{"id":610885,"date":"2025-04-24T20:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=610885"},"modified":"2025-04-24T20:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:56:55","slug":"maria-lenk-trophy-gabrielle-roncatto-continues-brazil-distance-surge-in-1500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maria-lenk-trophy-gabrielle-roncatto-continues-brazil-distance-surge-in-1500\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Lenk Trophy: Gabrielle Roncatto Continues Brazil Distance Surge in 1,500"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maria Lenk Trophy: Gabrielle Roncatto Continues Brazil Distance Surge in 1,500<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gabrielle Roncatto<\/strong> continued a tremendous week for the Brazilian women\u2019s distance program at the Maria Lenk Trophy securing a spot at the World Championships in the 1,500 freestyle.<\/p>\n

Roncatto went 16:19.82 to win the event Thursday night in Rio de Janeiro. She led Leticia Fassina Romao<\/strong> by more than a second, the Louisville swimmer going 16:21.26 to also get under the automatic qualification time for the World Championships in Singapore this summer (16:24.56).<\/p>\n

Roncatto has already qualified for Worlds in the 400 free. All seven of Brazil\u2019s automatic qualification times for Singapore at the meet have come in freestyle events 200 meters or longer.<\/p>\n

Roncatto was nearly 30 seconds ahead of third-place Beatriz Dizotti.<\/strong> She returned later in the session to help Unisanta set a meet record in the women\u2019s 800 free relay at 8:01.17. She joined Nathalia Almeida, Maria Fernanda Costa<\/strong> and Stephanie Balduccini.<\/strong> The latter two have earned spots in the 200 free at Worlds. Costa split 1:58.31, Balduccini 1:57.68.<\/p>\n