{"id":471328,"date":"2021-05-01T19:39:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T02:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=471328"},"modified":"2021-05-01T19:39:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T02:39:13","slug":"monika-gonzalez-hermosillo-jose-martinez-set-mexican-records-at-uana-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/monika-gonzalez-hermosillo-jose-martinez-set-mexican-records-at-uana-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Jose Martinez Set Mexican Records at UANA Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo<\/strong> and Jose Martinez<\/strong> set the women\u2019s and men\u2019s Mexican records in the 200 individual medley Saturday night at the UANA qualifier.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez-Hermosillo went 2:13.97 to improve her Olympic consideration time. The Texas A&M grad<\/a> also improved her national record by .19 seconds. Second was Peruvian swimmer McKenna DeBever.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s race, Martinez won in 2:01.46. That\u2019s an improvement on his national record from the 2019 Pan Am Games at 2:02.09. Second was his countryman Hector Ruvalcaba Cruz,<\/strong> winner of the 400 IM on Friday night, in 2:02.45. Both men had already attained B cuts.<\/p>\n

The meet at the Orlando Health National Training Center is an opportunity for swimmers primarily from South and Central America and the Caribbean to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Some American swimmers, particularly those that train in Florida, are also racing there.<\/p>\n