Correia and Samantha Woodward (Edmond, Okla.) started the night with strong swims in the women’s 50m free. Correia qualified fifth at 25.74 and Woodward was third at 25.56, each advancing to the semifinals.
Gabe Woodward and Dale Rogers (Austin, Tex.) dominated the men’s 100m free and claimed the number one and two spots leading into Tuesday’s semifinal. Woodward finished first in 49.50 and Rogers qualified second at 49.81.
Olympic gold medalist Gangloff qualified second in the men’s 100m breast in a close race against Canadian Scott Dickens. Gangloff, who set the Pan American Games 200m breast record in 2003, will compete in the semifinal tomorrow along with Christian Schurr (Austin, Tex.). Schurr finished sixth in the prelims with a time of 1:03.18.
Jessica Rodriquez (Austin, Tex.) and Corrine Showalter (Sarasota, Fla.) also had a strong showing in the women’s 400m free. Rodriquez, who will celebrate her 17th birthday Tuesday, qualified first at 4:11.47 and Showalter was third 4:13.62. Both swimmers will swim in the Tuesday’s final.
In the men’s 400m I.M., Robert Margalis (St. Petersburg, Fla.) finished second at 4:19.56 and Andrew Callahan finished fifth at 4:23.84. On the women’s side, Teresa Crippen (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Kathleen Hersey (Atlanta, Ga.) also advanced in the 400m I.M. Crippen led the field throughout the race and finished at 4:45.19, while Hersey finished third at 4:47.44. Both men and women will compete Tuesday in the men’s and women’s 400m I.M. finals.
Hersey and Samantha Woodward finished first and second in the prelims of the 100m fly. Hersey claimed the top spot at 59.99 and Woodward was 0.17 behind at 1:00.16. In the men’s 100m fly, Ricky Berens (Charlotte, NC) finished half a second behind Venezuelan Octavio Alesi to finish second at 53.01. Pat O’Neil (Roseburg, Ore.) qualified in the fifth spot at 53.40. Hersey, Woodward, Berens and O’Neil will swim in the women’s and men’s 100m fly semifinal tomorrow.
Finals and semifinals begin Tuesday, July 17 at 10 a.m. local time. Preliminary races will resume Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. local time and will feature five events: women’s 100m back, 100m breast and 800m free relay, and the men’s 400m free, and 200m back.
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