{"id":47053,"date":"2014-01-18T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=47053"},"modified":"2014-01-18T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T18:41:08","slug":"video-yannick-agnel-enjoys-strong-400-free-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-yannick-agnel-enjoys-strong-400-free-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Yannick Agnel Enjoys Strong 400 Free Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUSTIN, Texas, January 18. OLYMPIC gold medalist Yannick Agnel of NBAC, demonstrated his longer distance ability with a winning time of 3:49.78 in the men’s 400-meter free at the Arena Grand Prix in Austin. That would have put him just outside the top eight at the World Championships last summer.<\/p>\n

The Woodlands’ Michael McBroom faced down a pretty sterling rest of the field with a second-place time of 3:50.47. That’s just a second of so off his lifetime best of 3:49.28, but was enough to take down the rest of the field.<\/p>\n

Tunisia’s Ous Mellouli, now training at NBAC as he refocuses on the pool after a few years swimming primarily open water events, took third overall in 3:50.85. Club Wolverine’s Tyler Clary finished fourth overall in a 3:52.86, while teammate Michael Klueh finished fifth in 3:52.94.<\/p>\n

California’s Jeremy Bagshaw raced his way to sixth in 3:54.96, while NBAC’s Matt McLean touched seventh in 3:55.36. Mexico’s Julio Andres Olvera Alejos picked up the final spot in the finale with a 3:56.51.<\/p>\n

Badger’s Ryan Feeley topped the B final in the men’s middle distance event with a time of 3:57.64. He’s been much faster in the event, but he touched first by more than a second ahead of NBAC’s Tom Luchsinger’s 3:58.86.<\/p>\n