Reported by Jared Anderson.
200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINALS
- NCAA Record: 1:14.08, Auburn, 2009
American Record: 1:15.26, Stanford, 2011- U.S. Open Record: 1:14.08, Auburn, 2009
- 2017 NCAA Champion: Texas (1:14.59)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Florida – 1:14.39
- NC State – 1:14.50
- Cal – 1:14.56
- Texas – 1:15.27
- USC – 1:15.72
- Stanford – 1:16.23
- Florida State – 1:16.23
- Michigan – 1:16.30
The biggest fireworks came at the beginning, with Caeleb Dressel shattering perhaps the most hallowed barrier in swimming: 18 seconds in a 50 free. Dressel led off in an insane 17.81, staking Florida to such a massive lead that no other team could come back, even as only one of Florida’s remaining swimmers broke 19. Dressel’s time annihilates the American, NCAA and U.S. Open records and makes him the fastest in history by seven tenths of a second.
Florida would hang on to win the relay in 1:14.39, holding off a surging NC State by just over a tenth. Jan Switkowski was 18.52, Enzo Martinez-Scarpe 19.00 and Mark Szaranek 19.06.
NC State roared home in 1:14.50, getting an 18.56 leadoff from Ryan Held with straight 18s on splits: Justin Ress was 18.31, Jacob Molacek 18.67 and Coleman Stewart 18.96. That team set a new American record, beating the 1:15.26 put up by Stanford back in 2011.
Cal wound up third, getting an 18.36 from fab freshman Ryan Hoffer and a pair of 18.5s out of Pawel Sendyk and Michael Jensen. Justin Lynch led off in 19.05 as Cal went 1:14.56.
Texas took fourth back at 1:15.27. Tate Jackson looked solid after a rough morning, splitting 18.67. John Shebat was 18.72, Joseph Schooling 18.76 and Brett Ringgold led off in 19.12.
USC got an 18.6 from Dylan Carter to place 5th.
In the B final, Indiana roared back to the win late in 1:16.31, getting a split of 18.83 from Bruno Blaskovic and an 18.88 from Blake Pieroni.
The second place finish leaves NC State in control of the meet with 74 points, but Florida has now surged to second with 70. Texas is third, eight points back, with Cal at 58 and Indiana at 52.
Dressel looks weak. He should hit the weights.
Went to a coaching clinic last October with Gregg Troy there, and he said that Dressel swam with the 400 IM’ers for the 1st 2-3 months of college training. If they start in September, that puts him right around end of November/beginning of December before he dropped down into the shorter distance training….and maybe that’s the secret. He trained for 400 IM front half of the year, did dryland for sprint/mid D all year, did more sprint/oriented stuff back half of the year. So maybe coaches and swimmers out there, the old adage is truly in play here, “If you want to race a 50, train for the 100, if you want to race a 100, train for the 200,… Read more »
thanks Jim , loved the details explanations that u got from that coaching clinic . as a fan , i am interested in those .
The results show the broke American record but they did not
If you read the article, NC State broke the American record
” was there any kind of deal with the mustache ? ” Not really , my wife loves it what way ? ” i knew that question would come up …lol . I love the way Greg Troy explains how they work together in a very humble , seeking precision & improvement team spirit way . High 5 Coach .
This guy can coach