Marcela Acosta Sets Salvadorian Record in 1500 Free
El Salvador’s Marcelo Acosta set a national record with a win in the men’s 1500-meter free at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Acosta hit the wall in a time of 15:13.09. That crushed his previous record of 15:16.26 from the 2015 Pan American Games, and moved him to ninth in the world rankings.
With that FINA A cut, Acosta is the first swimmer from his country to earn a berth in the Olympics.
Club Wolverine’s Connor Jaeger, the third-ranked swimmer in the world with a 15:06.24 from Austin, took second tonight in 15:14.68.
Gator’s True Sweetser picked up third tonight in the event with a time of 15:14.92 to move to 12th in the world.
Plymouth’s Andrew Abruzzo, 16, dropped 15 seconds from his seed time to take fourth in 15:15.99 out of the earlier heats, while Badger’s Zane Grothe finished fifth in 15:24.94.
NCAP’s Andrew Gemmell (15:28.14), Sarasota’s Theodore Smith (15:32.66) and Club Wolverine’s Sean Ryan (15:33.53) completed the top eight.
1 Acosta, Marcelo 19 Azura Florida Aq 15:16.26 15:13.09 NATS
27.88 58.79 (30.91)
1:29.49 (30.70) 1:59.87 (30.38)
2:30.88 (31.01) 3:01.36 (30.48)
3:32.04 (30.68) 4:02.55 (30.51)
4:33.39 (30.84) 5:03.50 (30.11)
5:34.31 (30.81) 6:04.69 (30.38)
6:35.56 (30.87) 7:05.79 (30.23)
7:36.34 (30.55) 8:06.85 (30.51)
8:37.38 (30.53) 9:08.04 (30.66)
9:38.67 (30.63) 10:09.39 (30.72)
10:40.39 (31.00) 11:10.62 (30.23)
11:41.16 (30.54) 12:12.01 (30.85)
12:42.43 (30.42) 13:12.98 (30.55)
13:44.11 (31.13) 14:14.29 (30.18)
14:44.07 (29.78) 15:13.09 (29.02)
2 Jaeger, Connor 24 Club Wolverine-M 14:41.20 15:14.68 NATS
28.25 58.96 (30.71)
1:29.50 (30.54) 2:00.10 (30.60)
2:31.06 (30.96) 3:01.53 (30.47)
3:32.11 (30.58) 4:02.76 (30.65)
4:33.38 (30.62) 5:03.78 (30.40)
5:34.40 (30.62) 6:04.84 (30.44)
6:35.60 (30.76) 7:05.95 (30.35)
7:36.45 (30.50) 8:07.40 (30.95)
8:39.83 (32.43) 9:10.80 (30.97)
9:41.43 (30.63) 10:11.98 (30.55)
10:42.56 (30.58) 11:13.01 (30.45)
11:43.73 (30.72) 12:14.32 (30.59)
12:45.13 (30.81) 13:15.58 (30.45)
13:46.06 (30.48) 14:16.05 (29.99)
14:45.89 (29.84) 15:14.68 (28.79)
3 Sweetser, True 18 Gator Swim Club- 15:10.73 15:14.92 NATS
28.66 59.57 (30.91)
1:30.46 (30.89) 2:01.04 (30.58)
2:31.85 (30.81) 3:02.55 (30.70)
3:33.27 (30.72) 4:03.83 (30.56)
4:34.48 (30.65) 5:05.05 (30.57)
5:35.66 (30.61) 6:06.37 (30.71)
6:36.87 (30.50) 7:07.36 (30.49)
7:37.90 (30.54) 8:08.29 (30.39)
8:39.12 (30.83) 9:09.48 (30.36)
9:39.95 (30.47) 10:10.39 (30.44)
10:41.22 (30.83) 11:11.90 (30.68)
11:42.82 (30.92) 12:13.62 (30.80)
