WATCH: Caeleb Dressel Laid Down Gnarly 49.92 100m Fly Split On Mixed Medley

Watch Caeleb Dressel split a 49.92 100 meter butterfly for Team USA as they broke the world record in the 4x100 meter mixed medley relay. The team of Matt Grevers, Lilly King, Dressel, and Simone Manuel won the gold medal in 3:38.56.

Jul 26, 2017 by Maclin Simpson

WATCH: Caeleb Dressel Laid Down Gnarly 49.92 100m Fly Split On Mixed Medley

2017 FINA World Championships

July 23-30, 2017
Budapest, Hungary
Dagály Aquatics Arena
SCHEDULE
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LIVE RESULTS

Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay -- FINAL

World Record: 3:38.56 -- USA, 2017
Championship Record: 3:38.56 -- USA, 2017
American Record: 3:38.56 -- USA, 2017

1.) USA -- 3:38.56 (WORLD RECORD)
2.) Australia -- 3:41.21
3.) Canada -- 3:41.25
3.) China -- 3:41.25
5.) Great Britain -- 3:41.56
6.) Russia -- 3:43.02
7.) Germany -- 3:46.03
8.) Italy -- 3:46.33

The United States clearly put a lot of emphasis in the 4x100m mixed medley relay -- and it paid off. In prelims, the U.S. squad of Ryan Murphy (52.34), Kevin Cordes (58.95), Kelsi Worrell (56.17), and Mallory Comerford (52.82) shattered the world record with a 3:40.28. In the finals, coaches Greg Meehan and Dave Durden decided on a new relay team that lowered the world record even further to 3:38.56. The quartet of Matt Grevers (52.32), Lilly King (1:04.15), Caeleb Dressel (49.92), and Simone Manuel (52.17) demolished the field by over 3 1/2 seconds. While all four splits were incredibly impressive, the ones with the most implication at this point in the meet are Dressel's 49.9 and Manuel's 52.1 -- both of those times set them up well for their individual 100s to come.

Other impressive splits in the field -- Kylie Masse (Canada), 58.22 100m backstroke; Adam Peaty (Great Britain), 57.12 100m breaststroke; Penny Oleksiak (Canada), 56.18 100m butterfly; Bronte Campbell (Australia), 52.30 100m freestyle.

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