Blistering Women’s 400 Free Relay Highlights Night 3 at Junior Pan Pacs
Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr
MAUI, Hawaii, August 29. A meet and World Junior Record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle relay helped cap an incredible night of swimming at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships tonight.
Women’s 400 free
USA’s Courtney Harnish overhauled Australia’s Tamsin Cook down the final 100 meters to win the middle distance event, 4:09.36 to 4:10.91. Cook initially looked to have no peer tonight in the event, but Harnish went to her legs at the 300 and blasted a 31.04 and 30.00 set of splits to win the gold. That’s a massive personal best for Harnish, blasting her 4:12.20 from U.S. Nationals.
Canada’s Alexandra Aitchison rounded out the medal-winners with a third-place time of 4:11.16, while Japan’s Chinatsu Sato took fourth in 4:12.90.
USA’s Madison Homovich (4:14.42), Australia’s Sacha Downing (4:16.12), Canada’s Sophia Saroukian (4:18.41) and Japan’s Miho Nakayama (4:23.45) also competed in the finale.
USA’s Sierra Schmidt, after her customary dancing exhibition behind the blocks before the start of the night of swimming, put up a 4:12.50 to win the B final. That proved to be nearly a four-second victory as Australia’s Moesha Johnson (4:16.24) and Canada’s Danica Ludlow (4:18.09) took second and third.
New Zealand’s Grace Sommerville (4:20.26), Japan’s Rika Nara (4:20.47), Mexico’s Monika Gonzalez (4:20.93), China’s Wang Siqi (4:22.23) and Mexico’s Elizabeth Barba (4:29.71) also competed in the consolation heat.
Results
Event 17 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle ========================================================================= Jr. Pan Pac: M 4:07.10 08/25/2012Leah SMITH, USA Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Harnish, Courtn 99 USA- 4:13.15 4:09.36 882 9 r:+0.82 29.50 1:00.92 (31.42) 1:33.04 (32.12) 2:04.87 (31.83) 2:36.70 (31.83) 3:08.32 (31.62) 3:39.36 (31.04) 4:09.36 (30.00) 2 Cook, Tamsin 98 AUS- 4:12.38 4:10.91 865 7 r:+0.67 28.95 1:00.06 (31.11) 1:32.11 (32.05) 2:03.56 (31.45) 2:35.32 (31.76) 3:07.07 (31.75) 3:38.85 (31.78) 4:10.91 (32.06) 3 Aitchison, Alex 96 Canada- 4:15.42 4:11.16 863 6 r:+0.85 28.92 1:00.78 (31.86) 1:32.35 (31.57) 2:04.59 (32.24) 2:36.17 (31.58) 3:08.09 (31.92) 3:39.89 (31.80) 4:11.16 (31.27) 4 Sato, Chinatsu 99 Japan- 4:14.85 4:12.90 845 5 r:+0.77 29.37 1:00.99 (31.62) 1:33.37 (32.38) 2:06.07 (32.70) 2:38.23 (32.16) 3:10.63 (32.40) 3:42.74 (32.11) 4:12.90 (30.16) 5 Homovich, Madis 00 USA- 4:13.57 4:14.42 830 4 r:+0.80 29.28 1:00.71 (31.43) 1:33.00 (32.29) 2:05.01 (32.01) 2:37.64 (32.63) 3:10.19 (32.55) 3:42.88 (32.69) 4:14.42 (31.54) 6 Downing, Sacha 97 AUS- 4:14.32 4:16.12 814 3 r:+0.76 29.68 1:01.82 (32.14) 1:33.69 (31.87) 2:06.25 (32.56) 2:38.62 (32.37) 3:11.32 (32.70) 3:43.82 (32.50) 4:16.12 (32.30) 7 Saroukian, Soph 98 Canada- 4:20.10 4:18.41 792 