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Women’s 400 Free
15-year-old Wang Jianjiahe of China jumped to an early lead in the women’s 400 free final and never looked back, finishing more than six seconds ahead of the competition with a time of 4:03.14. Her time moves her ahead of fellow countryman Li Bingjie’s 4:06.87 for second place in the 2018 world rankings.
Picking up second place was Georgia graduate and 200 fly victor Hali Flickinger with a time of 4:09.28, while TAC Titan’s Ashley Twichell turned in a 4:11.38 for third.
Trojan Swim Club’s Haley Anderson took fourth with a 4:14.35, followed by Chile’s Kristel Kobrich’s 4:15.21.
Magnolia Aquatics’ Kaitlynn Sims (4:17.25), Sandpipers of Nevada’s Chloe Freeman (4:19.28), and Sandpipers’ Erica Sullivan (4:22.06) finished sixth through eighth respectively.
=== A - Final ===
1 Jianjiahe Wang 15 China 4:10.50 4:03.14 919
r:+0.78 28.48 59.04 (30.56)
1:30.09 (31.05) 2:01.12 (31.03)
2:32.00 (30.88) 3:03.17 (31.17)
3:34.29 (31.12) 4:03.14 (28.85)
2 Hali Flickinger 23 ABSC/UGA 4:13.73 4:09.28 853
r:+0.75 29.55 1:00.84 (31.29)
1:32.17 (31.33) 2:03.70 (31.53)
2:35.17 (31.47) 3:07.01 (31.84)
3:38.65 (31.64) 4:09.28 (30.63)
3 Ashley Twichell 28 TAC Titans 4:11.46 4:11.38 832
r:+0.80 29.41 1:00.60 (31.19)
1:32.24 (31.64) 2:04.08 (31.84)
2:35.99 (31.91) 3:08.11 (32.12)
3:40.16 (32.05) 4:11.38 (31.22)
4 Haley Anderson 26 Trojan Swim Club 4:14.71 4:14.35 803
r:+0.85 29.09 1:00.85 (31.76)
1:32.92 (32.07) 2:05.43 (32.51)
2:37.77 (32.34) 3:10.33 (32.56)
3:43.09 (32.76) 4:14.35 (31.26)
5 Kristel Kobrich 32 Chile 4:14.63 4:15.21 795
r:+0.83 30.67 1:02.67 (32.00)
1:34.79 (32.12) 2:06.76 (31.97)
2:38.91 (32.15) 3:11.14 (32.23)
3:43.34 (32.20) 4:15.21 (31.87)
6 Kaitlynn Sims 17 Magnolia Aquatic 4:15.06 4:17.25 776
r:+0.85 29.73 1:01.53 (31.80)
1:33.54 (32.01) 2:06.19 (32.65)
2:38.99 (32.80) 3:11.96 (32.97)
3:44.89 (32.93) 4:17.25 (32.36)
7 Chloe Freeman 15 Sandpipers Of Ne 4:17.07 4:19.28 758
r:+0.69 29.66 1:01.51 (31.85)
1:33.89 (32.38) 2:06.58 (32.69)
2:39.54 (32.96) 3:12.95 (33.41)
3:46.62 (33.67) 4:19.28 (32.66)
8 Erica Sullivan 17 Sandpipers Of Ne 4:14.51 4:22.06 734
r:+0.64 29.60 1:01.84 (32.24)
1:34.92 (33.08) 2:08.29 (33.37)
2:41.78 (33.49) 3:14.93 (33.15)
3:48.59 (33.66) 4:22.06 (33.47)
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Leah Smith…last time we checked…PRO swimmers are supposed to SWIM …just saying…lol