Zane Grothe Races to Fifth in the World in 800 Free

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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After shattering the World Record in the 1500 and the U.S. Open mark in the 400 freestyle, Katie Ledecky will be back in the water on the final night of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series Indianapolis in the 800 distance. She owns the top seed in the event as does Club Wolverine’s Felix Auboeck who will be heavily challenged by Mission Viejo’s Zane Grothe.

After posting the top time in this morning’s prelims, Katie Drabot will not be competing the 200 butterfly in tonight’s finals. Veteran Hali Flickinger will look to secure the win in this event. Other top seeds include Chase Kalisz in the 200 fly, Indiana duo Lilly King and Cody Miller in the 100 breaststroke, Ali Deloof and Jacob Pebley in the 100 backstroke and Melanie Margalis and Daniel Sos in the 200 IM.

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Zane Grothe closed out the Indy Pro Swim Series with a huge swim in the men’s 800 Freestyle. His 7:50.94 was a season-best, bumping him from ninth to fifth in the world rankings. Club Wolverine’s Felix Auboeck was in the mix through around the 400, but Grothe was consistently sub-30 on this splits throughout the race to secure the win.

Auboeck also had a race with Logan Houck, who he was able to run down 7:58.05-7:58.18. Both swims are just outside the top 20 world rankings. Michigan Teammates Ricardo Vargas Jacobo (8:01.63), PJ Ransford (8:11.39) and Will Roberts (8:14.54) placed fourth, sixth and seventh, respectively.

Marcelo Acosta was fifth in 8:07.54 and Sean Grieshop took eighth in 8:15.34.

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