Jessica Ashwood Scorches 800 Free in Santa Clara
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In 8:18.14 Jessica Ashwood won the 800 freestyle at tonight’s 2016 Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara. That time was new best for her, in addition to decimating the meet record. She even broke the Australian record in the race, which she negative split.
Hayley Peirsol held the old record at 8:26.87 from 2006. Tonight’s swim also slightly lowers Ashwood’s second place world ranking. Only Katie Ledecky has been faster (8:06.68) this year.
Miranda Heckman (8:50.14) was second and Katy Campbell placed third (8:53.92).
Leah Stevens (8:54.05) and Daniella Hawkins (8:59.11) were also under nine minutes.
Francsca Bains (9:07.96), Cathryn Salladin (9:08.24), Sandra Sow (9:10.22), and Heidi George (9:19.62) completed the top 9.
Event 19 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle ========================================================================= Name Age Team Seed Finals Points ========================================================================= 1 Ashwood, Jessica 23 Chandler Swim-US 8:18.42 8:18.14 29.04 1:00.13 (31.09) 1:31.93 (31.80) 2:03.71 (31.78) 2:35.45 (31.74) 3:07.10 (31.65) 3:38.94 (31.84) 4:10.39 (31.45) 4:41.59 (31.20) 5:12.84 (31.25) 5:44.15 (31.31) 6:15.22 (31.07) 6:46.59 (31.37) 7:17.86 (31.27) 7:48.65 (30.79) 8:18.14 (29.49) 2 Heckman, Miranda 15 Pleasanton Seaha 8:42.29 8:50.14 31.01 1:04.53 (33.52) 1:37.98 (33.45) 2:11.13 (33.15) 2:44.68 (33.55) 3:17.83 (33.15) 3:51.51 (33.68) 4:24.86 (33.35) 4:58.30 (33.44) 5:31.56 (33.26) 6:05.17 (33.61) 6:38.56 (33.39) 7:12.34 (33.78) 7:45.54 (33.20) 8:18.65 (33.11) 8:50.14 (31.49) 3 Campbell, Katy 22 Swim Pasadena-CA 8:30.46 8:53.92 30.86 1:03.75 (32.89) 1:37.43 (33.68) 2:10.99 (33.56) 2:44.60 (33.61) 3:18.41 (33.81) 3:51.56 (33.15) 4:25.30 (33.74) 4:58.75 (33.45) 5:32.45 (33.70) 6:06.25 (33.80) 6:39.97 (33.72) 7:13.86 (33.89) 7:48.23 (34.37) 8:21.81 (33.58) 8:53.92 (32.11) 4 Stevens, Leah 19 UN-25-PC- 8:37.17 8:54.05 30.56 1:03.69 (33.13) 1:37.40 (33.71) 2:11.39 (33.99) 2:37.54 (26.15) 3:19.14 (41.60) 3:52.94 (33.80) 4:26.80 (33.86) 4:49.53 (22.73) 5:33.76 (44.23) 6:07.22 (33.46) 6:40.81 (33.59) 7:14.33 (33.52) 7:47.97 (33.64) 8:21.59 (33.62) 8:54.05 (32.46) 5 Hawkins, Daniella 15 Pleasanton Seaha 10:02.80Y 8:59.11 30.84 1:04.87 (34.03) 1:39.41 (34.54) 2:13.20 (33.79) 2:46.92 (33.72) 3:20.86 (33.94) 3:55.13 (34.27) 4:29.05 (33.92) 5:02.71 (33.66) 5:36.09 (33.38) 6:09.80 (33.71) 6:43.91 (34.11) 7:18.18 (34.27) 7:52.33 (34.15) 8:21.22 (28.89) 8:59.11 (37.89) 6 Bains, Francesca 17 Woodmoor Waves-C 8:59.60 9:07.96 31.17 1:04.76 (33.59) 1:39.22 (34.46) 2:13.07 (33.85) 2:47.18 (34.11) 3:21.21 (34.03) 3:55.47 (34.26) 4:29.82 (34.35) 5:04.33 (34.51) 5:39.03 (34.70) 6:13.80 (34.77) 6:48.64 (34.84) 7:23.56 (34.92) 7:58.80 (35.24) 8:33.89 (35.09) 9:07.96 (34.07) 7 Salladin, Cathryn 16 Fast Swim Team-C 17:13.80 9:08.24 30.68 1:04.04 (33.36) 1:38.45 (34.41) 2:12.68 (34.23) 2:47.11 (34.43) 3:21.51 (34.40) 3:56.78 (35.27) 4:31.47 (34.69) 5:06.79 (35.32) 5:41.55 (34.76) 6:16.47 (34.92) 6:51.48 (35.01) 7:26.20 (34.72) 8:00.92 (34.72) 8:35.18 (34.26) 9:08.24 (33.06) 8 Soe, Sandra 18 UN Scsc-PC- 8:51.18 9:10.22 30.83 1:04.39 (33.56) 1:38.58 (34.19) 2:13.01 (34.43) 2:47.56 (34.55) 3:22.43 (34.87) 3:57.42 (34.99) 4:32.45 (35.03) 5:06.98 (34.53) 5:41.53 (34.55) 6:16.15 (34.62) 6:51.30 (35.15) 7:26.23 (34.93) 8:01.24 (35.01) 8:36.00 (34.76) 9:10.22 (34.22) 9 George, Heidi 40 Great Wolf Swim- 17:17.22 9:19.62 32.19 1:06.43 (34.24) 1:41.23 (34.80) 2:16.72 (35.49) 2:52.59 (35.87) 3:28.08 (35.49) 4:03.34 (35.26) 4:38.77 (35.43) 5:13.96 (35.19) 5:49.67 (35.71) 6:25.09 (35.42) 7:00.40 (35.31) 7:35.53 (35.13) 8:10.64 (35.11) 8:45.57 (34.93) 9:19.62 (34.05) 10 Kalandadze, Anna 14 Radnor Aquatic C 9:16.46 9:23.18 31.72 1:05.97 (34.25) 1:41.01 (35.04) 2:15.90 (34.89) 2:45.35 (29.45) 3:27.27 (41.92) 4:00.20 (32.93) 4:38.45 (38.25) 5:14.33 (35.88) 5:49.90 (35.57) 6:24.84 (34.94) 7:01.40 (36.56) 7:35.06 (33.66) 8:12.91 (37.85) 8:48.08 (35.17) 9:23.18 (35.10) 11 Helak, Alyssa 16 Victor Swim Club 9:01.90 9:25.51 31.16 1:05.56 (34.40) 1:40.88 (35.32) 2:16.44 (35.56) 2:52.24 (35.80) 3:27.95 (35.71) 4:03.95 (36.00) 4:39.64 (35.69) 5:15.48 (35.84) 5:51.66 (36.18) 6:27.99 (36.33) 7:03.85 (35.86) 7:39.74 (35.89) 8:15.28 (35.54) 8:50.90 (35.62) 9:25.51 (34.61) -- Tseng, Courtney 16 Fast Swim Team-C NT X8:58.73 30.99 1:03.91 (32.92) 1:37.52 (33.61) 2:10.82 (33.30) 2:44.65 (33.83) 3:18.31 (33.66) 3:52.41 (34.10) 4:26.65 (34.24) 5:01.06 (34.41) 5:34.97 (33.91) 6:09.93 (34.96) 6:44.11 (34.18) 7:18.51 (34.40) 7:52.75 (34.24) 8:26.86 (34.11) 8:58.73 (31.87) -- Nefsi, Hamida Rania 18 Regina Optimist- 9:16.21 NS
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