{"id":584579,"date":"2024-04-21T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T16:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=584579"},"modified":"2024-04-21T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:25:32","slug":"vlad-stancu-heads-1500-free-as-romanian-championships-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/vlad-stancu-heads-1500-free-as-romanian-championships-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlad Stancu Heads 1500 Free As Romanian Championships Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vlad Stancu Heads 1500 Free As Romanian Championships Wrap Up<\/h4>\n

Vlad Stancu<\/strong> was among the winners as the Romanian National Championships<\/strong> wrapped up on Sunday in Otopeni.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old posted 15:33.54, more than 33secs outside the national record of 15:00.51 that secured silver behind Turkey’s Kuzey Tuncelli<\/strong> at the 2023 European Junior Championships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Andrei Theodor Proca<\/strong> trailed by three seconds in 15:36.78 with Nandor Nagy<\/strong> making another trip to the podium in 15:56.39.<\/p>\n

Briana Paun<\/strong> was the only woman inside 17mins in the women’s event, winning in 16:56.09.<\/p>\n

It brought to an end the five-day meet at the Otopeni Swimming Sports Complex<\/strong> with David Popovici<\/strong> winning four titles in the 50, 100, 200 and 400 free as he went 22\/47\/1:45\/3:47.<\/p>\n