{"id":131726,"date":"2015-04-17T18:35:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T01:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=131726"},"modified":"2015-04-17T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T01:40:02","slug":"josh-schneider-clips-renzo-tjon-a-joe-for-50-free-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/josh-schneider-clips-renzo-tjon-a-joe-for-50-free-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Schneider Clips Renzo Tjon A Joe For 50 Free Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial content for the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa\u00a0is sponsored by\u00a0Arena<\/a>.\u00a0For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

NYAC’s Josh Schneider touched out Renzo Tjon A Joe for the men’s 50-meter free title at the Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa.<\/p>\n

Schneider hit the wall in 22.52, while Tjon A Joe finished just behind in 22.53.<\/p>\n

Both are well off the top 10 in the world currently anchored by Clement Mignon and Shinri Shioura with 22.08s.<\/p>\n

Jasper Aerents placed third tonight in the splash-and-dash with a time of 22.58. \u00a0Phoenix’s Erik Risolvato took fourth in 22.85.<\/p>\n

SwimMAC’s Cullen Jones (22.87), Badger’s Derek Toomey (23.09), Grand Canyon’s Marcus Schlesinger (23.16) and Grand Canyon’s Mazen El Kamash (23.34) took fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n

Josh Schneider, 50 free:<\/strong>
\n“We (Cullen Jones and I) have had a ton of battles. It\u2019s a really good rivalry and we\u2019re really good friends. This is the only race I truly like.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SwimMAC’s Mark Weber clipped Scottsdale’s Ryan Hoffer, 23.20 to 23.21, for the B final win. \u00a0That’s a personal best for Hoffer who wound up being scratched into the B final tonight.<\/p>\n

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