2021 ISCA INTERNATIONAL SENIOR CUP
- March 23 – 27, 2021
- St. Petersburg, FL (North Shore Aquatic Complex)
- SCY prelims/LCM finals
- Schedule (ET)
- Tuesday: Timed Finals 4:00pm
- Wednesday – Saturday: 8:00am prelims/5:00pm finals
- Meet information
- Psych sheet
- Live Results on Meet Mobile
Several of the world’s top swimmers were back in action for the final session of the ISCA International Senior Cup.
After taking the top seed in prelims, world record holder Caeleb Dressel claimed first place in the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 48.84. Dressel significantly improved upon his season best with his performance, which previously stood at a 49.75 from the Pro Swim Series earlier this month. His time also makes him the 10th fastest swimmer in the world for 2021, and the 2nd fastest American.
NC State commit Arsenio Bustos finished second in a time of 49.25, chopping over a second off of his personal best of 50.56. Bustos also swam a best time in the event during this morning’s prelims session with a short course time of 43.27.
Egyptian Farida Osman finished first in the women’s 100 freestyle, taking her fourth win of the meet in a time of 55.63. Osman was not far off of her best time of 55.35, which stands at the Egyptian National Record. Marina Spadoni finished second in a time of 56.09, following up her runner-up finish in the 50 free. Sherridon Dressel came in 3rd with a time of 56.50.
Shortly later, Caeleb Dressel was back in the water for the 200 butterfly, finishing in a time of 1:58.74 to win the race by over 2 seconds. Dressel was only slightly off of his best time of 1:56.29 from 2019. 18-year-old Jace Crawford finished second in a time of 2:01.07 finishing just off of his best time.
Notably, Olympic Champion Ryan Lochte scratched all of his races tonight after qualifying for finals in the 100 free and 200 breast.
Other Highlights:
- UNC commit Kyleigh Tankard maintained her top seed in the 200 butterfly, coming in first with a time of 2:16.27.
- Nicole Frank Rodriguez won the women’s 200 breaststroke, claiming her first goal of the meet with a time of 2:33.66. Based on the USA Swimming database, this appears to be Rodriguez’s first time swimming the 200 breaststroke in a long course pool.
- Ilya Evdokimov won the men’s 200 breaststroke by a second, touching in 2:12.45, coming within a tenth of his best time of 2:12.33.
- Advait Page came in first in the longest event of the day, the 1500 freestyle, finishing in 15:39.77.
- Kristin Cornish claimed the top spot in the 800 freestyle with a time of 8:50.22, cutting 3 seconds off of her best time in the process.
Jack Conger 33.3 final 50 on 200fly
Man that rough
Mr Piano working the Florida 200fly scene this weekend.
If you were at the meet and saw the conditions…very small warm up/warm down pool for the field of athletes there, and an incredibly hot few days outside. The pros were secluded from the rest of the athletes, but were constantly being bombarded for photos, etc. I’m sure with all of the heavy training they are doing, this isn’t unexpected. The meet was not run very well. A 20 min break to repair a broken block, but made the athletes stand there and wait for it to be fixed. You swam all of your prelim events in less than an hour, some as little as 5 minutes between races. Strobe lights sometimes working. Water was 4′ deep in a lot… Read more »
In the world of swimming, since when is 1:58.74 “only slightly off” of his best time of 1:56.29 from 2019? A delta of 2 1/2 seconds?
When they are talking about Caeleb I guess
Caeleb had to swim the 100 free right before tho, unlike when he set his PB
I’m impressed by Bustos 49 low
He just gets better with every race.
48.84 100m free
Dressel isn’t the fastest American this season, Brooks Curry was 48.45 earlier this month. Still, great to see him go 48.
Trials are gonna be lit
Kind of off topic but kind of not, will hayon (one of the nations top recruits who also just made his first Olympic trials cut in 100 fly) swam at this meet and just committed to Virginia tech