Pinheiros Relay Teams Break South American Records

Two South American, two Brazilian and 24 meet records were set at the Julio de Lamare Trophy last weekend.

It was two 4 x 50 medley relay teams from the Pinheiros that highlighted the competition, as the women’s and men’s junior II relays took down the South American records.

The women’s team made up of Paula Galvo (30.59), Isabela Fraioli (32.79), Thais Resende (28.02) and Luana Ribeiro (25.22) posted a time of 1:56.62 which breaks the 2009 record of 1:58.27 which was set by another team from Pinheiros.

The men’s team consisting of Vitor Guaraldo (25.69), Pedro Cardona (26.97), Joao Facciotti (23.37) and Jackson Candido (22.43) finished in a time of 1:38.46. The broke the 2011 record of 1:40.11 set by a Flamengo team made up of Henrique Rodrigues, Thiago Parravicini, Nicholas Santos and Cesar Cielo.

To see all of the records set at the Julio de Lamare Trophy click here.

Pinheiros took the team title collecting 774.5 points followed by Corinthians who finished with 711.5 points and Gerais who garnered 514 points.

Top 10 team scores:

1 Pinheiros 774.5 points
2 Corinthians 711.5 points
3 Gerais 514 points
4 Flamengo 279 points
5  Unisanta 191 points
6 SESI-SP 173 points
7 Union 123 points
8 Fluminense 97 points
9 Botafogo 86 points
10 Painswick 58 points

The top overall swimmers included:

  • Female Junior I – Andressa Lima
  • Female Junior II – Natalia de Luccas
  • Male Junior I – Brandonn Almeida
  • Male Junior II – Matheus Santana

The top performances included:

  • Female Junior I – Andressa Lima – 100 freestyle – 56.35
  • Female Junior II – Vivianne Jungblut – 400 freestyle – 4:15.39 and 800 freestyle – 8:45.18 (both had the same point scores)
  • Male Junior I – Brandonn Almeida – 1500 freestyle – 15:22.46
  • Male Junior II – Pedro Cardona – 100 breaststroke – 1:00.85

 

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Rafael
9 years ago

Actually at Raia Rapida 2014, Brazil set a New South American and World Best on 4×50 medley: 1:37:68. Don´t know why it is not considered the SA record..

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