{"id":143258,"date":"2015-07-14T07:25:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=143258"},"modified":"2015-07-14T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T17:29:19","slug":"natalie-coughlin-smashes-pan-american-games-mark-in-100-free-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/natalie-coughlin-smashes-pan-american-games-mark-in-100-free-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Coughlin Smashes Pan American Games Mark in 100 Free Prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USA’s Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> kicked off the morning with a sizzling Pan American Games record in the women’s 100-meter free at the 2015 Pan American Games.<\/p>\n

Coughlin raced her way to a 53.85 to top the heat, and cleared Amanda Weir’s<\/strong> Games record time of 54.46 from 12 years ago in 2003 in Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n

That’s Coughlin’s first time under 54 seconds this year, bettering her 19th-ranked season best of 54.18 from the Mesa stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series. \u00a0She moved up to 10th in the world with her swim this morning.<\/p>\n

Bahamas’ Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace<\/strong> turned in a swift time of 54.00 for the second seed heading into finals. That’s just off her 13th-ranked season best of 53.97 from the Monte Carlo stop of the Mare Nostrum event.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong> checked in with a third-seeded time of 54.31, while USA’s Weir snared the fourth seed in 54.36.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Larissa Martins<\/strong> (55.01), Canada’s Michelle Williams<\/strong> (55.29), Puerto Rico’s Vanessa Garcia<\/strong> (55.45) and Brazil’s Graciele Herrmann<\/strong> (55.54) comprise the rest of the A final.<\/p>\n

Mexico’s Liliana Ibanez<\/strong> (55.80), Colombia’s Isabella Arcila<\/strong> (56.12), Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong> (56.29), Venezuela’s Arlene Semeco<\/strong> (56.56), Argentina’s Aixa Triay<\/strong> (56.82), Cuba’s Elisbet Gamez<\/strong> (56.94), Suriname’s Chinyere Pigot<\/strong> (57.29) and Peru’s McKenna De Bever<\/strong> (57.40) made up the B final.<\/p>\n

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