Maya DiRado Vaults to 4th in World in 400 IM

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Stanford’s Maya DiRado cranked out a winning time in the women’s 400-meter IM at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.

DiRado turned in a time of 4:36.82 for the win. That vaulted her to fourth in the world this year behind only Katinka Hosszu (4:32.25), Aimee Willmott (4:34.82) and Sakiko Shimizu (4:35.04).

Vien Nguyen of Vietnam placed second overall in 4:39.64. She owns the Vietnamese record with a 4:38.78 from last year’s Worlds.

NBAC’s Becca Mann placed third in 4:40.44 with NCAP’s Katie Ledecky winding up fourth in 4:40.95.

NBAC’s Sierra Schmidt (4:49.55), Argentina’s Virginia Bardach (4:51.17) and Scottsdale’s Natalia Jaspeado (4:52.95) also put up legal times in finals. Nitro’s Regan Barney drew a disqualification.

York’s Meghan Small turned in a top time of 4:50.27 to win the B final. Argentina’s Florencia Perotti took second in 4:51.23.

                           === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 DiRado, Maya     22 Stanford Swimmin  4:40.64    4:36.82 NATS   
                 29.86      1:03.27 (33.41)
        1:38.19 (34.92)     2:12.25 (34.06)
        2:52.57 (40.32)     3:33.58 (41.01)
        4:05.67 (32.09)     4:36.82 (31.15)
  2 Nguyen, Vien     19 Unattached-FL     4:42.76    4:39.64 NATS   
                 30.27      1:04.63 (34.36)
        1:40.88 (36.25)     2:16.18 (35.30)
        2:56.35 (40.17)     3:36.87 (40.52)
        4:08.82 (31.95)     4:39.64 (30.82)
  3 Mann, Becca      18 North Baltimore-  4:42.83    4:40.44 NATS   
                 30.13      1:03.35 (33.22)
        1:39.57 (36.22)     2:14.48 (34.91)
        2:56.10 (41.62)     3:37.86 (41.76)
        4:09.76 (31.90)     4:40.44 (30.68)
  4 Ledecky, Katie   18 Nation's Capital  4:41.28    4:40.95 NATS   
                 30.26      1:04.82 (34.56)
        1:41.81 (36.99)     2:17.36 (35.55)
        2:59.15 (41.79)     3:41.14 (41.99)
        4:11.92 (30.78)     4:40.95 (29.03)
  5 Schmidt, Sierra  17 North Baltimore-  4:50.43    4:49.55 NATS   
                 31.08      1:04.69 (33.61)
        1:42.50 (37.81)     2:19.39 (36.89)
        3:02.50 (43.11)     3:45.93 (43.43)
        4:18.31 (32.38)     4:49.55 (31.24)
  6 Bardach, Virgin  23 Argentina-US      4:49.66    4:51.17 NATS   
                 30.44      1:05.16 (34.72)
        1:43.99 (38.83)     2:21.71 (37.72)
        3:02.11 (40.40)     3:43.70 (41.59)
        4:17.98 (34.28)     4:51.17 (33.19)
  7 Jaspeado, Natal  17 Scottsdale Aquat  4:54.34    4:52.95 NATS   
                 30.77      1:05.40 (34.63)
        1:44.35 (38.95)     2:22.13 (37.78)
        3:03.64 (41.51)     3:45.58 (41.94)
        4:20.02 (34.44)     4:52.95 (32.93)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Small, Meghan    17 York YMCA-MA      4:55.33    4:50.27 NATS   
                 30.62      1:05.24 (34.62)
        1:42.86 (37.62)     2:19.81 (36.95)
        3:01.63 (41.82)     3:43.82 (42.19)
        4:18.15 (34.33)     4:50.27 (32.12)
 10 Perotti, Floren  23 Argentina-US      4:56.03    4:51.23 NATS   
                 32.00      1:08.09 (36.09)
        1:44.15 (36.06)     2:20.60 (36.45)
        3:02.48 (41.88)     3:44.85 (42.37)
        4:19.23 (34.38)     4:51.23 (32.00)
 11 Brathwaite, Kat  16 Pointe-Claire-US  5:02.63    4:57.76 JRS    
                 32.18      1:08.13 (35.95)
        1:46.08 (37.95)     2:23.13 (37.05)
        3:05.61 (42.48)     3:48.31 (42.70)
        4:23.34 (35.03)     4:57.76 (34.42)
 12 Nefsi, Hamida R  18 Regina Optimist-  4:57.15    4:58.10        
                 31.67      1:08.59 (36.92)
        1:46.82 (38.23)     2:24.35 (37.53)
        3:06.61 (42.26)     3:49.86 (43.25)
        4:25.04 (35.18)     4:58.10 (33.06)
 13 Thompson, Beatr  17 Empire Swimming-  4:59.40    4:58.95        
                 31.79      1:06.96 (35.17)
        1:45.73 (38.77)     2:23.25 (37.52)
        3:06.84 (43.59)     3:50.83 (43.99)
        4:25.28 (34.45)     4:58.95 (33.67)
 14 Dawson, Kendall  18 Fast Lane Aquati  4:59.04    4:59.83        
                 31.78      1:08.21 (36.43)
        1:46.38 (38.17)     2:23.79 (37.41)
        3:08.73 (44.94)     3:54.34 (45.61)
        4:27.66 (33.32)     4:59.83 (32.17)
 15 Kastigar, Hanna  20 ASC-SD            4:57.59    5:00.92        
                 31.43      1:07.06 (35.63)
        1:45.90 (38.84)     2:24.11 (38.21)
        3:07.37 (43.26)     3:51.99 (44.62)
        4:27.39 (35.40)     5:00.92 (33.53)
 16 Alanis, Herendi  22 Gaucho Aquatics-  5:01.85    5:02.39        
                 32.72      1:09.90 (37.18)
        1:49.16 (39.26)     2:27.20 (38.04)
        3:10.70 (43.50)     3:54.52 (43.82)
        4:28.65 (34.13)     5:02.39 (33.74)
 
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
 -- Barney, Regan    16 Nitro Swimming-S  4:53.09         DQ        
                 31.23      1:07.18 (35.95)
        1:43.33 (36.15)     2:19.49 (36.16)
        3:03.46 (43.97)     3:47.89 (44.43)
        4:21.70 (33.81)          DQ (32.98)

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