{"id":144409,"date":"2015-07-17T09:27:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T16:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144409"},"modified":"2015-07-17T18:36:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T01:36:28","slug":"arianna-vanderpool-wallace-leads-historic-50-free-prelims-with-pan-american-games-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/arianna-vanderpool-wallace-leads-historic-50-free-prelims-with-pan-american-games-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Leads Historic 50 Free Prelims With Pan American Games Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace<\/strong> of the Bahamas set the pool on fire with a meet record 24.31 in heat 4 of the 50 free to top qualifiers. The time is four hundredths faster than her previous best of 2015, a 24.35 from the Arena Pro Swim Series in Charlotte in May, and beats her national record of 24.34 from the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Vanderpool-Wallace remains ranked fourth in the world as she led five swimmers under 25-seconds including a pair under the Games record.<\/p>\n

Two heats earlier,\u00a0Brazil\u2019s Etiene Medeiros<\/strong> branched out from backstroke to post a 24.75, just missing her national record of 24.74. But, that time was the first ever under 25-seconds in Pan American Games history as she beat Lara Jackson’s<\/strong> 2011 record of 25.09.<\/p>\n

Vanderpool-Wallace and Medeiros were joined by three\u00a0more swimmers under 25 seconds in the historic prelim session.\u00a0American Madison Kennedy<\/strong> put forth a strong 24.75 to tie for second, while Brazil\u2019s Graciele Herrmann\u00a0<\/strong>(24.95) and 100 free winner Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong> of Canada (24.97) rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> of the USA made the final with a 25.07 for sixth, tying her with Canada\u2019s Michelle Williams<\/strong>. Puerto Rico\u2019s Vanessa Garcia<\/strong> snuck into eighth position with a 25.37.<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s Iliana Ibanez<\/strong> will take the top spot in the B final tonight after her 25.46 for ninth place overall. She\u2019ll be joined by Chinyere Pigot<\/strong> of of Venezuela (25.83), Arlene Semoco<\/strong> of Venezuela (25.83), Isabela Arcila<\/strong> of Colombia (25.89), Karen Torrez<\/strong> of Bolivia (26.01), Aixa Triay<\/strong> of Argentina (26.03), Allyson Ponson<\/strong> of Aruba (26.22) and Ariel Weech<\/strong> of Bahamas (26.32).<\/p>\n

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