2 r:+0.71 30.17 1:02.66 (32.49) 1:35.40 (32.74) 2:08.09 (32.69) 2:40.69 (32.60) 3:13.68 (32.99) 4:18.41 (1:04.73) 8 Nakayama, Miho 96 Japan- 4:20.14 4:23.45 748 1 r:+0.78 30.26 1:02.98 (32.72) 1:35.87 (32.89) 2:09.26 (33.39) 2:42.42 (33.16) 3:16.57 (34.15) 3:50.25 (33.68) 4:23.45 (33.20) === B - Final === 9 Schmidt, Sierra 98 USA- 4:14.04 4:12.50 849 r:+0.87 29.30 1:00.26 (30.96) 1:32.37 (32.11) 2:04.15 (31.78) 2:36.63 (32.48) 3:08.54 (31.91) 3:41.25 (32.71) 4:12.50 (31.25) 10 Johnson, Moesha 97 AUS- 4:17.07 4:16.24 812 r:+0.88 29.89 1:01.34 (31.45) 1:33.87 (32.53) 2:06.27 (32.40) 2:38.83 (32.56) 3:11.69 (32.86) 3:44.49 (32.80) 4:16.24 (31.75) 11 Ludlow, Danica 96 Canada- 4:20.83 4:18.09 795 r:+0.81 29.53 1:01.69 (32.16) 1:34.47 (32.78) 2:07.33 (32.86) 2:40.54 (33.21) 3:13.70 (33.16) 3:46.40 (32.70) 4:18.09 (31.69) 12 Sommerville, Gr 96 New Zealand- 4:26.89 4:20.26 775 r:+0.72 29.95 1:02.95 (33.00) 1:35.69 (32.74) 2:08.85 (33.16) 2:41.92 (33.07) 3:15.16 (33.24) 3:48.71 (33.55) 4:20.26 (31.55) 13 Nara, Rika 98 Japan- 4:20.20 4:20.47 773 r:+0.60 30.35 1:02.39 (32.04) 1:35.10 (32.71) 2:07.94 (32.84) 2:41.27 (33.33) 3:14.59 (33.32) 3:48.17 (33.58) 4:20.47 (32.30) 14 Gonzalez Hermos 95 Mexico- 4:23.52 4:20.93 769 r:+0.81 29.66 1:02.60 (32.94) 1:35.28 (32.68) 2:08.50 (33.22) 2:41.57 (33.07) 3:14.81 (33.24) 3:48.35 (33.54) 4:20.93 (32.58) 15 Wang, Siqi 98 China- 4:21.42 4:22.23 758 r:+0.89 30.12 1:03.15 (33.03) 1:35.96 (32.81) 2:09.43 (33.47) 2:42.71 (33.28) 3:16.34 (33.63) 3:49.74 (33.40) 4:22.23 (32.49) 16 Barba Tinoco, E 96 Mexico- 4:26.59 4:29.71 697 r:+0.73 29.69 1:02.55 (32.86) 1:35.74 (33.19) 2:09.72 (33.98) 2:44.04 (34.32) 3:19.30 (35.26) 3:54.87 (35.57) 4:29.71 (34.84)
Men’s 400 free
USA’s Liam Egan turned on the afterburners down the final 100 meters to explode past the rest of the field to a 3:52.59 for the win. He was actually faster this morning with a 3:52.35, but did what he had to do to win tonight with the fastest time of the evening.
USA’s Aidan Burns finished second in 3:53.10, slower than his 3:52.51 from this morning, while Australia’s Joshua Parrish raced his way to third in 3:53.85.
Canada’s Peter Brothers (3:55.00), Japan’s Fuyu Yoshida (3:55.71), China’s Li Yongwei (3:56.11), Australia’s Jacob Hansford (3:57.25) and Canada’s Tristan Cote (3:59.49) put up the other times in the finale.
USA’s Townley Haas, the favorite in the event, missed the A final due to the two-per-country rule for the second night in a row. After posting the top 100 free time last night in 49.55 out of the B final, Haas whipped up a 3:52.67 this evening to win the B final in the 400.
Australia’s Damian Fyfe took second in 3:57.34 with New Zealand’s Carter Edgecombe taking third in 4:00.74.
Japan’s Shingo Nakaya (4:00.90), Japan’s Atsuya Yoshida (4:01.48), New Zealand’s Dominic Mildon (4:01.69), China’s Cheng Gong (4:01.94) and New Zealand’s Liam Albery (4:02.72) rounded out the consolation heat.
