2017 SEC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, February 14 – Saturday, February 18
- Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, Knoxville, TN (Eastern Time Zone)
- Prelims 10AM / Finals 6PM
- Defending Champion: Florida men (4x), Texas A&M women (results)
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live results
- Live Video (finals)
Florida junior Caeleb Dressel opened up the first night of the 2017 SEC Championships with a bang. The fastest man ever in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events split 17.90 anchoring Florida’s 200 medley relay to a first place finish tonight. That’s the second fastest split ever, and just a hair off of the 17.86 Vlad Morozov split four years while swimming for USC at the 2013 NCAA’s.
We’ve already gotten quite a few comments asking for video. Ask, and ye shall receive. You can watch Dressel’s insane comeback in the video above. Florida is in lane two, second from the top.
As originally reported by Lauren Nedeigh:
MEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY
- Florida- 1:23.44
- Alabama- 1:23.52
- Texas A&M- 1:23.91
The Florida Gators were in 7th place before Caeleb Dressel dove into the water as their freestyle anchor. Swimming fans watched as Dressel tore through the water, making his way to the finish in an incredible 17.90 50 freestyle split. At the touch, he had successfully brought the Gators back, as they won the race in 1:23.44 over Alabama (1:23.52). Bama freshman Zane Waddell threw down a fast split of his own, clocking an 18.59 free split to help the Crimson Tide earn silver.
The Texas A&M men also fielded an 18-mid anchor, as senior Cory Bolleter clocked an 18.62 to win a tight race for bronze ahead of Tennessee (1:24.08) and Missouri (1:24.11).
Does anyone know the 25 split?
I got between 8.1-2 and if you time him from his feet leaving the blocks I got 17.80
Is it too early to talk about going 16???
How was is this guy diving? Is it further then other people who go 18?
What???
Come again ? LOL
I’m gonna wildly guess you’re asking if he has more hangtime on his start than most. Yes by a solid margin.
Video credits to Texas A&M!
Dressel-sama won for his team through the power of friendship! He thought about his nakama which gave him the power to swim so fast! Sasuga, Dressel-sama! (´∀｀)♡
That is so…..so stupidly fast.
How about that swim for Hein from Missouri? He was only 22.1 at invite when he went 47.1 in the 100 Back, he’s making moves to put the rest of his team in a dangerous position in that 400 Medley Relay. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them seriously battle in that come NCAA.
High school kids are swimming that fast in backstroke.
Not saying it’s blistering fast, but definitely an improvement on a relay with 3 highly competitive other legs.
Used to race against the kid many years ago. I swam D1 and was four years his senior. Wouldn’t be surprised if he was part of the next big American backstroke to wave.
He made an 18.5 look slow