Natalie Coughlin’s Scorching 100 Back Leads USA to Pan American Games Record in 400 Medley Relay

Jul 17, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; United States swim team members wave a flag during the medal ceremony for the women's swimming 400m individual medley final the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

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Team USA duplicated the morning effort of a pair of Pan American Games records in the women’s 400-meter medley relay as Natalie Coughlin unleashed a blistering time in the 100 back as well.

Coughlin broke her preliminary record of 59.20 with a sizzling effort of 59.05 to lead Team USA tonight. That’s her fifth-fastest time ever behind her amazing run in 2008 with a trio of 58s and a 59.03 across Trials and the Olympics.

Her swim put her third in the world this year.

100 Back World Rankings

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Coughlin, Katie Meili (1:06.06), Kelsi Worrell (57.34) and Allison Schmitt (54.08) combined for a Pan American Games record time of 3:56.53. That cleared their preliminary effort of 3:57.35.

Canada’s Dominique Bouchard (1:00.85), Rachel Nicol (1:06.78), Noemie Thomas (57.58) and Chantal Van Landeghem (53.30) took silver in 3:58.51.

Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (1:00.65), Jhennifer Conceicao (1:08.50), Daynara De Paula (58.41) and Larissa Martins (54.96) earned bronze in 4:02.52.

Argentina (4:08.24), Mexico (4:08.26), Venezuela (4:13.88), Jamaica (4:14.58) and Peru (4:22.49) also swam in the finale.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 800 free
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 200 IM
Men’s 1500 free
Women’s 400 medley relay
Men’s 400 medley relay

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