{"id":144230,"date":"2015-07-16T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T23:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144230"},"modified":"2015-07-16T17:03:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T00:03:21","slug":"caitlin-leverenz-takes-advantage-of-stunning-emily-overholt-dq-in-400-im-at-pan-american-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caitlin-leverenz-takes-advantage-of-stunning-emily-overholt-dq-in-400-im-at-pan-american-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Leverenz Takes Advantage of Stunning Emily Overholt DQ in 400 IM at Pan American Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada’s Emily Overholt<\/strong> looked to have overcome a monster breaststroke split from USA’s Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong> to capture the women’s 400-meter IM before being disqualified for a turn violation at the Pan American Games. The official decision was a non-simultaneous touch on the breaststroke.<\/p>\n

Overholt had clocked a smooth time of 4:35.33. \u00a0That swim initially blasted Leverenz’s preliminary Games record of 4:37.74, and would have broken Tanya Hunks<\/strong>‘ 2009 Canadian record of 4:35.84.<\/p>\n

Leverenz kept her swim clean as she raced her way into gold medal. \u00a0Her 4:35.46 now stands as the Pan American Games record to put her fourth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

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Canada’s Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> wound up taking silver in 4:38.03, a personal best. \u00a0Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao<\/strong> earned bronze in 4:38.07 to break her Brazilian record of 4:40.00 from 2004.<\/p>\n

USA’s Katie Mills<\/strong> (4:41.19), Argentina’s Virginia Bardach<\/strong> (4:44.85), Mexico’s Natalia Jaspeado<\/strong> (4:49.89) and Mexico’s Moniika Gonzalez-Hermosillo<\/strong> (4:53.83) also competed in the finale.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s Florencia Perotti<\/strong> picked up the B final win in 4:50.52. \u00a0Brazil’s Gabrielle Goncalves<\/strong> placed second in 4:53.49.<\/p>\n

Peru’s Andrea Cedron<\/strong> (5:05.81) and Panama’s Maria Far<\/strong> (5:06.36) also competed in the consolation heat.<\/p>\n

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