{"id":143865,"date":"2015-07-15T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T23:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=143865"},"modified":"2015-07-15T17:43:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:43:49","slug":"joao-de-lucca-breaks-pan-american-south-american-marks-in-200-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/joao-de-lucca-breaks-pan-american-south-american-marks-in-200-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Joao De Lucca Breaks Pan American, South American Marks in 200 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brazil’s Joao De Lucca<\/strong> unleashed a sizzling Pan American and South American record in the men’s 200-meter free.<\/p>\n

De Lucca, the 2013-2014 NCAA champion in the 200 free, overtook a blazing Federico Grabich<\/strong> at the 150 to win in 1:46.42. \u00a0That effort beat the Pan Am Games record of 1:47.18 set by Brett Fraser<\/strong> back in 2011.<\/p>\n

He also downed Thiago Pereira’s<\/strong> South American and Brazilian record of 1:46.57 set at the 2009 World Championships. \u00a0De Lucca also moved up to ninth in the world rankings to mark a major breakthrough in the long course version of the event after excelling in short course.<\/p>\n

Grabich took silver with a time of 1:47.62 to break his own Argentinian record of 1:47.78.<\/p>\n

USA’s Michael Weiss<\/strong> beat compatriot Michael Klueh<\/strong> to the wall for bronze, 1:47.63 to 1:47.73. Weiss and Klueh will be racing in the world championships in the 800 free relay for the United States in three weeks.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Nicolas Oliveira<\/strong> (1:47.81), Venezuela’s Cristian Quintero<\/strong> (1:47.88), Canada’s Jeremy Bagshaw<\/strong> (1:47.92) and Paraguay’s Ben Hockin<\/strong> (1:50.03) also competed in the A final with Quintero taking down his own Venezuelan record of 1:48.36.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Alec Page<\/strong> put up the top time of the consolation heat with a 1:49.86 to get the crowd revved up.<\/p>\n

Colombia’s Mateo De Angulo<\/strong> touched second in 1:50.01 with El Salvador’s Marcelo Acosta<\/strong> finishing third in 1:50.95.<\/p>\n

Ecuador’s Tomas Peribonio<\/strong> (1:50.98), Venezuela’s Marcos Lavado<\/strong> (1:51.08), Mexico’s Luis Campos<\/strong> (1:51.37), Barbados’ Alex Sobers<\/strong> (1:53.16) and Guatemala’s Luis Martinez<\/strong> (1:53.39) also competed in the consolation heat.<\/p>\n

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