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That time gashes more than two seconds out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.ca\/en\/records\/catalogue\/CAN\/?gender=F&amp;course=SCM&amp;season=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian short-course record<\/a> she set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sydney-pickrem-sets-canadian-record-with-425-in-400-im\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in ISL Match 10<\/a> at 4:25.90. The record had stood since 2016 in the hands of <strong>Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> at 4:26.42. As Pickrem and her Roar move into the ISL final, Pickrem has lowered that record by nearly three seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Pickrem\u2019s splits in the race Sunday: 1:02.25 fly; 1:08.08 back; 1:13.27 breast; 1:00.08 free.<\/p>\n<p>Pickrem\u2019s final 50 split, a 29.25, was the fastest in the race by nearly a second and got her within 0.43 seconds of <strong>Yui Ohashi\u2019s<\/strong> winning time. Her time is the second fastest in ISL this season, trialing only Ohashi, and is under the 400 IM record set by Cali Condors\u2019 <strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong> last season (4:24.15).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the semifinal, Pickrem had brushed within .06 of her Canadian record in the 200 IM, clocking in at 2:04.40. Pickrem set that record last November.<\/p>\n<p>Thormeyer lowered his 200 back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.ca\/en\/records\/catalogue\/CAN\/?gender=M&amp;course=SCM&amp;season=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian short-course record<\/a> on Day 1 of the semifinal. Thormeyer had set the record in ISL Match 5, when he went 1:50.30.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, he was three hundredths quicker in 1:50.27. It earned sixth place in a loaded field, won by his Tokyo teammate <strong>Ryosuke Irie<\/strong> in 1:49.02. 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