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Women’s 1500 Freestyle
Ashley Neidigh continued her successful 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series campaign by claiming her second 1500 freestyle title. After winning this event in Mesa in April with a 16:38.24 and posting a 16:21.62 for fifth at May’s Indianapolis stop, Neidigh went on to post the thirteenth-fastest time in the world this year with a 16:17.43.
Neidigh and Stanford’s Megan Byrnes took off right from the start, as less than two tenths of a second separated the women at the halfway point. Byrnes fell just slightly off her pace and now seventeenth-ranked swim from Indianapolis of 16:20.23. She earned runner-up honors this time around with a 16:20.46.
Leah Stevens and Olivia Anderson had their own battle forming at the 750 mark, with Anderson having the slight advantage 8:20.38 – 8:20.80. But Stevens was consistently over half a second faster on the back-half fifty splits, giving her the edge in the end. Stevens’ 16:35.47 earned her third-place honors while Anderson’s 16:46.43 gave her the fourth-place finish.
18-year old Mabel Zavaros of Swim Ontario earned a fifth-place finish out the second heat with a best time of 16:51.54. She was followed by Chenoa Devine (16:19.19), Ayumi Macias Alba (17:02.98 and Juli Arzave (17:17.44) to round out the top eight finishers.
Event 1 Women 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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1 Neidigh, Ashley 23 Una MVN 16:32.76 16:17.43
2 Byrnes, Megan 19 Stanford Swimmin 16:20.23 16:20.46
3 Stevens, Leah 21 Stanford Swimmin 16:34.05 16:35.47
4 Anderson, Olivia 19 Swim Ontario 16:18.66 16:46.43
5 Zavaros, Mabel 18 Swim Ontario 17:00.26 16:51.54
6 Devine, Chenoa 19 California Aquat 16:37.31 16:59.19
7 Macias Alba, Ayumi 21 Mexico 16:51.14 17:02.98
8 Arzave, Juli 16 South Bay Aquati 16:55.43 17:17.44
9 Joyce, Syd 18 Bluefish Swim Cl 16:44.29Y 17:27.91
10 Heckman, Miranda 17 Pleasanton Seaha 16:57.01 17:31.82
11 George, Heidi 42 Great Wolf Swim 17:17.59 17:33.80
12 Hawkins, Daniella 17 Pleasanton Seaha 16:53.34 17:42.05
13 Menso, Maggie 18 Palatine Park Di 16:39.12Y 18:07.42
