{"id":143662,"date":"2015-07-15T08:02:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=143662"},"modified":"2015-07-15T09:25:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:25:59","slug":"kierra-smith-downs-pan-american-games-record-in-200-breast-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kierra-smith-downs-pan-american-games-record-in-200-breast-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"Kierra Smith Downs Pan American Games Record in 200 Breast Prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada’s Kierra Smith<\/strong> downed the Pan American Games record in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke this morning.<\/p>\n

Smith threw down a sizzling time of 2:25.41 for the top seed, lower than Caitlin Leverenz’s<\/strong> record time of 2:25.62 from 2007. \u00a0Smith should drop the time even more since she has a 16th-ranked season best of 2:24.87 from the Swedish Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

USA’s Annie Lazor<\/strong> took the second seed with a personal-best time of 2:26.37, while Canada’s Martha McCabe<\/strong> cruised into the third seed in 2:27.47. \u00a0That’s well off her 14th-ranked season-best of 2:24.53 from Canadian Trials.<\/p>\n

Mexico’s Esther Gonzalez<\/strong> (2:28.15) and Byanca Rodriguez<\/strong> (2:28.73) qualified fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong> (2:28.86), Argentina’s Julia Sebastian<\/strong> (2:29.00) and Brazil’s Pamela Souza<\/strong> (2:31.14) made up the rest of the A final.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos<\/strong> (2:31.3%), USA’s Meghan Small<\/strong> (2:32.40), Brazil’s Beatriz Travalon<\/strong> (2:32.73), Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo<\/strong> (2:34.43), Bahamas’ Laura Morley<\/strong> (2:40.28), Bermuda’s Lisa Blackburn<\/strong> (2:42.82), Peru’s Paula Tamashiro<\/strong> (2:43.73) and Saint Vincent’s Izzy Joachim<\/strong> will swim in the B final with just 16 competitors participating this morning.<\/p>\n

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