Indianapolis, IN
Drew Kibler Clocks Top 200 Free Time in World This Year with 1:45.82 at Indy Sectionals
2023 INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDO SECTIONALS
- March 23-26, 2023
- IU Natatorium – IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Lengthy Course Meters (50 meters)
- Psych Sheet
- Meet Outcomes (Publish Session, underneath “Meet Days”)
- Meet Outcomes on Meet Cell: “Spring 2023 Speedo Sectionals”
Olympian Drew Kibler clocked the highest 200-meter freestyle time on this planet this 12 months with a 1:45.82 to win by practically two seconds on Friday evening on the 2023 Indianapolis Sectionals.
Males’s 200-Meter Freestyle, 2023 World Rankings
- Drew Kibler (USA) – 1:45.82
- Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 1:46.52
- Danas Rapsys (LTU) – 1:46.73
- Matthew Richards (GBR) – 1:47.04
- Flynn Southan (AUS) – 1:47.08
- Henry McFadden (USA) – 1:47.23
- Elijah Winington (AUS) – 1:47.26
- Kieran Smith (USA) – 1:47.33
- Gabriel Jett (USA) – 1:47.41
- Matthew Sates (RSA) – 1:47.46
Final March, Kibler was 1:47.61 on the Professional Swim Sequence cease in San Antonio. He went on to put fourth on the World Championships final summer season, the highest American finisher within the occasion, whereas additionally incomes a gold medal swimming the leadoff leg of the 4×200 free relay (1:45.54).
After graduating from Texas final spring, he opted to not use his fifth 12 months of eligibility, as an alternative returning residence to Indiana in September to coach with Carmel Swim Membership underneath head coach Chris Plumb.
On Thursday evening, Kibler threw down his first private finest since making the swap, posting a 22.23 within the 50 free for the victory. The 23-year-old adopted up that with one other spectacular efficiency within the 200 free, taking practically two seconds off Felix Auboeck’s meet report from 2017 (1:47.45) along with his 1:45.82. Kibler was lower than a second off his lifetime better of 1:45.01 from his fourth-place end at Worlds.
Kibler’s development within the 200 free this 12 months has seen a pointy spike, with a 1:49.59 on the Professional Swim Sequence cease in Knoxville and a 1:47.94 on the cease in Fort Lauderdale earlier than his new season-best tonight.
Second-place finisher Aaron Shackell, an 18-year-old Carmel Swim Membership teammate and Cal commit, positioned second behind Kibler in 1:47.70. Shackell dropped greater than three seconds off his earlier finest from Junior Nationals final summer season.