Results
Event 18 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle ========================================================================= Jr. Pan Pac: M 3:50.51 08/28/2010Nicholas Caldwell, USA Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Egan, Liam 96 USA- 3:52.35 3:52.59 847 9 r:+0.75 27.57 57.15 (29.58) 1:27.22 (30.07) 1:57.05 (29.83) 2:26.80 (29.75) 2:56.18 (29.38) 3:25.37 (29.19) 3:52.59 (27.22) 2 Burns, Aidan 97 USA- 3:52.51 3:53.10 841 7 r:+0.80 27.51 57.14 (29.63) 1:26.80 (29.66) 1:56.75 (29.95) 2:26.30 (29.55) 2:55.97 (29.67) 3:24.91 (28.94) 3:53.10 (28.19) 3 Parrish, Josh 97 AUS- 3:57.65 3:53.85 833 6 r:+0.66 27.48 57.87 (30.39) 1:27.63 (29.76) 1:58.02 (30.39) 2:27.61 (29.59) 2:57.16 (29.55) 3:26.16 (29.00) 3:53.85 (27.69) 4 Brothers, Peter 96 Canada- 3:59.67 3:55.00 821 5 r:+0.74 27.43 56.81 (29.38) 1:26.42 (29.61) 1:56.10 (29.68) 2:26.14 (30.04) 2:56.00 (29.86) 3:26.11 (30.11) 3:55.00 (28.89) 5 Yoshida, Fuyu 97 Japan- 3:59.33 3:55.71 813 4 r:+0.76 27.51 57.22 (29.71) 1:27.85 (30.63) 1:58.08 (30.23) 2:28.64 (30.56) 2:58.75 (30.11) 3:28.15 (29.40) 3:55.71 (27.56) 6 Li, Yongwei 97 China- 4:00.64 3:56.11 809 3 r:+0.72 26.74 55.64 (28.90) 1:24.39 (28.75) 1:53.94 (29.55) 2:23.99 (30.05) 2:54.67 (30.68) 3:25.20 (30.53) 3:56.11 (30.91) 7 HANSFORD, JACOB 95 AUS- 3:57.26 3:57.25 798 2 r:+0.73 27.99 57.94 (29.95) 1:28.35 (30.41) 1:58.83 (30.48) 2:28.95 (30.12) 2:59.02 (30.07) 3:28.86 (29.84) 3:57.25 (28.39) 8 Cote, Tristan 95 Canada- 3:57.59 3:59.49 775 1 r:+0.71 27.51 57.40 (29.89) 1:27.16 (29.76) 1:57.65 (30.49) 2:27.82 (30.17) 2:58.61 (30.79) 3:29.22 (30.61) 3:59.49 (30.27) === B - Final === 9 Haas, Townley 96 USA- 3:53.19 3:52.67 846 r:+0.77 25.82 54.17 (28.35) 1:23.51 (29.34) 1:53.09 (29.58) 2:23.32 (30.23) 2:53.34 (30.02) 3:23.46 (30.12) 3:52.67 (29.21) 10 Fyfe, Damian 97 AUS- 3:59.64 3:57.34 797 r:+0.71 26.39 55.81 (29.42) 1:26.10 (30.29) 1:56.67 (30.57) 2:26.88 (30.21) 2:57.68 (30.80) 3:27.78 (30.10) 3:57.34 (29.56) 11 Edgecombe, Cart 96 New Zealand- 4:02.75 4:00.74 763 r:+0.72 27.87 58.61 (30.74) 1:28.65 (30.04) 1:59.62 (30.97) 2:29.86 (30.24) 3:01.08 (31.22) 3:31.25 (30.17) 4:00.74 (29.49) 12 Nakaya, Shingo 96 Japan- 4:02.72 4:00.90 762 r:+0.72 27.96 57.99 (30.03) 1:28.41 (30.42) 1:59.18 (30.77) 2:30.23 (31.05) 3:01.65 (31.42) 3:32.22 (30.57) 4:00.90 (28.68) 13 Yoshida, Atsuya 99 Japan- 4:02.64 4:01.48 756 r:+0.68 27.22 57.21 (29.99) 1:27.74 (30.53) 1:58.91 (31.17) 2:29.86 (30.95) 3:01.39 (31.53) 3:31.58 (30.19) 4:01.48 (29.90) 14 Mildon, Dominic 96 New Zealand- 4:01.18 4:01.69 754 r:+0.74 27.04 56.98 (29.94) 1:27.32 (30.34) 1:57.95 (30.63) 2:28.97 (31.02) 2:59.81 (30.84) 3:31.21 (31.40) 4:01.69 (30.48) 15 Cheng, Gong 97 China- 4:04.29 4:01.94 752 r:+0.78 28.45 59.86 (31.41) 1:30.99 (31.13) 2:02.65 (31.66) 2:33.86 (31.21) 3:04.71 (30.85) 3:34.22 (29.51) 4:01.94 (27.72) 16 Albery, Liam 96 New Zealand- 4:02.99 4:02.72 745 r:+0.71 27.58 57.82 (30.24) 1:28.47 (30.65) 1:59.48 (31.01) 2:30.42 (30.94) 3:01.68 (31.26) 3:32.95 (31.27) 4:02.72 (29.77)
Women’s 100 fly
Japan’s Suzuka Hasegawa gave the meet record a run, but wound up taking the title in 58.91. That swim fell a bit short of Noemie Thomas’ 58.68 from 2012 for Canada, but was enough to hold off a hard-charging Christina Licciardi of Australia. Licciardi picked up silver in 59.36, while Japan’s Rikako Ikee (59.50) and USA’s Hannah Kukurugya (59.93) also cleared 1:00.
