2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, August 9 – Tuesday, August 14, 2018
- Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Meet site
- Psych Sheet
- Start Lists
- Meet Results
The Australian women polished off a sweep of the women’s relays on Sunday at the 2018 Pan Pac Championships by winning the 400 medley in 3:52.74. That breaks the old Championship Record of 3;55.23 done at the 2010 edition of this meet, and in fact, the top 4 teams (Australia, USA, Japan, Canada) were all faster than that old record.
The Australian medley relay of Emily Seebohm, Jessica Hansen, Emma McKeon, and Cate Campbell were faster than the record-line on every split except for breaststroke. Australia’s is also the fastest 400 medley relay in the world this year, knocking off Russia, who swam a Championship Record of their own at Euros in 3:54.22.
| New Record | Splits | Old Record | Splits |
| Seebohm | 59.28 | Coughlin | 59.85 |
| Hansen | 1:05.82 | Soni | 1:05.35 |
| McKeon | 56.45 | Vollmer | 56.91 |
| C. Campbell | 51.19 | Hardy | 53.12 |
| 3:52.74 | 3:55.23 |
The time is still slower than the World Record done by the Americans at last year’s World Championships in 3:51.55.
The biggest placewhere Australia still has the ability to drop time includes the backstroke, where Seebohm can drop a second at her best. On Sunday, the Americans were off their World Record pace on every leg aside from freestyle anchor Simone Manuel, who split 52.22 – .01 better than she was at Worlds.
But even in that vein, Campbell was a full second better on Sunday, anchoring in 51.19 – just off her mixed medley anchor leg of 50.93 from day 1 of this meet that was the fastest ever.
Emma McKeon is the only swimmer who was a member of all 3 winning Australian women’s relays; she was also on the Oceania-Record-breaking 400 mixed medley.
….and in two years they will underperform again….
I’m interested to hear some post meet follow-up. Like what happened to Schmitty?
Has Ms Schmitt been on a crush relay since 2012? I don’t know but she was next to a 17 year old who had just done an 8.17 & a season’s faster 400 than she ever went.. She knew AT’s last 50 would be fast & her only hope was to be ahead at the 150 by a length. As AT sailed away the doubts & worry of letting down the team may have caused panic .
I’m worried about Simone being ran down the way she was tonight. Hopefully that doesn’t get in her head in a negative way and can take away some motivation from it.
What Cate has done to Simone must have had a negative impact on her not just this relay but beating her in the 100 and 50 too. With Bronte to come back as well Simone has it all too do .
Video of Women’s 4×100 Medley
https://youtu.be/5WHKgafiXXs
Japanese team was the most efficient team at exchanges (0.64 sec) again. That let them edge Canadian team for the bronze medal by 0.11sec. Canadian team spent at exchanges 1.13 sec. That was the second worst after PHI.
50.93, not 59.93
50.93 not 59.93 in mixed medley
The Americans were very disappointing in the relays this year, even in Kazan they still managed to take relay wins
Considering the men’s free relays lost both Phelps AND Lochte, I’d say the replacements really stepped up.