2015 Pan American Games: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Jul 14, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Katherine Mills of the United States splashes water on herself before the women's 200m butterfly swimming preliminaries during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

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Women’s 100 free

In a huge upset, Canadian Chantal Van Landeghem drew a huge ovation from a home crowd at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women’s 100-meter free.

Van Landeghem rocked to a Pan American Games record time of 53.83, that also set the Canadian record.

That swim pipped Natalie Coughlin’s Games record of 53.85 set during prelims, and beat Erica Morningstar’s Canadian record of 54.08 from the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne. Van Landeghem now owns the 50 free (24.69) and 100 free Canadian marks.

The swim also pushed Van Landeghem to 10th in the world.

USA’s Natalie Coughlin picked up silver in 54.06, off her faster prelim time of 53.85 that now stands 11th in the world.

Bahamas’ Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace snared bronze in 54.15 with Canada’s Michelle Williams taking fourth in 54.55.

Brazil’s Larissa Martins (54.61), Brazil’s Graciele Herrmann (55.01), Puerto Rico’s Vanessa Garcia (55.26) and USA’s Amanda Weir (55.73) also swam in the championship heat.

Mexico’s Liliana Ibanez nearly took down her Mexican record in the event with a 55.90 for the B final win. That’s just off her national mark of 55.70 from the 2013 World Championships.

Colombia’s Isabella Arcila snared second in the consolation heat with a 56.37, while Cuba’s Elisbet Gamez posted a 56.84 for third in the B final.

Argentina’s Aixa Triay (56.87), Suriname’s Chinyere Pigot (57.25), Peru’s McKenna De Bever (57.56), Bahamas’ Ariel Weech (57.79) and Bolivia’s Karen Torrez (57.79) also swam in the B final.

Men’s 100 free

Argentina’s Federico Grabich held off hometown favorite Santo Condorelli of Canada for the men’s 100-meter free title at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Grabich threw down a 48.26 to move to fifth in the world rankings.

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That’s an Argentinian record for Grabich, breaking his mark of 48.60 from prelims.

Condorelli finished with silver in 48.57 to move to 15th in the world rankings, while Brazil’s Marcelo Chierighini took bronze with a 48.80.

Venezuela’s Cristian Quintero (49.06), Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter (49.10), Canada’s Yuri Kisil (49.26), Brazil’s Matheus Santana (49.58) and Suriname’s Renzo Tjon-A-Joe (49.60) also vied for the gold medal.

Notably, for the first time in the history of the Pan American Games, the U.S. did not advance anyone to the championship final.

Cayman Islands’ Brett Fraser led a trio of 49s at the top of the B final with a 49.56 for the consolation win.

Paraguay’s Ben Hockin claimed second in the B final with a 49.88, while USA’s Darian Townsend took third in 49.97.

Saint Lucia’s Jordan Augier (50.83), Mexico’s Luis Campos (51.70), Jamaica’s Timothy Wynter (52.23), Honduras’ Allan Gutierrez (52.59) and Nicaragua’s Miguel Mena (52.59) also competed in the consolation heat.

Women’s 200 fly

Canada’s Audrey Lacroix had way too much in the tank down the stretch to pull away from the field to win the women’s 200-meter fly at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Lacroix cranked out a winning time of 2:07.68 to just miss Kathleen Hersey’s 2007 Games record of 2:07.64. Lacroix just missed her seventh-ranked season best of 2:07.63 from the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum.

USA’s Katharine Mills, who was neck-and-neck with Lacroix at the 150, just could not keep up the relentless pace as she settled for silver with a 2:09.31.

Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao downed the South American record in the event with a bronze-winning 2:09.38. That swim clipped her own record of 2:09.41 from the 2009 Jose Finkel Trophy meet.

Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto broke 2:10 for the first time with a fourth-place 2:09.51 to break her Venezuelan mark of 2:10.11 from the 2013 World Championships.

Argentina’s Virginia Bardach (2:13.25), Venezuela’s Isabella Paez (2:13.64), Mexico’s Diana Luna (2:13.90) and Guatemala’s Valerie Gruest (2:14.03) also participated in the A final.

Brazil’s Manuella Lyrio threw down the hammer the final 50 meters to win the B final in 2:13.37.

Colombia’s Jessica Camposano just missed her national record of 2:14.18 from the 2014 CAC Games with a second-place 2:14.22.

USA’s Kylie Stewart placed third in the consolation heat in 2:14.64.