USA’s Cassidy Bayer (1:00.17), Canada’s Jacomie Strydom (1:00.24), China’s Song Yutong (1:01.14) and Canada’s Lili Margitai (1:01.85) picked up the other finale finishes.
USA’s Kara Kopcso topped the B final with a time of 1:00.34, while Japan’s Haruno Ito touched in second in 1:01.82. Mexico’s Ana Sofia Revilak finished just behind with a third-place 1:01.92.
Australia’s Megan Gianotti (1:02.14), Australia’s Meg Bailey (1:02.38), Canada’s Danika Huizinga (1:02.39) and Mexico’s Sharo Rodriguez (1:03.41) also competed in the B final. China’s Zheng Yao drew a disqualification.
Results
Event 19 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly ========================================================================= Jr. Pan Pac: M 58.68 08/25/2012Noemie THOMAS, Canada Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Hasegawa, Suzuk 00 Japan- 59.64 58.91 858 9 r:+0.69 27.64 58.91 (31.27) 2 Licciardi, Chri 95 AUS- 59.90 59.36 838 7 r:+0.66 27.84 59.36 (31.52) 3 Ikee, Rikako 00 Japan- 1:00.85 59.50 832 6 r:+0.68 27.80 59.50 (31.70) 4 Kukurugya, Hann 98 USA- 1:00.30 59.93 815 5 r:+0.72 28.10 59.93 (31.83) 5 Bayer, Cassidy 99 USA- 1:00.53 1:00.17 805 4 r:+0.77 28.86 1:00.17 (31.31) 6 Strydom, Jacomi 96 Canada- 1:00.45 1:00.24 802 3 r:+0.74 28.20 1:00.24 (32.04) 7 Song, Yutong 99 China- 1:00.98 1:01.14 767 2 r:+0.71 28.75 1:01.14 (32.39) 8 Margitai, Lili 97 Canada- 1:01.69 1:01.85 741 1 r:+0.64 28.69 1:01.85 (33.16) === B - Final === 9 Kopcso, Kara 95 USA- 1:00.70 1:00.34 798 r:+0.70 28.74 1:00.34 (31.60) 10 Ito, Haruno 99 Japan- 1:01.38 1:01.82 742 r:+0.77 29.31 1:01.82 (32.51) 11 Revilak Fonseca 97 Mexico- 1:01.84 1:01.92 738 r:+0.75 29.15 1:01.92 (32.77) 12 GIANOTTI, Megzy 96 AUS- 1:01.83 1:02.14 731 r:+0.77 29.14 1:02.14 (33.00) 13 BAILEY, MEG 96 AUS- 1:02.94 1:02.38 722 r:+0.76 29.44 1:02.38 (32.94) 14 Huizinga, Danik 99 Canada- 1:01.75 1:02.39 722 r:+0.80 28.99 1:02.39 (33.40) 15 Rodriguez River 96 Mexico- 1:03.90 1:03.41 688 r:+0.72 29.59 1:03.41 (33.82) -- Zheng, Yao 00 China- 1:03.33 DQ
Men’s 100 fly
USA’s Alex Valente nearly took down the World Junior Record in the finale with a 52.60. That swim just missed the 52.52 set by Daniel Bell at the 2008 World Junior Championships. That record is a bit of a farce, however, considering that Bell’s time of 52.37 stands as the Junior Pan Pac record from 2009, and Michael Phelps’ 17-18 U.S. National Age Group mark is a 51.10 from 2003. But, just having World Junior Record on his resume still would have been nice for Valente.
