2017 Speedo Southern Zone Long Course Sectional Championships

July 6-9, 2017
Austin, Texas
Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center
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There has been a lot of, let's say... ​discussion​ over ​Joseph Schooling's​ alleged 50.7 100m butterfly in practice last Friday -- the day after ​Caeleb Dressel​ went 50.87 at the U.S. Nationals & World Championship Trials.​

Check out the full interview with Schooling below.



While this time was confirmed by University of Texas Assistant Coach ​Chase Kreitler​ and then later by Schooling, nothing is official until the time pops up on the scoreboard at an actual meet. Every coach and swimmer knows that a coach can have a ​friendly​ stopwatch from time to time to help build confidence in the swimmer going into a big meet. However, anything even in the vicinity of 50.7 is the real deal -- especially for a practice swim.

"I'm looking forward to posting a time officially... I'm gonna wait until Saturday and hopefully I can go into Worlds with the fastest time," Schooling mentioned in the interview on Thursday night.

Now that Saturday has finally arrived, will he recreate -- or even beat -- that 50.7 in finals? Only time will tell. Schooling posted the top time in prelims Saturday morning with a ​very easy​ 53.12 (25.00/28.12).​

You can watch Schooling tonight LIVE, exclusively on FloSwimming. This is one race you will not want to miss.
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