Hannah Moore and Zane Grothe dominated the scene on Day 1 of the TYR Pro Swim Series in Bloomington. Posting times of 16:11.42 and 15:17.12 respectively, the two proved themselves as one of the nation’s biggest threats in the year before Tokyo. Below are the men’s and women’s race videos from Thursday night finals:
The 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series kicked off in Bloomington Thursday evening with the longest event on the schedule, as some of the nation’s best distance freestylers convened just southwest of Indianapolis for a 30-lap showdown.
With recognizable names hailing from powerhouses like N.C. State and Louisville, the psych sheet was quite the mosaic of America’s best. Going largely unchallenged in the regular collegiate season, the Wolf Pack’s Hannah Moore was seeded to take it all, but Chile’s Kristel Kobrich promised a competitive race. Similarly, Zane Grothe was poised to dominate from the center lane, but not without the threat of outside smoke. Despite the nature of the race, spectators were engaged in each of the 1500 meters that seemed to jumpstart the competitive long-course season, as athletes set Bloomington aflame on Day 1.
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Women’s 1500 Free
Moore refused to disappoint, as she split a near-perfect race to crash the pads with a 16:11.42. Under three seconds off her seed time, Moore seized first with ease, coming home the last 100 in a 1:03.64 to widen the gap between herself and Kobrich.
After Moore began to manhandle the field, Kobrich was forced to turn her attention to the adjacent lane, as Becca Mann stayed on her hip in a decided effort to battle for second. The last lap appeared more like a sprint race, as the women went stroke for stroke to the wall. Kobrich managed to mirror the psych sheet and cinch second with a time of 16:23.19, edging out Mann’s 16:25.49.
Sierra Schmidt brought in the next wave, posting a 16:33.67 to nab fourth ahead of Cassy Jernberg (16:38.48). Cierra Runge posted a time well under the Trials cut, as she and Kaitlyn Sims gassed the last 50 to post times of 16:46.12 and 16:46.35, respectively. Hayley Pike rounded out the top eight with a time of 16:57.07, the first woman outside the 16:49.19 Trials cutoff.
Event 1 Women 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 15:20.48 5/16/2018 Katie Ledecky, USA
American: A 15:20.48 5/16/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: O 15:20.48 5/16/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Jr World: 15:28.36 8/24/2014 Katie Ledecky, USA
Pro Swim: P 15:20.48 5/16/2018 Katie Ledecky, Stanford Swimmin
Trial Cut: T 16:49.19
Name Age Team Seed Finals FINA
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1 Hannah Moore 22 Wolfpack Elite/N 16:08.68 16:11.42T 850
