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Women’s 200 free
The legendary 1979 Pan American Games record of 1:58.43 set by USA’s Sippy Woodhead is on notice after USA’s Allison Schmitt threw down a 1:58.58 for the top seed into the A final.
Schmitt has already been under the record this year with a season best 16th-ranked 1:57.24 from the Charlotte stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series. Look for her to go much faster in finals.
Brazil’s Manuella Lyrio (1:59.60) and Larissa Martins (1:59.62) snared the second and third seeds, while Canada’s Katerine Savard also cleared 2:00 with a fourth-seeded 1:59.74.
USA’s Kiera Janzen (2:00.30), Canada’s Emily Overholt (2:00.43), Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto (2:00.61) and Cuba’s Elisbet Gamez (2:01.85) rounded out the A final.
Colombia’s Jessica Camposano (2:02.27) and Maria Alvarez (2:02.48) qualified ninth and 10th to lead the B finalists.
Peru’s Andrea Cedron (2:04.55), Mexico’s Natalia Jaspeado (2:05.21), El Salvador’s Rebeca Quinteros (2:05.26), Venezuela’s Andrea Garrido (2:05.31), Guatemala’s Gabriela Santis (2:05.37) and Mexico’s Maria Richaud (2:06.84) will also swim in the consolation heat.
Men’s 200 free
Venezuela’s Cristian Quintero picked up the top seed in what looks to be a stacked finale of the men’s 200-meter free.
Quintero clocked a top time of 1:48.42, just ahead of USA’s Michael Weiss (1:48.55).
Argentina’s Federico Grabich, the 100 free victor, snared the third seed in 1:48.61 with USA’s Michael Klueh just behind with a fourth-seeded 1:48.67.
The top seeds have some time to drop to take down Brett Fraser’s meet record of 1:47.18 from 2011.
Canada’s Jeremy Bagshaw (1:48.76), Brazil’s Joao De Lucca (1:48.78), Brazil’s Nicolas Oliveira (1:49.51) and Paraguay’s Ben Hockin (1:49.59) will also compete in the A final.
Venezuela’s Marcos Lavado (1:49.91), Mexico’s Luis Campos (1:50.24), Canada’s Alec Page (1:50.34), Colombia’s Mateo De Angulo (1:50.50), Ecuador’s Tomas Peribonio (1:51.61), El Salvador’s Marcelo Acosta (1:51.77), Guatemala’s Luis Martinez (1:51.79) and Argentina’s Guido Buscaglia (1:52.95) will swim in the B final.
Women’s 200 breast
Canada’s Kierra Smith downed the Pan American Games record in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke this morning.
Smith threw down a sizzling time of 2:25.41 for the top seed, lower than Caitlin Leverenz’s record time of 2:25.62 from 2007. Smith should drop the time even more since she has a 16th-ranked season best of 2:24.87 from the Swedish Grand Prix.
USA’s Annie Lazor took the second seed with a personal-best time of 2:26.37, while Canada’s Martha McCabe cruised into the third seed in 2:27.47. That’s well off her 14th-ranked season-best of 2:24.53 from Canadian Trials.
Mexico’s Esther Gonzalez (2:28.15) and Byanca Rodriguez (2:28.73) qualified fourth and fifth.
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (2:28.86), Argentina’s Julia Sebastian (2:29.00) and Brazil’s Pamela Souza (2:31.14) made up the rest of the A final.
Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos (2:31.3%), USA’s Meghan Small (2:32.40), Brazil’s Beatriz Travalon (2:32.73), Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo (2:34.43), Bahamas’ Laura Morley (2:40.28), Bermuda’s Lisa Blackburn (2:42.82), Peru’s Paula Tamashiro (2:43.73) and Saint Vincent’s Izzy Joachim will swim in the B final with just 16 competitors participating this morning.
Men’s 200 breast
Colombia’s Jorge Murillo tied the Pan American Games record in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke this morning.
Murillo clocked a time of 2:11.62 to match the 2:11.62 set by USA’s Sean Mahoney back in 2011. That’s a huge Colombian record for Murillo, blasting his previous mark of 2:13.17 from 2014.
Brazil’s Thiago Simon qualified second in 2:12.05 with Canada’s Richard Funk posting a third-seeded 2:12.22.
USA’s BJ Johnson (2:12.81), Brazil’s Thiago Pereira (2:12.89), Venezuela’s Carlos Claverie (2:12.97), Mexico’s Miguel De Lara (2:13.79) and Colombia’s Carlos Mahecha (2:14.20) also will swim in the A final.
