Northwestern University’s distance swimmer extraordinaire Jordan Wilimovsky maintained his place atop the men’s 1500-meter free with a 15:13.28 prelims swim at USA Nationals. Although he added nearly 17 seconds, Wilimovsky will enter finals with about a one-second cushion ahead of Nicholas Sweetser (15:14.14).
Wilimovsky held 1:00s consistently until the 1000 mark where he fell to 1:01s.
Wilimovsky: 57.72/1:00.05/1:00.44/1:00.64/1:00.77/1:00.94/1:01/08/1:00.90/1:00.71/1:01.67/1:01.46/1:01.63/1:01.79/1:01.93/1:01.55
Zane Grothe is slated third heading into finals after his 15:19.28 morning swim. PJ Ransford followed up Grothe with a 15:19.83, while Logan Houck took fifth in 15:21.34. Taylor Abbott gutted out a 15:21.91 to claim sixth, while Jacob Ores (15:22.80) and Adam Linker (15:27.01) closed out the top eight.
Unless a swim outside of the circle seeded heats breaks through, these swimmers will be locked in for Monday night’s final.
2015 USA Swimming Long Course Summer Nationals: Live Results – Results
