Watch: Cox and El Kamash Earn Titles in the 1500 (Mission Viejo PSS Day 1 Race Videos)

2023 PRO SWIM SERIES – MISSION VIEJO

• May 17-20, 2023
• Marguerite Aquatics Center, Mission Viejo, California
• LCM (50 meters)
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• Day 1 Final Live Recap

This post features race videos from the first night of the 2023 Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo. The first night of the meet, as usual, featured the distance session, which included timed finals of the men’s and women’s 1500 freestyles. All videos in the post are from USA Swimming’s YouTube channel.

WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE — TIMED FINALS

• World Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)
• World Junior Record: 15:28.36 — Katie Ledecky, USA (2014)
• American Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)

Top 8:

1. Jillian Cox (TXLA) – 16:31.00
2. Kayla Han (RMDA) – 16:37.93
3. Paige Downey (GM) – 16:50.21
4. Abby Grottle (TAMU)- 16:53.42
5. Caroline Riggs (CM) – 16:54.80
6. Bailey Hartman (CROW) – 16:56.66
7. Danielle Gleason (PSC) – 16:56.85
8. Rachel Love (TAMU) – 17:06.32

Jillian Cox opened the meet with a comfortable win in the women’s 1500 free. Cox put up a very solid performance, finishing in 16:31.00, which is less than two seconds off her lifetime best of 16:29.16 from last summer’s Junior Pan Pacs.

MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS

• World Record: 14.31.02 — Sun Yang, CHN (2012)
• World Junior Record: 14:46.09 — Franko Grgic, CRO (2019)
• American Record: 14:36.70 — Bobby Finke, USA (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 14:45.54 — Peter Vanderkaay, USA (2008)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 14:53.12 — Jordan Wilimovsky, USA (2016)

Top 8:

1. Marwan el Kamash (EGY) – 15:15.19
2. David Johnston (TXLA) – 15:16.19
3. Alec Enyeart (TST) – 15:27.16
4. Isaac Fleig (UN) – 15:34.24
5. William Mulgrew (CRIM) 15:36.10
6. Dylan Porges Avila (PRIN) – 15:47.26
7. Christian Bayo (PUR) – 15:52.65
8. Guillaume Lord (TQ) – 15:53.19

Marwan El Kamash won a close race over David Johnston in the men’s 1500 free, clocking a 15:15.19.