Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Connor Jaeger Downs Ryan Cochrane in Epic 1500 Free Brawl
Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott
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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 21.
In what can only be described as a 15-round heavyweight championship bout, USA’s Connor Jaeger took the title off the defending champ as he edged Canada’s Ryan Cochrane in one of the most exciting 1500 frees of all time. Cochrane went out hard before Jaeger caught up around the 500-meter mark, then the two traded shots every 50 before Jaeger had just enough of a lead going into the final 50 to withstand a 27.29 split by the defending champion. Jaeger finished with a 14:51.79 for the win, while Cochrane settled for silver with a 14:51.97.
Australia’s Mack Horton, a youngster at just 18, took bronze in 14:52.78, while teammate Jordan Harrison took fourth in 14:53.65.
USA’s Michael McBroom (14:57.15), Japan’s Kohei Yamamoto (14:57.71), USA’s Jordan Wilimovsky (15:01.43) and USA’s Sean Ryan (15:03.82) picked up spots in the top eight in the timed final event.
Results
1 JAEGER, CONNOR 23 UNITED STATES 14:47.96 14:51.79 931 r:+0.71 27.67 57.39 (29.72) 1:27.14 (29.75) 1:57.21 (30.07) 2:27.15 (29.94) 2:57.46 (30.31) 3:26.99 (29.53) 3:56.76 (29.77) 4:26.72 (29.96) 4:56.65 (29.93) 5:26.19 (29.54) 5:55.95 (29.76) 6:26.04 (30.09) 6:56.20 (30.16) 7:26.25 (30.05) 7:56.64 (30.39) 8:26.75 (30.11) 8:56.99 (30.24) 9:27.16 (30.17) 9:57.17 (30.01) 10:27.09 (29.92) 10:57.08 (29.99) 11:27.02 (29.94) 11:57.21 (30.19) 12:27.18 (29.97) 12:57.14 (29.96) 13:26.23 (29.09) 13:55.32 (29.09) 14:24.25 (28.93) 14:51.79 (27.54) 2 COCHRANE, RYAN 25 CANADA 14:42.48 14:51.97 931 r:+0.74 27.28 56.54 (29.26) 1:26.20 (29.66) 1:56.01 (29.81) 2:25.68 (29.67) 2:55.56 (29.88) 3:25.26 (29.70) 3:55.29 (30.03) 4:25.41 (30.12) 4:55.57 (30.16) 5:25.57 (30.00) 5:55.82 (30.25) 6:26.14 (30.32) 6:56.30 (30.16) 7:26.37 (30.07) 7:56.69 (30.32) 8:26.68 (29.99) 8:56.84 (30.16) 9:27.02 (30.18) 9:56.80 (29.78) 10:26.62 (29.82) 10:56.49 (29.87) 11:26.27 (29.78) 11:56.21 (29.94) 12:26.05 (29.84) 12:55.92 (29.87) 13:25.69 (29.77) 13:55.61 (29.92) 14:24.68 (29.07) 14:51.97 (27.29) 3 HORTON, MACK 18 AUSTRALIA 14:48.76 14:52.78 928 r:+0.76 27.44 57.08 (29.64) 1:26.64 (29.56) 1:56.29 (29.65) 2:25.92 (29.63) 2:55.61 (29.69) 3:25.48 (29.87) 3:55.38 (29.90) 4:25.43 (30.05) 4:55.56 (30.13) 5:25.46 (29.90) 5:55.74 (30.28) 6:25.97 (30.23) 6:56.30 (30.33) 7:26.39 (30.09) 7:56.99 (30.60) 8:27.03 (30.04) 8:57.29 (30.26) 9:27.32 (30.03) 9:57.33 (30.01) 10:27.21 (29.88) 10:57.44 (30.23) 11:27.20 (29.76) 11:57.06 (29.86) 12:26.77 (29.71) 12:56.86 (30.09) 13:26.53 (29.67) 13:56.32 (29.79) 14:25.24 (28.92) 14:52.78 (27.54) 4 HARRISON, JORDA 19 AUSTRALIA 14:51.02 14:53.65 925 r:+0.66 27.01 56.29 (29.28) 1:25.85 (29.56) 1:55.60 (29.75) 2:25.15 (29.55) 