Marcela Acosta Sets Salvadorian Record in 1500 Free
El Salvador’s Marcelo Acosta set a national record with a win in the men’s 1500-meter free at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Acosta hit the wall in a time of 15:13.09. That crushed his previous record of 15:16.26 from the 2015 Pan American Games, and moved him to ninth in the world rankings.
With that FINA A cut, Acosta is the first swimmer from his country to earn a berth in the Olympics.
Club Wolverine’s Connor Jaeger, the third-ranked swimmer in the world with a 15:06.24 from Austin, took second tonight in 15:14.68.
Gator’s True Sweetser picked up third tonight in the event with a time of 15:14.92 to move to 12th in the world.
Plymouth’s Andrew Abruzzo, 16, dropped 15 seconds from his seed time to take fourth in 15:15.99 out of the earlier heats, while Badger’s Zane Grothe finished fifth in 15:24.94.
NCAP’s Andrew Gemmell (15:28.14), Sarasota’s Theodore Smith (15:32.66) and Club Wolverine’s Sean Ryan (15:33.53) completed the top eight.
1 Acosta, Marcelo 19 Azura Florida Aq 15:16.26 15:13.09 NATS 27.88 58.79 (30.91) 1:29.49 (30.70) 1:59.87 (30.38) 2:30.88 (31.01) 3:01.36 (30.48) 3:32.04 (30.68) 4:02.55 (30.51) 4:33.39 (30.84) 5:03.50 (30.11) 5:34.31 (30.81) 6:04.69 (30.38) 6:35.56 (30.87) 7:05.79 (30.23) 7:36.34 (30.55) 8:06.85 (30.51) 8:37.38 (30.53) 9:08.04 (30.66) 9:38.67 (30.63) 10:09.39 (30.72) 10:40.39 (31.00) 11:10.62 (30.23) 11:41.16 (30.54) 12:12.01 (30.85) 12:42.43 (30.42) 13:12.98 (30.55) 13:44.11 (31.13) 14:14.29 (30.18) 14:44.07 (29.78) 15:13.09 (29.02) 2 Jaeger, Connor 24 Club Wolverine-M 14:41.20 15:14.68 NATS 28.25 58.96 (30.71) 1:29.50 (30.54) 2:00.10 (30.60) 2:31.06 (30.96) 3:01.53 (30.47) 3:32.11 (30.58) 4:02.76 (30.65) 4:33.38 (30.62) 5:03.78 (30.40) 5:34.40 (30.62) 6:04.84 (30.44) 6:35.60 (30.76) 7:05.95 (30.35) 7:36.45 (30.50) 8:07.40 (30.95) 8:39.83 (32.43) 9:10.80 (30.97) 9:41.43 (30.63) 10:11.98 (30.55) 10:42.56 (30.58) 11:13.01 (30.45) 11:43.73 (30.72) 12:14.32 (30.59) 12:45.13 (30.81) 13:15.58 (30.45) 13:46.06 (30.48) 14:16.05 (29.99) 14:45.89 (29.84) 15:14.68 (28.79) 3 Sweetser, True 18 Gator Swim Club- 15:10.73 15:14.92 NATS 28.66 59.57 (30.91) 1:30.46 (30.89) 2:01.04 (30.58) 2:31.85 (30.81) 3:02.55 (30.70) 3:33.27 (30.72) 4:03.83 (30.56) 4:34.48 (30.65) 5:05.05 (30.57) 5:35.66 (30.61) 6:06.37 (30.71) 6:36.87 (30.50) 7:07.36 (30.49) 7:37.90 (30.54) 8:08.29 (30.39) 8:39.12 (30.83) 9:09.48 (30.36) 9:39.95 (30.47) 10:10.39 (30.44) 10:41.22 (30.83) 11:11.90 (30.68) 11:42.82 (30.92) 12:13.62 (30.80) 12:45.04 (31.42) 13:16.08 (31.04) 13:46.61 (30.53) 14:16.68 (30.07) 14:46.17 (29.49) 15:14.92 (28.75) 4 Abruzzo, Andrew 16 Plymouth Whitema 15:30.93 15:15.99 NATS 27.80 57.91 (30.11) 1:28.04 (30.13) 1:58.45 (30.41) 2:29.00 (30.55) 2:59.57 (30.57) 3:29.90 (30.33) 4:00.51 (30.61) 4:31.04 (30.53) 5:01.63 (30.59) 5:31.86 (30.23) 6:02.53 (30.67) 6:33.06 (30.53) 7:03.78 (30.72) 7:34.59 (30.81) 8:05.19 (30.60) 8:35.66 (30.47) 9:06.53 (30.87) 9:37.35 (30.82) 10:08.37 (31.02) 10:38.82 (30.45) 11:09.59 (30.77) 11:40.32 (30.73) 12:11.48 (31.16) 12:42.36 (30.88) 13:13.61 (31.25) 13:44.36 (30.75) 14:15.42 (31.06) 14:46.22 (30.80) 15:15.99 (29.77) 5 Grothe, Zane 23 Badger Swim Club 15:19.28 15:24.94 NATS 27.46 57.47 (30.01) 1:27.96 (30.49) 1:58.47 (30.51) 2:28.98 (30.51) 2:59.52 (30.54) 3:29.98 (30.46) 4:00.67 (30.69) 4:31.23 (30.56) 5:02.22 (30.99) 5:33.09 (30.87) 6:04.08 (30.99) 6:35.17 (31.09) 7:06.52 (31.35) 7:37.82 (31.30) 8:09.32 (31.50) 8:40.96 (31.64) 9:12.89 (31.93) 9:44.61 (31.72) 10:16.46 (31.85) 10:47.91 (31.45) 11:19.51 (31.60) 11:50.74 (31.23) 12:22.34 (31.60) 12:53.93 (31.59) 13:25.08 (31.15) 13:55.99 (30.91) 14:26.12 (30.13) 14:56.23 (30.11) 15:24.94 (28.71) 6 Gemmell, Andrew 25 Nation's Capital 15:07.82 15:28.14 NATS 28.83 59.55 (30.72) 1:30.56 (31.01) 2:01.20 (30.64) 2:32.07 (30.87) 3:02.81 (30.74) 3:33.67 (30.86) 4:04.06 (30.39) 4:34.83 (30.77) 5:05.43 (30.60) 5:36.16 (30.73) 6:06.79 (30.63) 6:37.65 (30.86) 7:08.26 (30.61) 7:39.22 (30.96) 8:10.09 (30.87) 8:41.46 (31.37) 9:12.58 (31.12) 9:44.14 (31.56) 10:15.43 (31.29) 10:46.89 (31.46) 11:18.31 (31.42) 11:49.54 (31.23) 12:20.86 (31.32) 12:52.46 (31.60) 13:23.94 (31.48) 13:55.42 (31.48) 14:26.92 (31.50) 14:58.29 (31.37) 15:28.14 (29.85) 7 Smith, Theodore 16 Sarasota Tsunami 15:42.07 15:32.66 NATS 29.26 1:00.08 (30.82) 1:31.25 (31.17) 2:02.19 (30.94) 2:33.55 (31.36) 3:04.79 (31.24) 3:35.64 (30.85) 4:06.93 (31.29) 4:38.01 (31.08) 5:09.23 (31.22) 5:40.56 (31.33) 6:12.00 (31.44) 6:43.00 (31.00) 7:14.23 (31.23) 7:45.36 (31.13) 8:16.55 (31.19) 8:47.62 (31.07) 9:18.77 (31.15) 9:50.17 (31.40) 10:21.52 (31.35) 10:52.87 (31.35) 11:24.30 (31.43) 11:55.41 (31.11) 12:26.75 (31.34) 12:57.97 (31.22) 13:29.27 (31.30) 14:00.39 (31.12) 14:31.69 (31.30) 15:02.62 (30.93) 15:32.66 (30.04) 8 Ryan, Sean 23 Club Wolverine-M 15:03.82 15:33.53 NATS 29.11 1:00.62 (31.51) 1:32.13 (31.51) 2:03.84 (31.71) 2:35.32 (31.48) 3:06.73 (31.41) 3:37.86 (31.13) 4:08.96 (31.10) 4:40.18 (31.22) 5:11.30 (31.12) 5:42.11 (30.81) 6:13.03 (30.92) 6:43.97 (30.94) 7:14.58 (30.61) 7:45.45 (30.87) 8:16.43 (30.98) 8:47.25 (30.82) 9:18.27 (31.02) 9:49.41 (31.14) 10:20.71 (31.30) 10:51.80 (31.09) 11:22.96 (31.16) 11:54.50 (31.54) 12:25.71 (31.21) 12:57.32 (31.61) 13:28.71 (31.39) 14:00.31 (31.60) 14:31.59 (31.28) 15:03.09 (31.50) 15:33.53 (30.44) 9 Arapiraca, Luis 28 Una Azfl-FG 15:23.29 15:38.44 NATS 29.10 1:00.25 (31.15) 1:31.94 (31.69) 2:03.31 (31.37) 2:34.80 (31.49) 3:06.30 (31.50) 3:38.11 (31.81) 4:09.38 (31.27) 4:40.76 (31.38) 5:12.17 (31.41) 5:43.82 (31.65) 6:15.20 (31.38) 6:46.85 (31.65) 7:18.22 (31.37) 7:50.21 (31.99) 8:21.46 (31.25) 8:53.13 (31.67) 9:24.54 (31.41) 9:56.15 (31.61) 10:27.44 (31.29) 10:59.14 (31.70) 11:30.22 (31.08) 12:01.45 (31.23) 12:32.53 (31.08) 13:04.03 (31.50) 13:35.47 (31.44) 14:07.08 (31.61) 14:38.27 (31.19) 15:09.64 (31.37) 15:38.44 (28.80) 10 Finke, Robert 16 Saint Petersburg 15:31.95 15:39.98 NATS 28.38 58.44 (30.06) 1:29.28 (30.84) 2:00.07 (30.79) 2:29.47 (29.40) 3:02.00 (32.53) 3:33.21 (31.21) 4:04.52 (31.31) 4:35.82 (31.30) 5:07.36 (31.54) 5:38.94 (31.58) 6:10.43 (31.49) 6:41.93 (31.50) 7:13.34 (31.41) 7:44.89 (31.55) 8:16.21 (31.32) 8:47.77 (31.56) 9:18.38 (30.61) 9:49.96 (31.58) 10:21.73 (31.77) 10:53.57 (31.84) 11:25.50 (31.93) 11:57.60 (32.10) 12:29.68 (32.08) 13:01.73 (32.05) 13:33.75 (32.02) 14:05.37 (31.62) 14:37.06 (31.69) 15:08.75 (31.69) 15:39.98 (31.23) 11 Peterson, Charl 28 North Carolina A 15:33.94 15:42.76 NATS 29.79 1:00.84 (31.05) 1:32.26 (31.42) 2:03.86 (31.60) 2:35.12 (31.26) 3:06.50 (31.38) 3:38.10 (31.60) 4:09.72 (31.62) 4:41.37 (31.65) 5:13.14 (31.77) 5:44.82 (31.68) 6:16.53 (31.71) 6:48.24 (31.71) 7:19.95 (31.71) 7:51.55 (31.60) 8:23.30 (31.75) 8:54.87 (31.57) 9:26.37 (31.50) 9:57.68 (31.31) 10:29.30 (31.62) 11:00.89 (31.59) 11:32.41 (31.52) 12:03.94 (31.53) 12:35.19 (31.25) 13:06.53 (31.34) 13:38.03 (31.50) 14:09.40 (31.37) 14:40.74 (31.34) 15:12.05 (31.31) 15:42.76 (30.71) 12 Hirschberger, M 17 Nation's Capital 15:19.23 15:43.65 NATS 28.72 59.83 (31.11) 1:31.46 (31.63) 2:03.15 (31.69) 2:34.87 (31.72) 3:06.56 (31.69) 3:38.20 (31.64) 4:09.90 (31.70) 4:41.59 (31.69) 5:12.95 (31.36) 5:44.51 (31.56) 6:16.04 (31.53) 6:47.13 (31.09) 7:18.33 (31.20) 7:50.05 (31.72) 8:21.63 (31.58) 8:53.32 (31.69) 9:24.91 (31.59) 9:56.13 (31.22) 10:27.52 (31.39) 10:59.31 (31.79) 11:30.73 (31.42) 12:02.61 (31.88) 12:34.55 (31.94) 13:06.11 (31.56) 13:37.80 (31.69) 14:09.63 (31.83) 14:41.28 (31.65) 15:13.00 (31.72) 15:43.65 (30.65) 13 Graham, Jared 16 Penguin Aquatics 15:37.46 15:45.45 NATS 29.02 1:00.02 (31.00) 1:31.58 (31.56) 2:03.34 (31.76) 2:35.14 (31.80) 3:06.68 (31.54) 3:38.63 (31.95) 4:10.18 (31.55) 4:41.96 (31.78) 5:13.66 (31.70) 5:45.42 (31.76) 6:16.76 (31.34) 6:48.57 (31.81) 7:19.92 (31.35) 7:51.69 (31.77) 8:23.11 (31.42) 8:55.01 (31.90) 9:26.53 (31.52) 9:58.47 (31.94) 10:30.04 (31.57) 11:01.56 (31.52) 11:33.04 (31.48) 12:05.08 (32.04) 12:36.64 (31.56) 13:08.67 (32.03) 13:40.25 (31.58) 14:11.99 (31.74) 14:43.57 (31.58) 15:15.13 (31.56) 15:45.45 (30.32) 14 Gomez Perez, Al 30 Gator Swim Club- 15:27.30 15:48.53 NATS 29.12 1:00.52 (31.40) 1:31.83 (31.31) 2:03.39 (31.56) 2:35.02 (31.63) 3:06.62 (31.60) 3:37.97 (31.35) 4:09.42 (31.45) 4:40.84 (31.42) 5:12.30 (31.46) 5:43.44 (31.14) 6:14.56 (31.12) 6:46.12 (31.56) 7:17.63 (31.51) 7:49.07 (31.44) 8:20.60 (31.53) 8:52.51 (31.91) 9:24.20 (31.69) 9:55.97 (31.77) 10:27.82 (31.85) 11:00.01 (32.19) 11:32.06 (32.05) 12:04.35 (32.29) 12:36.57 (32.22) 13:08.75 (32.18) 13:41.21 (32.46) 14:13.25 (32.04) 14:45.50 (32.25) 15:17.68 (32.18) 15:48.53 (30.85) 15 Naidich, Martin 25 Argentina-US 15:14.38 15:50.82 JRS 29.39 1:00.92 (31.53) 1:32.21 (31.29) 2:03.63 (31.42) 2:34.80 (31.17) 3:06.58 (31.78) 3:38.43 (31.85) 4:10.35 (31.92) 4:41.95 (31.60) 5:13.72 (31.77) 5:45.28 (31.56) 6:17.05 (31.77) 6:48.48 (31.43) 7:20.20 (31.72) 7:51.92 (31.72) 8:23.84 (31.92) 8:55.55 (31.71) 9:27.43 (31.88) 9:58.93 (31.50) 10:31.06 (32.13) 11:03.14 (32.08) 11:35.34 (32.20) 12:07.79 (32.45) 12:39.80 (32.01) 13:11.69 (31.89) 13:44.15 (32.46) 14:16.37 (32.22) 14:48.55 (32.18) 15:20.18 (31.63) 15:50.82 (30.64) 16 Lupoli, Franco 21 Azura Florida Aq 15:48.77 15:51.53 JRS 27.98 59.10 (31.12) 1:28.19 (29.09) 2:02.39 (34.20) 2:28.33 (25.94) 3:05.45 (37.12) 3:36.72 (31.27) 4:08.37 (31.65) 4:39.76 (31.39) 5:11.52 (31.76) 5:43.07 (31.55) 6:14.68 (31.61) 6:46.27 (31.59) 7:18.30 (32.03) 7:50.24 (31.94) 8:22.28 (32.04) 8:51.30 (29.02) 9:26.37 (35.07) 9:58.09 (31.72) 10:29.91 (31.82) 11:01.75 (31.84) 11:33.81 (32.06) 12:05.89 (32.08) 12:38.22 (32.33) 13:10.56 (32.34) 13:43.17 (32.61) 14:15.02 (31.85) 14:47.66 (32.64) 15:19.42 (31.76) 15:51.53 (32.11) 16 Olvera Alejos, 20 Caan Swim Team-U 15:37.05 15:51.53 JRS 29.26 1:00.88 (31.62) 1:32.84 (31.96) 2:04.84 (32.00) 2:37.16 (32.32) 3:08.88 (31.72) 3:40.45 (31.57) 4:12.29 (31.84) 4:44.54 (32.25) 5:16.49 (31.95) 5:48.46 (31.97) 6:20.43 (31.97) 6:52.17 (31.74) 7:23.75 (31.58) 7:55.39 (31.64) 8:27.07 (31.68) 8:59.23 (32.16) 9:31.05 (31.82) 10:03.04 (31.99) 10:34.75 (31.71) 11:06.76 (32.01) 11:38.30 (31.54) 12:10.30 (32.00) 12:41.94 (31.64) 13:14.37 (32.43) 13:46.33 (31.96) 14:18.46 (32.13) 14:50.21 (31.75) 15:20.99 (30.78) 15:51.53 (30.54)