Caleb Dressel Crocs 48.30 100 Freestyle at Atlanta Classic (Men's Roundup)
Last year's Atlanta Classic was my first competition. caleb dressel Competing in his first race in almost a year, he has steadily returned to top form since then and is aiming to qualify for his third Olympic team next month. Swimming again at the McCauley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Dressel posted his first top-100 free time since 2022 in his final opportunity to race before trials.
Dressel swam a time of 48.30 on Thursday night and ran in 23.26. Jorge Iga He then showed off his incredible speed in the back half with a time of 25.04 seconds. Dressel's time beat last season's best of 48.40 seconds at the Pro Swim Series meet in San Antonio last month and was the fourth-fastest American swimmer this year. Chris Guiliano, matt king and jack alexie.
Of the three meets that make up the USA Swimming Club Excellence Challenge, Dressel's time remained the top mark of the night, although Alexie swam a little faster in the Irvine meet preliminaries with a time of 48.20 seconds. Alexie clocked a time of 48.37 seconds on the night, finishing just seven-hundredths of a second shy of Dressel's mark.
In Atlanta, Iga finished second with a score of 48.57, tied with Dressel's fellow Florida Gators. mcguire mcduff 3rd (49.19) and julian smith 4th place (49.55).Also included in TOP 3 for Irvine Andres Dupont Cabrera (49.33) and henry mcfadyen (49.35) Meanwhile in Austin, Shayne Casas He recorded a time of 49.00 seconds and secured the first victory. Santo Condorelli (49.22) and camden taylor (49.68).
Other events include the 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, and 400 freestyle.
100 Breaststroke
Evgeny Somov In the preliminaries for the 100m breaststroke, she recorded a time of 58.72 seconds, significantly faster than her entry time of 1:00.83. This record broke Russia's national record. Anton Chupkov's 58.83. Somov set the winning mark of 59.34 points in the final. However, it is unlikely that he will be able to participate in the Paris Olympics because he will need to qualify as a neutral athlete due to Russia's ban on participating in the Olympics.
Somov was followed by Carles Col Marti (1:00.39) and miguel de lara (1:00.69), while Nick Finkwho just won the world title at this event in February, won in Austin with a time of 1:00.35, jake foster (1:00.88) and Will Lycon (1:01.79).
200 Butterfly
martin espernbergerThe Austrian swimmer, who trains at the University of Tennessee, won the main event in 1:56.12. Mason Roll 2nd place (1:57.10) jack dahlgren Touched 3rd place (1:58.19). On the other hand, in Austin, no players were under 2 o'clock. ryan branon He secured the top time with a time of 2 minutes 01.43 seconds.
400 freestyle
It was the Florida Gators men's 400 free show. Alfonso Mestre He won in 3:48.10, ahead of two teammates who won medals at the Olympics. Kieran Smiththe event's bronze medalist at the 2021 Olympics touches out the distance star bobby finke 1/100, from 3:49.00 to 3:49.01. Rex Maurer He dominated in the Austin heat with a time of 3:50.25.