2:55.13 (29.98) 3:25.03 (29.90) 3:55.13 (30.10) 4:25.19 (30.06) 4:55.48 (30.29) 5:25.55 (30.07) 5:55.93 (30.38) 6:26.30 (30.37) 6:56.44 (30.14) 7:26.41 (29.97) 7:56.60 (30.19) 8:26.70 (30.10) 8:56.87 (30.17) 9:26.85 (29.98) 9:56.94 (30.09) 10:27.11 (30.17) 10:57.16 (30.05) 11:26.95 (29.79) 11:57.14 (30.19) 12:27.03 (29.89) 12:57.13 (30.10) 13:26.87 (29.74) 13:56.48 (29.61) 14:25.72 (29.24) 14:53.65 (27.93) 5 MCBROOM, MICHAE 23 UNITED STATES 14:53.95 14:57.15 915 r:+0.77 28.52 58.92 (30.40) 1:29.14 (30.22) 1:59.17 (30.03) 2:29.06 (29.89) 2:59.15 (30.09) 3:28.93 (29.78) 3:58.63 (29.70) 4:28.08 (29.45) 4:57.99 (29.91) 5:27.76 (29.77) 5:57.60 (29.84) 6:27.48 (29.88) 6:57.39 (29.91) 7:27.27 (29.88) 7:57.16 (29.89) 8:27.10 (29.94) 8:57.11 (30.01) 9:27.06 (29.95) 9:57.10 (30.04) 10:26.96 (29.86) 10:57.37 (30.41) 11:27.73 (30.36) 11:58.08 (30.35) 12:28.15 (30.07) 12:58.77 (30.62) 13:28.88 (30.11) 13:59.34 (30.46) 14:29.05 (29.71) 14:57.15 (28.10) 6 YAMAMOTO, KOHEI 22 JAPAN 14:54.80 14:57.71 913 r:+0.71 27.82 57.28 (29.46) 1:26.91 (29.63) 1:56.72 (29.81) 2:26.48 (29.76) 2:56.23 (29.75) 3:26.00 (29.77) 3:55.91 (29.91) 4:26.05 (30.14) 4:56.06 (30.01) 5:26.41 (30.35) 5:56.43 (30.02) 6:26.81 (30.38) 6:57.07 (30.26) 7:27.16 (30.09) 7:57.05 (29.89) 8:27.29 (30.24) 8:57.56 (30.27) 9:27.84 (30.28) 9:58.03 (30.19) 10:27.95 (29.92) 10:58.30 (30.35) 11:28.68 (30.38) 11:58.82 (30.14) 12:28.34 (29.52) 12:59.14 (30.80) 13:29.75 (30.61) 14:00.01 (30.26) 14:29.29 (29.28) 14:57.71 (28.42) 7 WILIMOVSKY, JOR 20 UNITED STATES 14:56.34 15:01.43 902 r:+0.67 28.20 58.46 (30.26) 1:28.66 (30.20) 1:58.95 (30.29) 2:29.23 (30.28) 2:59.70 (30.47) 3:29.83 (30.13) 4:00.34 (30.51) 4:30.65 (30.31) 5:01.15 (30.50) 5:31.64 (30.49) 6:01.88 (30.24) 6:32.05 (30.17) 7:02.16 (30.11) 7:32.06 (29.90) 8:02.27 (30.21) 8:32.36 (30.09) 9:02.40 (30.04) 9:32.37 (29.97) 10:02.52 (30.15) 10:32.83 (30.31) 11:03.03 (30.20) 11:33.21 (30.18) 12:03.25 (30.04) 12:33.02 (29.77) 13:03.20 (30.18) 13:32.79 (29.59) 14:02.78 (29.99) 14:32.35 (29.57) 15:01.43 (29.08) 8 RYAN, SEAN 22 UNITED STATES 14:57.33 15:03.82 895 r:+0.73 28.47 58.57 (30.10) 1:28.92 (30.35) 1:59.40 (30.48) 2:29.81 (30.41) 3:00.42 (30.61) 3:30.66 (30.24) 4:00.82 (30.16) 4:30.94 (30.12) 5:01.41 (30.47) 5:31.42 (30.01) 6:01.58 (30.16) 6:31.77 (30.19) 7:01.84 (30.07) 7:31.83 (29.99) 8:01.93 (30.10) 8:31.90 (29.97) 9:01.84 (29.94) 9:31.85 (30.01) 10:02.47 (30.62) 10:32.75 (30.28) 11:03.16 (30.41) 11:33.56 (30.40) 12:03.72 (30.16) 12:33.84 (30.12) 13:04.26 (30.42) 13:34.04 (29.78) 14:04.56 (30.52) 14:34.45 (29.89) 15:03.82 (29.37) 9 GEMMELL, ANDREW 23 UNITED STATES 15:07.82 15:11.92 871 r:+0.70 28.35 59.02 (30.67) 1:29.47 (30.45) 2:00.31 (30.84) 2:30.79 (30.48) 3:01.53 (30.74) 3:31.77 (30.24) 4:02.27 (30.50) 4:32.56 (30.29) 5:02.92 (30.36) 5:33.15 (30.23) 6:03.36 (30.21) 6:33.44 (30.08) 7:03.66 (30.22) 7:33.78 (30.12) 8:04.19 (30.41) 8:34.27 (30.08) 