USA’s Andrew Seliskar took second in 53.14 with New Zealand’s Bradlee Ashby placing third in 53.81.
Japan’s Yuya Yajima (54.01), Canada’s Nicolaas Dekker (54.40), Japan’s Yuya Sakamoto (54.53), Australia’s Dominic Richardson (54.57) and Mexico’s Mateo Gonzalez (54.71) also vied for the meet crown.
USA’s Michael Andrew came up just a bit short of his personal best 53.46 with a 53.66 to win the B final by a wide margin. China’s Zhang Xi hit the wall second in 55.10 with Canada’s Osvald Nitski placing third in 55.80.
Japan’s Junya Higuchi (56.00), Canada’s Cameron Kidd (56.35), China’s Chen Chaoqi (56.59), Australia’s Joachim Bardrum (56.62) and Mexico’s Hector Rubalcaba (56.80) finished fourth through eighth in the consolation heat.
Results
Event 20 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly ========================================================================= Jr. Pan Pac: M 52.37 01/10/2009Daniel Bell, New Zealand Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Valente, Alex 97 USA- 52.61 52.60 849 9 r:+0.63 24.59 52.60 (28.01) 2 Seliskar, Andre 96 USA- 53.04 53.14 824 7 r:+0.70 24.97 53.14 (28.17) 3 Ashby, Bradlee 95 New Zealand- 54.49 53.81 793 6 r:+0.77 25.40 53.81 (28.41) 4 Yajima, Yuya 96 Japan- 53.88 54.01 784 5 r:+0.76 25.45 54.01 (28.56) 5 Dekker, Nicolaa 95 Canada- 54.54 54.40 768 4 r:+0.70 25.23 54.40 (29.17) 6 Sakamoto, Yuya 99 Japan- 54.66 54.53 762 3 r:+0.69 25.56 54.53 (28.97) 7 Richardson, Dom 97 AUS- 54.93 54.57 760 2 r:+0.71 25.12 54.57 (29.45) 8 Gonzalez Medina 96 Mexico- 55.03 54.71 755 1 r:+0.63 25.32 54.71 (29.39) === B - Final === 9 Andrew, Michael 99 USA- 53.57 53.66 800 r:+0.76 24.95 53.66 (28.71) 10 Zhang, Xin 99 China- 55.49 55.10 739 r:+0.73 26.60 55.10 (28.50) 11 Nitski, Osvald 97 Canada- 57.14 55.80 711 r:+0.70 26.36 55.80 (29.44) 12 Higuchi, Junya 97 Japan- 55.49 56.00 704 r:+0.72 26.74 56.00 (29.26) 13 Kidd, Cameron 96 Canada- 56.38 56.35 691 r:+0.85 26.26 56.35 (30.09) 14 Chen, Chaoqi 99 China- 56.81 56.59 682 r:+0.70 26.69 56.59 (29.90) 15 BARDRUM, JOACHI 96 AUS- 57.11 56.62 681 r:+0.69 26.77 56.62 (29.85) 16 Rubalcaba, Hect 97 Mexico- 56.42 56.80 674 r:+0.82 26.92 56.80 (29.88)
Women’s 200 back
Japan dominated the finale as Rio Shirai (2:11.67) and Rika Yuhara (2:12.51) went 1-2 in the championship heat tonight. That’s nearly a two-second drop for Shirai as she obliterated the field with a 33.13 down the stretch.
Korea’s Dalin Lee (2:13.24), USA’s Danielle Galyer (2:13.77), Australia’s Monique Rae (2:13.87), Canada’s Danielle Hanus (2:14.42), Canada’s Mackenzie Glover (2:14.87) and USA’s Emily Allen (2:16.45) also put up times in the finale.
