ESSEN, Germany, October 12. THE opening day of the Alex Athletics Jubilaums Challenge in Essen, Germany was one for the record books as Kate Ziegler went on a short course meter record world record tear in the 1500 free, and the 800 free en route to the metric mile standard.
Ziegler set the 1500 free record with a time of 15:32.90, while setting the 800 free with a split of 8:09.68. Ziegler was on her own most of the race as Meike Freitag placed second in 16:32.45, while Cathleen Rund placed third in 16:56.34. For more complete coverage of Ziegler's epic swim, click here as first reported by SwimmingWorldMagazine.com.
Meanwhile, Thomas Lurz won a much closer contest in the men's 800 freestyle race. He pulled off the victory with a time of 7:48.19 to defeat Jan Wolfgarten, who touched in 7:50.23 for second place. Armin Gress, who swims with Lurz for SV Wurzburg, took third in 8:08.43.
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