Roy-Allan Burch has recorded the second fastest time ever for a Bermudian during the Men's 50m Freestyle Preliminaries at the XVIth Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Swimming in Lane 3 of the Men's 50m Freestyle Preliminaries Burch finished 4th recording the 8th fastest time along with Jose Gabriel Melconian from Uruguay.
The pair had a swim-off with Burch clocking 22.76 which was the second fastest Bermuda time at that distance and advanced to the A Final. Burch was only 7 hundredth of a second off his National Record Time at the distance.
The Final will be swam later this evening and we will bring you the result once the race is complete.
Meanwhile Lisa Blackburn finished 7th in Heat 2 of the Women's 200m Breaststroke Preliminaries, with a time of 2:45.36.
Blackburn swimming in Lane 8 qualified for the Women's 200m Breaststroke B Final.
