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Brazil’s Felipe Silva became the first man under 1:00 in the men’s 100-meter breast at the Pan American Games with the meet record.
Silva cranked out a 59.84 in heat 2 to break Mark Gangloff’s 2007 record of 1:00.24. That swim matched Silva’s season best of 59.84 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet that ranks him eighth in the world.
Colombia’s Jorge Murillo turned in the second seed with a time of 1:00.53, while Brazil’s Felipe Lima clocked a third-seeded 1:00.57. Lima is ranked fifth in the world with a 59.78 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet and should push the pace in finals.
Canada’s Richard Funk (1:00.80), USA’s Brad Craig (1:01.29), USA’s BJ Johnson (1:01.61), Mexico’s Miguel De Lara (1:01.85) and Panama’s Edgar Crespo (1:02.01) qualified fourth through eighth.
Venezuela’s Carlos Claverie (1:02.02), Argentina’s Facundo Miguelena (1:03.03), Bahamas’ Dustin Tynes (1:03.15), Canada’s James Dergousoff (1:03.28), Paraguay’s Renato Prono (1:03.75), Bermudas’ Julian Fletcher (1:03.87), Aruba’s Jordy Groters (1:03.92) and Uruguay’s Martin Melconian (1:04.26) moved on to the B final.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 50 free
Holy crap! That’s amazing
Wow??