2021 PRO SWIM SERIES – MISSION VIEJO (#3)
- April 8-11, 2021
- Marguerite Aquatics Center, Mission Viejo, CA
- LCM
- Prelims – 4:00pm PST/Finals – 10:00am PST
- Meet central
- Meet information
- Psych sheets
- Live stream (USA Swimming – evening prelims & 800 free Thursday)
- Live stream (Olympic Channel – mid-day finals)
- Live results
Reported by Karl Ortegon.
MEN’S 800 FREE – TIMED FINAL
- PSS record: 7:49.96, Michael McBroom (USA) – 2014
Top 3
- Jordan Wilimovsky (KSWM) – 7:54.44
- Will Gallant (MVN) – 7:57.55
- Zane Grothe (BCH) – 7:58.04
The top three men all broke eight minutes, with KSWIM’s Jordan Wilimovsky touching almost three seconds ahead of the next-best competitor at 7:54.44. Wilimovsky slots in at #17 in the world this season, just behind the top American, Bobby Finke, who is #12 with a 7:53.05 from the U.S. Open.
Second went to Mission Viejo’s Will Gallant, who surged for his first-ever sub-8:00 race at 7:57.55. Gallant’s old best was an 8:02.15 from the U.S. Open in December.
Zane Grothe of Boulder City-Henderson was third in 7:58.04, nearly able to catch Gallant with a 58.2 final 100 to Gallant’s 58.8.
Zach Yeadon of Cal Aquatics and Dylan Porges of TAC Titans finished fourth and fifth in 8:01.96 and 8:06.61, respectively. For Porges, that’s a new lifetime best by a few tenths.