2021 PRO SWIM SERIES – MISSION VIEJO (#3)
- April 8-11, 2021
- Marguerite Aquatics Center, Mission Viejo, CA
- LCM
- Prelims – 4:00pm PST/Finals – 10:00am PST
- Meet central
- Meet information
- Psych sheets
- Live stream (USA Swimming – evening prelims & 800 free Thursday)
- Live stream (Olympic Channel – mid-day finals)
- Live results
Reported by Karl Ortegon.
MEN’S 200 FREE – FINALS
- Pro Swim Record: 1:44.82 Sun Yang
- Trials Wave II: 1:49.65
- Trials Wave I: 1:50.79
Top 3
- Caeleb Dressel – 1:47.57
- Andrew Seliskar – 1:47.69
- Khader Baqlah – 1:47.93
Cal Aquatics’ Andrew Seliskar was on a mission early, going out in 51.92 to lead at the half-way mark. Caeleb Dressel of Gator Swim Club threw down a 27.1 third 50, though, and he finished with a 27.6 to take the win at 1:47.57. Seliskar was just behind at 1:47.69.
Dressel’s club teammate Khader Baqlah also broke 1:48, going 1:47.93 for third.
Cristian Quintero was 1:49.69 to win the B-final for Irvine NOVAquatics, ahead of rising Stanford sophomore Luke Maurer in his first time under 1:50 at 1:49.75. Dynamo’s Jay Litherland was third in 1:49.96. Ryan Lochte, who was scratched into this B-final, gained two seconds and finished eighth in a lackluster 1:53.95.
what does babying it mean @caleb dressel??????plz lmk
I think he meant that he was swimming the 200 free too cautiously
I’m throwing up.
Did anybody else think the coloring of his tattoos looked off? And his right forearm where he has the rings looked swollen?
He obviously put some protection cream on it.
ObVIoUSlY you aren’t tatted. No one wears tattoo “protection cream” unless you literally just got a tattoo (in which case, you’d need 2 weeks out of the pool). Either he’s wearing sunscreen to slow the fading, or aquaphor if he worries the chlorine will affect them (it won’t).
It’s clearly sunscreen… and he’s said before he loads up his arm with it whenever he trains/competes outside.
Yup
CD has gotta be one of the most genuine, composed, polite, and humble male superstar swimmers the US has had in a while. Look no disrespect to any of the others, but he is remarkably uncontroversial and has a pretty clean record on gaffes.
Dressel and Chalmers are gentlemen giants of the sport…..great to see!
Honestly split between wanting more Dressels and wanting more trash talking.
Totally with you. It’d be so much fun if there was some edge to… well, anything in swimming other than the doping controversies.
We can have both! We can have the “we’ll smash them like guitars,” the Le Clos shadowboxing, and the King/Efimova beef in certain events and then gentlemen/women in other events
Nathan Adrian. I know he’s no Lochte or Phelps… He’s pretty much a two trick pony, but in terms of the qualities you listed, he stands out in my mind as a fantastic ambassador for the sport. Just listening to him talk about how he approaches goals and training is enough to tell me how he’s been so consistent in the past 10 years.
Looks like Lochte totally dogged the last 50. He swam 32.19. That’s 2.5 seconds slower than the prelims.
Wonder if it was something other than that? What’s the point of racing it if you are going to coast home like that?
Look we all have bad swims, and I do like Lochte, but I just think this is funny
Anton Chupkov 200 breast: 29.73 32.49 32.01 31.89
KL slowest split in a mile: 31.39
But alas, Penguin wishes they could swim a 1:53 LCM 200 free 🙁
he didn’t dog it, he was just really hurting coming home😳 Watched it in person – it was rough. But, that’s Lochte in-season. Big guy needs some rest
Yea he probably cramped up or just died from taking it out a second too fast
You gotta want it, or it’s just not going to happen.
Lochte has had a number of nice swims in season, but when
push comes to shove, I’ll bet he doesn’t make TEAM USA
in any individual event, except a relay. Sad end to a great career.
He went 157 in a 200im as a fat guy. He can definitely go 155 and make the team
I wonder how the mixed relays will play into this. Obviously he’d be the top pick for those, but would he prioritize those over the 8 free, where he’s not as much of a sure thing, but it is more of a “legit” Olympic event?
There is no mixed free relay just a mixed medley where Caleb will most likely swim the fly.
Each individual will have their own Olympic goals and motivating factors. But…in 10 years, when he retires nobody’s going to say “Caeleb Dressel won 14 Olympic gold medals, but 2 of them are mixed relays.” His sponsors certainly aren’t going to say that. It will be a topic in the moment, but will fade as the conversations turn to ‘legacy.’
Based on his recent interviews/commentary, though, I think the conversation might be moot – he doesn’t seem to have fear of going after both events.
Its taken me years to agree, but the mixed relays are no less “legit” over all than the 50 free must have been considered by purists in 1988, and one could argue that Spitz in 1972 would’ve won 8 plus with those additional two events. Bottom line that greats are going to give their all at whatever they set out on doing, and the legacy can be discussed by people out of the arena.
No reason he should not be sub 1:45 come trials and earn an individual 200 free. I would scratch individual and focus on his other individuals/relays
Go out 48 in your 2 free at trials.
For science caeleb
We need to get Townley to go out in 1:47 in the 400 free for science too