2019 Brazil Trophy Day 3: Comerford, Chierighini Win, Reach World’s Top 10
![Jul 14, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Marcelo Chierighini of Brazil competes in the men's 100m freestyle swimming preliminaries during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports](https://vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/marcelo-chierighini-pan-american-games-2015-2-1024x661.jpg)
The third night of the 2019 Brazil Trophy continued in Rio de Janeiro tonight, with the championship finals of the men’s and women’s 400 IM, 100 free, 1500 free and 4×200 free relay.
The 2019 Brazil Trophy session began with the women’s 400 IM, which was won by Ilaria Cusinato of MTC. Cusinato touched the wall with a time of 4:40.57, just three seconds in ahead of CRF’s Barbora Zavadova, who clocked in at 4:43.27. Florencia Perotti trailed Zavadova, touching for third place with a time of 4:44.68.
Corinthians Brandonn Pierry Cruz De slid into 10th place of Fina’s World Rankings in the 400 IM, touching in at a time of 4:13.69. Cruz knocked out Australia’s Mitch Larkin, who’s time stood at 4:14.62. Second place finisher was Leonardo Coelho Santos, who touched in with a time of 4:17.98. Icaro Ludgero Pereira took third place, with a time of 4:20.66.
The women’s 100 free kicked off with American Mallory Comerford, who touched with a Fina top 10 ranked time of 53.33. Coemeford’s time puts her in sixth place in the rankings. Trailing Comerford by over a second was Etiene Pires Medeiros, who touched for second place with a time of 54.48. Third place finisher was Larissa Martins Oliveira, who touched in a tenth behind Medeiros with a time of 54.59.
The men’s 100 free led it’s top three finishers into FINA’s top 10, with Marcelo Chierighini leading the pack with a time of 47.68. Chierigini’s time put him in third place of the rankings. Chierighini was followed by Breno Correia, who touched for second with a time of 48.11, who took fifth place in the rankings, and Pedro Henrigue Silva, who touched with a time of 48.34. Silva’s time put him in ninth place in the rankings.
The women’s 1500 kicked off with Delfina Narella Pignatiello, who touched in at a time of 16:15.20. Fifteen seconds behind Pignatiello was Viviane Eichelberger Jungblut, who touched in at an even time of 16:30.00 for second place. Third place finisher was Ana Marcela De Jesus Da Cunha with a time of 16:38.05.
The evening concluded with the women’s and men’s 4×200 free relay. First place in the women’s heat went to Minas Tenis Clube, with a time of 8:04.52. The winner of the men’s heat was Pinheiros, with a time of 7:09.81.