Caitlin Leverenz, Sydney Pickrem Set Records in 200 IM Prelims at Pan American Games

Jul 16, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Caitlin Leverenz of the United States competes in the women's swimming 400m individual medley final 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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USA’s Caitlin Leverenz and Canada’s Sydney Pickrem pushed each other to Pan American Games record-breaking times in the women’s 200-meter IM.

In the final heat, Leverenz touched out Pickrem 2:11.04 to 2:11.16. That gave Leverenz the Pan American Games mark, breaking the 2:13.07 set by Julia Smit back in 2007. The time also cleared Leverenz’s seventh-ranked season best of 2:11.40 as she moved up to fifth in the world.

Pickrem snagged sixth in the world with a personal best as she broke the Canadian record in the event. Her 2:11.16 surpassed the 2:11.23 set by Erica Morningstar back in 2011.

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USA’s Meghan Small (2:13.90), Canada’s Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (2:14.02), Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (2:15.16), Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao (2:15.32), Argentina’s Virginia Bardach (2:16.86) and Brazil’s Gabrielle Goncalves (2:17.67) also made finals.

Argentina’s Florencia Perotti (2:18.95), Mexico’s Arantxa Medina (2:19.26), Peru’s McKenna De Bever (2:21.65), Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo (2:25.24), Honduras’ Karen Vilorio (2:25.87), Cayman Islands’ Lara Butler (2:26.50) and Bermudas’ Lisa Blackburn (2:29.04) will battle 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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