r:+0.70 30.13 1:02.38 (32.25)
1:30.28 (27.90) 2:07.62 (37.34)
2:40.27 (32.65) 3:12.93 (32.66)
3:45.72 (32.79) 4:18.33 (32.61)
4:51.26 (32.93) 5:23.78 (32.52)
5:56.50 (32.72) 6:28.99 (32.49)
7:01.78 (32.79) 7:34.41 (32.63)
8:06.98 (32.57) 8:39.44 (32.46)
9:11.96 (32.52) 9:44.30 (32.34)
10:16.72 (32.42) 10:49.12 (32.40)
11:21.60 (32.48) 11:53.82 (32.22)
12:26.11 (32.29) 12:58.41 (32.30)
13:30.71 (32.30) 14:02.89 (32.18)
14:35.55 (32.66) 15:07.78 (32.23)
15:40.23 (32.45) 16:11.42 (31.19)
2 Kristel Kobrich 33 Chile 16:10.93 16:23.19 820
r:+0.81 31.18 1:03.63 (32.45)
1:36.78 (33.15) 2:09.32 (32.54)
2:42.25 (32.93) 3:14.90 (32.65)
3:47.83 (32.93) 4:20.50 (32.67)
4:53.62 (33.12) 5:26.23 (32.61)
5:59.21 (32.98) 6:31.70 (32.49)
7:04.74 (33.04) 7:37.29 (32.55)
8:10.29 (33.00) 8:42.77 (32.48)
9:15.65 (32.88) 9:48.18 (32.53)
10:21.11 (32.93) 10:53.52 (32.41)
11:26.38 (32.86) 11:59.03 (32.65)
12:32.13 (33.10) 13:04.92 (32.79)
13:38.16 (33.24) 14:11.04 (32.88)
14:44.39 (33.35) 15:17.46 (33.07)
15:50.84 (33.38) 16:23.19 (32.35)
3 Becca Mann 21 Unattached 16:24.49 16:25.49T 814
r:+0.78 30.65 1:03.65 (33.00)
1:36.37 (32.72) 2:09.54 (33.17)
2:37.13 (27.59) 3:15.84 (38.71)
3:48.86 (33.02) 4:21.86 (33.00)
4:54.62 (32.76) 5:27.59 (32.97)
6:00.41 (32.82) 6:33.43 (33.02)
7:06.16 (32.73) 7:39.26 (33.10)
8:12.01 (32.75) 8:45.03 (33.02)
9:17.54 (32.51) 9:50.59 (33.05)
10:22.99 (32.40) 10:55.91 (32.92)
11:28.54 (32.63) 12:01.90 (33.36)
12:34.46 (32.56) 13:07.90 (33.44)
13:41.01 (33.11) 14:14.33 (33.32)
14:47.11 (32.78) 15:20.45 (33.34)
15:53.27 (32.82) 16:25.49 (32.22)
4 Sierra Schmidt 21 Univ. Of Michiga 16:19.59 16:33.67T 794
r:+0.72 30.16 1:03.03 (32.87)
1:36.06 (33.03) 2:08.96 (32.90)
2:42.03 (33.07) 3:15.15 (33.12)
3:48.11 (32.96) 4:21.64 (33.53)
4:54.77 (33.13) 5:27.96 (33.19)
6:01.07 (33.11) 6:34.21 (33.14)
7:07.26 (33.05) 7:40.60 (33.34)
8:13.78 (33.18) 8:47.08 (33.30)
9:20.23 (33.15) 9:53.58 (33.35)
10:26.75 (33.17) 11:00.33 (33.58)
11:33.71 (33.38) 12:07.34 (33.63)
12:40.60 (33.26) 13:14.15 (33.55)
13:47.45 (33.30) 14:20.90 (33.45)
14:54.54 (33.64) 15:28.14 (33.60)
16:00.98 (32.84) 16:33.67 (32.69)
5 Cassy Jernberg 21 Unattached 16:27.24 16:38.48T 783
r:+0.69 31.76 1:05.09 (33.33)
1:39.11 (34.02) 2:12.61 (33.50)
2:46.90 (34.29) 3:20.50 (33.60)
3:54.57 (34.07) 4:28.31 (33.74)
5:02.28 (33.97) 5:35.74 (33.46)
6:05.77 (30.03) 6:42.32 (36.55)
7:10.96 (28.64) 7:48.53 (37.57)
8:21.86 (33.33) 8:54.91 (33.05)
9:28.20 (33.29) 10:01.36 (33.16)
10:34.74 (33.38) 11:07.65 (32.91)
11:41.01 (33.36) 12:14.25 (33.24)
12:47.47 (33.22) 13:20.29 (32.82)
13:53.58 (33.29) 14:26.61 (33.03)
15:00.12 (33.51) 15:32.95 (32.83)
16:06.36 (33.41) 16:38.48 (32.12)
6 Cierra Runge 23 Sun Devil Swim. 16:24.00 16:46.12T 765
r:+0.79 31.28 1:04.79 (33.51)
