July 26, 2017
Zane Grothe finished 8th in the 800m freestyle and Marcelo Chierighini advanced to the finals of the 100m freestyle on Wednesday at the FINA World Championships in Budapest.
Grothe, who swam at Auburn from 2010-14, clocked a 7:52.43 as the only American in the final 8. Gabriele Detti of Italy won gold in 7:40.77.
Chierighini, who also swam for Auburn from 2010-14, will swim for gold in Thursday's 100m freestyle finals after finishing eighth in the semifinals with a 48.31. He had advanced to the semis after placing in a four-way tie for fifth in prelims with a time of 48.46.
Chierighini has already won a World Championships silver medal as part of Brazil's 4x100 free relay team, where he split a 46.85 as the second leg, the only sub-47 split of the event.
Also swimming on Wednesday was incoming freshman Hugo Gonzalez of Spain. He placed 26th in the 200m IM in 2:02.78.
Scheduled to swim during Thursday's prelims are Julie Meynen of Luxembourg in the 100m free (heat 8 of 8, lane 0), Gonzalez in the 200m back (heat 3 of 5, lane 2) and Natasha Lloyd of New Zealand in the 200m breaststroke (heat 4 of 4, lane 0).
The swimming competition is being be held at the Danube Arena.
Live results can be found online at www.omegatiming.com.