MESA, Arizona, April 25.

Surinames sprint championRenzo Tjon A Joereached the finals of the mens50-meter freestyle at theArena Grand Prix in Arizona Mesa GrandPriz, USA swimming.Mesa. He placed 7thin this world class field with a time of 22.84.

Sprint starNathan Adrianwon the men's 50-meter freestyle in 21.73 - a top five time in the world .Nathan is athree-time Olympic gold medalist who currently holds the American record in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events.

Adrian now moves to fifth in theSwimVortex world rankings,bettering his 21.89 from the Austin stop of the Arena Grand Prix. Phoenix Swim Club's Roland Schoeman touched down second in 22.19,whilethe South African Nationals. NYAC's Josh Schneider earned third in 22.24.

Nathan Adrian

Also in the finalwith Renzo Tjon A Joe were :NYAC's Jimmy Feigen (22.55), California's Anthony Ervin (22.57), PASA's Alex Coville (22.65), and SwimAtlanta's Karl Krug (22.92).

=== A - Final ===

1 Adrian, Nathan 25 CaliforniaAquat22.75 21.73 891r:+0.732 Schoeman, Rolan 33 Phoenix Swim Clu 22.43 22.19 836r:+0.653 Schneider, Josh 26 New YorkAthleti22.70 22.24 831r:+0.694 Feigen, Jimmy 24 New YorkAthleti22.94 22.55 797r:+0.785 Ervin, Anthony 32 CaliforniaAquat22.59 22.57 795r:+0.646 Coville, Alex 25 Palo AltoStanfo22.90 22.65 786r:+0.707 Tjon A Joe, Renzo 18 Azura FloridaAq22.91 22.84 767r:+0.678 Krug, Karl 24 SwimAtlanta-GA 22.89 22.92 759r:+0.67