2022 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 23-26, 2022
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Live Results
- Official Psych Sheets
- Virtual Championship Program
- SwimSwam Pick Em’s Contest
Following his 40.75 time in the prelims of the 100 free, Cal’s Bjorn Seeliger overtook Vlad Morozov by 0.01 of a second to become the #2 performer of all-time in the event. After he led off Cal’s 200 free relay in a 18.27, Seeliger is now the second-fastest in all of the sprint freestyles, behind Caeleb Dressel in both events.
Top Performers Of All-Time, Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle:
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 39.90 (2018)
- Bjorn Seeliger, Cal – 40.75 (2022)
- Vlad Morozov, USC – 40.76 (2013)
- Dean Farris, Harvard – 40.80 (2019)
- Bowe Becker, Minnesota – 40.83 (2019)
In addition to being the second-fastest performer of all time, Seeliger’s swim is also the sixth-fastest performance behind five of Dressel’s swims.
Top Performances Of All-Time, Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle:
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 39.90 (2018)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 40.00 (2017)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 40.46 (2016)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 40.48 (2017)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 40.68 (2018)
- Bjorn Seeliger, Cal – 40.75 (2022)
Splits Comparison: Dressel vs. Seeliger
| Caeleb Dressel, 2018 (NCAA Record) | Bjorn Seeliger, 2022 (#2 of all time) | |
| Front Half | 18.96 | 19.13 |
| Back Half | 20.94 | 21.62 |
| Total | 39.90 | 40.75 |
Compared to Dressel’s record, Seeliger is 0.17 slower than him on the first 50, but 0.68 seconds slower on the back half. This is not surprising, as Seeliger tends to go out very fast. In fact, the first 25 of his 18.27 50 free is the third fastest front half of all time in the event, but his overall time is the eighth fastest. Similarly, in the 100 free, his front half from this morning is faster than three of Dressel’s swims that were faster than his overall.
Top Six 100 Free Performances Of All-Time, First 50 Only:
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 18.96/39.90 (2018)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 19.01/40.00 (2017)
- Bjorn Seeliger, Cal – 19.13/40.75 (2022)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 19.19/40.68 (2018)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 19.23/40.46 (2016)
- Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 19.29/40.48 (2018)
Seeliger is only a sophomore, so he has two more years to improve on his best times and move up the all-time rankings. Headed into the 100 free finals, he is seeded first out of prelims. In the 50 free, he came into finals as the top seed, but ultimately finished second to Brooks Curry.
When vlad morozov went his best he was out in 19.14
Man was 21 to the feet in the 100 free at 2013 Worlds
Dressel breaking 40 might be best swim of the decade. Better than AP 100 breast
Ummm despite how impressive 39.9 is by itself, it was undoubtedly Dressel’s least impressive swim at 2018 NCAAs. 17.6 50 free/42.8 100 fly were way more impressive. It makes sense though since he was on his 13th race in 3 days.
Disagree a bit…by the time Dressel swam the 100 at NCAA’s, he had already competed in many races….prelims and finals….if you watch his reaction after the 100 free race, he wasn’t celebrating…he was exhausted…that to me makes the actual swim more incredible given he was at the end of the meet, and STILL knocked out 39.90. Imagine a more fresh Dressel with more overall energy earlier in that meet?!?
Not even close. That was easily the least impressive record he broke during that NCAA’s, considering he cut 0.6 off his 50 free record but only 0.2 off his 100 free record. There are also at least 10 LCM swims more impressive than that 39.90, some his own, and some being non-record swims (like Agnel’s 200 FR).
I am still under the belief that Dressel’s pool record is going down tonight but I don’t know who’s breaking it?
Ain’t no way
40.46 is definitely within reach.
Especially when you’re 6’8
Yikes this didn’t age well