12:45.04 (31.42) 13:16.08 (31.04)
13:46.61 (30.53) 14:16.68 (30.07)
14:46.17 (29.49) 15:14.92 (28.75)
4 Abruzzo, Andrew 16 Plymouth Whitema 15:30.93 15:15.99 NATS
27.80 57.91 (30.11)
1:28.04 (30.13) 1:58.45 (30.41)
2:29.00 (30.55) 2:59.57 (30.57)
3:29.90 (30.33) 4:00.51 (30.61)
4:31.04 (30.53) 5:01.63 (30.59)
5:31.86 (30.23) 6:02.53 (30.67)
6:33.06 (30.53) 7:03.78 (30.72)
7:34.59 (30.81) 8:05.19 (30.60)
8:35.66 (30.47) 9:06.53 (30.87)
9:37.35 (30.82) 10:08.37 (31.02)
10:38.82 (30.45) 11:09.59 (30.77)
11:40.32 (30.73) 12:11.48 (31.16)
12:42.36 (30.88) 13:13.61 (31.25)
13:44.36 (30.75) 14:15.42 (31.06)
14:46.22 (30.80) 15:15.99 (29.77)
5 Grothe, Zane 23 Badger Swim Club 15:19.28 15:24.94 NATS
27.46 57.47 (30.01)
1:27.96 (30.49) 1:58.47 (30.51)
2:28.98 (30.51) 2:59.52 (30.54)
3:29.98 (30.46) 4:00.67 (30.69)
4:31.23 (30.56) 5:02.22 (30.99)
5:33.09 (30.87) 6:04.08 (30.99)
6:35.17 (31.09) 7:06.52 (31.35)
7:37.82 (31.30) 8:09.32 (31.50)
8:40.96 (31.64) 9:12.89 (31.93)
9:44.61 (31.72) 10:16.46 (31.85)
10:47.91 (31.45) 11:19.51 (31.60)
11:50.74 (31.23) 12:22.34 (31.60)
12:53.93 (31.59) 13:25.08 (31.15)
13:55.99 (30.91) 14:26.12 (30.13)
14:56.23 (30.11) 15:24.94 (28.71)
6 Gemmell, Andrew 25 Nation's Capital 15:07.82 15:28.14 NATS
28.83 59.55 (30.72)
1:30.56 (31.01) 2:01.20 (30.64)
2:32.07 (30.87) 3:02.81 (30.74)
3:33.67 (30.86) 4:04.06 (30.39)
4:34.83 (30.77) 5:05.43 (30.60)
5:36.16 (30.73) 6:06.79 (30.63)
6:37.65 (30.86) 7:08.26 (30.61)
7:39.22 (30.96) 8:10.09 (30.87)
8:41.46 (31.37) 9:12.58 (31.12)
9:44.14 (31.56) 10:15.43 (31.29)
10:46.89 (31.46) 11:18.31 (31.42)
11:49.54 (31.23) 12:20.86 (31.32)
12:52.46 (31.60) 13:23.94 (31.48)
13:55.42 (31.48) 14:26.92 (31.50)
14:58.29 (31.37) 15:28.14 (29.85)
7 Smith, Theodore 16 Sarasota Tsunami 15:42.07 15:32.66 NATS
29.26 1:00.08 (30.82)
1:31.25 (31.17) 2:02.19 (30.94)
2:33.55 (31.36) 3:04.79 (31.24)
3:35.64 (30.85) 4:06.93 (31.29)
4:38.01 (31.08) 5:09.23 (31.22)
5:40.56 (31.33) 6:12.00 (31.44)
6:43.00 (31.00) 7:14.23 (31.23)
7:45.36 (31.13) 8:16.55 (31.19)
8:47.62 (31.07) 9:18.77 (31.15)
9:50.17 (31.40) 10:21.52 (31.35)
10:52.87 (31.35) 11:24.30 (31.43)
11:55.41 (31.11) 12:26.75 (31.34)
12:57.97 (31.22) 13:29.27 (31.30)
14:00.39 (31.12) 14:31.69 (31.30)
15:02.62 (30.93) 15:32.66 (30.04)
8 Ryan, Sean 23 Club Wolverine-M 15:03.82 15:33.53 NATS
29.11 1:00.62 (31.51)
1:32.13 (31.51) 2:03.84 (31.71)
2:35.32 (31.48) 3:06.73 (31.41)
3:37.86 (31.13) 4:08.96 (31.10)
4:40.18 (31.22) 5:11.30 (31.12)
5:42.11 (30.81) 6:13.03 (30.92)
6:43.97 (30.94) 7:14.58 (30.61)
7:45.45 (30.87) 8:16.43 (30.98)
