{"id":375348,"date":"2019-06-15T17:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T00:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=375348"},"modified":"2019-06-16T09:37:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T16:37:13","slug":"erica-sullivan-drops-fourth-fastest-1500-free-in-the-world-at-tyr-pro-series-clovis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/erica-sullivan-drops-fourth-fastest-1500-free-in-the-world-at-tyr-pro-series-clovis\/","title":{"rendered":"Erica Sullivan Drops Fourth-Fastest 1500 Free in the World at TYR Pro Series Clovis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erica Sullivan<\/strong> closed out her 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series with a bang, dropping the third-fastest 1500 Freestyle in the world so far this year.<\/p>\n

HEAT SHEET<\/a><\/p>\n

LIVE STREAM<\/a><\/p>\n

LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n

Women’s 1500 Freestyle<\/h2>\n

Sandpipers of Nevada’s Erica Sullivan<\/strong> ran away with the 1500 free to close out her meet at Clovis. Not only was her 15:55.25 a lifetime best by seven seconds, it was also the fourth-fastest time in the world this year and second fastest of the day. Argentina’s Delfina Pignatiello<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>was a 15:51 at the Mare Nostrum.<\/p>\n

Among Americans, Sullivan is second only to Katie Ledecky<\/strong> for 2019, and is right behind distance legend Janet Evans<\/strong> for the USA Swimming 17-18 All Time rankings in this event.\u00a0Sullivan’s 500 splits were 5:18.21 – 5:18.89 – 5:18.15.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Mackenzie Padington<\/strong> was a distant second, coming in at 16:56.58. She had a battle against Mexico’s Ayumi Macias<\/strong> throughout the race. Macias ultimately took third (16:56.76) after a great closing 500.<\/p>\n

Clovis Swim Club’s Averee Preble<\/strong> was fourth in 16:59.72. She was followed by Allison Bernier<\/strong> (17:29.05) and Claudia Chang<\/strong> (17:39.43).<\/p>\n

2019 World Rankings<\/em><\/h3>\n
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  1. Katie Ledecky, 15:45.59 – United States<\/li>\n
  2. Jianjiahe Wang, 15:46.69 – China<\/li>\n
  3. Delfina Pignatiello, ARG, 15:51.68<\/li>\n
  4. Erica Sullivan, 15:55.25 – United States<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Kiah Melverton, 15:58.09 – Australia<\/li>\n
  6. Maddy Gough, 15:58.26 – Australia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    USA Swimming 17-18 All Time Rankings<\/em><\/h3>\n
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    1. Katie Ledecky, 15:25.48 – 2015<\/li>\n
    2. Kate Ziegler, 15:42.54 – 2007<\/li>\n
    3. Janet Evans, 15:54.23 – 1990<\/li>\n
    4. Erica Sullivan, 15:55.25 – 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
    5. Diana Munz, 16:03.30 – 2000<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n