{"id":385599,"date":"2019-07-31T18:49:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T01:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=385599"},"modified":"2019-08-01T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T15:38:01","slug":"bobby-finke-wins-the-mens-1500-free-by-nearly-five-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-wins-the-mens-1500-free-by-nearly-five-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Nationals: Bobby Finke Wins 1500 Free by Nearly Five Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Men’s 1500 Free (Bobby Finke)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There’s no doubt that the distance freestyle events are among the weakest for the American men these days. Perhaps Bobby Finke<\/strong> is a guy who can provide a spark. Behind a time of 14:51.15, Finke comfortably won the 1500 freestyle at Nationals<\/a>, bettering Zane Grothe<\/strong> (14:56.10) and Michael Brinegar<\/strong> (15:00.82).<\/p>\n

Unlike the women’s 800 freestyle<\/a>, in which Ally McHugh<\/strong> had to rally from last to prevail, Finke was in control through the 30-lap event. Finke went through the 800-meter mark in 7:51.54 and is well-positioned to enjoy a strong week at Nationals. For Grothe, his performance was a major improvement over his showing at Worlds, where Grothe managed a time of only 15:21.43 in prelims.<\/p>\n

Finke is now ranked ninth in the world for 2019 while Grothe moved up to 15th.<\/p>\n

Brinegar also returned from the World Championships but he swam the open water events two weeks ago. He was 12th in the 5K in his first World Championships.<\/p>\n

Arik Katz<\/strong> (15:05.93) and Jake Mitchell<\/strong> (15:11.52) were fourth and fifth while Eric Knowles<\/strong> (15:13.52) placed sixth. Seventh went to Jack Collins<\/strong> (15:15.75) and in eighth was Ross Dant<\/strong> (15:22.06).<\/p>\n

2019 World Rankings:<\/h3>\n
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  1. 14:36.54, Florian Wellbrock, GER<\/li>\n
  2. 14:37.63, Mykhailo Romanchuk, UKR<\/li>\n
  3. 14:38.34, Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA<\/li>\n
  4. 14:44.72, David Aubry, FRA<\/li>\n
  5. 14:45.35, Henrik Christiansen, NOR<\/li>\n
  6. 14:46.51, Daniel Jervis, GBR<\/li>\n
  7. 14:47.75, Alexander Norgaard, DEN<\/li>\n
  8. 14:48.52, Jan Micka, CZE<\/li>\n
  9. 14:51.15, Bobby Finke, USA<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  10. 14:52.03, Domenico Acerenza, ITA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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