Dressel wins 100 butterfly

Caeleb Dressel bounced back from a clunker of a swim in the 100-meter freestyle and won for the first time in three events at the U.S. national championships at Irvine, Calif., taking the 100 butterfly Friday night to earn a berth on the team for the Pan Pacific championships. Dressel, winner of seven golds at last year’s world championships, powered to the wall in 50.50 seconds, fastest in the world this year. Jack Conger was second in 51.11, followed by 19-year-old Michael Andrew in 51.68. Andrew led at the turn before Dressel rallied on the second lap. Andrew returned about 15 minutes later to win the 50 breaststroke, another non-Pan Pacs event, in 26.84, lowering the U.S. Open record he set in the preliminaries. Andrew came back yet again to swim the 50 backstroke and finished fourth, closing out three finals in about 40 minutes. Ryan Murphy, double Olympic backstroke champion in Rio de Janeiro, won the 50 back in 24.24, breaking the 10-year-old American record of 24.33 set by Randall Bal. Olympian Kelsi Dahlia rallied to win the 100 fly in 56.83 and Katie McLaughlin was second in 57.51 to claim spots on the Pan Pacs team.

Chase Kalisz won the men’s 400 individual medley in 4:08.25, fastest in the world this year. Ally

McHugh, a 21-year-old swimmer from Penn State, won the women’s IM in 4:34.80, beating out Olympic medalists Leah Smith and Melanie Margalis. Olympic 100 breast champion Lilly King won the 50 breast in 29.82 and Olympian Olivia Smoliga took the 50 backstroke in 27.70, with both securing spots on the team for worlds.