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Women’s 400 IM
Canada’s Emily Overholt looked to have overcome a monster breaststroke split from USA’s Caitlin Leverenz to capture the women’s 400-meter IM before being disqualified for a non-simultaneous touch at the Pan American Games.
Overholt had clocked a smooth time of 4:35.33. That swim initially blasted Leverenz’s preliminary Games record of 4:37.74, and would have broken Tanya Hunks‘ 2009 Canadian record of 4:35.84.
Leverenz kept her swim clean as she raced her way into gold medal. Her 4:35.46 now stands as the Pan American Games record to put her fourth in the world rankings.
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[table “” not found /]Canada’s Sydney Pickrem wound up taking silver in 4:38.03, a personal best. Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao earned bronze in 4:38.07 to break her Brazilian record of 4:40.00 from 2004.
USA’s Katie Mills (4:41.19), Argentina’s Virginia Bardach (4:44.85), Mexico’s Natalia Jaspeado (4:49.89) and Mexico’s Moniika Gonzalez-Hermosillo (4:53.83) also competed in the finale.
Argentina’s Florencia Perotti picked up the B final win in 4:50.52. Brazil’s Gabrielle Goncalves placed second in 4:53.49.
Peru’s Andrea Cedron (5:05.81) and Panama’s Maria Far (5:06.36) also competed in the consolation heat.
Men’s 400 IM
A major disqualification stunned the crowd at the 2015 Pan American Games for the second straight 400-meter IM in a row.
Brazil’s Thiago Pereira initially looked to have threepeated in the men’s 400-meter IM before he was disqualified as he had clocked a 4:14.08.
That swim would have given him a 22nd career medal, to tie him with Cuban gymnast Erick Lopez for the most medals ever at the Pan American Games.
That delivers the gold medal to Brazil’s Brandonn Almeida with a 4:14.47 for the win. That time crushed him previous personal best of 4:15.82 to move to 15th in the world rankings.
Canada’s Luke Reilly finished with silver in 4:16.16, while USA’s Max Williamson snared bronze in 4:16.91. Williamson’s time is his first under 4:17.
USA’s Michael Weiss, still battling finger issues, took fourth in 4:17.05.
Canada’s Alec Page (4:18.61), Venezuela’s Carlos Omana (4:19.11) and Ecuador’s Tomas Peribonio (4:22.67) closed out the rest of the A final.
Venezuela’s Juan Sequera earned the B final victory in 4:24.97, while Mexico’s Juan Del Pino took second in 4:26.29.
Argentina’s Esteban Paz (4:26.83), Puerto Rico’s Christian Bayo (4:27.15), El Salvador’s Rafael Alfaro (4:27.40), Paraguay’s Matias Lopez (4:27.47), Cuba’s Luis Vega (4:28.18) and Costa Rica’s Esteban Araya (4:33.80) also swam in the consolation heat.
Women’s 100 fly
USA’s Kelsi Worrell threw down an epic final 50 meters to capture the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter fly at the Pan American Games.
Worrell, who turned in a personal best 57.24 this morning to set the Pan American Games record, took home gold with a sizzling time of 57.78.
Worrell turned third, but had enough to overtake a pair of Canadians for the win.
Canada’s Noemie Thomas placed second in 58.00, just off her personal best of 57.96. Katerine Savard snared bronze in 58.05, well off her lifetime best of 57.27.
Brazil’s Daynara De Paula placed fourth in 58.56, while teammate Daiene Dias finished fifth in 58.74.
USA’s Gia Dalesandro claimed sixth in 59.24, while Costa Rica’s Marie Meza placed seventh in 1:00.89. Colombia’s Jessica Camposano wound up eighth in 1:01.18.
Venezuela’s Isabella Paez topped the B final in 1:00.79 with Mexico’s Ana Sofia Revilak taking second in 1:01.16.
Mexico’s Diana Luna (1:01.49), Argentina’s Belen Diaz (1:01.50), Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (1:01.81), Puerto Rico’s Tereysa Lehnertz (1:02.02) and Peru’s McKenna De Bever (1:02.10) also participated.
Men’s 100 fly
USA’s Giles Smith clipped the Pan American Games record in the men’s 100-meter fly for the victory.
Smith, who has a 52.02 lifetime best to his credit, captured gold in 52.04. That swim downed Kaio Almeida’s meet record of 52.05 from 2007 and moved Smith to 20th in the world this year.
Argentina’s Santiago Grassi finished with a silver in 52.09, just .05 seconds behind. Grassi’s time is a new Argentinian record, breaking his previous mark of 52.34.
Canada’s Santo Condorelli snared bronze in 52.42 to better his lifetime best of 52.50 and come up a bit short of Joe Bartoch’s Canadian record of 52.28 from 2008.
Venezuela’s Albert Subirats (52.52), Mexico’s Long Gutierrez (52.58), USA’s Eugene Godsoe (52.66), Brazil’s Arthur Mendes (52.73) and Guatemala’s Luis Martinez (52.75) finished fourth through eighth.
Peru’s Mauricio Fiol had been in the A final before being booted from the Pan American Games for testing positive for a steroid.
The consolation heat proved to be the closest a 1-2-3 finish can happen.
Paraguay’s Ben Hockin, who previously swam for Great Britain, snagged the B final in 53.45. Canada’s Coleman Allen finished second in 53.46, with Argentina’s Marcos Barale earning third in 53.47.
Colombia’s Esnaider Reales (54.03), Puerto Rico’s Andrew Torres (54.77), Honduras’ Allan Gutierrez (55.21) and Bolivia’s Aldo Castillo Sulca (56.97) also put up times in the B final.
Women’s 800 free relay
At times, the women’s 800-meter freestyle relay looked like it could be a close battle but a huge split by Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmitt and a swift final 50 by Gillian Ryan crushed the Pan American Games record in the event.
Kiera Janzen (1:59.61), Schmitt (1:55.98), Courtney Harnish (1:59.61) and Ryan (1:59.12) posted a time of 7:54.32 to demolish USA’s 2011 Pan American Games record of 8:01.18.
Manuella Lyrio (1:58.98), Jessica Cavalheiro (1:59.03), Joanna Maranhao (1:59.31) and Larissa Martins (1:59.04) destroyed the Brazilian record with a silver-winning 7:56.36. That time blasted the 8:03.22 set at the Maria Lenk Trophy meet this year.
Canada’s Emily Overholt (1:58.83), Katerine Savard (2:01.02), Alyson Ackman (2:00.31) and Brittany MacLean (1:59.20) claimed bronze in a time of 7:59.36.
Venezuela (8:13.10) and Peru (8:42.53) finished fourth and fifth with Mexico drawing a disqualification with an early takeoff.
2015 Pan American Games Swimming, Day 3 Finals – Results
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 400 IM
- Men’s 400 IM
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 100 fly
- Women’s 800 free relay
