SANTA CLARA, June 28. OLYMPIC bronze medalist Chris Thompson stroked to an easy 8:06.24-8:08.59 800 free victory over Long Island up-and-comer Brendan Nelligan here this evening in the opening night of the Santa Clara International Invitational.<\/p>\n
The meet continues through Sunday at the George Haines Pool.<\/p>\n
Thompson swims for Coach Jon Urbancek's Club Wolverine\/
\nUniversity of Michigan team and was Sydney bronze medalist in the 1500 free in American record time. He also set an American-NCAA record en route to the 1650 free (yards) title at the NCAA Division 1 Championships last March in College Station.<\/p>\n
Third was Pacific Dolphins' Tim Peterson (8:09.36).<\/p>\n
On the ladies' side the only race was the 1500 free, which went to Carson City's 16-year-old Lauren Costello in a pr 16:38.07 Second was North Carolina's Meredith Green (16:46.63) and taking the bronze was local favorite Jessica Foschi of Stanford (16:53.11).<\/p>\n
Foschi won the NCAA 500 free this season and will be a key member of Coach Richard Quick's Cardinal team that hopes to stop Georgia's three-consecutive NCAA Championship title streak next season.<\/p>\n
— Bill Bell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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