Thiago Pereira Hops to 3rd in the World With 200 IM in Santa Clara

Jul 18, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Thiago Pereira of Brazil poses with his silver medal after the men's swimming 200m individual medley final during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

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Thiago Pereira dropped a 1:57.77 to win the 200 IM tonight in Santa Clara. That takes .14 off his time from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet, and moved him ahead of Michael Phelps and into the third spot in the world this year. He sat at number four before this evening. The swim was also only .01 shy of Phelps’ meet record.

Max Williamson touched second in 2:02.38 and Alex Liang claimed third in 2:04.81. Right behind him was a fourth place Jared Gililand in 2:04.85.

Robert Hill (2:05.34), Ethan Dillard (2:05.63), Christopher Jhong (2:06.18), Stephen Clendenin (2:08.14), and Jack Lindell (2:08.39) completed the A final.

 Event 21  Men 200 LC Meter IM
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    Name                  Age Team              Prelims     Finals Points 
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                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Pereira, Thiago        30 Brazilian Swimmi  2:06.38    1:57.77  
                 25.21        54.76 (29.55)
        1:28.63 (33.87)     1:57.77 (29.14)
  2 Williamson, Max        21 Unattached-PC-    2:06.43    2:02.38  
                 26.41        57.82 (31.41)
        1:32.69 (34.87)     2:02.38 (29.69)
  3 Liang, Alex            16 Palo Alto Stanfo  2:06.81    2:04.81  
                 26.82        58.34 (31.52)
        1:35.61 (37.27)     2:04.81 (29.20)
  4 Gilliland, Jared       21 Chandler Swim-US  2:03.90    2:04.85  
                 26.48        59.22 (32.74)
        1:34.35 (35.13)     2:04.85 (30.50)
  5 Hill, Robert           20 Chena Swim Club-  2:07.58    2:05.34  
                 27.65        59.82 (32.17)
        1:35.36 (35.54)     2:05.34 (29.98)
  6 Dillard, Ethan         18 Sierra Marlins S  2:06.50    2:05.63  
                 27.39        59.84 (32.45)
        1:35.83 (35.99)     2:05.63 (29.80)
  7 Jhong, Christopher     16 Pleasanton Seaha  2:08.47    2:06.18  
                 27.87        59.62 (31.75)
        1:36.71 (37.09)     2:06.18 (29.47)
  8 Clendenin, Stephen     27 Blue Wave Swim T  2:07.34    2:08.14  
                 27.56      1:00.19 (32.63)
        1:36.89 (36.70)     2:08.14 (31.25)
  9 Lindell, Jack          20 Edina Swim Club-  2:07.48    2:08.39  
                 27.33      1:00.15 (32.82)
        1:38.05 (37.90)     2:08.39 (30.34)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
 10 Zhang, Lyon            16 Pleasanton Seaha  2:08.50    2:06.79  
                 28.24      1:01.82 (33.58)
        1:36.98 (35.16)     2:06.79 (29.81)
 11 Comforti, Danny        19 Pitchfork Aquati  2:09.24    2:08.34  
                 27.31      1:02.89 (35.58)
        1:38.54 (35.65)     2:08.34 (29.80)
 12 Tremblay, Jeremy       20 Team QuÃ©bec-US-  2:09.95    2:08.62  
                 28.19      1:01.79 (33.60)
        1:38.54 (36.75)     2:08.62 (30.08)
 13 Larson, Johnthomas     17 Edina Swim Club-  2:09.04    2:08.75  
                 27.34      1:01.85 (34.51)
        1:39.75 (37.90)     2:08.75 (29.00)
 14 Hunnicutt, Carlos      20 Willamalane-OR-   2:10.15    2:09.82  
                 28.21      1:02.00 (33.79)
        1:39.60 (37.60)     2:09.82 (30.22)
 15 Brooks, Benjamin       17 Lake Shore Swim-  2:12.01    2:11.01  
                 27.67      1:01.27 (33.60)
        1:40.01 (38.74)     2:11.01 (31.00)
 16 Blaul, Henry           16 Seaside Aquatic-  2:11.21    2:11.73  
                 28.29      1:01.61 (33.32)
        1:40.47 (38.86)     2:11.73 (31.26)
 17 Martins, Lucca         18 Palo Alto Stanfo  2:12.27    2:12.76  
                 28.17      1:00.84 (32.67)
        1:41.28 (40.44)     2:12.76 (31.48)
 18 Copley, Brian          16 Palo Alto Stanfo  2:11.94    2:13.44  
                 28.85      1:03.75 (34.90)
        1:42.34 (38.59)     2:13.44 (31.10)

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