{"id":325667,"date":"2018-08-14T07:45:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T14:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=325667"},"modified":"2018-08-14T05:20:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:20:47","slug":"team-usa-brings-home-65-medals-from-pan-pacific-para-swimming-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/team-usa-brings-home-65-medals-from-pan-pacific-para-swimming-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Brings Home 65 Medals From Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Team USA put on a show in Cairns, Australia, for the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, which was held Aug. 9-13. The team, comprised of 15 women and five men, took home 65 medals, including 33 gold, 19 silver and 13 bronze.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Becca Meyers<\/strong> (Baltimore, Maryland) kicked off the first day of competition in record-setting fashion, swimming to a new world record in the S12 400-meter freestyle. She finished the race in a time of 4:24.30 to win the gold medal. To complete a full sweep of her events, Meyers also won gold in the 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">The team\u2019s performance was highlighted by <strong>Sophia Herzog<\/strong> (Fairplay, Colorado) who won gold in all six events she entered despite having knee surgery in April. She swam to first-place finishes in the 100 backstroke, 400 free, 100 breast, 200 IM, 50 fly and 50 free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Julia Gaffney<\/strong> (Mayflower, Arkansas) and <strong>McClain Hermes<\/strong> (Dacula, Georgia) each return home with six medals, while <strong>Jessica Long<\/strong> (Baltimore, Maryland) and <strong>Robert Griswold<\/strong> (Freehold, New Jersey) earned five medals at the Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Five Team USA athletes swam to four medals: <strong>McKenzie Coan<\/strong> (Clarkesville, Georgia), <strong>Ahalya Lettenberger<\/strong> (Glen Ellyn, Illinois), <strong>Lizzi Smith<\/strong> (Muncie, Indiana), <strong>Leanne Smith<\/strong> (Beverly, Massachusetts) and <strong>Colleen Young<\/strong> (St. Louis, Missouri).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">The meet featured athletes from the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Japan and Singapore. 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The U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships will be held\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_274124329\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Dec. 14-16<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Tucson, Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee<\/i><i>. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i>\u00a0<b><i>Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA put on a show in Cairns, Australia, for the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, which was held Aug. 9-13. 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