Ashley Neidigh Wins Second TYR Pro Swim Series 1500 Title in Santa Clara

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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

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