2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara: Day 1 Finals Live Recap
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Women’s 1500 free
New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle threw down a sizzler in the women’s mile as she moved into third in the world rankings.
Boyle clocked a time of 16:03.73 to win by a wide margin, and move behind only Katie Ledecky (15:42.23) and Lotte Friis (16:00.32) this year.
Boyle had been fourth in the world with a season best time of 16:06.72 from the Australian Championships, but vaulted ahead of Mann’s time with the swim.
2015 Top 5
[table “” not found /]Club Wolverine’s Gillian Ryan placed second in the first heat with a 16:33.74, while NCAC’s Madison Homovich posted a 16:37.16.
Danielle Valley (16:42.81), Brooke Zeiger (16:44.31), Olivia Anderson (16:49.11), Natalia Jaspeado Becerra (16:51.97) and Lindsey Clary (16:52.04) rounded out the top 8.
Men’s 800 free
The Woodlands’ Michael McBroom held off Club Wolverine’s Connor Jaeger for the men’s distance freestyle victory of the night.
McBroom clocked a time of 7:54.21 for the win, finishing a bit outside the top 10 in the world currently anchored by Wojciech Wojdak’s 7:53.23 from Poland. Jaeger, meanwhile, snared second with a 7:54.47.
Trojan’s Ous Mellouli also cleared 8:00 with a third-place time of 7:56.00.
Lucas Kanieski (8:02.01), Miguel Valente (8:30.69), Zane Grothe (8:04.61), Marcelo Acosta (8:04.97) and Matias Koski (8:05.99) closed out the top eight.
2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara, Day 1 Finals – Results
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 1500 free
- Men’s 800 free