Japan’s Natsumi Sakai dropped more than a second from her prelim swim with a 2:13.62 to win the B final tonight. Australia’s Minna Atherton touched second in 2:15.14 with USA’s Claire Adams placing third in 2:16.10.
Canada’s Heather Lam (2:18.04), China’s Song Yutong (2:20.50), Mexico’s Georgina Gonzalez (2:26.54), Mexico’s Sharo Rodriguez (2:30.98) and Fiji’s Ella Rasau (2:41.37) closed out the consolation heat.
Results
Event 21 Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke ========================================================================= Jr. Pan Pac: M 2:09.68 08/28/2010Sayaka Akase, Japan Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Shirai, Rio 99 Japan- 2:13.53 2:11.67 836 9 r:+0.65 31.41 1:04.73 (33.32) 1:38.54 (33.81) 2:11.67 (33.13) 2 Yuhara, Rika 96 Japan- 2:13.45 2:12.51 820 7 r:+0.54 31.36 1:04.54 (33.18) 1:38.65 (34.11) 2:12.51 (33.86) 3 Lee, Dalin 99 Korea- 2:15.17 2:13.24 807 6 r:+0.62 30.73 1:04.61 (33.88) 1:38.88 (34.27) 2:13.24 (34.36) 4 Galyer, Daniell 95 USA- 2:16.12 2:13.77 797 5 r:+0.63 31.63 1:04.99 (33.36) 1:39.44 (34.45) 2:13.77 (34.33) 5 Rae, Monique 98 AUS- 2:14.97 2:13.87 795 4 r:+0.60 32.00 1:06.03 (34.03) 1:39.85 (33.82) 2:13.87 (34.02) 6 Hanus, Danielle 98 Canada- 2:14.60 2:14.42 786 3 r:+0.63 32.19 1:05.88 (33.69) 1:40.94 (35.06) 2:14.42 (33.48) 7 Glover, Mackenz 98 Canada- 2:15.03 2:14.87 778 2 r:+0.67 32.20 1:06.32 (34.12) 1:40.70 (34.38) 2:14.87 (34.17) 8 Allen, Emily 97 USA- 2:17.55 2:16.45 751 1 r:+0.71 31.71 1:05.96 (34.25) 1:41.08 (35.12) 2:16.45 (35.37) === B - Final === 9 Sakai, Natsumi 01 Japan- 2:14.91 2:13.62 800 r:+0.60 31.18 1:04.62 (33.44) 1:39.44 (34.82) 2:13.62 (34.18) 10 Atherton, Minna 00 AUS- 2:18.16 2:15.14 773 r:+0.61 31.06 1:05.01 (33.95) 1:39.89 (34.88) 2:15.14 (35.25) 11 Adams, Claire 98 USA- 2:18.65 2:16.10 757 r:+0.62 31.09 1:05.01 (33.92) 1:40.10 (35.09) 2:16.10 (36.00) 12 Lam, Heather 98 Canada- 2:18.59 2:18.04 725 r:+0.63 32.37 1:06.68 (34.31) 1:42.41 (35.73) 2:18.04 (35.63) 13 Song, Yutong 99 China- 2:19.27 2:20.50 688 r:+0.67 33.09 1:09.20 (36.11) 1:45.48 (36.28) 2:20.50 (35.02) 14 Gonzalez Garcia 96 Mexico- 2:27.40 2:26.54 606 r:+0.79 34.18 1:11.56 (37.38) 1:49.03 (37.47) 2:26.54 (37.51) 15 Rodriguez River 96 Mexico- 2:32.81 2:30.98 554 r:+0.60 35.07 1:13.02 (37.95) 1:52.09 (39.07) 2:30.98 (38.89) 16 Rasau, Ella 98 Fiji Islands- 2:39.66 2:41.37 454 r:+0.66 36.12 1:17.03 (40.91) 1:58.99 (41.96) 2:41.37 (42.38)
Men’s 200 back
He wasn’t able to replicate his seed time of 1:57.06 coming into the meet, which would have challenge Jack Conger’s meet record of 1:57.20, but USA’s Connor Green still looked comfortable with a 1:59.60 to win the title tonight. He actually went faster this morning with a 1:59.19, leading to dreams of a meet record and potentially a World Junior Record (1:56.94 by China’s Li Guangyuan), but Green focused on the win.
