{"id":144388,"date":"2015-07-17T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144388"},"modified":"2015-07-17T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:30:44","slug":"katie-meili-demolishes-100-breast-pan-american-games-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katie-meili-demolishes-100-breast-pan-american-games-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Meili Demolishes 100 Breast Pan American Games Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USA’s Katie Meili<\/strong> unleashed a blistering Pan American Games record time during prelims of the women’s 100-meter breast at the 2015 Pan American Games.<\/p>\n

Meili threw down a sizzling time of 1:05.64 this morning to move from fourth in the world (1:06.50 on the Arena Pro Swim Series) to second behind only Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> (1:05.46).<\/p>\n

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That swim demolished the previous Pan American Games record of 1:07.78 set by Annamay Pierse<\/strong> of Canada back in 2007.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Rachel Nicol<\/strong> raced her way to the second see in 1:07.10. \u00a0That swim pushed her to 13th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong>, already ranked sixth in the world with a 1:06.79 from the Arena Pro Swim Series, cruised into the third seed in 1:07.46.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Tera Van Beilen<\/strong> (1:08.11), Brazil’s Jhennifer Conceicao<\/strong> (1:08.75), USA’s Annie Lazor<\/strong> (1:08.94), Brazil’s Beatriz Travalon<\/strong>\u00a0(1:08.99) and Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos<\/strong> (1:09.97) will also swim in the A final.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s Julia Sebastian<\/strong> (1:10.02), Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo<\/strong> (1:10.53), Mexico’s Esther Gonzalez<\/strong> (1:10.83), Mexico’s Arantxa Medina<\/strong> (1:11.70), Bahamas’ Laura Morley<\/strong> (1:14.70), Peru’s Paula Tamashiro<\/strong> (1:15.46), Suriname’s Evita Leter<\/strong> (1:51.84) and Bermuda’s Lisa Blackburn<\/strong> (1:16.14) snared the B final lanes.<\/p>\n

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