2023 PAN AMERICAN GAMES
- October 21-25, 2023
- Santiago, Chile
- Meet Central
- Entries (Psych Sheet)
- Live Results
- Live Stream
- Fubo TV (subscription required)
- PanAm Sports Channel (USA, Canada, Jamaica)
- Day 1 Prelims Recap | Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap
On the second day of the 2023 Pan American Games, Canada’s Maggie MacNeil established a new Pan Am Record in the 100 butterfly en route to her first individual gold medal of the meet.
MacNeil, the Tokyo 100 butterfly Olympic Champion, led the race from start to finish. She opened with a 26.79 split, jumping out to a .85 second lead over the rest of the field at the halfway point. MacNeil closed in 30.15, stopping the clock at 56.94.
She broke the Pan Am record of 57.24 by three-tenths, bringing the mark sub-57 seconds for the first time. The previous record was held by Kelsi Dahlia, set in 2015.
The time is a new 2023-24 season best for MacNeil. It betters the 57.13 she swam for 4th place just last weekend at the Athens stop on the World Cup circuit.
Split Comparison, MacNeil: Athens vs. Santiago
| MacNeil — Pan American Games | MacNeil — Athens World Cup | |
| 50 | 26.79 | 27.01 |
| 100 | 56.94 (30.15) | 57.13 (30.12) |
It was the opening 50 that made the difference for MacNeil in comparison to her swim in Athens. In Santiago, she was able to open her race under 27 seconds, which allowed her to get under 57 seconds for the first time this season. Her second 50s were almost even, with her Athens self three-hundredths quicker.
On Day 1 of the meet, MacNeil helped Canada to a gold medal in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay. She is also set to race the individual 50/100 freestyles and will surely continue to be a factor on Canada’s relays as the meet continues.
Pan Am champ
Commonwealth champ
World SC Champ
World LC champ
Olympic champ
SC world record
Awesome career so far…
Missing? If you want to really call it ‘missing’….:
Long course world record
Pan Pac title 😉
If Pan Pacs had taken place in 2022, she would have had a good shot at that one. I don’t know if she’ll go to 2026 to get one. She mentioned in a recent interview that she was originally thinking of swimming until 2026 but wasn’t sure anymore. I see that the meet is being held in Canada so maybe that will be her swan song.
You can also add NCAA champ to the list (and she held the NCAA/US Open SCY record at one point as well.
Huske was a 55.6 last year while Maggie was a 56.3. I don’t think Maggie wins at Pan Pacs if they happened. But really, I don’t think Pan Pacs titles matter. The thing she really needs is the WR to finish it off.
Maggie dropped the 200