Crespo Closes Competition at Pan-Am Games
10/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 18, 2011
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - TCU senior Edgar Crespo won the B-final in the 200-meter breaststroke of the Pan-American Games on Tuesday night for a ninth-place overall finish.
Crespo held off a late charge from Mexico's David Oliver, who was closing in front of 4,000 raucous hometown fans. Crespo touched the wall in 2:20.18, just ahead of Oliver's 2:20.54.
The Panama City, Panama, native improved on his time from the prelims, in which he clocked a 2:20.90 to narrowly miss out on the A-final. Crespo also finished fifth in the 100-meter breaststroke at the Pan-Am Games on Sunday.
Crespo holds the TCU records in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke events. The Pan-American Games were Crespo's second major international competition in the last three months. He notched personal bests in the 50-meter breaststroke, 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter breaststroke at the FINA World Swimming Championships in July.
2011 Pan-American Games - Guadalajara, Mexico
200-meter breaststroke
PRELIMS - HEAT TWO
1 Warren Barnes (Canada), 2:17.36
2 Tales Cerderia (Brazil), 2:20.30
3 Eladio Carrion (Puerto Rico), 2:20.78
4 Edgar Crespo (Panama/TCU), 2:20.92
5 Jordy Anthony Groters (Aruba), 2:26.69
6 Juan Alberto Guerra (El Salvador), 2:26.95
B-FINAL
1 Edgar Crespo (Panama/TCU), 2:20.18
2 David Oliver (Mexico), 2:20.54
3 Gerardo Huidobro (Peru), 2:23.51
4 Lucas Peralta (Argentina), 2:26.13
5 Jordy Anthony Groters (Aruba), 2:27.10
6 Rodrigo Frutos (Argentina), 2:27.43
7 Christian Hernandez (Cuba), 2:27.76
8 Juan Alberto Guerra (El Salvador), 2:29.15
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