Uhl captured her fourth gold medal and sixth medal of the meet finishing with a time of 3:31.28. Her teammate and best friend Johnson captured her fifth medal of the meet winning the silver in a time of 3:49.02. They will both return to the pool on Saturday for one final day of competition.
Men’s team captain Michael Prout (West Springfield, Mass.) raced to another gold medal on Friday night. Prout ran away with the race in the 400m freestyle and finished with a time of 4:29.92. Prout’s teammate Cody Bureau (Colorado Springs, Colo./Latrobe, Pa.), finished just out of medal contention in fourth place with a time of 4:45.44.
Tom Miazga (Milwaukee, Wis./Cedarburg, Wis.), continued his streak of being on the medal stand going six-for-six for the Parapan Am Games. Miazga captured a silver medal behind Canada’s Drew Christensen in the 400m freestyle in a time of 5:15.70 on Friday night.
Susan Beth Scott (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), swam her way to her first gold medal of the meet in the 400m freestyle. Scott swam a personal best finishing in a time of 4:45.57, just five seconds off the world record pace. Scott’s gold medal brings her to six overall for the meet.
Others who performed well on Friday night but narrowly missed the medal stand included Carrie Willoughby (Colorado Springs, Colo./Birmingham, Ala.), fourth in the 50m freestyle; Sarah Hunt (Fort Collins, Colo.), fourth in the 400m freestyle (she missed the bronze medal by a mere six hundredths of a second); Joe Wise (Menlo Park, Calif./Palo Alto, Calif.), fourth in the 400m freestyle; and Kate Gibbs (Midlothian, Va./Seoul, South Korea), fourth in the 400m freestyle. With the five medals won today, the U.S. Swim team currently has 46 medals heading into the final day of competition.
“It was a lighter day for us today with fewer athletes competing for medals today,” said coach Peggy Ewald (Ada, Ohio/Tiffin, Ohio). “We have been very pleased with our performance at the meet so far and are hoping to end on a very high note tomorrow. The experience these kids have gained has been great and they have all excelled in this international setting.”
The final day of competition begins at 10:00 a.m. (local time) on Saturday, August 18 with the finals scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
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