8:47.25 (30.82) 9:18.27 (31.02)
9:49.41 (31.14) 10:20.71 (31.30)
10:51.80 (31.09) 11:22.96 (31.16)
11:54.50 (31.54) 12:25.71 (31.21)
12:57.32 (31.61) 13:28.71 (31.39)
14:00.31 (31.60) 14:31.59 (31.28)
15:03.09 (31.50) 15:33.53 (30.44)
9 Arapiraca, Luis 28 Una Azfl-FG 15:23.29 15:38.44 NATS
29.10 1:00.25 (31.15)
1:31.94 (31.69) 2:03.31 (31.37)
2:34.80 (31.49) 3:06.30 (31.50)
3:38.11 (31.81) 4:09.38 (31.27)
4:40.76 (31.38) 5:12.17 (31.41)
5:43.82 (31.65) 6:15.20 (31.38)
6:46.85 (31.65) 7:18.22 (31.37)
7:50.21 (31.99) 8:21.46 (31.25)
8:53.13 (31.67) 9:24.54 (31.41)
9:56.15 (31.61) 10:27.44 (31.29)
10:59.14 (31.70) 11:30.22 (31.08)
12:01.45 (31.23) 12:32.53 (31.08)
13:04.03 (31.50) 13:35.47 (31.44)
14:07.08 (31.61) 14:38.27 (31.19)
15:09.64 (31.37) 15:38.44 (28.80)
10 Finke, Robert 16 Saint Petersburg 15:31.95 15:39.98 NATS
28.38 58.44 (30.06)
1:29.28 (30.84) 2:00.07 (30.79)
2:29.47 (29.40) 3:02.00 (32.53)
3:33.21 (31.21) 4:04.52 (31.31)
4:35.82 (31.30) 5:07.36 (31.54)
5:38.94 (31.58) 6:10.43 (31.49)
6:41.93 (31.50) 7:13.34 (31.41)
7:44.89 (31.55) 8:16.21 (31.32)
8:47.77 (31.56) 9:18.38 (30.61)
9:49.96 (31.58) 10:21.73 (31.77)
10:53.57 (31.84) 11:25.50 (31.93)
11:57.60 (32.10) 12:29.68 (32.08)
13:01.73 (32.05) 13:33.75 (32.02)
14:05.37 (31.62) 14:37.06 (31.69)
15:08.75 (31.69) 15:39.98 (31.23)
11 Peterson, Charl 28 North Carolina A 15:33.94 15:42.76 NATS
29.79 1:00.84 (31.05)
1:32.26 (31.42) 2:03.86 (31.60)
2:35.12 (31.26) 3:06.50 (31.38)
3:38.10 (31.60) 4:09.72 (31.62)
4:41.37 (31.65) 5:13.14 (31.77)
5:44.82 (31.68) 6:16.53 (31.71)
6:48.24 (31.71) 7:19.95 (31.71)
7:51.55 (31.60) 8:23.30 (31.75)
8:54.87 (31.57) 9:26.37 (31.50)
9:57.68 (31.31) 10:29.30 (31.62)
11:00.89 (31.59) 11:32.41 (31.52)
12:03.94 (31.53) 12:35.19 (31.25)
13:06.53 (31.34) 13:38.03 (31.50)
14:09.40 (31.37) 14:40.74 (31.34)
15:12.05 (31.31) 15:42.76 (30.71)
12 Hirschberger, M 17 Nation's Capital 15:19.23 15:43.65 NATS
28.72 59.83 (31.11)
1:31.46 (31.63) 2:03.15 (31.69)
2:34.87 (31.72) 3:06.56 (31.69)
3:38.20 (31.64) 4:09.90 (31.70)
4:41.59 (31.69) 5:12.95 (31.36)
5:44.51 (31.56) 6:16.04 (31.53)
6:47.13 (31.09) 7:18.33 (31.20)
7:50.05 (31.72) 8:21.63 (31.58)
8:53.32 (31.69) 9:24.91 (31.59)
9:56.13 (31.22) 10:27.52 (31.39)
10:59.31 (31.79) 11:30.73 (31.42)
12:02.61 (31.88) 12:34.55 (31.94)
13:06.11 (31.56) 13:37.80 (31.69)
14:09.63 (31.83) 14:41.28 (31.65)
15:13.00 (31.72) 15:43.65 (30.65)
13 Graham, Jared 16 Penguin Aquatics 15:37.46 15:45.45 NATS
29.02 1:00.02 (31.00)
1:31.58 (31.56) 2:03.34 (31.76)
2:35.14 (31.80) 3:06.68 (31.54)