9:04.57 (30.30) 9:34.92 (30.35) 10:05.45 (30.53) 10:35.85 (30.40) 11:06.79 (30.94) 11:37.53 (30.74) 12:08.54 (31.01) 12:39.37 (30.83) 13:10.31 (30.94) 13:41.02 (30.71) 14:12.32 (31.30) 14:42.64 (30.32) 15:11.92 (29.28) 10 HIRAI, AYATSUGU 21 JAPAN 15:00.66 15:22.70 841 r:+0.70 28.66 58.81 (30.15) 1:28.94 (30.13) 1:59.41 (30.47) 2:29.87 (30.46) 3:00.57 (30.70) 3:30.78 (30.21) 4:01.58 (30.80) 4:32.13 (30.55) 5:03.03 (30.90) 5:33.50 (30.47) 6:04.51 (31.01) 6:35.00 (30.49) 7:06.06 (31.06) 7:36.57 (30.51) 8:07.45 (30.88) 8:38.23 (30.78) 9:09.43 (31.20) 9:40.49 (31.06) 10:11.80 (31.31) 10:42.82 (31.02) 11:14.13 (31.31) 11:45.22 (31.09) 12:16.67 (31.45) 12:47.80 (31.13) 13:19.34 (31.54) 13:50.61 (31.27) 14:22.12 (31.51) 14:53.03 (30.91) 15:22.70 (29.67) 11 POORT, JARROD 19 AUSTRALIA 15:25.12 15:23.39 839 r:+0.71 28.47 58.83 (30.36) 1:29.04 (30.21) 1:59.72 (30.68) 2:30.22 (30.50) 3:00.84 (30.62) 3:31.62 (30.78) 4:02.51 (30.89) 4:33.31 (30.80) 5:03.79 (30.48) 5:34.31 (30.52) 6:04.94 (30.63) 6:36.05 (31.11) 7:06.65 (30.60) 7:37.60 (30.95) 8:08.30 (30.70) 8:39.59 (31.29) 9:10.59 (31.00) 9:42.09 (31.50) 10:13.34 (31.25) 10:44.65 (31.31) 11:15.79 (31.14) 11:47.54 (31.75) 12:18.62 (31.08) 12:49.79 (31.17) 13:20.68 (30.89) 13:51.95 (31.27) 14:22.90 (30.95) 14:53.92 (31.02) 15:23.39 (29.47) 12 TAKEDA, SHOGO 19 JAPAN 15:05.16 15:25.40 833 r:+0.91 27.81 57.81 (30.00) 1:28.31 (30.50) 1:59.21 (30.90) 2:29.85 (30.64) 3:00.66 (30.81) 3:31.16 (30.50) 4:02.22 (31.06) 4:33.10 (30.88) 5:04.29 (31.19) 5:35.40 (31.11) 6:06.65 (31.25) 6:37.73 (31.08) 7:09.22 (31.49) 7:40.64 (31.42) 8:11.87 (31.23) 8:43.07 (31.20) 9:14.29 (31.22) 9:45.73 (31.44) 10:16.97 (31.24) 10:47.96 (30.99) 11:19.33 (31.37) 11:50.78 (31.45) 12:21.85 (31.07) 12:53.06 (31.21) 13:24.32 (31.26) 13:54.94 (30.62) 14:26.05 (31.11) 14:56.41 (30.36) 15:25.40 (28.99) 13 BROTHERS, WILL 19 CANADA 15:02.48 15:29.71 822 r:+0.71 28.31 59.17 (30.86) 1:30.13 (30.96) 2:00.76 (30.63) 2:31.94 (31.18) 3:02.84 (30.90) 3:33.65 (30.81) 4:04.72 (31.07) 4:35.54 (30.82) 5:06.66 (31.12) 5:37.46 (30.80) 6:08.57 (31.11) 6:39.65 (31.08) 7:10.85 (31.20) 7:42.06 (31.21) 8:13.37 (31.31) 8:44.74 (31.37) 9:16.10 (31.36) 9:47.46 (31.36) 10:18.88 (31.42) 10:50.33 (31.45) 11:21.77 (31.44) 11:53.20 (31.43) 12:24.50 (31.30) 12:55.99 (31.49) 13:27.16 (31.17) 13:58.40 (31.24) 14:29.47 (31.07) 15:00.20 (30.73) 15:29.71 (29.51) 14 HEDLIN, ERIC 21 CANADA 15:03.64 15:32.81 814 r:+0.68 28.61 58.95 (30.34) 1:29.55 (30.60) 1:59.94 (30.39) 2:30.31 (30.37) 3:01.08 (30.77) 3:31.36 (30.28) 4:02.00 (30.64) 4:31.96 (29.96) 5:02.64 (30.68) 5:33.09 (30.45) 6:03.60 (30.51) 6:34.14 (30.54) 7:04.85 (30.71) 7:35.57 (30.72) 8:06.88 (31.31) 8:37.94 (31.06) 9:09.34 (31.40) 9:40.48 (31.14) 10:12.19 (31.71) 10:43.78 (31.59) 11:15.34 (31.56) 11:47.41 (32.07) 12:19.48 (32.07) 12:51.73 (32.25) 13:24.16 (32.43) 13:56.56 (32.40) 14:29.20 (32.64) 15:01.51 (32.31) 15:32.81 (31.30)