Following three days of competition at the 2018 U.S. Paralympics Swimming Para National Championships presented by Toyota, 20 records were set by U.S. athletes, including two world, four Pan American and 14 American, at Oro Valley Aquatic Center in Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n
Concluding nationals with a standout performance, four-time Paralympic medalist McKenzie Coan<\/strong> (Clarkesville, Georgia) set a new world record in the S7 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 20:20.78. The two-time Paralympian rounded out the weekend claiming three additional national titles in the 400 free, 100 backstroke and 100 free.<\/p>\n Four athletes – Paralympian Curtis Lovejoy<\/strong> (Atlanta, Georgia), Leanne Smith<\/strong> (Salem, Massachusetts), Matthew Torres<\/strong> (Ansonia, Connecticut) and Breanna Sprenger<\/strong> (Sheffield Lake, Ohio) – leave Arizona with the most national titles to their name after winning five events. Smith was named \u201cSwimmer of the Meet\u201d after accruing the most points in the Can Am points system.<\/p>\n The 2018 U.S. Paralympics Swimming Para National Championships presented by Toyota marked the final meet of the year for Team USA. International competition returns in February 2019, with athletes competing in Melbourne, Australia, to kick off the World Para Swimming World Series. Indianapolis will be one of the seven stops on the world series circuit, with competition being held April 4-6.<\/p>\n QUOTE<\/u><\/p>\n McKenzie Coan<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI am so excited. I knew going into the race that it was going to be a hard record to get so I had a strategy in mind of just keeping focus and finding my pace early on and keeping with it. The [1500] is actually one of my favorite events to swim, because I just like to find that rhythm and go. I had so much fun. On the last 50, I was like \u2018Just go! You\u2019ve got this.\u2019 The last little bit of it, I hit the wall and looking up at it – it was just the best feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n OVERALL RECORDS<\/u> \u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with USA Paralympics Swimming<\/i>. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i> Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following three days of competition at the 2018 U.S. Paralympics Swimming Para National Championships presented by Toyota, 20 records were set by U.S. athletes, including two world, four Pan American<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":338971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[62076],"tags":[15794,42193,67376,72943],"class_list":["post-342955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paralympics","tag-curtis-lovejoy","tag-leanne-smith","tag-mckenzie-coan","tag-para-swimming-nationals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nLeslie Cichocki<\/strong>: S14 100 butterfly (American; 1:13.94)
\nMcKenzie Coa<\/strong>n: S7 1,500 free (world, Pan American, American; 20:20.78)
\nMikaela Jenkins<\/strong>: S10 200 fly (Pan American; 2:34.89)
\nGia Pergolini<\/strong>: S13 100 back (American; 1:07.97)
\nCarson Sanocki<\/strong>: SB13 200 breaststroke (American; 2:26.35), 100 breast (American; 1:08.63*), 50 breast (American; 31.66)
\nLawrence Sapp<\/strong>: S14 200 free (American; 2:05.29)
\nLeanne Smith<\/strong>: S3 200 free (Pan American, American; 3:41.34*)
\nLiam Smith<\/strong>: S6 400 free (American; 5:40.59*)
\nBreanna Sprenger<\/strong>: S1 100 fly (American; 5:29.18)
\nColleen Young<\/strong>: SB13 200 breast (world, Pan American, American; 2:50.75)<\/p>\n