Former Florida swimmer Caeleb Dressel sets USA record for most medals at single world championship meet
By Adam Spencer
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Two years ago, then-Florida swimmer Caeleb Dressel tied the legendary Michael Phelps’s record of seven medals at a single world championship meet.
On Sunday, in Gwangju, South Korea, Dressel broke that record, taking home an unbelievable eight medals during the meet.
As you can see below, Dressel was absolutely dominant in the butterfly and freestyle strokes and also won four relay medals:
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Caeleb Dressel is the first man in @TeamUSA history to win eight medals at a single world championship! ? pic.twitter.com/SIXXUSan2z
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) July 28, 2019
Eight medals, and not a single bronze. As you can see above, Dressel won gold in the 4×100-meter free relay, the 50-meter butterfly, the 100-meter butterfly, the 100-meter freestyle, the 50-meter freestyle and the mixed 4×100-meter free relay. He also took home silver medals in the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay.
That’s pretty impressive. We don’t normally cover swimming on this site, but if more former SEC swimmers start doing things Michael Phelps hasn’t done, we’ll give props to that!
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
