Produced by Coleman Hodges.
Reported by Anne Lepesant.
ARENA PRO SWIM SERIES AT MESA
- Thursday, April 14 – Saturday, April 16, 2016
- Skyline Aquatic Center
- Mesa, Arizona (same as Pacific Daylight Time, GMT -7 hours)
- Prelims 9AM / Finals 5PM (12PM/8PM Eastern Daylight Time)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Stream
- Live Results
- Meet Central
- Friday Finals Program
MEN’S 400 METER FREESTYLE – FINAL
- FINA A: 3:50.40
- U.S. Olympic Trials: 3:58.69
The championship final of the men’s 400 free was an exciting race, if not quite as tight as had been expected. Conor Dwyer of Trojan Swim Club jumped out to the early lead, with Clark Smith of Texas in tow. The Woodlands’ Michael McBroom inched his way up from seventh to third to second, then made his move over the final 100 meters to claim the win with 3:49.04. Dwyer finished second in 3:49.90, a mere .06 in front of Smith. Top qualifier Jordan Wilimovskyof Team Santa Monica placed fourth in 3:51.64.
Nitro’s Christopher Yeager had a tremendous back half in the B final; he won in 3:57.85 over Arturo Perez Vertti of Caan Swim Team (3:58.00) and Shoults of Mission Viejo (3:58.44).
Top 8:
- Michael McBroom 3:49.04
- Conor Dwyer 3:49.90
- Clark Smith 3:49.96
- Jordan Wilimovsky 3:51.64
- Ous Mellouli 3:53.89
- Cristian Quintero 3:55.22
- Marcelo Acosta 3:55.32
- Matias Koski 3:59.41
