Zane Grothe Holds Off Challenge From Andrew Abruzzo In 800 Free At Atlanta Pro Swim Series

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25-year-old Zane Grothe jokingly posted on Instagram about how him and Clark Smith were the only ones swimming in the 800 free tonight not in high school. Grothe had a serious challenge though from World Junior champion Andrew Abruzzo. Grothe held off the 18-year-old with a 7:53.88 to Abruzzo’s 7:54.51. Abruzzo will be headed to Georgia next year.

They could not catch the pool record of 7:50.28 from 1995 Pan Pacs set by Australia’s Daniel Kowalski. That meet was the first major meet held in the Atlanta pool.

Marwan El Kamash finished in third from an early heat with a 7:59.42.

Jake Magahey (8:03.52), Trey Freeman (8:06.96), Clark Smith (8:07.78), Brennan Gravley (8:14.77) and Christian Bayo (8:17.98) also placed in the top eight.

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 Event 8  Men 800 LC Meter Freestyle
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        World: W 7:32.12  7/29/2009 Lin Zhang, CHN
     American: A 7:43.60  7/31/2013 Michael McBroom, USA
    U.S. Open: O 7:46.78  6/29/2013 Connor Jaeger, Univ. Of Michiga
     Jr World: J 7:45.67  8/28/2013 Mack Horton, Australia
   GT Pool LC: P 7:50.28  8/10/1995 Daniel Kowalski, Aus
    Name            Age Team                 Seed     Finals  FINA Points
=========================================================================
  1 Zane Grothe      25 Mission Viejo Na  7:50.97    7:53.88   868  
    r:+0.69  26.92        56.65 (29.73)
        1:26.42 (29.77)     1:56.39 (29.97)
        2:26.23 (29.84)     2:56.14 (29.91)
        3:26.11 (29.97)     3:56.28 (30.17)
        4:26.30 (30.02)     4:56.92 (30.62)
        5:26.83 (29.91)     5:56.92 (30.09)
        6:26.66 (29.74)     6:56.63 (29.97)
        7:25.92 (29.29)     7:53.88 (27.96)
  2 Andrew Abruzzo   18 Plymouth Whitema  7:54.58    7:54.51   865  
    r:+0.82  27.24        56.44 (29.20)
        1:25.85 (29.41)     1:55.49 (29.64)
        2:25.49 (30.00)     2:55.77 (30.28)
        3:25.93 (30.16)     3:56.29 (30.36)
        4:26.49 (30.20)     4:56.94 (30.45)
        5:26.97 (30.03)     5:57.44 (30.47)
        6:27.55 (30.11)     6:57.64 (30.09)
        7:26.99 (29.35)     7:54.51 (27.52)
  3 Marwan Elkamash  24 Una GCU           8:19.42    7:59.42   838  
    r:+0.71  27.01        56.56 (29.55)
        1:26.41 (29.85)     1:56.46 (30.05)
        2:26.44 (29.98)     2:56.55 (30.11)
        3:26.92 (30.37)     3:57.61 (30.69)
        4:28.12 (30.51)     4:58.56 (30.44)
        5:28.87 (30.31)     5:59.56 (30.69)
        6:30.07 (30.51)     7:00.69 (30.62)
        7:30.87 (30.18)     7:59.42 (28.55)
  4 Jake Magahey     16 SwimAtlanta       8:14.44    8:03.52   817  
    r:+0.77  27.53        56.82 (29.29)
        1:26.93 (30.11)     1:57.20 (30.27)
        2:27.75 (30.55)     2:58.12 (30.37)
        3:28.78 (30.66)     3:59.47 (30.69)
        4:30.28 (30.81)     5:00.90 (30.62)
        5:31.82 (30.92)     6:02.18 (30.36)
        6:33.26 (31.08)     7:02.96 (29.70)
        7:33.90 (30.94)     8:03.52 (29.62)
  5 Trey Freeman     17 Baylor Swim Club  8:02.43    8:06.96   800  
    r:+0.71  27.22        57.01 (29.79)
        1:27.65 (30.64)     1:58.49 (30.84)
        2:29.60 (31.11)     3:00.78 (31.18)
        3:31.57 (30.79)     4:02.47 (30.90)
        4:33.71 (31.24)     5:04.57 (30.86)
        5:35.42 (30.85)     6:06.15 (30.73)
        6:37.01 (30.86)     7:07.17 (30.16)
        7:37.81 (30.64)     8:06.96 (29.15)
  6 Clark Smith      22 Longhorn Aquatic  7:50.43    8:07.78   796  
    r:+0.69  26.34        55.22 (28.88)
        1:24.64 (29.42)     1:54.44 (29.80)
        2:24.20 (29.76)     2:54.51 (30.31)
        3:25.33 (30.82)     3:56.93 (31.60)
        4:28.65 (31.72)     5:00.39 (31.74)
        5:32.27 (31.88)     6:03.76 (31.49)
        6:35.29 (31.53)     7:06.65 (31.36)
        7:37.59 (30.94)     8:07.78 (30.19)
  7 Brennan Gravley  17 Sandpipers Of Ne  8:11.72    8:14.77   763  
    r:+0.70  27.96    2:00.22 (1:32.26)
            1:29.14 ( )   3:02.59 (1:33.45)
            2:31.27 ( )   4:05.24 (1:33.97)
            3:33.93 ( )                    
            4:36.68 ( )     5:07.90 (31.22)
        5:39.45 (31.55)     6:10.83 (31.38)
        6:42.37 (31.54)     7:13.96 (31.59)
        7:45.29 (31.33)     8:14.77 (29.48)
  8 Christian Bayo   26 Puerto Rico       8:17.22    8:17.98   748  
    r:+0.78  28.20        58.68 (30.48)
        1:29.31 (30.63)     1:59.97 (30.66)
        2:30.54 (30.57)     3:01.54 (31.00)
        3:32.64 (31.10)     4:04.25 (31.61)
        4:35.52 (31.27)     5:07.34 (31.82)
        5:38.96 (31.62)     6:11.11 (32.15)
        6:42.94 (31.83)     7:15.20 (32.26)
        7:47.06 (31.86)     8:17.98 (30.92)

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