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USA’s Katie Meili unleashed a blistering Pan American Games record time during prelims of the women’s 100-meter breast at the 2015 Pan American Games.
Meili threw down a sizzling time of 1:05.64 this morning to move from fourth in the world (1:06.50 on the Arena Pro Swim Series) to second behind only Ruta Meilutyte (1:05.46).
100 Breast World Rankings
[table “” not found /]That swim demolished the previous Pan American Games record of 1:07.78 set by Annamay Pierse of Canada back in 2007.
Canada’s Rachel Nicol raced her way to the second see in 1:07.10. That swim pushed her to 13th in the world rankings.
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson, already ranked sixth in the world with a 1:06.79 from the Arena Pro Swim Series, cruised into the third seed in 1:07.46.
Canada’s Tera Van Beilen (1:08.11), Brazil’s Jhennifer Conceicao (1:08.75), USA’s Annie Lazor (1:08.94), Brazil’s Beatriz Travalon (1:08.99) and Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos (1:09.97) will also swim in the A final.
Argentina’s Julia Sebastian (1:10.02), Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo (1:10.53), Mexico’s Esther Gonzalez (1:10.83), Mexico’s Arantxa Medina (1:11.70), Bahamas’ Laura Morley (1:14.70), Peru’s Paula Tamashiro (1:15.46), Suriname’s Evita Leter (1:51.84) and Bermuda’s Lisa Blackburn (1:16.14) snared the B final lanes.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 50 free
Leen Kanafani
Go Katie!