High-Level International Meets For July 2019
Here’s the high-level international meets calendar for July ’19. Set your alarms, start brewing the coffee now & buckle up for a thrilling set of weeks ahead.
Grant Shoults Returns to Racing with 52.57/1:55.57 Free Swims in Mission Viejo
2019 FINA World Championships team member and rising Stanford senior Grant Shoults made his return to racing after undergoing shoulder surgery in January.
Dressel 50.3 100 Fly, Yan US Open Record Highlight Final Night in Mission Viejo
Yan Zibei tied the 100 breast US Open record and Caeleb Dressel swam the eighth-best performance ever in the 100 fly in Mission Viejo tonight.
Caeleb Dressel Drops 50.36 100 Fly at Mission Viejo Swim Meet of Champions
This is the fourth-best performance of Dressel’s career, and faster than he was in all of 2018 (his best last year was a 50.50).
Yan Zibei Ties US Open Record, Breaks Chinese Record with 58.74 100 Breast
With this time, Yan jumps into the top 10 all-time at 10th, and seventh in terms of textile swims. He is currently ranked fourth in the world this season.
Ryan Held, Hali Flickinger Hit Lifetime Bests at Bulldog Grand Slam
Held swam to lifetime bests in the 50 free, 100 fly, and 100 back this weekend, while Flickinger hit bests in the 200 free, 100 back, and 100 fly.
Steve West, 47, Blasts 1:04.84 100 Breast, Lowering Own Masters World Record
47-year-old Steve West has done it again, this morning lowering his own month-old masters world record in the 100 LCM breaststroke down to 1:04.84.
Caeleb Dressel & Louise Hansson Break Meet Records in Mission Viejo Prelims
Louise Hansson (above) broke the Meet Record in the 50 fly on Sunday morning, while Caeleb Dressel took out the 100 fly mark.
Andrew Seliskar Swims Lifetime Best in 100 Fly at Cal-Stanford Long Course Dual
College dual meet season is over, but Cal and Stanford partook in an electric battle with some big times on Saturday in Berkeley.
Dressel Posts 21.5 50 Free in Day 2 Finals (Race Video)
Tonight, after posting a 1:50 in the 200 free and a 22.1 in the semi-final of the 50 free, Dressel capped the night with a speedy 21.5 50 free.
Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool Rebuild Modifies Plans for New Pool
The original plan (above) called for a large indoor facility; rising construction costs has resulted in a plan to build an outdoor pool instead.
13-Year-Olds Leah Hayes and Jillian Cox Qualify for 2020 Olympic Trials
Leah Hayes clocked a time of 4:50.99 to get under the Olympic Trials cut in the 400 IM last night, taking seven seconds off of her old best in the process.
Caeleb Dressel Qualifies 1st in 50 & 200 Frees on Saturday in Mission Viejo
After a breakthrough brace of 47.9s on Friday, World Champ Caeleb Dressel had a pair of more measured preliminary swims on Saturday morning in Mission Viejo
Shiwen Pops 2:08 200 FL, Dressel Swims Pair of 47.9s at Meet of Champions Day 2
Ye Shiwen dropped a 2:08.72 in the 200 fly while Caeleb Dressel swam a pair of 47.9s in the 100 free during the second day of the Meet of Champions.
Confident and Focused, Simone Manuel Is Zeroing In On the World Championships
“I’ve been faster in-season in my events than I was last year and training’s been going really well, so I’m pretty confident with how I’ll swim at Worlds.”
