Katie Drabot Claims 400 Free Victory at Santa Clara Pro Series
Editorial content for the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara is sponsored by Arena. Visit ArenaUSA.com for more information on our sponsor. For full Swimming World coverage, check out our event coverage page. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE RESULTS
Women’s 400 Free
Katie Drabot dove in ready for a win in finals of the 400 free, holding off the field as she edged closer and closer to the finish. Drabot collected gold with a final time of 4:08.07, tying Australia’s Kiah Melverton at 20th in the world rankings for 2017.
Wisconsin Badger Cierra Runge delivered a second place finish of 2:10.64, while Leah Stevens and Ella Eastin posted close times of 4:14.03 and 4:14.19 for third and fourth.
Miranda Heckman touched fifth overall with a time of 4:14.25, while Kristen Kobrich was sixth with a 4:14.52.
Megan Byrnes and Meryn McCann took seventh and eighth with times of 4:14.79 and 4:14.85 respectively.
Canada’s Mackenzie Padington suffered a disqualification.
=== A - Final ===
1 Drabot, Katie G 19 Un-Stanford-PC- 4:11.39 4:08.07
29.39 1:00.77 (31.38)
1:32.45 (31.68) 2:04.28 (31.83)
2:35.79 (31.51) 3:06.73 (30.94)
3:37.92 (31.19) 4:08.07 (30.15)
2 Runge, Cierra E 21 Wisconsin Aquati 4:14.11 4:10.64
29.21 1:00.69 (31.48)
1:32.74 (32.05) 2:04.68 (31.94)
2:36.26 (31.58) 3:07.94 (31.68)
3:39.65 (31.71) 4:10.64 (30.99)
3 Stevens, Leah C 20 Un-Stanford-PC- 4:14.81 4:14.03
29.86 1:01.88 (32.02)
1:34.68 (32.80) 2:06.80 (32.12)
2:38.91 (32.11) 3:10.98 (32.07)
3:43.17 (32.19) 4:14.03 (30.86)
4 Eastin, Ella F 20 Un-Stanford-PC- 4:14.58 4:14.19
30.20 1:02.56 (32.36)
1:35.19 (32.63) 2:07.59 (32.40)
2:40.25 (32.66) 3:12.56 (32.31)
3:44.23 (31.67) 4:14.19 (29.96)
5 Heckman, Miranda D 16 Pleasanton Seaha 4:15.67 4:14.25
30.44
1:35.49 ( )
2:40.06 ( )
3:44.35 ( ) 4:14.25 (29.90)
6 Kobrich, Kristel 31 Chile- 4:15.90 4:14.52
30.57 1:01.76 (31.19)
1:34.11 (32.35) 2:05.90 (31.79)
2:38.65 (32.75) 3:10.73 (32.08)
3:43.38 (32.65) 4:14.52 (31.14)
7 Byrnes, Megan E 18 Un-Stanford-PC- 4:16.91 4:14.79
30.33 1:02.38 (32.05)
1:34.90 (32.52) 2:07.22 (32.32)
2:39.52 (32.30) 3:11.55 (32.03)
3:43.84 (32.29) 4:14.79 (30.95)
8 McCann, Meryn K 18 Georgia-GA- 4:14.28 4:14.85
30.34 1:02.97 (32.63)
1:35.75 (32.78) 2:08.45 (32.70)
2:40.37 (31.92) 3:12.80 (32.43)
3:44.50 (31.70) 4:14.85 (30.35)




.jpg)
Isn’t Katie’s time almost a 5 second improvement on her PR? Great swim!
well..she went 411 in her prelim…so then that would be he personal best according to you right…so it would be about 3 seconds.. then…just saying
GREAT JOB Katie!
It should also be noted that Canada’s Mackenzie was first in a time of 4:07.56. However, she twitched at the start and got DQ’d