Aussies Trounce Americans En Route to All-Comers Record in Women’s 400 Medley Relay (Pan Pacific Championships, Results)

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Editorial coverage for the Pan Pacific Championships is proudly sponsored by Master Spas! For complete coverage of the Pan Pacific Championships, check out our event landing page.

GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24.

In a bit of a stunner, as the American women are not used to losing the 400 medley relay internationally, the Australians lowered the Australian All-Comers record with a 3:55.49 this evening, and it wasn’t even close. Emily Seebohm (59.44), Lorna Tonks (1:07.44), Alicia Coutts (56.76) and Cate Campbell (51.85) beat the U.S. on nearly every single leg. In fact, the only swimmer to beat their Aussie counterpart for the women was Jessica Hardy.

The winning time tonight edged the previous All-Comers record of 3:55.74 set by a 2007 team with the likes of Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper and Libby Lenton (Trickett)

Team USA’s Missy Franklin (59.99), Hardy (1:06.35), Kendyl Stewart (57.62) and Simone Manuel (53.45) took silver in 3:57.41, while Canada’s Brooklynn Snodgrass (1:00.48), Kierra Smith (1:08.09), Katerine Savard (57.46) and Chantal Van Landeghem (53.82) snared bronze in 3:59.85.

Results

  1 AUSTRALIA  'A'                3:56.23    3:55.49!  956  
     1) SEEBOHM, EMILY 22             2) r:+0.31 TONKS, LORNA 25      
     3) r:+0.31 COUTTS, ALICIA 26     4) r:+0.47 CAMPBELL, CATE 22    
    r:+0.64  29.00        59.44 (59.44)
        1:30.90 (31.46)   2:06.88 (1:07.44)
        2:33.56 (26.68)     3:03.64 (56.76)
        3:28.63 (24.99)     3:55.49 (51.85)
  2 UNITED STATES  'A'            3:53.23    3:57.41   933  
     1) FRANKLIN, MISSY 19            2) r:+0.25 HARDY, JESSICA 27    
     3) r:+0.18 STEWART, KENDYL 20    4) r:+0.19 MANUEL, SIMONE 18    
    r:+0.70  29.26        59.99 (59.99)
        1:30.61 (30.62)   2:06.34 (1:06.35)
        2:32.37 (26.03)     3:03.96 (57.62)
        3:29.25 (25.29)     3:57.41 (53.45)
  3 CANADA  'A'                   4:00.19    3:59.85   905  
     1) SNODGRASS, BROOKLYNN 20       2) r:+0.37 SMITH, KIERRA 20     
     3) r:+0.20 SAVARD, KATERINE 21   4) r:+0.13 VAN LANDEGHEM,NTAL 20
    r:+0.73  29.20    1:00.48 (1:00.48)
        1:32.69 (32.21)   2:08.57 (1:08.09)
        2:34.88 (26.31)     3:06.03 (57.46)
        3:31.39 (25.36)     3:59.85 (53.82)
  4 JAPAN  'A'                    3:55.73    4:00.38   899  
     1) AKASE, SAYAKA 19              2) r:+0.40 WATANABE, KANAKO 17  
     3) r:+0.18 HOSHI, NATSUMI 24     4) r:+0.22 UCHIDA, MIKI 19      
    r:+0.60  29.53    1:00.87 (1:00.87)
        1:32.53 (31.66)   2:07.26 (1:06.39)
        2:34.73 (27.47)     3:06.16 (58.90)
        3:32.18 (26.02)     4:00.38 (54.22)
  5 BRAZIL  'A'                   4:03.50    4:05.80   841  
     1) MEDEIROS, ETIENE 23           2) r:+0.41 CARVALHO, ANA ARLA 23
     3) r:+0.23 DE PAULA, DAYNARA 21  4) r:+0.06 HERRMANN, GRACIELE 22
    r:+0.64  29.62    1:01.74 (1:01.74)
        1:33.65 (31.91)   2:11.39 (1:09.65)
        2:38.01 (26.62)     3:10.82 (59.43)
        3:36.58 (25.76)     4:05.80 (54.98)
  6 HONG KONG  'A'                4:03.07    4:12.08   780  
     1) LAU, CLAUDIA 21               2) r:+0.43 KONG, YVETTE 21      
     3) r:+0.55 SZE, HANG YU 26       4) r:+0.33 CHENG, CAMILLE 21    
    r:+0.66  30.68    1:04.28 (1:04.28)
        1:36.89 (32.61)   2:15.24 (1:10.96)
        2:43.01 (27.77)   3:15.75 (1:00.51)
        3:42.61 (26.86)     4:12.08 (56.33)
  7 SOUTH AFRICA  'A'             4:22.50    4:21.75   696  
     1) MALAN, BEATRIX 18             2) r:+0.37 JONKER, FRANKO 21    
     3) r:+0.38 MOHR, VANESSA 19      4) r:+0.52 LOUBSER, MARCE 18    
    r:+0.73  32.08    1:06.72 (1:06.72)
        1:39.77 (33.05)   2:17.73 (1:11.01)
        2:46.05 (28.32)   3:21.30 (1:03.57)
        3:49.97 (28.67)   4:21.75 (1:00.45)

Name*

Email*

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use