2014 Para Pan Pacs: Day 5 Finals Preview

The info you need to follow finals on Sunday at the 2104 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships in Pasadena, California

• Finals Begin at 4:30 PM Pacific Time
• The closest to any live stream: Follow @malloryweggemann on Twitter as she gives the play-by-play
• Results, start lists, and heat sheets available on Meet Mobile

The final day of the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships will consist of just the women’s 100 free and 100 breast, and the men’s 50 breast in individual events, as well as seven relays: men’s 200m 20-point medley relay, men’s 400m 34-point free relay, women’s 400m 34-point free relay, men’s 400m 49-point medley relay, women’s 400m 49-point free relay, men’s 400m 56-point medley relay, and men’s 400m 56-point free relay.

Women’s 100 Meter Freestyle

Some of the more notable races will include the S5 class, where American record-holder Alyssa Gialamas will go up against top qualifier Joana Silva of Brazil.

Cortney Jordan of the US qualified first in the S7 race with 1:15.24, off her PB by about 3. Canadian Brianna Nelson and New Zealanders Nikita Howarth and Rebecca Dubber will challenge Jordan for the S7 title.

The fastest S8 qualifier is Jessica Long of Team USA, who comes in with a 1:06.41 from prelims. Next to Long in lane 5 will be current world record-holder Maddison Elliott of Australia who went 1:09 in prelims. Canada’s Morgan Bird also clocked a 1:09 this morning. It should be a good race tonight. Elliott’s world record is 1:05.32 from last month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

American Michelle Konkoly leads the S9 qualifiers with her 1:03.81 in prelims. That time lowered Konkoly’s American record by a tenth and is 2.8 seconds off the world record. Lizzi Smith of the US and Ashleigh Cockburn will try to challenge Konkoly in the final.

Aurélie Rivard of Canada topped the S10 list of finals qualifiers with 1:01.39. She’s only 1.2 seconds off the world record. Katherine Downie was the second-fastest out of prelims with 1:04.98.

Becca Meyers came in at 1:02.71 this morning in S13. Martha Ruether, also of the US, dropped a second to qualify with 1:02.91. Meyers is chasing the world record, 58.87 from Valérie Grand’Maison in Beijing in 2008.

Australians Taylor Corry and Kayla Clarke, with 1:03.30 and 1:04.46, were the top qualifiers in S14 and once again will do battle in the middle lanes of the pool.

Men’s 50 Meter Breaststroke

The SB2 race looks like it will be a close one, as Michael DeMarco of the US (1:02.34), Christopher Tronco of Mexico (1:03.16) and Grant Patterson of Australia (also 1:03.16) finished prelims closely matched.

Australia’s Ahmed Kelly went a best time in prelims to lead the SB3 field into finals. His 51.77 was the fastest by 5.5 seconds.

Women’s 100 Meter Breaststroke

Jessica Long is top qualifier in her class once again, this time leading the SB7 100 breaststrokers by 10 seconds with a 1:33.90 in prelims. Long is the reigning world record-holder in this event with 1:28.53.

Canada’s Katarina Roxon (1:27.27), Nikita Howarth of New Zealand (1:34.59) and Hannah Aspden of the US (1:40.51) will take up the middle lanes in the SB8 class.

Australia’s Madeleine Scott (1:24.83) and Katherine Downie (1:27.45) will be joined by Daniela Gimenez of Argentina (1:25.42) in the SB9 final. Scott is currently ranked fourth in the world; Downie, too, is in the top ten.

Colleen Young of the US had a big drop in prelims to qualify first in the SB13 class. Her 1:19.76 puts her in lane 4 for finals. Becca Meyers went 1:24.56 in prelims, while Canada’s Rhea Schmidt (1:28.15) and Team USA’s Martha Ruether (1:28.64) also made the final.

In the SB14 class, Kayla Clark of Australia added 3.5 but still had the top prelims time with 1:26.70. Justine Morrier of Canada dropped 2 to qualify second with 1:28.92. Mariana Diaz de la Vega went 1:32.94 in prelims, about 4.5 seconds off her seed time. This should be another close race tonight.

Medal Count Through Day Four