Video: Joseph Schooling Swam 50.7 100 Meter Butterfly In Practice

SwimSwam caught up with Joseph Schooling at the 2017 Austin Sectionals.  He dropped a 50.9 100m fly at the meet, the 2nd fastest time this year, but, according to Joe,  he swam a 50.7 100m fly in practice the day after Dressel’s 50.8 at the U.S. World Trials.   It makes sense.  Joe’s dropped a lot of fast swims in practice (see Texas Relays), and he’s a competitive monster.  Dressel, his old Bolles School teammate, is swimming in the fly -lane. Joe had to test his speed and send a message.  Watch the entire interview. Joe talks about where he’s at in the taper-process and what he’s thinking going into World Championships ranked #2–not #1 in his beloved event.

Reported by Braden Keith

Joseph Schooling swam a 50.96 in the 100 fly on Saturday in his home pool in Austin. With 3 weeks to go before he represents Singapore at the World Championships, the swim can serve of a response of sorts (be it intentional or not) to his rival Caeleb Dressel, who swam a world-leading 50.87 at the United States’ World Championship Trials a week ago.

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That time is the 3rd-best of Schooling’s career, and easily his best outside of a World Championship or Olympic Games. His previous in-season best was a 51.58 – done in early June last year in the buildup to the Olympics, where he dethroned Michael Phelps and won gold in the race.

Schooling took the race out in 23.7 and closed in 27.20. That means he split fairly similarly to what Dressel did last week, but opened a little faster. Ironically, Dressel, who is more known as a sprinter than is Schooling, had the better last 50.

First 50m Second 50m Final Time
Schooling Sectionals 23.76 27.20 50.96
Dressel Trials 23.87 27.00 50.87

Schooling and Dressel both hail from the Bolles program in Jacksonville, Florida, though Schooling attended the school and Dressel didn’t, so they were in different training groups. Both swimmers held the National High School Record in the 100 fly at different points in their parallel careers, though Dressel was more renowned for his 50 freestyle abilities. At the 2017 NCAA Championships, Dressel beat Schooling in his signature event, the 100 fly, and now the two will go toe-to-toe full bore in long course.

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Gesundheit
4 years ago

If only yall would know how overused this joke would be literally 3 years later.

Silentrout
7 years ago

So excited for worlds! Can’t wait to see schooling and dreasell race each other. Their friendly rivalry makes this sport so much better

Bill G
7 years ago

89 comments in and and not a single link to the Alan Iverson “we talkin’ about practice” video?

75M FREE
7 years ago

Hey guys, this morning in practice I went a 50.68 for a 100 fly LCM.

See, anyone can do it.

woods
7 years ago

I have a fun suggestion for SwimSwam related to the “no video, no proof” debate going on here that I am sure many die hard swim fans would enjoy. Consider making a section of the site dedicated to “Practice World Records”. A video must be included with any submission and could also feature non-standard events (ex. 800im, 100 kick w/ board, 500 back, etc.) in addition to the normal ones. I am sure the Texas guys would buy into it and it would be fun to see some out of competition throw-downs across the country/world. Maybe have some starting time standards that a swim must be under to be considered and then have an internal verification of 3 watches with… Read more »

Admin
Reply to  woods
7 years ago

I like this idea….let me see what we can do.

Jake
7 years ago

But what about Tripp Cooper???

Swimmy
7 years ago

You heard it here first. Schooling will go 50.5 in Budapest
Dressel 50.2

ellie
Reply to  Swimmy
7 years ago

Chad le Clos 50.1

75M FREE
Reply to  Swimmy
7 years ago

In warm-up? With a drag suit on? When no one else was watching or looking?

Chase
7 years ago

I could see him winning in Budapest is he works on his 2nd 50. He’ll need to be back under 27 if he wants to be able to take a Charging Dressel on the last 25

IMs for days
Reply to  Chase
7 years ago

Why do people keep forgetting this is the person that went 23.6 26.7 in Rio

ellie
Reply to  IMs for days
7 years ago

Yes, everyone seems to forget he is the one with the fastest back 50 in rio.?

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Gold Medal Mel Stewart

MEL STEWART Jr., aka Gold Medal Mel, won three Olympic medals at the 1992 Olympic Games. Mel's best event was the 200 butterfly. He is a former World, American, and NCAA Record holder in the 200 butterfly. As a writer/producer and sports columnist, Mel has contributed to Yahoo Sports, Universal Sports, …

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