Team USA Blasts 3:40.28 Mixed Medley Relay World Record

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Team USA delivered a strong showing in prelims of the mixed medley relay, loading the relay with three 2016 Olympians and one NCAA Champion.

Ryan Murphy, the world record holder in the men’s 100 back, led the team off with a sharp 52.34 split, before transitioning to breaststroke standout Kevin Cordes. Cordes (58.95) held off a quick-charging Richard Funk (59.04) of Canada to give Kelsi Worrell (56.17) the lead going into the butterfly leg.

Worrell continued to hold the lead, keeping Canada’s Rebecca Smith (57.57) at bay as Mallory Comerford (52.82) dove in as Team USA’s anchor leg. Comerford, who has continually flexed her sprint seed throughout the last year, chased down the world record line and charged past it to stop the clock at a final time of 3:40.28, well under the previous world record of 3:41.71.

The previous world record was set by Great Britain at the 2015 Kazan World Championships.

Australia delivered some outside smoke from heat four to pick up the second place seed, returning tonight with a seed time of 3:44.13, followed closely by Canada’s seed time of 3:44.46.

The Aussies were represented by Kaylee McKeown (1:00.03), Matthew Wilson (59.69), Grant Irvine (51.09), and Shayne Jack (53.32), while the Canadian relay featured Javier Acevedo (54.44), Richard Funk (59.04), Rebecca Smith (57.57), and Chantal van Landeghem (53.41).

Great Britain grabbed a fourth place seed time of 3:44.79, followed by Russia’s seed time of 3:46.09.

China (3:46.25), Italy (3:46.75), and Germany (3:47.66) also qualified for the final heat.

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Bob McKeon
6 years ago

Very cool event

Thomas A. Small
6 years ago

Congratulations

Jeremy Cooper
6 years ago

If GB had swim Adam Peaty they would have won silver ?

Jeremy Cooper
6 years ago
Reply to  Jeremy Cooper

Just realised that it was the heats

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