USA’s Corey Okubo touched second in 2:01.17 with Canada’s Markus Thormeyer earning third in 2:01.55.
Canada’s Anders Klein (2:02.45), Australia’s Peter Mills (2:02.92), Mexico’s Andy Song An (2:04.37), New Zealand’s Andrew Trembath (2:07.09) and Japan’s Juran Mizohata (2:07.26) pocketed the other times in the finale.
USA’s Curtis Ogren crushed the B final with a time of 2:02.43, while Canada’s Peter Brothers took a distant second in 2:06.00. USA’s Brendan Casey placed third in 2:06.12.
China’s Wang Zhou (2:07.27), Canada’s Tim Zeng (2:07.70), Mexico’s Danielito Perez (2:13.03), USA’s Ethan Young (2:13.23) and Fiji’s Kalen Eyre (2:40.53) finished fourth through eighth in the consolation.
Results
Event 22 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke ========================================================================= Jr. Pan Pac: M 1:57.20 08/25/2012Jack CONGER, USA Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Green, Connor 96 USA- 1:59.19 1:59.60 819 9 r:+0.56 28.61 57.92 (29.31) 1:28.64 (30.72) 1:59.60 (30.96) 2 Okubo, Corey 95 USA- 2:01.74 2:01.17 788 7 r:+0.60 29.28 59.82 (30.54) 1:31.12 (31.30) 2:01.17 (30.05) 3 Thormeyer, Mark 97 Canada- 2:03.87 2:01.55 780 6 r:+0.65 29.45 1:00.61 (31.16) 1:31.31 (30.70) 2:01.55 (30.24) 4 Klein, Anders 97 Canada- 2:02.85 2:02.45 763 5 r:+0.59 28.82 59.51 (30.69) 1:31.12 (31.61) 2:02.45 (31.33) 5 MILLS, PETER 96 AUS- 2:03.02 2:02.92 754 4 r:+0.60 28.20 59.50 (31.30) 1:30.67 (31.17) 2:02.92 (32.25) 6 Song An, Andy X 98 Mexico- 2:04.66 2:04.37 728 3 r:+0.67 28.81 1:00.91 (32.10) 1:32.63 (31.72) 2:04.37 (31.74) 7 Trembath, Andre 96 New Zealand- 2:05.60 2:07.09 682 2 r:+0.61 29.06 1:01.00 (31.94) 1:34.03 (33.03) 2:07.09 (33.06) 8 Mizohata, Juran 98 Japan- 2:08.10 2:07.26 680 1 r:+0.64 29.54 1:01.52 (31.98) 1:34.07 (32.55) 2:07.26 (33.19) === B - Final === 9 Ogren, Curtis 96 USA- 2:02.09 2:02.43 763 r:+0.62 28.90 59.44 (30.54) 1:30.69 (31.25) 2:02.43 (31.74) 10 Brothers, Peter 96 Canada- 2:05.88 2:06.00 700 r:+0.62 29.76 1:02.05 (32.29) 1:34.39 (32.34) 2:06.00 (31.61) 11 Casey, Brendan 96 USA- 2:05.37 2:06.12 698 r:+0.69 29.72 1:02.15 (32.43) 1:34.11 (31.96) 2:06.12 (32.01) 12 Wang, Zhou 99 China- 2:09.76 2:07.27 680 r:+0.64 30.08 1:02.33 (32.25) 1:35.83 (33.50) 2:07.27 (31.44) 13 Zeng, Tim 97 Canada- 2:09.52 2:07.70 673 r:+0.58 29.10 1:02.03 (32.93) 1:34.74 (32.71) 2:07.70 (32.96) 14 Perez Bañuelos, 97 Mexico- 2:16.55 2:13.03 595 r:+0.58 30.24 1:03.65 (33.41) 1:37.43 (33.78) 2:13.03 (35.60) 15 Young, Ethan 98 USA- 2:08.52 2:13.23 592 r:+0.67 30.60 1:04.35 (33.75) 1:39.16 (34.81) 2:13.23 (34.07) 16 Eyre, Kalen 99 Fiji Islands- 2:42.52 2:40.53 338 r:+0.74 35.84 1:16.36 (40.52) 1:59.25 (42.89) 2:40.53 (41.28)
Women’s 400 free relay
The Australians powered their way past the Americans down the stretch to win the 400 free relay in a meet record time of 3:39.73. That swim smashed the previous mark of 3:40.97 set by Team USA in 2010, but will not beat the World Junior Record of 3:41.40 set by Russia at the World Junior Championships last summer since Sophie Taylor is listed as born in 1996. Girls, to be considered for World Junior Records this year, must be born in 1997 and earlier.
