{"id":287444,"date":"2017-12-07T21:55:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T04:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=287444"},"modified":"2017-12-07T21:59:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T04:59:55","slug":"americans-close-world-para-swimming-champs-with-54-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/americans-close-world-para-swimming-champs-with-54-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Close World Para Swimming Champs With 54 Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the final day of competition at the World Para Swimming Championships, Team USA secured seven medals to bring its event total to 54 and finish\u00a0second in the medal standings <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_665229721\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span> at the Francisco Marquez Olympic Swimming Pool. The U.S. leaves Mexico City with 21 gold, 20 silver and 13 bronze medals.<\/p>\n<p>To complete a full sweep of her events, 13-time Paralympic gold medalist <strong>Jessica Long<\/strong> (Baltimore, Maryland) swam to her eighth gold medal and 35th career title at the world championships, winning the SM8 200-meter individual medley in a time of 2:49.93. Long\u2019s eight medals made her the most decorated female at the world championships. <strong>Julia Gaffney<\/strong> (Mayflower, Arkansas) stood next to her U.S. teammate on the podium after securing silver with a time of 3:07.08. Having also medaled in each of her events, Gaffney wrapped up her first world championships with a silver in the S8 50 freestyle (34.69) to bring her competition total to six.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA claimed an additional trio of silver medals <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_665229722\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday<\/span><\/span> night. Paralympic silver medalist <strong>Sophia Herzog<\/strong> (Fairplay, Colorado) brought her world championships medal total to five, swimming to silver in the SM6 200 IM (3:21.13). Earning his fourth individual medal of the competition, Paralympic bronze medalist <strong>Robert Griswold<\/strong> (Freehold, New Jersey) had a second-place finish in the SM8 200 IM (2:30.44). <strong>Tucker Dupree<\/strong> (Raleigh, North Carolina), a four-time Paralympic medalist, secured silver in the S12 100 free (55.01) to mark his third medal of the world championships.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude Team USA\u2019s night, Paralympian <strong>Natalie Sims<\/strong> (Minneapolis, Minnesota) took home the bronze medal in the S9 50 free (30.29) to bring her competition total to five.<\/p>\n<p>With 54 total medals at this year\u2019s world championships, Team USA improves from the 30 medals won at the 2015 event.<\/p>\n<p><u>OVERALL MEDAL COUNT<\/u><br \/>\n<strong>Team USA:<\/strong> 54<br \/>\n<b>Jessica Long:<\/b> 8 gold (SM8 200 IM, S8 100 fly, S8 400 free, S8 100 back, SB7 100 breast, S8 100 free, 4&#215;100 34-point free relay, 4&#215;100 34-point medley relay)<br \/>\n<b>McKenzie Coan:<\/b> 4 gold (S7 400 free, S7 100 free, S7 50 free, 4&#215;100 34-point free relay), 1 silver (S7 50 free)<br \/>\n<b>Hannah Aspden<\/b>: 2 gold (4&#215;100 34-point free relay, 4&#215;100 34-point medley relay), 1 silver (S9 100 back)<br \/>\n<b>Sophia Herzog: <\/b>2 gold (SB6 100 breast, 4&#215;100 34-point medley relay), 1 silver (SM6 200 IM), 2 bronze (S6 100 back, S6 100 free)<br \/>\n<b>Natalie Sims:<\/b> 2 gold (4&#215;100 34-point free relay, 4&#215;100 34-point medley relay), 3 bronze (S9 50 free, S9 400 free, S9 100 free)<br \/>\n<b>Tharon Drake:<\/b> 2 gold (S11 400 free, SB11 100 breast), 1 silver (SM11 200 IM)<br \/>\n<b>McClain Hermes: <\/b>1 gold (S11 400 free), 2 silver (S11 100 free, S11 100 back), 2 bronze (SB 11 100 breast, S11 50 free)<br \/>\n<b>Becca Meyers:<\/b> 1 gold (S11 400 free), 2 silver (S13 100 free, S13 100 fly), 1 bronze (SB13 100 breast)<br \/>\n<b>Robert Griswold: <\/b>1 gold (S8 100 back), 2 silver (SM8 200 IM, S8 400 free), 1 bronze (4&#215;100 34-point medley relay)<br \/>\n<b>Aspen Shelton:<\/b> 1 gold (S12 100 back), 1 silver (S12 100 free), 1 bronze (S12 50 free)<br \/>\n<b>Colleen Young: <\/b>1 gold (SB13 100 breast), 1 silver (SM13 200 IM), 1 bronze (S13 100 back)<br \/>\n<b>Tucker Dupree: <\/b>1 gold (S12 50 free), 2 silver (S12 100 free, S12 100 back)<br \/>\n<b>Lawrence Sapp: <\/b>1 gold (S14 100 back)<br \/>\n<b>Julia Gaffney: <\/b>5 silver (S8 50 free, SM8 200 IM, S8 400 free, S8 100 back, SB6 100 breast), 1 bronze (S8 100 free)<br \/>\n<b>Gia Pergolini:<\/b> 1 silver (S13 100 back)<br \/>\n<b>Tye Dutcher:<\/b> 2 bronze (S10 100 back, 4&#215;100 34-point medley relay)<br \/>\n<b>Zach Shattuck<\/b>: 1 bronze (4&#215;100 34-point medley relay)<br \/>\n<b>Roderick Sewell:<\/b> 1 bronze (4&#215;100 34-point medley relay)<\/p>\n<p><u>QUOTES<\/u><br \/>\n<b>Jessica Long<\/b><br \/>\n<i>On leaving world championships with eight gold medals&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n&#8220;It feels awesome. It&#8217;s definitely been a really wonderful world championship experience. To come away with eight gold medals, I couldn&#8217;t ask for anything better. It&#8217;s really exciting to step up and race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Julia Gaffney<\/b><br \/>\n<i>On winning six medals in her world championships debut\u2026<\/i><br \/>\n\u201cI feel really great. I\u2019m excited that I was able to get a lot of medals for Team USA. 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