Caeleb Dressel and Kelsi Dahlia each earned nine medals, while Mallory Comerford racked up eight as the U.S. easily topped the medal standings at the world short-course swimming championships that ended Sunday.
Dressel won his first individual title of the meet in Sunday’s 100m freestyle, lowering his American record by clocking 45.62 seconds and edging Russian Vladimir Morozov by .02.
Dressel also swam butterfly on the medley relay for his sixth gold and ninth medal of the meet in Hangzhou, China. Five of the golds and one silver came on relays.