Puerto Rico’s Tereysa Lehnertz (2:1805), Chile’s Estefania Urzua (2:18.16), Panama’s Maria Far (2:18.75), Caymans Islands’ Lara Butler (2:21.52) and Jamaica’s Trudian Patrick (2:23.65) also competed in the consolation heat.

Men’s 200 fly

In one of the closest finishes of the night, Brazil’s Leonardo De Deus edged Peru’s Mauricio Fiol in the men’s 200-meter fly at the 2015 Pan American Games.

De Deus threw down a winning time of 1:55.01, while Fiol picked up silver in a 1:55.15. Both times were under Kaio Almeida’s Games record of 1:55.45 from 2007.

The swim shot De Deus to seventh in the world rankings, while Fiol moved up to eighth. That’s another Peruvian record for Fiol after he demolished the previous mark of 1:58.29 with a 1:56.81 in prelims.

Canada’s Zack Chetrat rounded out the podium with a third-place time of 1:56.90. That’s a Canadian record, beating Stefan Hirniak’s 1:57.01 from 2010.

Canada’s Alec Page (1:58.01), Brazil’s Almeida (1:58.51), Puerto Rico’s Andrew Torres (1:59.37), Venezuela’s Marcos Lavado (1:59.59) and USA’s Bobby Bollier (1:59.89) closed out the rest of the championship field.

Mexico’s Long Gutierrez won the consolation heat in a time of 2:00.09, while Colombia’s Esnaider Reales (2:00.79) and Andres Montoya (2:00.93) finished second and third in the heat.

Cuba’s Lazaro Vergara (2:02.30), Mexico’s Jose Martinez (2:02.39), USA’s Ty Stewart (2:02.59), Paraguay’s Max Abreu (2:06.91) and Virgin Islands’ Matt Mays (2:09.74) rounded out the B final.

Women’s 400 free relay

Canada remained on fire as the locals relegated Team USA to second for only the second time in Pan American Games history in the women’s 400-meter free relay.

The foursome of Sandrine Mainville (54.43), Michelle Williams (54.42), Katerine Savard (54.53) and Chantal Van Landeghem (53.42) overcame a battle with the Stars and Stripes to win in a Pan American Games record time of 3:36.80.

That performance downed the preliminary mark of 3:37.28 set by Team USA this morning. It also broke the Canadian record of 3:37.09 from 2013.

USA’s Allison Schmitt (54.46), Amanda Weir (54.79), Madison Kennedy (53.89) and Natalie Coughlin (53.87) settled for silver with a time of 3:37.01 just .21 seconds back, and under their prelim time.

Brazil’s Larissa Martins (54.67), Graciele Herrmann (54.72), Etiene Medeiros (53.99) and Daynara De Paula (54.01) took bronze in 3:37.39.

Venezuela (3:46.24), Colombia (3:47.30), Mexico (3:47.65), Peru (3:52.430 and Jamaica (3:56.01) also competed.

Men’s 400 free relay

Brazil won the men’s 400-meter free relay for the fifth time in a row at the 2015 Pan American Games, while Canada out-dueled Team USA for silver with a scorching leadoff from Santo Condorelli.

Brazil’s Matheus Santana (49.28), Joao De Lucca (48.06), Bruno Fratus (48.56) and Marcelo Chierighini (47.76) unleashed a blistering time of 3:13.66 for the win. That swim blasted Brazil’s previous mark of 3:14.65 from 2011.

Condorelli kicked off Canada’s silver-winning relay with a world-best-tying 47.98 in the 100-meter free. He’s just the second swimmer to clear 48 seconds this year as he tied Vlad Morozov for the top time in the world this year.

Condorelli (47.98), Karl Krug (49.14), Evan Van Moerkerke (49.04) and Yuri Kisil (48.16) finished with a silver in 3:14.32.

For the first time ever, Team USA took bronze as Josh Schneider (49.44), Darian Townsend (49.37), Cullen Jones (48.86) and Michael Weiss (48.54) capped a disappointing day for the Americans with a 3:16.21.

Argentina (3:17.41), Venezuela (3:18.88), Paraguay (3:27.60) and Peru (3:37.41) rounded out the championship heat.

2015 Pan American Games Swimming, Day 1 Finals – Results

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 100 free
Men’s 100 free
Women’s 200 fly
Men’s 200 fly
Women’s 400 free relay
Men’s 400 free relay

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Hagar

8 years ago

Not a single U.S. man in the 100 meter free final, the Canucks beat the U.S. women’s 4×100 free relay and the U.S. men can only muster a 3rd place in the 4×100 free relay. Who the heck selected this team?