2018 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 14 – Sunday, February 18
- Rec Center Natatorium, College Station, TX (Central Time Zone)
- Prelims 10AM / Finals 6PM
- Defending Champion: Florida (5x) (results)
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live results
- Live Video (finals)
Well, he did it again.
Florida’s Caeleb Dressel continues to amaze at his fourth and final SEC Championships, breaking the NCAA and American records in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 50.03. Dressel earns his second NCAA and American Record marks of the meet after he obliterated the 200 IM records on Thursday night. The swim knocks off Kevin Cordes‘ 2014 mark of 50.04.
The 21-year-old improved his personal best from 51.88 to 51.07 this morning, and appeared to have a bit left in the tank for tonight. That was definitely the case, as he now owns five individual SCY American/NCAA records, adding the 200 IM and 100 breast to the 50/100 free and 100 fly.
Chances are he won’t swim either the 200 IM or 100 breast at the NCAA Championships, as he’ll likely retreat to his usual three (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly). With this being his senior year, this meet was his last real chance to branch out and swim some events he usually doesn’t. He clearly wanted to leave his mark, and he’s done just that.
Check out the five fastest performers of all-time below:
ALL-TIME TOP PERFORMERS, MEN’S 100 BREAST
| RANK | SWIMMER | TIME | YEAR |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 50.03 | 2018 |
| 2 | Kevin Cordes | 50.04 | 2014 |
| 3 | Will Licon | 50.68 | 2017 |
| 4 | Fabian Schwingenschloegl | 50.77 | 2017 |
| 5 | Nic Fink | 50.8 | 2017 |
Race Video:
Unheard of to be a freestyle and butterfly swimmer and be that awesome in breaststroke.
I’d be down to watch a Dressel vs Peaty showdown in Tokyo
I would love to watch a SCY race between Cordes and Dressel to view the stroke counts and pullout firsthand.
He’s not going to leave anything for anyone else
It’s SCY the equivalent of Swimming in Bath Tub. It doesn’t mean anything in the World of Swimming, it only matters in the US. Peaty and many others will smack him Long Course.
Your argument works if and only if the person you are talking about did not just win 7 gold medals, MVP at Worlds, and Swimmer of the Year last summer while swimming LCM. I also think Michael Phelps went through that same USA SCY swimming program. And I think he turned out just fine.
We need to clone him and put three Dressels in for the medley relay in Tokyo
HOLY CRAP JUST SWIM THE 200 FREE ALREADY!
Yes please!
Did he not DQ he passed the 15 yard mark under water off start?