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Men’s 1500 Freestyle
Zane Grothe claimed yet another TYR Pro Swim Series freestyle event win in the men’s 1500 with a time of 15:18.43. The swim was enough for the win in Santa Clara but was off his 15:05.31 from Indianapolis. After getting off to an early lead with Cal’s Nick Norman (15:22.98), Mexico and Michigan’s Ricardo Vargas Jacobo (15:19.34) started chasing down the leaders in the back half.
Vargas Jacobo was able to pass Norman with about 250 meters to go, just as Stanford’s True Sweetser was also making his move. Sweetser dominated the field in the final 200 ending with a 1:58.75, the only swimmer under two minutes on the final four laps. Sweetser just ran out of room to earn the second-place spot as he finished in 15:19.86.
Johannes Carloni (15:30.35) and Clark Smith (15:32.05) placed fifth and sixth while Georgia’s Kevin Miller earned a top-eight finish out of the second heat. Kevin Litherland took eighth-place in 15:48.35.
Event 2 Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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1 Grothe, Zane 26 Mission Viejo Na 15:11.72 15:18.43
2 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard 20 Mexico 15:11.53 15:19.34
3 Sweetser, True 20 Unattached Stanf 14:59.73 15:19.86
4 Norman, Nick 21 California Aquat 15:16.81 15:22.98
5 Calloni, Johannes 18 Unattached Stanf 15:16.62 15:30.35
6 Smith, Clark 23 Longhorn Aquatic 15:08.59 15:32.05
7 Miller, Kevin 20 Athens Bulldog S 15:31.09 15:40.04
8 Litherland, Kevin 22 Dynamo Swim Club 15:10.93 15:48.35
9 Collins, Jack 20 Badger Swim Club 15:31.86 15:50.85
10 Wieser, Chris 22 Una DART 15:09.70 15:57.71
11 David, Calvin 16 Pleasanton Seaha 15:49.27 16:05.19
12 Tsukikawa, Yugo 16 Badger Swim Club 16:13.98 16:09.60
13 Plattel, Lleyton 15 Pleasanton Seaha 15:29.71 16:10.86
14 Barao, Will 17 Bluefish Swim Cl 15:41.55 16:15.49
15 Simpson, Blake 16 Santa Maria Swim 16:09.17 16:26.46
16 Mertz, David 17 Neptune Swimming 16:13.44 16:33.72
17 Marsalek, Wyatt 17 Santa Maria Swim 16:07.75 16:37.47
18 McGee, Gavin 18 Santa Clara Swim 8:33.14 16:52.49
