2020 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – MATCH #10
- Monday, November 9: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM CET (10 AM-12 noon U.S. Eastern, 12 AM-2 AM J+1 Japan)
- Tuesday, November 10: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM CET (10 AM-12 noon U.S. Eastern, 12 AM-2 AM J+1 Japan)
- Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
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Caeleb Dressel continues his assault on the record books.
About half an hour after winning the men’s 100 freestyle during Match 10 of the ISL season, Dressel broke the eight-year-old American Record in the men’s 100 individual medley previously held by Ryan Lochte.
Dressel, 24, blitzed out to an opening 50 of 22.96 before closing in 27.52, clocking 50.48 to break Lochte’s previous mark of 50.71. Lochte had set that record at the 2012 SC World Championships in Istanbul.
Dressel and Lochte currently train together in Gainesville, Florida.
Lochte, now 36, was a three-time World Champion in the event (2008, 2010, 2012), and lowered the world record three separate times. He also cracked the 51-second barrier on three occasions over the course of his career.
Dressel now checks in as the second-fastest performer in history, trailing only Vladimir Morozov. Morozov, a Russian native who competes for the Tokyo Frog Kings in the ISL, holds the world record at 50.26, and has also been faster than Dressel’s swim on seven different occasions.
All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 IM
| Rank | Swimmer | Time | Year |
| 1 | Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | 50.26 | 2018 |
| 2 | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | 50.48 | 2020 |
| 3 | Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) | 50.63 | 2018 |
| 4 | Markus Deibler (GER) | 50.66 | 2014 |
| 5 | Ryan Lochte (USA) | 50.71 | 2012 |
This also marked Dressel’s first time breaking 51 seconds, swimming to times of 51.36, 51.27 and 51.11 in his three other appearances this season. It was also the first time he opened up sub-23 on the first 50.
The Gator alum now owns two U.S. medley records after lowering the 200 IM mark in short course yards in 2018.
Speaking of Lochte, he kicked a 23.37 long course 50 underwater on his back in a brief from a push after practice today. Check his Instagram. It’ll be interesting to see how he does this weekend in Sarasota at the US Open.
Dressel 200 IM Tokyo?
Makes sense.
Thoughts?
No.
It conflicts with other events. The only event that makes sense to add to his program based on the Olympic schedule is the 200 free, which also opens up the possibility of two more Olympic medals.
I was hoping to see some excitement that Dressel might break 50 in this soon
But it was disappointing to see everyone whining and attacking each other
Hopefully we see some epic showdowns in the 100 IM now that people are racing it a little harder—really exciting race to watch
Man, this is nothing. Mention COVID in the next ISL article and see what comes out from under the rocks.
That’d be the only way to get HISWIMCOACH to comment on an article about swimming…
Hitting Ryan’s prime time records
What about micheal Andrew?
Can only swim 50s
(joking of course)
That girlfriend stole his legs.
Would love to see him do the 200IM SCM or they should let him do a time trial towards the end of the whole meet!
Considering his race schedule, I’d be surprised if he were interested in additional races. Doesn’t hurt to dream though!
This event was tailor-made for Dressel. Glad to see him do it finally. He can/should be the first to crack the :50 barrier
morozov should have done it by now but in his prime it would have taken a perfect race for him which just didnt happen in the world cups. 49.9 was def possible for him
as for dressel he could prob go even faster than that
Astonishing that Flo never did it back when he was doing 22.2 back, 20.2 free in SCM and 22.8 in LCM fly. His pullout and underwater would be an elite 25 breast.
I thought he was a 25 second 50 SCM breaststroker too.
He is/was in his prime. He won all 4 50s at French nationals one year.
Boom. Would be amazing to watch Dressel go :45 in a yards IM