Cierra Runge Leads Women’s 800 Free with Strong Finish in Santa Clara
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2016 Olympian Cierra Runge of Wisconsin finished first in the women’s 800 freestyle, touching in a time of 8:29.27 after a strong back half. Island Swimming’s Mackenzie Padington took second in 8:34.42, just ahead of Chile’s Kristel Kobrich, who was third in 8:34.75.
Fourth place went to Chenoa Devine of the Davis Aquadarts in 8:43.78. Arizona State’s Kendall Dawson was fifth in 8:47.45.
Hania Moro of Retriever Aquatics placed sixth in 8:53.24. Gulliver’s Kelly Fertel was seventh in 8:55.51, while Pleasanton Seahawk’s Miranda Heckman rounded out the top eight in 8:55.65.
Event 27 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle ================================================================== Name Age Team Seed Finals ================================================================== 1 Runge, Cierra E 21 Wisconsin Aquati 8:28.64 8:29.27 29.36 1:01.04 (31.68) 1:32.88 (31.84) 2:05.09 (32.21) 2:37.59 (32.50) 3:09.90 (32.31) 3:42.45 (32.55) 4:14.67 (32.22) 4:47.50 (32.83) 5:19.80 (32.30) 5:52.23 (32.43) 6:24.12 (31.89) 6:56.14 (32.02) 7:27.27 (31.13) 7:58.64 (31.37) 8:29.27 (30.63) 2 Padington, Mackenzie 18 Island Swimming- 8:31.68 8:34.42 28.99 1:00.03 (31.04) 1:31.70 (31.67) 2:03.91 (32.21) 2:36.25 (32.34) 3:08.63 (32.38) 3:41.08 (32.45) 4:13.51 (32.43) 4:45.99 (32.48) 5:18.83 (32.84) 5:51.33 (32.50) 6:24.22 (32.89) 6:56.70 (32.48) 7:29.65 (32.95) 8:02.16 (32.51) 8:34.42 (32.26) 3 Kobrich, Kristel 31 Chile- 8:29.79 8:34.75 30.39 1:02.03 (31.64) 1:34.07 (32.04) 2:06.08 (32.01) 2:38.33 (32.25) 3:10.54 (32.21) 3:42.95 (32.41) 4:15.17 (32.22) 4:47.71 (32.54) 5:20.07 (32.36) 5:52.69 (32.62) 6:25.16 (32.47) 6:57.92 (32.76) 7:30.54 (32.62) 8:03.17 (32.63) 8:34.75 (31.58) 4 Devine, Chenoa W 18 Davis Aquadarts- 8:50.76 8:43.78 29.88 1:01.51 (31.63) 1:34.55 (33.04) 2:07.10 (32.55) 2:40.70 (33.60) 3:13.46 (32.76) 3:47.01 (33.55) 4:19.82 (32.81) 4:53.40 (33.58) 5:26.18 (32.78) 5:59.78 (33.60) 6:32.59 (32.81) 7:06.08 (33.49) 7:38.70 (32.62) 8:11.78 (33.08) 8:43.78 (32.00) 5 Dawson, Kendall K 20 Un-Arizona State 8:48.53 8:47.45 31.16 1:03.97 (32.81) 1:37.27 (33.30) 2:10.47 (33.20) 2:43.68 (33.21) 3:16.90 (33.22) 3:50.16 (33.26) 4:23.44 (33.28) 4:56.77 (33.33) 5:30.00 (33.23) 6:03.35 (33.35) 6:36.30 (32.95) 7:09.43 (33.13) 7:42.45 (33.02) 8:15.41 (32.96) 8:47.45 (32.04) 6 Moro, Hania M 20 Retriever Aquati 8:55.58 8:53.24 30.99 1:04.13 (33.14) 1:37.78 (33.65) 2:11.52 (33.74) 2:45.05 (33.53) 3:18.96 (33.91) 3:52.77 (33.81) 4:26.74 (33.97) 5:00.36 (33.62) 5:34.27 (33.91) 6:07.70 (33.43) 6:41.49 (33.79) 7:15.18 (33.69) 7:48.75 (33.57) 8:21.25 (32.50) 8:53.24 (31.99) 7 Fertel, Kelly A 19 Gulliver Swim Cl 9:16.40 8:55.51 30.68 1:03.19 (32.51) 1:36.68 (33.49) 2:10.27 (33.59) 2:44.19 (33.92) 3:18.07 (33.88) 3:51.96 (33.89) 4:25.81 (33.85) 4:59.70 (33.89) 5:33.82 (34.12) 6:08.03 (34.21) 6:41.94 (33.91) 7:15.94 (34.00) 7:50.08 (34.14) 8:24.25 (34.17) 8:55.51 (31.26) 8 Heckman, Miranda D 16 Pleasanton Seaha 8:42.29 8:55.65 30.78 1:04.11 (33.33) 1:37.62 (33.51) 2:11.21 (33.59) 2:44.53 (33.32) 3:17.66 (33.13) 3:51.24 (33.58) 4:24.41 (33.17) 4:58.20 (33.79) 5:31.42 (33.22) 6:05.57 (34.15) 6:39.89 (34.32) 7:14.41 (34.52) 7:48.79 (34.38) 8:23.14 (34.35) 8:55.65 (32.51)
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