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Men’s 800 Freestyle
Matias Koski, representing Dynamo, led a tight field in the men’s 800 freestyle. His time of 8:00.29 led a series of five swimmers who were all under 8:02. Marcelo Acosta of Cardinal Aquatics came in second just under a second behind Koski in 8:01.28.
Stanford’s True Sweester followed in third place in 8:01.44, just ahead of Mexico’s Ricardo David Vargas Jacobo, who was fourth in 8:01.50. Fifth place went to Martin Naidich of Argentina in 8:01.88.
Not far behind in sixth place was Japan’s Shingo Nakaya, who touched in a time of 8:03.67. Liam Egan, also of Stanford, placed seventh in 8:05.10.
Santa Clara’s Aidan Burns finished eighth in 8:07.32.
Event 2 Men 800 LC Meter Freestyle
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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1 Koski, Matias M 23 Dynamo Swim Club 7:56.44 8:00.29
2 Acosta, Marcelo 20 Cardinal Aquatic 8:00.14 8:01.28
3 Sweetser, True T 19 Un-Stanford-PC- 7:53.32 8:01.44
4 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard 19 Mexico-US- 8:01.60 8:01.50
5 Naidich, Martin 26 Argentina-US- 7:57.72 8:01.88
6 Nakaya, Shingo 20 Japan-US- 8:02.15 8:03.67
7 Egan, Liam C 21 Un-Stanford-PC- 8:01.48 8:05.10
8 Burns, Aidan T 19 Santa Clara Swim 8:16.23 8:07.32
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