1:30.70 (25.91) 2:12.65 (41.95)
2:40.23 (27.58) 3:20.22 (39.99)
3:47.18 (26.96) 4:27.66 (40.48)
4:53.02 (25.36) 5:35.02 (42.00)
6:03.67 (28.65) 6:42.44 (38.77)
7:12.18 (29.74) 7:49.68 (37.50)
8:22.74 (33.06) 8:56.86 (34.12)
9:29.67 (32.81) 10:04.17 (34.50)
10:38.29 (34.12) 11:12.07 (33.78)
11:46.02 (33.95) 12:19.64 (33.62)
12:50.78 (31.14) 13:26.51 (35.73)
13:52.46 (25.95) 14:33.30 (40.84)
15:03.01 (29.71) 15:40.27 (37.26)
16:06.56 (26.29) 16:46.12 (39.56)
7 Kaitlynn Sims 18 Magnolia Aquatic 16:31.90 16:46.35T 765
r:+0.78 30.90 1:03.91 (33.01)
1:36.55 (32.64) 2:09.80 (33.25)
2:35.85 (26.05) 3:16.33 (40.48)
3:45.34 (29.01) 4:22.98 (37.64)
4:56.27 (33.29) 5:29.93 (33.66)
6:03.45 (33.52) 6:37.21 (33.76)
7:10.74 (33.53) 7:44.81 (34.07)
8:18.25 (33.44) 8:52.13 (33.88)
9:25.67 (33.54) 9:59.46 (33.79)
10:32.97 (33.51) 11:06.92 (33.95)
11:40.80 (33.88) 12:15.04 (34.24)
12:49.14 (34.10) 13:23.63 (34.49)
13:57.85 (34.22) 14:32.20 (34.35)
15:06.37 (34.17) 15:41.06 (34.69)
16:14.62 (33.56) 16:46.35 (31.73)
8 Hayley Pike 17 Northwest Arkans 17:01.10 16:57.07 741
r:+0.64 30.91 1:04.18 (33.27)
1:38.25 (34.07) 2:12.20 (33.95)
2:46.33 (34.13) 3:20.54 (34.21)
3:54.85 (34.31) 4:28.64 (33.79)
5:03.13 (34.49) 5:37.36 (34.23)
6:11.70 (34.34) 6:46.11 (34.41)
7:20.76 (34.65) 7:54.90 (34.14)
8:29.18 (34.28) 9:03.34 (34.16)
9:37.48 (34.14) 10:11.51 (34.03)
10:45.65 (34.14) 11:19.69 (34.04)
11:53.92 (34.23) 12:27.82 (33.90)
13:01.91 (34.09) 13:35.68 (33.77)
14:09.82 (34.14) 14:43.81 (33.99)
15:18.12 (34.31) 15:52.00 (33.88)
16:25.52 (33.52) 16:57.07 (31.55)
Men’s 1500 Free
As foretold by the heat sheets, Grothe kicked off the men’s side of the Bloomington TYR Pro Series with a decisive victory in the 1500 free. Coming out aggressively in the first half of the race, Grothe maintained his speed until crashing the pads at the finish with an impressive 15:17.12. With Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta (15:28.66) at his hip for the first 750 meters, Grothe was not in for an easy back half. Instead of panicking and hitting the gas too early, however, Grothe adhered to his intelligent race strategy. As Acosta began to lose steam, Grothe continued to post mid-30 splits at each wall, building his lead and prepping for his 27.14 final 50.
Ricardo Vargas was not to be ignored, as he managed to stay with the pack throughout the race, touching in less than two seconds after Acosta with a 15:30.04. Mikey Calvillo brought in the second wave, surging home to post a 15:40.94, the last man under the Olympic Trials cut. Will Roberts broke into the top five with a 15:46.91 to beat Ford Blaylock (15:55.16), who edged out Jake Mitchell (15:56.67) in a sprint-like race to the finish. Hayden Curley rounded out a loaded heat with a time of 16:07.66 in the far lane.
