Dressel wins everything. 200 Back, 1650 free, 50 free, 200 breast..... everything.

He wins all of the relays. Florida's relay is Dressel - Dressel - Dressel - Dressel.

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So his sisters are joining him for the relay?!

Based off his swim at conference champs I think he goes sub-40 in the 100--I'll definitely be watching!

Bummer is that this meet has far less coverage than the women's did. Only streaming prelims and half of the finals.

Have the events Dressel is swimming been announced / confirmed?

Personally, I'd like to see him swim a properly tapered SCY 200FR. This seems unlikely.

THATS HILARIOUS.. and kind of true.. lots of hype here.
Im at the event.
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But ill try to keep tabs and report back around here sometime after each session.
Headed over shortly here for the relay tonight.
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Nice video of the rush for deck space...geez!!!

1:29 for Peroni leading off??? I’m sorry, what????
And 6:05 for NC State. Wow. I feel like I didn’t even do the same sport as these guys.

Also- all the sessions (except Fri/Sat finals on Espn3) are broadcast on BTN2GO - not sure if you have to pay extra or not.


http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/NCAA/2018/

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Haha. That was crazy!! All those assistant coaches. And that was the second time! The first time someone “falsestarted” and they made them all go back.
But that first time. The Michigan coaches need some drinks bc... they both ate it hard! Like needing and emt hard!! It was nuts. Thankfully they are ok

I’ll post the last 70 yards of it on insta in a little bit. (MyMainSet)
Townley Haas went 1:30.3 and Blake just made him look pedestrian... which he isn’t!! And dean Ferris of Harvard was low 1:30. As well.

Indeed! Pieroni's 200 time is amazing! Our family has watched him since he was a 10 year old age grouper. I'm happy for him and for IU!

Do you know if it counts as a NCAA record?

American and NCAA record.

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Ya, it is too bad the swimmers are limited to only 3 indy events. It would be great to see him swim a well-rested 200 FR; he might just pick up another AR!!!

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Caleb is swimming 50/100Free and 100 Fly like he has every year - also will do the other 4 relays (4x50FR/Medley, 4x100 FR/Medley)

If you're curious, here's a video of the race.

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As SwimSwam pointed out yesterday, the current depth in the men's 200FR in the US is absolutely ridiculous... at least in SCY. The pace of improvement over the last two years is incredible. In addition to Townley and Blake, Seliskar dropped a 1:31 low leadoff. Meanwhile, Apple, Ress and Farris all split sub 1:31.

Yeah, I think 4 of the leadoff guys cracked into the top-10 performers all-time list (2 were already there, Pieroni and Haas). But Pieroni's 200 is incredible.

It just kinda backs up my opinion that the 200 free is the deepest event in men's swimming, especially when you consider the number of guys at NCAA's who aren't swimming it because of event limits, like Dressel. It's where the sprinters AND the distance guys meet. (I know monty disagrees with me and is partial to the 100 being the deepest, but I really think it's the 200. That distance just opens up to a lot more contenders.

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I think it's deepest in short course. Long course I'd argue the 100 is deeper. Short course I think it's a bit easier for the pure speed guys to come up to the 200 due to the walls (see Tom Shields), but long course guys can come down to the 100 because of pure swimming speed (think Phelps, last at the turn, front of the pack at the finish).

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I'm thinking of guys like James Guy, Chad LeClos, Hagino, who don't really have the raw speed for the 100 and aren't pure freestylers, but they can put it together for the 2. and there's Yang, who can come down, Cam McEvoy could go up. Even Biondi back in the day was a phenomenal 200 swimmer.

There really aren't many guys in the 100 who are contenders and aren't pure freestylers. Phelps (and now Dressel) was the exception.

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Anyone get live results working? Nothing is updating for me.

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I will go outside the box: As absolutely incredible as Dressel is...this focus on mid distance is going to hurt his 50 yard free. He probably only goes 18.4

http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/NCAA/2018/


working for me - sometimes the hytek system gets hung, and you have to force reload a results page by ctrl-F5, or holding control with a right click "reload frame". Alternatively, use the MeetMobile App ($$) or DeckPass Plus App ($$) and check results there.

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The live video should have contained a warning that content is not fit for viewing by young children.

18.11 - and it was just disgusting.

I think we're going to get a 17 tonight. Unreal.

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18.11 in heats! !!!

swimming world time converter put that equal to the SCM WR (20.26 - Manaudou) In heats.

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