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The United States proved why they were favorites in the 4x200m freestyle relay, winning in convincing fashion with a Pan Pacific Championships record.

Australia’s women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team outlasted the United States at the Pan Pacific Championships thanks to a Championship Record time of 7:42.40.

Quintin McCarty set a new Championship Record at the Pan Pacific Championships at 24.51 seconds in the men’s 50m backstroke, winning gold and sharing the podium with U.S. compatriot Will Modglin, who brought home bronze.

Katharine Berkoff and Regan Smith swam to a 1-2 finish for the U.S. in the 50m backstroke at Pan Pacs, with Berkoff setting a Championship Record and breaking her own American record with a time of 26.90 seconds.

Van Mathias had a massive swim for the men’s 100m breaststroke title at the Pan Pacific Championships, setting a Championship Record at 58.02 seconds and just missing his own American Record by a hundredth of a second.

McKenzie Siroky secured the Pan Pacific Championships title in the women’s 100m breaststroke, swimming a lifetime-best time of 1:05.32, the second-fastest time in the world so far this year.

Jack Alexy swam the men’s 100m freestyle in 47.14 seconds, good for a Championship Record and gold in the men’s 100m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships. Patrick Sammon of the U.S. secured the silver.

Australia’s Meg Harris (52.60 seconds) got to the wall just ahead of Gretchen Walsh (52.78) to claim the crown in the women’s 100m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Tomoyuki Matsushita’s Championship Record of 4:06.75 was enough to hold off Carson Foster and Bobby Finke of the United States to win the men’s 400m individual medley at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Summer McIntosh swam out front in the women’s 400m individual medley and stayed there, finishing in a Championship Record 4:28.01, nearly 3.5 seconds ahead of the closest competitor.

Katharine Berkoff swam the fourth-fastest time in history in the 50m backstroke.

Florent Manaudou said before the Paris Olympics that he would retire after the Games and made it official on Thursday.

Sara Curtis, 19, swims for the University of Virginia.

Will Modglin, Van Mathias, Gretchen Walsh, and Kate Douglass ended Night 1 of the Pan Pacific Championships, swimming to a world-record time of 3:36.70 to win gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay.

Katie Ledecky was pushed more than normal by Australia’s Lani Pallister in the 1500m at the Pan Pacific Championships, but she extended her 16-year winning streak despite her closest finish in the event in 13 years.

Luca Urlando’s Championship Record time of 1:53.11 stood up at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in the men’s 200m butterfly. American Carson Foster came in runner-up just over a half second behind.

Australia’s Brittany Castelluzzo claimed the win in the 200m fly at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Her teammate Elizabeth Dekkers drove to the wall in second and American Tess Howley rounded out the top three.

Katharine Berkoff (57.93 seconds) and Regan Smith (58.11) combined for another 1-2 finish for the U.S. at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, this time in the women’s 100m backstroke.

Canada’s Blake Tierney took the top spot in the men’s 100m backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships, with Americans Will Modglin and Jack Aikins rounding out the podium.