Event 2 Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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World: W 14:31.02 8/4/2012 Yang Sun, CHN
American: A 14:39.48 8/13/2016 Connor Jaeger, USA
U.S. Open: O 14:45.54 7/6/2008 Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine
Jr World: 14:51.55 4/6/2014 Mack Horton, USA
Pro Swim: P 14:53.12 2016 Jordan Wilimovsky
Trial Cut: T 15:44.89
Name Age Team Seed Finals FINA
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1 Zane Grothe 27 Boulder City Hen 14:48.40 15:17.12T 856
r:+0.69 27.82 58.17 (30.35)
1:25.13 (26.96) 1:59.87 (34.74)
2:30.75 (30.88) 3:01.40 (30.65)
3:32.31 (30.91) 4:03.13 (30.82)
4:34.23 (31.10) 5:05.08 (30.85)
5:36.26 (31.18) 6:07.23 (30.97)
6:38.34 (31.11) 7:09.32 (30.98)
7:40.05 (30.73) 8:10.86 (30.81)
8:41.52 (30.66) 9:12.34 (30.82)
9:43.14 (30.80) 10:13.78 (30.64)
10:44.69 (30.91) 11:15.39 (30.70)
11:46.25 (30.86) 12:16.94 (30.69)
12:47.66 (30.72) 13:18.07 (30.41)
13:48.91 (30.84) 14:19.55 (30.64)
14:49.98 (30.43) 15:17.12 (27.14)
2 Marcelo Acosta 22 Univ Louisville 15:04.79 15:28.66 825
r:+0.70 28.12 58.66 (30.54)
1:29.45 (30.79) 2:00.36 (30.91)
2:31.51 (31.15) 3:02.93 (31.42)
3:34.52 (31.59) 4:05.64 (31.12)
4:37.11 (31.47) 5:08.17 (31.06)
5:39.47 (31.30) 6:10.51 (31.04)
6:42.09 (31.58) 7:13.18 (31.09)
7:44.89 (31.71) 8:15.95 (31.06)
8:47.23 (31.28) 9:18.27 (31.04)
9:49.60 (31.33) 10:20.86 (31.26)
10:51.95 (31.09) 11:22.87 (30.92)
11:54.15 (31.28) 12:25.29 (31.14)
12:56.71 (31.42) 13:27.48 (30.77)
13:58.76 (31.28) 14:29.53 (30.77)
14:59.48 (29.95) 15:28.66 (29.18)
3 Ricardo Vargas 21 Univ. Of Michiga 15:17.23 15:30.04 821
r:+0.69 28.52 59.53 (31.01)
1:30.65 (31.12) 2:01.64 (30.99)
2:32.68 (31.04) 3:03.86 (31.18)
3:34.68 (30.82) 4:05.88 (31.20)
4:36.87 (30.99) 5:07.79 (30.92)
5:38.57 (30.78) 6:09.65 (31.08)
6:40.48 (30.83) 7:11.41 (30.93)
7:42.45 (31.04) 8:13.67 (31.22)
8:44.80 (31.13) 9:15.87 (31.07)
9:47.42 (31.55) 10:18.66 (31.24)
10:49.98 (31.32) 11:21.41 (31.43)
11:52.88 (31.47) 12:24.29 (31.41)
12:55.56 (31.27) 13:27.08 (31.52)
13:58.31 (31.23) 14:29.46 (31.15)
15:00.02 (30.56) 15:30.04 (30.02)
4 Mikey Calvillo 18 Indiana S.C. 15:23.03 15:40.94T 793
r:+0.72 28.85 59.77 (30.92)
1:31.44 (31.67) 2:03.07 (31.63)
2:34.99 (31.92) 3:06.81 (31.82)
3:38.71 (31.90) 4:10.16 (31.45)
4:42.04 (31.88) 5:13.72 (31.68)
5:45.23 (31.51) 6:16.53 (31.30)
6:48.02 (31.49) 7:19.23 (31.21)
7:50.70 (31.47) 8:21.73 (31.03)
