolles head coach, put up the above video from a late night practice at Bolles, where in practice, he swam a 50 yard free that was timed between 18.9 and 19.0, depending on which coach’s hand-timing you trust the most.
While obviously not eligible for a National Age Group Record, despite him having just turned 17, that would knock four-tenths of a second off of Seth Stubblefield’s 17-18 NAG Record. If Dressel can swim a sub-19 in official competition at just 17, I’d go out on a limb and say that it’s the most impressive junior swim we’ve seen on the men’s side since at least the days of Michael Phelps and Daniel Gyurta’s 18 & under days.
Dressel will swim at the 2013 FINA Junior World Championships next week in Dubai, UAE, where he would only have to drop .07 seconds to get the record of Santo Condorelli.
We might be at just the beginning of his potential. Note that this is a swimmer who, at the World Championship Trials, had to time trial the 50 free, because he didn’t have the Nationals cut.
Thanks to Sergio Lopez Miro for posting this video, and thanks to Bolles alum Lauren Neidigh for pointing the video out to us.
While they weren’t “world class” in swimming, look up Tim Duncan and Kiki Vandeweigh’s age groups times…pretty impressive
lol, when was this?
The winners of 50/100 free will be the next great sprinter (most likely Dressel).
The winner of both 50/100 free in the last Junior Worlds in 2011 Lima was Cam McEvoy. Two years later he was fourth in Worlds. Not bad.
keep an eye out for aussie luke percy, he pushed a 22.7 in training
Will there be TV/live streaming of junior worlds? I don’t get the chance to follow US swimming as closely as my friend Bobo does, but I’ll be interested to follow young Caeleb. Should be a great showdown with Sedov.
BRADEN– quick question: what do you think an elite 100m freestyler, such as James Magnussen or Nathan Adrian, would make in a 100 for time in practice??? Unrelated question sorry…
Pvk – that’s a good question…some people are great practice swimmers and some need the spotlight. From a block, in a suit, close to a taper meet, I bet they could go 48.5 or 48.6.
Theoretically a swimmer should swim just as fast in training as they do in a meet. Only psychological factors could (and likely do) prevent them from doing so.
Untapered probably 42low/41high in a speedo
Video game time. That is just the most incredible thing I have ever seen.
And by “where the coach is standing” I mean the coach who started Caeleb.