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TORONTO \u2014 Seventeen-time Paralympic medalist Jessica Long opened the 2015 CanAm Para-swimming Championships in Toronto today without holding back, breaking a world record in the 400-meter free (S8) women\u2019s race. Long outswam her previous mark set at the London 2012 Olympic Games by more than a second with an unofficial time of 4:40.44.<\/p>\n

Long (Baltimore, Maryland) also swam in the 100 butterfly preliminary race at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, finishing with a time of 1:11.15. Can Ams take place at the same venue as the 2015 Parapan American Games this summer and serve as selection trials for Parapan Am Games and the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m beyond thrilled about the world record in the 400 free,\u201d Long said. \u201cI haven\u2019t been able to beat my previous time for three years. It\u2019s reassuring knowing that all of my hard work is paying off. I can\u2019t stop smiling!\u201d<\/p>\n

Team USA swimmers set multiple American and Pan American records at Friday evening\u2019s finals. Eighteen-year-old Kayla Wheeler (Lynnwood, Washington) set both an American and Pan American record with a time of 5:40.92 in the women\u2019s 200 free S2. Wheeler previously set a world record at last year\u2019s Can Ams in Miami for the women\u2019s 50 butterfly. She swam a 1:45.27 in prelims and broke the record again in the finals with a 1:41.08.<\/p>\n

Evan Austin (Terre Haute, Indiana) also achieved both honors in the men\u2019s 200 freestyle with a time of 1:06.28 in the S8 classification.<\/p>\n

With Long, Wheeler and Austin\u2019s marks, a total of six American records were set on the opening day of competition: Jesse Greve (Kissimmee, Florida) in the men\u2019s 200 freestyle (S14), Connor Gioffreda (Timonium, Maryland) in the men\u2019s 400 freestyle (S6) and Robert Griswold (Freehold, New Jersey) in the men\u2019s 400 freestyle (S8). Griswold took on the record twice, winning in prelims and racing .8 seconds faster in finals to secure the title.<\/p>\n

The international event brings together over 200 athletes and more than 10 countries from around the world, including Iceland, Colombia, Costa Rica and Japan.<\/p>\n

Competition continues Saturday with the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 150m IM, 200m IM, 50m fly, 100m breaststroke and 50m freestyle races.<\/p>\n

Full results from the first day of the event can be found at Swimming Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at newsmaster@swimmingworl<\/a>d<\/a>.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"