Dressel Family Growing as Caeleb, Meghan Announce They are Expecting Second Child

Photo Courtesy: Meghan Dressel via Instagram

by Dan D’Addona — Swimming World Managing Editor

27 November 2024, 01:01pm

Dressel Family Growing as Caeleb, Meghan Announce They are Expecting Second Child

The Dressel family is growing by one.

Caeleb Dressel and his wife Meghan Dressel announced they are expecting their second child.

“OOPS! We did it again. We are overjoyed to share our family is growing again🥰 Baby Dressel #2 coming in June! 2 under 2 here we go,” Meghan Dressel posted on social media.

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The couple welcomed their first child into the world earlier this year.  August Wilder Dressel was born, Feb. 17, 2024.

The couple was married in 2021 on Valentine’s Day weekend in Florida.

Dressel won three individual Olympic gold medals in Tokyo, then took nearly a year away from the pool before qualifying for the Paris Olympics in the 100 butterfly, 50 freestyle and a relay swimmer in the 100 free. He won two gold medals and one silver medal on relays for the U.S. in Paris.

In three Olympic games, he has earned a total of nine gold medals and a silver medal.  He is a 21-time world champion and set numerous records at the NCAA level where he won 10 national titles for the University of Florida.

Dressel is hoping to swim the 50 free in Los Angeles in 2028 as the Olympic coda to his career.

“It has always been one of my dreams to compete on American soil at a championship meet. So, yes, my eyes are on 2028,” he told the AP. “I don’t think it’s going to be a full-event lineup. I think maybe just the 50 free, put a little bit more muscle on, don’t have to be in as good a shape. So maybe look forward to just doing the splash-and-dash. That might be a good time for me.”