3:38.63 (31.95) 4:10.18 (31.55)
4:41.96 (31.78) 5:13.66 (31.70)
5:45.42 (31.76) 6:16.76 (31.34)
6:48.57 (31.81) 7:19.92 (31.35)
7:51.69 (31.77) 8:23.11 (31.42)
8:55.01 (31.90) 9:26.53 (31.52)
9:58.47 (31.94) 10:30.04 (31.57)
11:01.56 (31.52) 11:33.04 (31.48)
12:05.08 (32.04) 12:36.64 (31.56)
13:08.67 (32.03) 13:40.25 (31.58)
14:11.99 (31.74) 14:43.57 (31.58)
15:15.13 (31.56) 15:45.45 (30.32)
14 Gomez Perez, Al 30 Gator Swim Club- 15:27.30 15:48.53 NATS
29.12 1:00.52 (31.40)
1:31.83 (31.31) 2:03.39 (31.56)
2:35.02 (31.63) 3:06.62 (31.60)
3:37.97 (31.35) 4:09.42 (31.45)
4:40.84 (31.42) 5:12.30 (31.46)
5:43.44 (31.14) 6:14.56 (31.12)
6:46.12 (31.56) 7:17.63 (31.51)
7:49.07 (31.44) 8:20.60 (31.53)
8:52.51 (31.91) 9:24.20 (31.69)
9:55.97 (31.77) 10:27.82 (31.85)
11:00.01 (32.19) 11:32.06 (32.05)
12:04.35 (32.29) 12:36.57 (32.22)
13:08.75 (32.18) 13:41.21 (32.46)
14:13.25 (32.04) 14:45.50 (32.25)
15:17.68 (32.18) 15:48.53 (30.85)
15 Naidich, Martin 25 Argentina-US 15:14.38 15:50.82 JRS
29.39 1:00.92 (31.53)
1:32.21 (31.29) 2:03.63 (31.42)
2:34.80 (31.17) 3:06.58 (31.78)
3:38.43 (31.85) 4:10.35 (31.92)
4:41.95 (31.60) 5:13.72 (31.77)
5:45.28 (31.56) 6:17.05 (31.77)
6:48.48 (31.43) 7:20.20 (31.72)
7:51.92 (31.72) 8:23.84 (31.92)
8:55.55 (31.71) 9:27.43 (31.88)
9:58.93 (31.50) 10:31.06 (32.13)
11:03.14 (32.08) 11:35.34 (32.20)
12:07.79 (32.45) 12:39.80 (32.01)
13:11.69 (31.89) 13:44.15 (32.46)
14:16.37 (32.22) 14:48.55 (32.18)
15:20.18 (31.63) 15:50.82 (30.64)
16 Lupoli, Franco 21 Azura Florida Aq 15:48.77 15:51.53 JRS
27.98 59.10 (31.12)
1:28.19 (29.09) 2:02.39 (34.20)
2:28.33 (25.94) 3:05.45 (37.12)
3:36.72 (31.27) 4:08.37 (31.65)
4:39.76 (31.39) 5:11.52 (31.76)
5:43.07 (31.55) 6:14.68 (31.61)
6:46.27 (31.59) 7:18.30 (32.03)
7:50.24 (31.94) 8:22.28 (32.04)
8:51.30 (29.02) 9:26.37 (35.07)
9:58.09 (31.72) 10:29.91 (31.82)
11:01.75 (31.84) 11:33.81 (32.06)
12:05.89 (32.08) 12:38.22 (32.33)
13:10.56 (32.34) 13:43.17 (32.61)
14:15.02 (31.85) 14:47.66 (32.64)
15:19.42 (31.76) 15:51.53 (32.11)
16 Olvera Alejos, 20 Caan Swim Team-U 15:37.05 15:51.53 JRS
29.26 1:00.88 (31.62)
1:32.84 (31.96) 2:04.84 (32.00)
2:37.16 (32.32) 3:08.88 (31.72)
3:40.45 (31.57) 4:12.29 (31.84)
4:44.54 (32.25) 5:16.49 (31.95)
5:48.46 (31.97) 6:20.43 (31.97)
6:52.17 (31.74) 7:23.75 (31.58)
7:55.39 (31.64) 8:27.07 (31.68)
8:59.23 (32.16) 9:31.05 (31.82)
10:03.04 (31.99) 10:34.75 (31.71)
11:06.76 (32.01) 11:38.30 (31.54)
12:10.30 (32.00) 12:41.94 (31.64)
13:14.37 (32.43) 13:46.33 (31.96)
14:18.46 (32.13) 14:50.21 (31.75)
15:20.99 (30.78) 15:51.53 (30.54)



