Pan Pacific Championships, Results: Elizabeth Beisel 1st to Defend 400 IM Pan Pac Title Since Janet Evans

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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 22. USA’s Elizabeth Beisel became the first person to defend the women’s 400-meter IM Pan Pacs title since Janet Evans won in 1987 and 1989 as Beisel popped a sterling 4:31.99 tonight for the win. The 2010 winner improved her winning time then by three seconds to move to fourth in the world this year. Only Ye Shiwen (4:30.84), Katinka Hosszu (4:31.03) and Hannah Miley (4:31.76) have been faster this year.

Beisel was swimming against the clock as teammate Maya DiRado took a distant second in 4:35.37. That performance still ranks the American seventh in the world, but demonstrates just how much of a gap there is to the upper echelon of the elite. Australia’s Keryn McMaster claimed the other medal on offer with a bronze-winning 4:38.84.

Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu (4:39.29), Japan’s Miho Takahashi (4:40.86), Canada’s Emily Overholt (4:41.64), Canada’s Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (4:46.45) and China’s Chen Ziyi (4:57.46) also vied for the title in the A final.

A Final Results

  1 BEISEL, ELIZABE  22 UNITED STATES     4:36.89    4:31.99P  961  
    r:+0.66  30.04      1:03.64 (33.60)
        1:38.45 (34.81)     2:12.87 (34.42)
        2:51.01 (38.14)     3:30.22 (39.21)
        4:01.30 (31.08)     4:31.99 (30.69)
  2 DIRADO, MAYA     21 UNITED STATES     4:37.53    4:35.37   926  
    r:+0.72  29.63      1:03.03 (33.40)
        1:38.14 (35.11)     2:12.95 (34.81)
        2:52.35 (39.40)     3:32.04 (39.69)
        4:04.00 (31.96)     4:35.37 (31.37)
  3 MCMASTER, KERYN  20 AUSTRALIA         4:38.72    4:38.84   892  
    r:+0.71  29.99      1:03.90 (33.91)
        1:39.44 (35.54)     2:14.10 (34.66)
        2:54.35 (40.25)     3:35.19 (40.84)
        4:08.23 (33.04)     4:38.84 (30.61)
  4 SHIMIZU, SAKIKO  22 JAPAN             4:40.64    4:39.29   887  
    r:+0.70  29.37      1:03.05 (33.68)
        1:39.47 (36.42)     2:16.03 (36.56)
        2:55.31 (39.28)     3:34.76 (39.45)
        4:07.84 (33.08)     4:39.29 (31.45)
  5 TAKAHASHI, MIHO  21 JAPAN             4:42.52    4:40.86   873  
    r:+0.68  30.64      1:05.84 (35.20)
        1:41.54 (35.70)     2:16.83 (35.29)
        2:56.02 (39.19)     3:35.03 (39.01)
        4:08.71 (33.68)     4:40.86 (32.15)
  6 OVERHOLT, EMILY  16 CANADA            4:45.89    4:41.64   865  
    r:+0.77  29.59      1:03.87 (34.28)
        1:41.14 (37.27)     2:16.31 (35.17)
        2:56.81 (40.50)     3:37.13 (40.32)
        4:09.97 (32.84)     4:41.64 (31.67)
  7 SELTENREICH-HOD  19 CANADA            4:50.42    4:46.45   822  
    r:+0.75  30.72      1:06.31 (35.59)
        1:42.34 (36.03)     2:18.21 (35.87)
        2:57.53 (39.32)     3:37.91 (40.38)
        4:12.73 (34.82)     4:46.45 (33.72)
  8 CHEN, ZIYI       19 CHINA             5:00.80    4:57.46   734  
    r:+0.76  30.09      1:05.73 (35.64)
        1:44.21 (38.48)     2:22.96 (38.75)
        3:06.38 (43.42)     3:50.61 (44.23)
        4:24.19 (33.58)     4:57.46 (33.27)

USA’s Caitlin Leverenz kicked off the night with a 4:38.31 to win the B final of the event. That performance moved her up to 19th in the world rankings. Meanwhile, USA’s Becca Mann took second in the consolation heat with a 4:39.93, while Americans also picked up third and fourth in the heat with Cammile Adams (4:40.41) and Melanie Margalis (4:40.94) leading the U.S. dominance in the B final.

Japan’s Rika Omoyo (4:42.94), Japan’s Miyu Otsuka (4:43.62), Canada’s Sydney Pickrem (4:48.69) and Canada’s Marni Oldershaw (4:49.02) also competed in the heat.

B Final Results

  9 LEVERENZ, CAITL  23 UNITED STATES     4:45.92    4:38.31   897  
    r:+0.73  29.15      1:02.73 (33.58)
        1:39.55 (36.82)     2:15.83 (36.28)
        2:54.93 (39.10)     3:34.28 (39.35)
        4:06.56 (32.28)     4:38.31 (31.75)
 10 MANN, BECCA      16 UNITED STATES     4:43.08    4:39.93   881  
    r:+0.81  30.18      1:03.95 (33.77)
        1:41.11 (37.16)     2:16.58 (35.47)
        2:57.63 (41.05)     3:38.62 (40.99)
        4:09.98 (31.36)     4:39.93 (29.95)
 11 ADAMS, CAMMILE   22 UNITED STATES     4:42.09    4:40.41   877  
    r:+0.78  29.67      1:02.85 (33.18)
        1:38.83 (35.98)     2:13.82 (34.99)
        2:55.58 (41.76)     3:37.50 (41.92)
        4:09.90 (32.40)     4:40.41 (30.51)
 12 MARGALIS, MELAN  22 UNITED STATES     4:41.72    4:40.94   872  
    r:+0.71  30.11      1:04.78 (34.67)
        1:41.88 (37.10)     2:18.68 (36.80)
        2:58.15 (39.47)     3:37.59 (39.44)
        4:09.44 (31.85)     4:40.94 (31.50)
 13 OMOTO, RIKA      17 JAPAN             4:44.52    4:42.94   853  
    r:+0.66  29.29      1:03.42 (34.13)
        1:40.41 (36.99)     2:17.30 (36.89)
        2:57.42 (40.12)     3:37.76 (40.34)
        4:11.15 (33.39)     4:42.94 (31.79)
 14 OTSUKA, MIYU     20 JAPAN             4:44.59    4:43.62   847  
    r:+0.70  29.24      1:03.61 (34.37)
        1:40.43 (36.82)     2:16.27 (35.84)
        2:55.92 (39.65)     3:36.11 (40.19)
        4:11.14 (35.03)     4:43.62 (32.48)
 15 PICKREM, SYDNEY  16 CANADA            4:50.79    4:48.69   803  
    r:+0.77  30.87      1:06.86 (35.99)
        1:43.42 (36.56)     2:19.75 (36.33)
        3:00.75 (41.00)     3:41.38 (40.63)
        4:15.23 (33.85)     4:48.69 (33.46)
 16 OLDERSHAW, MARN  20 CANADA            4:55.02    4:49.02   801  
    r:+0.74  30.47      1:06.45 (35.98)
        1:43.97 (37.52)     2:20.43 (36.46)
        3:01.41 (40.98)     3:42.83 (41.42)
        4:16.49 (33.66)     4:49.02 (32.53)

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