Marcela Acosta Sets Salvadorian Record in 1500 Free

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Photo Courtesy: Maddie Kyler

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)
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