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Caeleb Dressel continues to break barriers. Barely a year after the 44 second mark was broken in the 100 fly, Dressel broke the 43 second mark, winning the 100 fly tonight at NCAAs in a blistering time of 42.80. Watch below, courtesy of Lauren Kanaskie.
He does it again! 42.80! @swimswamnews @SwimSwamLive pic.twitter.com/GZxiLPZRMU
— Lauren Kanaskie (@lkanaskie) March 23, 2018
Originally reported by Lauren Nedeigh
Friday night at the 2018 Men’s NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota set the stage for one final NCAA 100 fly showdown between Florida’s Caeleb Dressel and Texas’ Joseph Schooling. The race once again went to Dressel. He made history as the first man to break 43, clocking in at 42.80 to dominate the race. The Gators went 1-2 with Jan Switkowski taking 2nd in 44.49. That makes Switkowski the 6th fastest man ever. Indiana’s Vini Lanza moved to #7 all-time with his 44.50 for 3rd. Texas’ Schooling was 4th in 44.88.
Splits:
- 1st 50 Split- 19.99
- 2nd 50 Split- 22.81
- Final Time- 42.80
The former NCAA Record stood at a 43.58 from last season’s NCAA meet, where Dressel upset schooling for the title after Schooling had won the previous 2 years. They’re still the fastest 2 swimmers in history.
ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS: MEN’S 100 FLY
| PLACE | SWIMMER | TIME |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 42.80 |
| 2 | Joseph Schooling | 43.75 |
| 3 | Tom Shields | 43.84 |
| 4 | Austin Staab | 44.18 |
| 5 | Jack Conger | 44.35 |
| 6 | Jan Switkowski | 44.49 |
| 7 | Vini Lanza | 44.5 |
| 8 | Albert Subirats | 44.57 |
| 9 | Tyler McGill | 44.63 |
| 10 | Ian Crocker | 44.72 |
ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMANCES: MEN’S 100 FLY
| PLACE | SWIMMER | TIME |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 42.80 |
| 2 | Caeleb Dressel | 43.58 |
| 3 | Joseph Schooling | 43.75 |
| 4 | Tom Shields | 43.84 |
| 5 | Joseph Schooling | 44.01 |
| 6 | Joseph Schooling | 44.06 |
| 7 | Austin Staab | 44.18 |
| 8 | Caeleb Dressel | 44.21 |
| 9 | Jack Conger | 44.35 |
| 10 | Caeleb Dressel | 44.37 |
It’s almost hard to call this “swimming”. He took 19 strokes in 4 lengths of the pool! 4+5+5+5. Time for the NCAA to go 50 meters.
And his best friend got second by a hundredth! You know he was more excited for that than his own time.
When His 100 Fly is 8 seconds faster than yours 🙁
Baeleb, is that allowed?
He looks up and waits to celebrate noticeably longer than In his other races. I think he was waiting to see how Switkowski did and that was more the reason why he was celebrating
Literally had to wait a couple seconds for everyone else to get to the wall.
someone arrest that man. this is just assault with how much of a beat down he is putting on the other swimmers.
“Watch Caleb Dressel shatter my brain with a 42.8”
I can’t wait to watch him break the LCM world record!