Blake Pieroni Upsets Training Partner Zane Grothe in 200 Free at TYR Pro Swim Series in Bloomington

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Entering tonight’s race just shy of the center lane, Blake Pieroni knew he would have to turn in a stellar time to take down Zane Grothe. In fact, it took over three seconds faster than his prelims swim to finish the job at the 2019 TYR Pro Series in Bloomington.

The two went stroke for stroke in the final 50, with Pieroni (1:47.25) coming out victorious. Grothe conceded first with an impressive time of 1:47.90, over a second faster than sprinting stalwart, Zach Apple (1:49.49).

Patrick Callan touched in at fourth with a time of 1:49.62, the last man under 1:50.00. Jorge Iga tried to chase him down, settling for sixth and a 1:50.78. Grant House out-touched Liam Bresette (1:51.30) for sixth, clocking in at 1:51.15. Andrej Barna rounded out the event with a time of 1:52.73.

Live Results

Swimming World’s TYR Pro Series Page

 
 Event 14  Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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        World: W 1:42.00  7/28/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER
     American: A 1:42.96  8/12/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
    U.S. Open: O 1:44.10  7/1/2008  Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
     Jr World:   1:46.40  8/24/2017 Ivan Girev, RUS
     Pro Swim: P 1:44.82  2016      Sun Yang
    Trial Cut: T 1:50.79
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals  FINA       
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Blake Pieroni    23 Indiana S.C.      1:50.61    1:47.25T  860  
    r:+0.63  25.07        52.23 (27.16)
        1:19.54 (27.31)     1:47.25 (27.71)
  2 Zane Grothe      27 Boulder City Hen  1:50.36    1:47.90T  844  
    r:+0.67  25.49        52.73 (27.24)
        1:20.76 (28.03)     1:47.90 (27.14)
  3 Zach Apple       22 Indiana S.C.      1:51.08    1:49.49T  808  
    r:+0.50  24.62        51.64 (27.02)
        1:19.50 (27.86)     1:49.49 (29.99)
  4 Patrick Callan   19 Univ. Of Michiga  1:50.92    1:49.62T  805  
    r:+0.68  25.54        52.91 (27.37)
        1:20.88 (27.97)     1:49.62 (28.74)
  5 Jorge Iga        22 Mexico            1:50.85    1:50.78   780  
    r:+0.67  25.63        53.64 (28.01)
        1:21.96 (28.32)     1:50.78 (28.82)
  6 Grant House      20 Una Asu           1:51.82    1:51.15   772  
    r:+0.49  25.88        53.73 (27.85)
        1:22.84 (29.11)     1:51.15 (28.31)
  7 Liam Bresette    19 Una Asu           1:51.65    1:51.30   769  
    r:+0.63  25.48        53.89 (28.41)
        1:22.16 (28.27)     1:51.30 (29.14)
  8 Andrej Barna     21 Unattached        1:51.31    1:52.73   740  
    r:+0.62  25.52        53.42 (27.90)
        1:22.15 (28.73)     1:52.73 (30.58)

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