On the first day of the Argentine National Championships Federico Grabich broke the national record in the men’s 200 freestyle winning the event in a time of 1:47.78. On the second day he took the men’s 50 freestyle in a time of 22.82.
Grabich finished the competition by winning the men’s 100 freestyle in a time of 49.07, which is currently the fourth fastest time in the world.
2014-2015 LCM Men 100 Free
NING
47.84
2 | Cameron McEVOY | AUS | 47.94 | 08/05 |
3 | Vladimir MOROZOV | RUS | 47.98 | 04/19 |
3 | Santo CONDORELLI | CAN | 47.98 | 07/14 |
5 | Federico GRABICH | ARG | 48.11 | 07/14 |
Grabich was not far off of the national record of 48.99 which was set by Matias Aguilera in 2009.
The championships were one of the meets which will determine the selection for Argentina’s team for the Pan American Games and the World Championships. The team will not be announced until after the Maria Lenk Trophy which is another one of the qualifying competitions.
Other winners on the day included:
50 female breast – Malena Coschiza 33.86
50 male breast – Renato Prono Paraguay 28.26
50 female back – Belen Garcia Nuñez 30.23
50 male back – Charlie Hockin Paraguay 26.51
200 female butterfly – Florence Columbium 2: 22.69
200 male butterfly – Joaquin Sepulveda 2: 10.67
800 free female – Julia Arino 9: 8:01
800 free male – Felipe Vargas 8: 29.92
200 female medley – Manuela Morano 2: 28.64
200 male medley – Esteban Paz 2: 07.70
100 free female – Aixa Triay 57.11
100 free male – Federico Grabich 49.07