{"id":131020,"date":"2015-04-15T17:28:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T00:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=131020"},"modified":"2015-04-15T19:17:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T02:17:58","slug":"2015-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa-day-one-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa-day-one-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa: Day One Finals Live Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial content for the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa\u00a0is sponsored by Arena<\/a>.\u00a0For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The first night of competition at the Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa is underway in Arizona. \u00a0Katie Ledecky is the one to watch as she looks to batter the field in the women’s 1500-meter free. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n

Women’s 1500 free<\/strong><\/p>\n

World Record holder, Katie Ledecky of Nation’s Capital Swim Club, lead from start to finish to win in 15:42.23, good enough for 5th fastest all time. The other four fastest swims? Three are Ledecky’s and other one is Lotte Fris from Denmark\/NBAC at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.<\/p>\n

Kristel Kobrich of Chile finished in second with a time of 16:26.95, and 13-year old Madelyn Donohoe from The Fish finishes third in 16:44.01.<\/p>\n

Men’s 800 free<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcelo Acosta of the University of Louisville won the 800 free with a very controlled race in 8:10.85.<\/p>\n

Nick Norman and Daniel O’Connor of the Mission Viejo Nadadores took second and third in 8:11.14 and 8:12.76, respectively.<\/p>\n

O’Connor took control of the race early, but Norman and Acosta reeled him in down the stretch and Acosta out raced Norman for the win at the end.<\/p>\n

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