Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: the meet ends with the US medley relay on top but not as fast as France; hosts romp home ahead on points and medals, Australia and Japan maintaining the status quo...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: The US quartet brought the American meet to a fitting close among women with a 3:55.23 championship record; Australians take silver in 3:56.96, Japanese the bronze in 3:57.75...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: The talent and toughness of open water 5km world champion Melissa Gorman (AUS) spilled back into the pool for a 16:01.53 to 16:03.26 victory over world record holder Kate Ziegler ...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: eight years on from cracking 2:10 for the first time, Kosuke Kitajima takes title in 2:08.26 championship record ahead of Rickard (AUS), 2:09.97, and Shanteau (USA), 2:10.13....
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: a championship record of 2:20.69 gave Soni the 2nd best textile time ever; holder of the best time, Jones takes silver in 2:23.23, shiny WR holder Pierse takes bronze in 2:23.65 ...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: American adds 50m crown to 100m title by taking down Olympic and world champion Cesar Cielo (BRA) by 0.02sec; Brent Hayden gives Canada bronze in 21.89...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: 50 breast champion wins second title 0.07sec ahead of teammate Amanda Weir, bronze going to Victoria Poon (CAN) in 24.76, which locked out Yolane Kukla (AUS), 14, on 24.95....
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: there was no-one else on his race but the shiny quarry ahead of him as Ryan Lochte chased down his 2009 WR with a 1:54.43 blast; Clary, 1:57.61; Pereira, 1:57.83...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4: Emily Seebohm and Ariana Kukors engaged in boiling battle on the way to the Aussie cracking the world champion 2:09.93 to 2:10.25; Leverenze takes bronze in 2:11.21...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 4 finals:The Canadian claims the 800m free title in 7:48.71, second on the 2010 world ranks behind European champion Sebastien Rouault; Chad La Tourette, 7:51.62; Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) in 7:51.87....
Pan Pacific Championships, day 4 heats: Kukors on 2:11.44 in 200IM; Phelps no show for 200IM as Lochte and Clary set up another US 1-2; Hardy, on 24.75, takes down 1995 50 free CR of Amy Van Dyken; Cielo blats his way to lane 4 on 21.64 ...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: after watching the US women show the way in textile with a 3:35.11 inside the early 2008 WR, Michael Phelps leads American men to a 3:11.74 global textile standard...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: Ryan Lochte sped to his fourth gold medal with a 1:54.12 championship-victory killing contenders off the wall as he went; Tyler Clary, 1:54.90, Ryosuke Irie, 1:55.21....
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: The championship record went to Elizabeth Pelton on 2:07.48 in heats; come the final, Beisel took the crown in 2:07.8, Pelton the silver in 2:08.13, bronze to Belinda Hocking (AUS), 2:08.10...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: Not at best but the best by a league, Michael Phelps produced a 50.86 championship-record victory to steam ahead at the helm of the 2010 world rankings as the sole sub-51 man...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: Dana Vollmer got off the team bus and there was Andy Grant, her fiancee to bring surprise support that helped produce a 57.56 win over Magnuson, 57.95 and Coutts, 57.99...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: down and out in 2009, Olympic champion from Korea strikes back with strong win to take helm of 2010 world rankings; the courageous Cochrane on 3:46.78 for silver; Zhang 3:46.91 ...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: Sutton wons with classic third-100m drive and now heads to 10km on Sunday; Goldman and Blair take minor spoils for Australia, 4:05.84; 4:06.36 just ahead of Schmitt...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 finals: Jessica Hardy (USA) wins in 30.03, Felipe Silva in 27.26...
Pan Pacific Championships, Irvine, California, day 3 heats: Park leads 400m free; 100 'fly heats - Magnuson on 57.82, Phelps on 51.48; Lochte and Clary take out Peirsol in 200 back; Soni 3rd American in 50 breast; Pelton CR 2:07.48 200 back...
