Dressel Wins Silver at Phillips 66 Nationals
Thursday, July 26, 2018 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Dressel Places Second in 50 Fly.
IRVINE, Calif. – On the second day of competition at the Phillips 66 Nationals, Caeleb Dressel posted the highest finish of the day. Dressel placed the highest out of all the athletes who represented Florida.
Dressel, a recent graduate, tied for the fastest prelim time of 23.33. He bested that time in the A Final, as he swam a 22.97 on the way to a second-place finish.
Gator great Conor Dwyer posted the third-fastest time in the prelims of the 200-meter freestyle. He followed it up with a third-place finish in the A Final, with a mark of 1:46.08. Incoming freshman Trey Freeman qualified with the eighth-fastest time and swam a 1:48.20 in the A Final, on his way to an eighth-place finish overall.
In the B Finals of the men's 200-meter freestyle, Maxime Rooney finished second in the heat and ninth overall, with a time of 1:47.20. Kieran Smith swam 1:48.27, good for seventh in the B Final and 15th overall. In the C Final, Gator Alum Mitch D'Arrigo placed third with a time of 1:49.09.
Clark Beach set a personal-record with a swim of 1:57.06 in the 200-meter backstroke. Clark Beach earned a spot in the A Finals, where he placed fourth with a mark of 1:57.41. Ethan Beach collected a fourth-place finish in the C Final with a time of 2:01.65.
Incoming freshman Vanessa Pearl notched the 11th-best time in the women's 200-meter breaststroke. In the B Final, she took nearly a full second off of her prelim time in the final's swim. Her time of 2:26.69 is a new personal-best and earned her a first-place finish.
Chandler Bray recorded a 22nd-place finish in the men's 200-meter breaststroke. Bray finished sixth in the C Final.
The Phillips 66 Nationals continue Friday at noon ET with the 400-meter individual medley. Watch live at usaswimming.org.
Finals Times:
Men's 200m Freestyle – A Final
Conor Dwyer – 1:46.08 (3rd overall)
Trey Freeman – 1:48.20 (8th overall)
Men's 200m Freestyle – B Final
Maxime Rooney – 1:47.50 (2nd, 10th overall)
Kieran Smith – 1:48.27 (7th, 15th overall)
Men's 200m Freestyle – C Final
Mitch D'Arrigo – 1:49.09 (3rd, 19th overall)
Women's 200m Breaststroke – B Final
Vanessa Pearl – 2:26.69 9 (1st, 9th overall)
Men's 200m Breaststroke – C Final
Chandler Bray – 2:15.86 (6th, 22nd overall)
Men's 200m Backstroke – A Final
Clark Beach – 1:57.41 (4th overall)
Men's 200m Backstroke – C Final
Ethan Beach – 2:01.65 (4th, 20th overall)
Men's 50m Butterfly – A Final
Caeleb Dressel – 22.97 (2nd overall)
Preliminary Times
Women's 200m Freestyle
Taylor Ault – 2:01.85
Leah Braswell – 2:02.58
Kelsey Dambacher – 2:04.61
Men's 200m Freestyle
Conor Dwyer – 1:46.34
Trey Freeman – 1:47.70
Kieran Smith – 1:47.72
Maxime Rooney – 1:48.17
Mitch D'Arrigo – 1:48.78
Dakota Mahaffey – 1:50.92
Grant Sanders – 1:50.99
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Vanessa Pearl – 2:27.57
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Chandler Bray – 2:13.91
Ross Palazzo – 2:16.06
Grant Sanders – 2:17.77
Stanley Wu – 2:20.25
Women's 200m Backstroke
Sydney Sell – 2:14.18
Sherridon Dressel – 2:14.31
Men's 200m Backstroke
Clark Beach – 1:57.06
Ethan Beach – 2:00.39
Brennan Balogh – 2:01.65
Miguel Cancel – 2:03.25
Dakota Mahaffey – 2:06.03
Men's 50m Butterfly
Caeleb Dressel – 23.33