USA’s Brad Craig (2:14.31), Mexico’s Miguel Chavez (2:16.07), Canada’s James Dergousoff (2:16.30), Venezuela’s Juan Sequera (2:17.52), Argentina’s Facundo Miguelena (2:17.67), Bahamas’ Dustin Tynes (2:18.13), Argentina’s Rodrigo Frutos (2:19.03) and Aruba’s Jordy Groters (2:20.40) will compete in the consolation heat.
Women’s 200 back
Team Canada went 1-2 in qualifying in the women’s 200-meter back at the Pan American Games.
Canada’s Dominique Bouchard, who is ranked 10th in the world with a 2:08.99 from the Orlando stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series, took the top seed today in 2:09.59.
Hilary Caldwell, ranked 13th in the world with a 2:09.36 from the Swedish Grand Prix, wound up taking the second seed in 2:10.15.
Team USA went 3-4 with Clara Smiddy (2:11.94) and Kylie Stewart (2:12.30) earning the third and fourth seeds out of qualifying.
Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao (2:12.35), Guatemala’s Gisela Morales (2:12.38), Argentina’s Andrea Berrino (2:13.62) and Mexico’s Maria Gonzalez (2:14.28) qualified fifth through eighth for the A final.
Mexico’s Estela Davis (2:16.49), Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (2:16.52), Argentina’s Florencia Perotti (2:17.63), Honduras’ Karen Vilorio (2:18.45), Brazil’s Luiza Vieira (2:20.08), Venezuela’s Carla Gonzalez (2:20.25), Peru’s McKenna De Bever (2:20.67) and Uruguay’s Ines Remersaro (2:21.33) are also set to swim in the B final.
Just 17 swimmers competed in prelims with Cayman Islands’ Lara Butler finishing 17th in 2:26.43.
Men’s 200 back
USA’s Sean Lehane lit the pool afire this morning in the men’s 200-meter back to set a Pan American Games mark.
Lehane stopped the clock with a lifetime best effort of 1:57.11. That performance clipped Thiago Pereira’s meet record of 1:57.19 from 2011, and moved Lehane up to 12th in the world rankings.
That time is a huge personal best for Lehane, well below his 1:59.01 from last summer’s nationals.
USA’s Carter Griffin posted a second-seeded time of 1:58.54 with Colombia’s Omar Pinzon qualifying third in 1:58.74. Venezuela’s Carlos Omana rounded out the sub-2:00 finishers with a fourth-seeded 1:59.81.
Brazil’s Leonardo De Deus (2:00.80), Paraguay’s Matias Lopez (2:01.05), Canada’s Russell Wood (2:01.28) and Cuba’s Armando Barrera (2:01.33) also earned spots in the A final.
Colombia’s David Cespedes (2:02.18), Brazil’s Brandonn Almeida (2:02.32), Argentina’s Agustin Hernandez (2:02.76), Puerto Rico’s Yeziel Morales (2:02.89), Mexico’s Ezequiel Trujillo (2:03.51), Argentina’s Felipe Vargas (2:03.82), Mexico’s Andy Song An (2:04.00) and Venezuela’s Jesus Lopez (2:06.21) comprise the B final field.
Men’s 800 free relay
Team USA had enough firepower to take the top seed in the men’s 800-meter free relay heading into finals.
Gunnar Bentz (1:49.85), Ryan Feeley (1:49.49), Bobby Bollier (1:50.82) and Darian Townsend (1:49.02) led the way with a top-seeded 7:19.18.
Canada’s Stefan Milosevic (1:49.84), Yuri Kisil (1:50.05), Ryan Cochrane (1:49.99) and Coleman Allen (1:49.88) qualified second in 7:19.86.
Brazil could have made much more noise, but decided to swim a breaststroker as its anchor since it was guaranteed a spot in finals.
Luiz Melo (1:49.22), Henrique Rodrigues (1:49.43), Kaio Almeida (1:52.23) and Thiago Simon (1:58.54) posted a third-seeded 7:29.42.
Venezuela (7:30.22), Mexico (7:30.34), Argentina (7:39.30) and Peru (8:05.46) will also compete in the finale.
2015 Pan American Games Swimming, Day 2 Prelims – Results
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 200 free
- Women’s 200 breast
- Men’s 200 breast
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Men’s 800 free relay
“Smith threw down a sizzling time of 2:15.41 for the top seed, lower than Caitlin Leverenz’s record time of 2:25.62 from 2007.”
I am happy for Kierra, but I believe that she swam a 2:25.41 this morning, not a 2:15…
Good typo catch.
Thank you for providing the splits on the relay.
No problem. The results link has them too.