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Canada’s Kierra Smith downed the Pan American Games record in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke this morning.
Smith threw down a sizzling time of 2:25.41 for the top seed, lower than Caitlin Leverenz’s record time of 2:25.62 from 2007. Smith should drop the time even more since she has a 16th-ranked season best of 2:24.87 from the Swedish Grand Prix.
USA’s Annie Lazor took the second seed with a personal-best time of 2:26.37, while Canada’s Martha McCabe cruised into the third seed in 2:27.47. That’s well off her 14th-ranked season-best of 2:24.53 from Canadian Trials.
Mexico’s Esther Gonzalez (2:28.15) and Byanca Rodriguez (2:28.73) qualified fourth and fifth.
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (2:28.86), Argentina’s Julia Sebastian (2:29.00) and Brazil’s Pamela Souza (2:31.14) made up the rest of the A final.
Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos (2:31.3%), USA’s Meghan Small (2:32.40), Brazil’s Beatriz Travalon (2:32.73), Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo (2:34.43), Bahamas’ Laura Morley (2:40.28), Bermuda’s Lisa Blackburn (2:42.82), Peru’s Paula Tamashiro (2:43.73) and Saint Vincent’s Izzy Joachim will swim in the B final with just 16 competitors participating this morning.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 200 free
- Women’s 200 breast
- Men’s 200 breast
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Men’s 800 free relay