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IRVINE, California, August 20. THE U.S. is four-for-four in relay competitions here at the Pan Pacific Championships, as the American squad took down the meet record to complete the third night of action in Irvine.
The foursome of Michael Phelps (48.13), Ryan Lochte (47.98), Jason Lezak (48.12) and Nathan Adrian (47.51) posted a time of 3:11.74 to complete the conquest. That performance beat the previous meet record of 3:12.46 set by the U.S. in 2006. Incidentally, the win also gave Lochte his fifth gold of the meet with just one more day to go.
Phelps' swift 100 free relay leadoff put him at the top of the world in the event, ahead of Adrian's 48.15 set while winning the individual event last night, which also stood as the meet record heading into this evening.
Australia's Eamon Sullivan, Kyle Richardson, Cameron Prosser and James Magnussen took second in 3:14.30, while South Africa's Lyndon Ferns, Gideon Louw, Roland Schoeman and Graeme Moore placed third in 3:15.93.
Canada (3:16.53), Japan (3:17.49) and Korea (3:24.53) rounded out the finale field.
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