(Santiago Chile) Maggie Mac Neil became the most decorated Canadian at the Pan American Games by winning a fifth gold medal in the pool in Santiago, Chile.
The 23-year-old Ontario native completed the butterfly portion to help the Canadian team win the 4×100-meter medley relay on the final night of swimming competitions at the Pan American Games.
Mac Neil also won gold in the 100 meter butterfly, 100 meter freestyle, 50 meter freestyle and the 4×100 meter freestyle relay.
Her fifth appearance on the top step of the Pan American Games podium allows her to surpass the four gold medals of swimmer Jessica Deglau (1999), table tennis player Lijuan Geng (1995) and gymnast Ernestine Russell -Carter (1959).
Mac Neil also broke a Canadian record for the most medals won at a Pan American Games, with seven. She also won silver and bronze in mixed relay events.
Deglau and swimmers Marianne Limpert and Joanne Malar (1995) and swimmer Ralph Hutton (1967) won six medals.