Dressel's 100 fly win highlights Gators' third day of NCAAs

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Caeleb Dressel grabbed his second individual title of the week and first-ever in the 100 fly.

Dressel's 100 fly win highlights Gators' third day of NCAAs

Friday, March 24, 2017 | Men's Swimming & Diving

Gators hold their third-place spot in the team standings with one day remaining

By: Layne Weitzel

DAY 3 PRELIMS RECAP | DAY 3 FINALS RESULTS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS | PSYCH SHEET

INDIANAPOLIS – On August 12, 2016, Joseph Schooling beat Michael Phelps to win a 100 fly gold medal at the Rio Olympics.

On March 24, 2017, Caeleb Dressel beat Joseph Schooling to win a 100 fly national title at the NCAA Championships.

Dressel's time of 43.58 set a new NCAA, American, U.S. Open and IU Natatorium pool record and gave him his first NCAA championship in the event, upending Schooling, the two-time defending champion from Texas.

WATCH: GatorVision's recap from Day 3 of NCAAs

With just one day left at NCAAs, Florida still ranks third in the team standings with 224.5 points.

As for tonight's other finals performances:

400 IM
Mark Szaranek's success from last night's 200 IM national title carried over into tonight. The junior competed in the 400 IM final, placing third at 3:36.31. That time set a new career-best for Szaranek, marked the fifth-fastest 400-yard IM performance ever and broke his own school record from last month's SEC Championships.

200 free
Florida also found success in the 200 free, with one Gator up and one down in the finals. Jan Switkowski started off the event in the consolation final, winning with a mark of 1:32.51.

Maxime Rooney, the youngest competitor in the event, touched sixth in 1:32.79 in the championship final. He earned his first individual All-America honor.

200 medley relay
Florida snapped its third school record of the night in the meet's penultimate relay. Going with the lineup of Jack Blyzinskyj, Chandler Bray, Szaranek and Dressel, the Gators touched fifth in 1:23.08. The previous record of 1:23.44 by Blyzinskyj, Bray, Jan Switkowski and Dressel was short-lived, also coming from the 2017 SEC Championships.

Florida continues NCAAs tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET with 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and 400 free relay prelims. Platform trials will follow at noon ET.

COMING UP TOMORROW
200 back – Brennan Balogh
100 free – Khader Baqlah, Maxime Rooney, Caeleb Dressel
200 breast – Alex Lebed, Chandler Bray, Ross Palazzo
200 fly – Jan Switkowski, Mark Szaranek
400 free relay
Platform – Samuel Smith

Results can be viewed live via the NCAA and will be posted in full on FloridaGators.com at the conclusion of each day of competition. Wednesday and Thursday, as well as Friday's and Saturday's prelims, will be streamed via IUPUIJags.com, and the Friday and Saturday finals can be viewed live on ESPN3. For the full list of streaming links, visit FloridaGators.com.

TEAM STANDINGS (top 4 teams only)
1. Texas (391.5 points)
2. California (253 points)
3. Florida (224.5 points)
4. NC State (196 points)

FLORIDA'S TITLES
200 IM – Mark Szaranek (1:40.67)
50 free – Caeleb Dressel (18.23)
100 fly – Caeleb Dressel (43.58)

PARTICIPATING GATORS
Qualifying Gators
Brennan Balogh
Khader Baqlah
Andrew Brady
Chandler Bray
Mitch D'Arrigo
Caeleb Dressel
Ben Lawless
Alex Lebed
Blake Manganiello
Ross Palazzo
Maxime Rooney
Samuel Smith
Jan Switkowski
Mark Szaranek

Relay-Only Swimmers
Jack Blyzinskyj
Enzo Martinez-Scarpe

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, March 25
Platform
1650 free
200 back
100 free
200 breast
200 fly
400 free relay

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