{"id":287106,"date":"2017-12-05T06:12:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=287106"},"modified":"2017-12-05T06:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:12:23","slug":"american-women-shining-at-world-para-swimming-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/american-women-shining-at-world-para-swimming-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"American Women Shine at World Para Swimming Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY &#8211; The women of Team USA claimed the spotlight on Monday\u00a0at the World Para Swimming Championships. Four different athletes swam onto the podium, bringing Team USA\u2019s overall medal count to 23 at the Francisco Marquez Olympic Swimming Pool heading into the fourth day of competition.<\/p>\n<p>With a photo-finish swim, four-time Paralympic medalist <strong>McKenzie Coan<\/strong> (Clarkesville, Georgia) outswam the second-place finisher by 0.66 seconds in the S7 50-meter freestyle (32.75), marking her third gold medal at the world championships. Coan has proven her strength in the event after having won gold at the Paralympic Games Rio 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Six-time Paralympic medalist <strong>Becca Meyers<\/strong> (Timonium, Maryland) brought her world championships medal total to two silver, bringing home her second one\u00a0in as many days in the S13 100 butterfly (1:06.42).<\/p>\n<p>Paralympic silver medalist <strong>Sophia Herzog<\/strong> (Fairplay, Colorado) secured the bronze medal in the S6 100 free (1:25.78) to bring home her second medal at the championships. Paralympian <strong>Natalie Sims<\/strong> (Minneapolis) capped off the medal night for Team USA when she swam to a third-place finish in the S9 100 free (1:05.95).<\/p>\n<p>Team USA recorded four additional top-10 finishes: <strong>Gia Pergolini<\/strong> (Roswell, Georgia) finished 4th in the S13 100 fly;\u00a0Sims placed 5th in the SM9 200 individual medley; <strong>Hannah Aspden<\/strong> (Raleigh, North Carolina) placed 5th in the S9 100 free; <strong>Lawrence Sapp<\/strong>\u00a0(Waldorf, Maryland)\u00a0swam to 6th place in the SM14 200 IM.<\/p>\n<h3>OVERALL MEDAL COUNT<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Team USA<\/strong>: 23<br \/>\n<strong>Jessica Long<\/strong>: 3 gold (SB7 100 breast, S8 100 free,\u00a04&#215;100 34-point free relay)<br \/>\n<strong>McKenzie Coan<\/strong>: 3 gold (S7 100 free, S7 50 free,\u00a04&#215;100 34-point free relay)<br \/>\n<strong>Hannah Aspden<\/strong>: 1 gold (4&#215;100 34-point free relay),\u00a01 silver (S9 100 back)<br \/>\n<strong>Robert Griswold<\/strong>: 1 gold (S8 100 back), 1 silver (S8 400 free)<br \/>\n<strong>Aspen Shelton<\/strong>: 1 gold (S12 100 back), 1 silver (S12 100 free)<br \/>\n<strong>Sophia Herzog<\/strong>: 1 gold (SB6 100 breast), 1 bronze (S6 100 free)<br \/>\n<strong>Natalie Sims<\/strong>: 1 gold (4&#215;100 34-point free relay), 1 bronze (S9 100 free)<br \/>\n<strong>Becca Meyers<\/strong>: 2 silver (S13 100 free, S13 100 fly)<br \/>\n<strong>McClain Hermes<\/strong>: 2 silver (S11 100 free, S11 100 back)<br \/>\n<strong>Tucker Dupree<\/strong>: 1 silver (S12 100 back)<br \/>\n<strong>Julia Gaffney<\/strong>: 1 silver (SB6 100 breast), 1 bronze (S8 100 free)<br \/>\n<strong>Gia Pergolini<\/strong>: 1 silver (S13 100 back)<br \/>\n<strong>Tye Dutcher<\/strong>: 1 bronze (S10 100 back)<br \/>\n<strong>Colleen Young<\/strong>: 1 bronze (S13 100 back)<\/p>\n<h3>QUOTES<\/h3>\n<p><b>McKenzie Coan<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Could <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McKenzie_Coan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McKenzie_Coan<\/a> look any happier with her gold medal in the S7 50 free?! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3n9H3Scno7\">pic.twitter.com\/3n9H3Scno7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Paralympics (@USParalympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USParalympics\/status\/937867381820362752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>On swimming faster than her goal time\u2026<\/i><br \/>\n \u201cI tried to stay calm in the ready room and tell myself that all the hard work I\u2019ve been doing could add up to this. I\u2019ve always wanted to go 32 seconds at altitude, so I feel really good about that and I\u2019m really happy. I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Sophia Herzog<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SophiaHerzog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SophiaHerzog<\/a> is your ? medalist in the S6 100 free! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EujO0oOexL\">pic.twitter.com\/EujO0oOexL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Paralympics (@USParalympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USParalympics\/status\/937845931306651648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>On the close competition with Mexico\u2019s Vianney Trejo Delgadillo\u2026<\/i><br \/>\n\u201cHer and I have been competing with each other for years. It\u2019s an honor to swim with her and she definitely puts up a fight. 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