{"id":131292,"date":"2015-04-16T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T01:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=131292"},"modified":"2015-04-16T19:13:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T02:13:38","slug":"2015-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa-carlos-claverie-touches-out-azad-al-barazi-in-100-breast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-arena-pro-swim-series-mesa-carlos-claverie-touches-out-azad-al-barazi-in-100-breast\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa: Carlos Claverie Touches Out Azad Al-Barazi in 100 Breast"},"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>.<\/em><\/p>\n

In a finale that featured seven total countries represented, eight if you count Mike Alexandrov twice, Louisville’s Carlos Claverie edged the field in the men’s 100-meter breast at the Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa.<\/p>\n

Claverie touched out Trojan’s Azad Al-Barazi, 1:02.42 to 1:02.44, while NYAC’s Alexandrov took third overall in 1:02.59.<\/p>\n

Carlos Claverie, 100 breast:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We came here to execute. We\u2019ve been training real hard, and this is like a training meet.\u00a0I came here (to the United States) a year ago and I love it at the University of Louisville. The coaching is amazing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

None of the top three even came close to the top 10 in the world currently anchored by legend Kosuke Kitajima’s 1:00.18 from Japanese Nationals.<\/p>\n

Club Wolverine’s Zach Hayden, who went out hard, wound up taking fourth overall in 1:02.76.<\/p>\n

SoFlo’s Jorge Murillo Valdes (1:03.08), Grand Canyon’s Youssef El Kamash (1:03.0), Uldis Tazans (1:03.55) and Grand Canyon’s Eetu Karvonen (1:04.01) placed fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n

Maksim Shcherbakov won the B final with a time of 1:02.81 while Tucson Ford’s Marcus Titus put up a second-place 1:03.77.<\/p>\n

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