Caitlin Leverenz Cranks Out Pan American Games Record in 200 IM for Medley Sweep

Jul 17, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Caitlin Leverenz of the United States poses with her gold medal after the women's swimming 400m individual medley final 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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USA’s Caitlin Leverenz closed out an IM sweep with a Pan American Games record in the women’s 200-meter IM.

Leverenz, who won a controversial victory in the 400-meter IM after local favorite Ellen Overholt drew a gold-medal disqualification, set her second Pan American Games record of the day with a 2:10.51 for the gold in the 200 IM tonight.

That swim beat her prelim record of 2:11.04, and pushed her closer to Melanie Margalis (2:10.26) for fourth in the world rankings.

200 IM World Rankings

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USA’s Meghan Small touched out Canada’s Sydney Pickrem for silver, 2:11.26 to 2:11.29.  That time cleared Small’s personal best of 2:11.83 and moved her up to seventh in the world.

Small’s time likely will be recognized as a FINA World Junior Record, faster than the 2:12.29 pending from Hiroko Makino from April currently on FINA’s list.

Those records are well off the true fastest times by the fastest teens in swimming history.  Ye Shiwen at 15 has a 2:08.90 to her credit at the 2011 FINA World Championships.

Pickrem had set the Canadian record in prelims with a sixth-ranked time of 2:11.16.

Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao (2:12.39), Canada’s Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (2:14.06), Argentina’s Virginia Bardach (2:15.45), Brazil’s Gabriella Goncalves (2:17.02) and Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (2:18.02) finished fourth through eighth in the A final.

Argentina’s Florencia Perotti topped the B final with a time of 2:17.65, while Peru’s McKenna De Bever took second in 2:18.49.

Mexico’s Arantxa Medina (2:18.82), Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo (2:22.06), Cayman Islands’ Lara Butler (2:24.64) and Honduras’ Karen Vilorio (2:24.72) also competed in the B final.

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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Fanswim
8 years ago

Meghan Small WORLD JUNIOR RECORD in 200IM with time 2’11″26, not?

Temu Gunag
8 years ago

Cool

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