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Team USA continued to dominate relays at the Pan American Games as the Stars and Stripes smashed its own meet record in the women’s 400-meter free relay.
Katie Meili (55.51), Allison Schmitt (53.82), Madison Kennedy (53.92) and Kelsi Worrell (54.03) smoked prelims with a top time of 3:37.28. That effort smashed the previous mark of 3:40.66 set by the U.S. in 2011, and finished more than five seconds ahead of Canada.
Canada’s Sandrine Mainville (54.89), Alyson Ackman (55.68), Katerine Savard (55.40) and Dominique Bouchard (56.86) took the second seed in 3:42.83.
Brazil’s Daiane Oliveira (56.93), Manuella Lyrio (56.95), Etiene Medeiros (56.17) and Daynara De Paula (56.68) put up a third-seeded 3:46.73.
Colombia (3:49.61), Venezuela (3:49.89), Mexico (3:51.61), Peru (3:54.44) and Jamaica (3:59.09) also competed in prelims.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 free
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 200 fly
- Men’s 200 fly
- Women’s 400 free relay
- Men’s 400 free relay