8:53.04 (31.31) 9:23.83 (30.79)
9:55.66 (31.83) 10:26.81 (31.15)
10:58.34 (31.53) 11:29.34 (31.00)
12:01.07 (31.73) 12:32.43 (31.36)
13:04.08 (31.65) 13:35.69 (31.61)
14:07.59 (31.90) 14:38.78 (31.19)
15:10.59 (31.81) 15:40.94 (30.35)
5 Will Roberts 19 Univ. Of Michiga 15:29.75 15:46.91 778
r:+0.73 29.07 1:00.29 (31.22)
1:31.32 (31.03) 2:02.64 (31.32)
2:33.84 (31.20) 3:05.38 (31.54)
3:36.25 (30.87) 4:07.48 (31.23)
4:38.62 (31.14) 5:10.22 (31.60)
5:41.56 (31.34) 6:13.28 (31.72)
6:44.39 (31.11) 7:16.39 (32.00)
7:48.28 (31.89) 8:20.55 (32.27)
8:52.42 (31.87) 9:24.53 (32.11)
9:56.43 (31.90) 10:28.04 (31.61)
11:00.21 (32.17) 11:32.45 (32.24)
12:04.46 (32.01) 12:36.70 (32.24)
13:08.48 (31.78) 13:40.35 (31.87)
14:12.47 (32.12) 14:44.30 (31.83)
15:15.84 (31.54) 15:46.91 (31.07)
6 Ford Blaylock 19 Mercersburg Acad 15:57.09 15:55.16 758
r:+0.70 29.47 1:01.80 (32.33)
1:34.44 (32.64) 2:06.98 (32.54)
2:39.43 (32.45) 3:12.27 (32.84)
3:44.88 (32.61) 4:17.26 (32.38)
4:49.67 (32.41) 5:22.04 (32.37)
5:53.98 (31.94) 6:25.89 (31.91)
6:57.94 (32.05) 7:29.98 (32.04)
8:01.57 (31.59) 8:33.58 (32.01)
9:05.34 (31.76) 9:37.09 (31.75)
10:08.65 (31.56) 10:40.69 (32.04)
11:12.35 (31.66) 11:45.04 (32.69)
12:16.73 (31.69) 12:48.89 (32.16)
13:20.15 (31.26) 13:51.73 (31.58)
14:23.39 (31.66) 14:54.95 (31.56)
15:25.62 (30.67) 15:55.16 (29.54)
7 Jake Mitchell 17 Carmel Swim Club 15:36.21 15:56.67 754
r:+0.67 28.87 1:00.63 (31.76)
1:31.90 (31.27) 2:03.72 (31.82)
2:35.26 (31.54) 3:07.27 (32.01)
3:31.85 (24.58) 4:10.95 (39.10)
4:33.36 (22.41) 5:14.63 (41.27)
5:46.26 (31.63) 6:18.28 (32.02)
6:50.11 (31.83) 7:22.46 (32.35)
7:54.32 (31.86) 8:26.74 (32.42)
8:58.67 (31.93) 9:31.14 (32.47)
10:02.66 (31.52) 10:35.28 (32.62)
11:07.11 (31.83) 11:39.78 (32.67)
12:11.77 (31.99) 12:44.35 (32.58)
13:16.38 (32.03) 13:48.88 (32.50)
14:21.04 (32.16) 14:53.54 (32.50)
15:25.44 (31.90) 15:56.67 (31.23)
8 Hayden Curley 19 Univ Louisville 15:45.01 16:07.66 729
r:+0.67 29.33 1:01.55 (32.22)
1:34.07 (32.52) 2:06.53 (32.46)
2:39.12 (32.59) 3:11.58 (32.46)
3:44.40 (32.82) 4:16.85 (32.45)
4:49.51 (32.66) 5:21.76 (32.25)
5:54.19 (32.43) 6:26.13 (31.94)
6:58.36 (32.23) 7:30.53 (32.17)
8:02.75 (32.22) 8:34.92 (32.17)
9:07.27 (32.35) 9:39.57 (32.30)
10:11.80 (32.23) 10:44.41 (32.61)
11:16.30 (31.89) 11:48.73 (32.43)
12:21.33 (32.60) 12:53.64 (32.31)
13:26.56 (32.92) 13:58.79 (32.23)
14:31.59 (32.80) 15:04.41 (32.82)
15:36.86 (32.45) 16:07.66 (30.80)