Pan American and Pan Pacific Swimming Meets

Olympic gold medalists Gary Hall Jr. and Mark Gangloff will headline a rich field of American swimming talent that will represent the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 14-22. The top U.S. open water swimmers, including Kalyn Keller, Chloe Sutton, Chip Peterson, and Fran Crippen, will also compete in Brazil. The event will follow the planned Olympic schedule featuring evening preliminary sessions and morning finals.

Kathleen Hersey won her third Pan American gold medal Saturday with her standout swim in the 200m fly. Hersey finished five seconds ahead of the field in 2:07.64 to break the Pan American Games record she set in Friday’s semifinal. Chip Peterson also won gold and set a Pan American Games record in the 1500m free. Team USA took home a total of five medals Saturday, increasing its overall total at the pool to 30 medals.

Team USA Swimming had another strong showing at the pool Friday, winning four golds and three silvers to continue its success at the 2007 Pan American Games. USA swimmers have won 25 medals to lead the competition with two more days of swimming finals still to come.

Swimmer Julia Smit and the rest of Team USA Swimming had another strong morning at the Pan Am swimming pool Thursday, taking home a total of three golds, one silver, and one bronze on day four of swim competition at the 2007 Pan American Games. Smit won the women's 100m back and was part of the winning women's 400m free relay team that helped increase Team USA's total medal count to 18 at the swimming pool.

Swimmers Geoffrey Rathberger (Kensington,Conn.) and Ava Ohlgren (Northville, Mich.) headlined another strong evening in the swimming pool for Team USA Wednesday night at the 2007 Pan American Games. Rathberger claimed the top spot in the men’s 200m IM prelims while Ohlgren topped the women’s field in the 200m free prelims.

Matt Patton added to Team USA's gold medal count Wednesday with a win in the men's 400m free. Patton swam a personal best to finish in 3:49.77, setting a new Pan American Games record. Kathleen Hersey and Jessica Rodriquez also won their second gold medals of the Games. In the second day of swimming finals, Team USA increased its total medal haul to 13 (5 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze).

The U.S. women's 800m free relay team of Lauren Thies, Teresa Crippen, Emily Kukors and Jessica Rodriquez highlighted Team USA's performance in Tuesday night's prelim session by setting a Pan Am Games record of 8:05.28. The relay team will go for gold in Wednesday morning's finals. Rodriquez will look to win her second gold medal of the Games after having won 400m free Tuesday morning. Other members of Team USA had a strong finish Tuesday as each swimmer advanced to the semifinal or final.

Kathleen Hersey and Jessica Rodriquez won gold medals Tuesday on the first day of swimming finals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to the two gold medals, Team USA took home three silvers and one bronze to lead the total medal count.

Olympians Maritza Correia, Gabe Woodward and Mark Gangloff and other members of Team USA to swim in Tuesday’s semis. Team USA had a strong showing in the pool Monday night, advancing the maximum number of swimmers to Tuesday morning’s semifinals and finals session at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. Olympians Maritza Correia, Gabe Woodward, and Mark Gangloff each advanced to the semifinal in their respective events and will swim in tomorrow’s session at 10 a.m. local time.

Sixty of the nation's top swimmers, including Olympic swimming gold medalists Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol, and Rebecca Soni will compete at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, August 18-22. Pool competition will take place August 18-21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, Calif., while the 10k open water competition will be on August 22 at the Long Beach Marine Stadium.

The United States won gold in all but three events Thursday at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, with Olympians Natalie Coughlin, Ryan Lochte and Rebecca Soni leading the gold rush. Joining the veterans on the top step of the podium were rising stars Nathan Adrian and Elizabeth Beisel. Team USA also won gold in the men's and women's 4x200m freestyle relays.

Team USA swimmers closed out the pool competition of the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Saturday by winning 13 medals, including six golds, four silvers and three bronze. That brought the American swimmer's official four-day swimming medal count to 47 (25 gold, 15 silver, 7 bronze).