Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Thiago Pereira
Table title:
Long course (50 meter pool)
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Time </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Date </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Notes </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:02.67 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 24, 2003 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:02.31 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > August 17, 2003 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2:00.19 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 27, 2004 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:59.92 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > May 9, 2004 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:59.48 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > June 12, 2004 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:59.19 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > February 22, 2007 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:58.65 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 28, 2007 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:58.64 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > May 6, 2007 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:57.79 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 20, 2007 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:57.66 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 29, 2009 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:57.35 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 29, 2009 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1:55.55 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > July 30, 2009 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > SA </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did Thiago Pereira get sub-2 in the long course (50 meter pool)?
Answer:
Thiago Pereira broke the South American record two more times, with times of 1:59.92 and 1:59.48.