2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES
- Villa Deportiva Nacional – Videna, Lima, Peru
- Tuesday, August 6th – Saturday, August 10th (pool swimming)
- Prelims 11 AM / Finals 8:30 PM (local time/US Central Time)
- Official Website
- Entry List
- Live Results
16-Year-Old American Phoebe Bacon swam a personal best leading of the Team USA women’s 4×100 medley relay at the Pan American games. Bacon led off in 59.02, bettering her personal best by .10 seconds. Bacon’s previous best was 59.12, which she swam at last Summer’s US Nationals. That time establishes a new Pan American Games Record, as the previous record was held by Natalie Coughlin in 59.05. Bacon’s time was also .45 seconds faster than the 59.47 she swam to win Gold in the individual 100 back earlier in the week.
Here is a split comparison between Bacon’s old best and her lead-off from tonight:
| Phoebe Bacon | 2019 Pan American Games Relay Lead-off | 2018 US Nationals |
| 50m | 29.04 | 28.80 |
| 100m | 29.98 | 30.32 |
| FINAL TIME | 59.02 | 59.12 |
Bacon was out slower tonight than she was last Summer, but she came home considerably faster. That swim marks the first time Bacon has gotten both splits under 30 seconds. Her swim also keeps her as #2 all-time for American girls in the 15-16 age group. The National Age Group Record is held by Regan Smith at 58.83.
Phoebe has 1 more year to get faster and stronger if she wants to take out smoligia and or baker in the 100 back for her to punch her ticket to Tokyo
59.02 and 4th in your own country
DOB
Smith, Regan – 09 Feb 2002
Bacon, Phoebe – 12 Aug 2002
Stadden, Isabelle – 09 Jul 2002
Berkoff, Katharine –
I assume that Berkoff’s birth year is 2001 since Katharine will be a freshman at North Carolina State University this fall semester.
Berkoff is 28 Jan 2001 according to the WUGs Entry List
Thanks
It is incredible how US keep pull out fantastic backstroke swimmer one after another
Bacon crushed it this week! The American backstroke machine keeps churning ’em out.
The vast majority love “sizzling” Bacon.
I like bacon bits.
The amazing competition in the US women’s 100 back pushes everybody to improve constantly. But it’s crazy and sad to think that so many great talents will stay at home next year and will watch the olympic games on TV.
Very true but is said about every USA olympic team….that is why they only let 2 per country
Bobo, what happened to French swimming? Why did it dropoff so quickly and suddenly?
The French sent some good young swimmers to US Nats like that young 18 yo Backstroker 53.8 and their breaststroker who went 1:00.08 (although he was born in 1995)
France was #19 in Gwangju with pitiful 2 bronze medals, behind swimming powerhouses such as Ukraine and Norway.
Ouch!
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the women’s 100 m butterfly will most likely need to rely upon Huske and Curzan going forward.
Dare I think it? Dare I say it? Speaking of talents staying at home, Katie Drabot better start looking over her shoulder in the women’s 200 m butterfly. It’s not a question of if, but when.
How does this have 18 downvotes? Ya’ll are wild.
Bobo Bots out in full force.
It’s somewhat insane to think that Olivia Smoliga, who just got done winning backstroke gold and bronze at the world championships, is a decided underdog to even make the team next summer in her best event.
If I were her, I might just focus a bit more on freestyle, as I do think she has a good shot at making the 100 free relay team.
I was thinking the same thing. The women’s 100 free is relatively weak at this point.
If you can go 53.anything, you have a decent chance to be top 6.
Its crazy how when Coughlin went 59.0 4 years ago that made her a favorite to make the Olympic team. Now a 59.0 100 back puts you maybe in the top 5 contenders, and to make the team you’ll probably have to be low 58
I wouldn’t say top 5. Strong 3-4 depending on how Baker recovers
Smith, Smoliga, Bacon, Baker, Berkoff will be 57-58.5 next summer
Missy Franklin’s Olympic Trial meet record of 58.85 is gonna get demolished. Probably at least 5 girls under that mark. This event has progressed so much in the last quad, especially in the US
A truer statement has never been made about this.
If only Beata Nelson could swim long course well
That depends which Kathleen Baker shows up at the Olympic Trials, the one from the summer of 2019 or the one from the summer of 2018.
As a point of reference, Olivia Smoliga’s personal best is 58.73 in the women’s 100 m backstroke.