Zane Grothe Wins 1500 Battle at Santa Clara Pro Swim Series

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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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

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