Jacqueline Freney, Andre Brasil Down World Records on Final Day of CanAm Open Championships

LA MIRADA, California, December 12. DURING the final day of competition, three more world-record setting performances went up on the scoreboard at the CanAm Open Championships.

Australia's Jacqueline Freney clocked a time of 5:00.91 in the women's 400 free S7 division to down the world record in prelims. That swim smashed the previous global standard of 5:04.87 set by USA's Mallory Weggemann back in 2010 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Freney returned during finals with a 4:59.95 to become the first woman in her division to break the 5:00 barrier.

Meanwhile, Brazil's Andre Brasil posted a 28.42 in the men's 50 back S10, clipping his own world record of 28.60 turned in in Berlin in 2010.

Here is a list of other records that fell on the final day of competition.

December 10, 2011
Amber Thomas (CAN) – Pan American Record – women's 400 free S11
Ileana Rodriguez (USA) – Pan American, American Record – women's 200 breast SB5
Tanya Huebner (AUS) – Oceanic Record – women's 200 breast SB6
Anna Johannes (USA) – American Record – women's 200 breast SB8
Kelley Becherer (USA) – American Record – women's 200 breast SB13
Leslie Cichoki (USA) – American Record – women's 50 back S14

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