{"id":144391,"date":"2015-07-17T08:39:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144391"},"modified":"2015-07-17T08:39:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:39:41","slug":"felipe-silva-first-100-breaststroker-under-100-in-pan-american-games-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/felipe-silva-first-100-breaststroker-under-100-in-pan-american-games-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Felipe Silva First 100 Breaststroker Under 1:00 in Pan American Games History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brazil’s Felipe Silva<\/strong> became the first man under 1:00 in the men’s 100-meter breast at the Pan American Games with the meet record.<\/p>\n

Silva cranked out a 59.84 in heat 2 to break Mark Gangloff’s<\/strong> 2007 record of 1:00.24. \u00a0That swim matched Silva’s season best of 59.84 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet that ranks him eighth in the world.<\/p>\n

Colombia’s Jorge Murillo<\/strong> turned in the second seed with a time of 1:00.53, while Brazil’s Felipe Lima<\/strong> clocked a third-seeded 1:00.57. Lima is ranked fifth in the world with a 59.78 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet and should push the pace in finals.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Richard Funk<\/strong> (1:00.80), USA’s Brad Craig<\/strong> (1:01.29), USA’s BJ Johnson<\/strong> (1:01.61), Mexico’s Miguel De Lara<\/strong> (1:01.85) and Panama’s Edgar Crespo<\/strong> (1:02.01) qualified fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n

Venezuela’s Carlos Claverie<\/strong> (1:02.02), Argentina’s Facundo Miguelena<\/strong> (1:03.03), Bahamas’ Dustin Tynes<\/strong> (1:03.15), Canada’s James Dergousof<\/strong>f (1:03.28), Paraguay’s Renato Prono<\/strong> (1:03.75), Bermudas’ Julian Fletcher<\/strong> (1:03.87), Aruba’s Jordy Groters<\/strong> (1:03.92) and Uruguay’s Martin Melconian<\/strong> (1:04.26) moved on to the B final.<\/p>\n

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