The U.S., however, with a second-place 3:40.14 had a team made up completely of those listed as born in 1997 and 1998 and are eligible to break the WJR set by the Russian squad last summer.
Russia’s Splits:
Mariia Baklakova – 55.05
Rozaliya Nasretdinova – 55.35
Valeriia Kolotushkina – 55.45
Daria S. Ustinova – 55.55
Japan (3:45.53), Canada (3:45.79), China (3:46.54), Mexico (3:53.27) and Fiji (4:18.20) also had team-scoring times.
Results
Event 23 Women 4x100 LC Meter Freestyle Relay ================================================================================== Jr. Pan Pac: M 3:40.97 08/28/2010USA, USA L Neal, J Tosky, M Schaefer, C Chenault Team Seed Finals FINA Points ================================================================================== === A - Final === 1 AUS 'A' 3:41.76 3:39.73M 894 18 1) McJannett, Lucy 98 2) r:0.27 Jack, Shayna 98 3) r:0.31 Taylor, Sophie 96 4) r:0.30 Gillett, Chelsea 97 r:+0.73 26.64 55.07 (55.07) 1:20.90 (25.83) 1:49.73 (54.66) 2:16.65 (26.92) 2:45.40 (55.67) 3:11.42 (26.02) 3:39.73 (54.33) 2 USA 'A' 3:41.50 3:40.14M 889 14 1) Moseley, Stanzi 98 2) r:0.25 Bilquist, Amy 97 3) r:0.24 Drabot, Katie 97 4) r:0.61 Konopka, Katrina 97 r:+0.75 27.16 55.66 (55.66) 1:22.00 (26.34) 1:50.66 (55.00) 2:16.71 (26.05) 2:45.12 (54.46) 3:11.37 (26.25) 3:40.14 (55.02) 3 Japan 'A-JPN' 3:42.81 3:45.53 827 12 1) Mochida, Sachi 99 2) r:0.17 Ikee, Rikako 00 3) r:0.31 Ito, Haruno 99 4) r:0.18 Makino, Hiroko 99 r:+0.70 27.17 56.22 (56.22) 1:22.98 (26.76) 1:51.72 (55.50) 2:19.58 (27.86) 2:49.07 (57.35) 3:16.49 (27.42) 3:45.53 (56.46) 4 Canada 'A-CAN' 3:47.23 3:45.79 824 10 1) Harvey, Mary-Sophie 99 2) r:0.44 Lam, Heather 98 3) r:0.05 Margitai, Lili 97 4) r:0.23 Aitchison, Alexndra 96 r:+0.74 27.21 56.42 (56.42) 1:23.36 (26.94) 1:52.95 (56.53) 2:19.75 (26.80) 2:49.95 (57.00) 3:16.42 (26.47) 3:45.79 (55.84) 5 China 'A-CHN' 3:47.58 3:46.54 816 8 1) Zhu, Menghui 99 2) r:+0.00 Zhu, Yifei 98 3) r:0.56 Li, Tete 98 4) r:0.54 Wang, Siqi 98 r:+0.72 26.74 56.02 (56.02) 1:22.75 (26.73) 1:52.36 (56.34) 2:19.86 (27.50) 2:49.38 (57.02) 3:16.94 (27.56) 3:46.54 (57.16) 6 Mexico 'A' 3:50.93 3:53.27 747 6 1) Revilak Fonseca, Ana Sofia 97 2) r:0.46 Gonzalez Hermosnika 95 3) r:0.46 Richaud Leyva, anda 96 4) r:0.29 Barba Tinoco, Ebeth 96 r:+0.72 27.60 57.67 (57.67) 1:25.28 (27.61) 1:56.54 (58.87) 2:23.97 (27.43) 2:54.37 (57.83) 3:22.24 (27.87) 3:53.27 (58.90) 7 Fiji Islands 'A-FIJ' 4:08.42 4:18.20 551 4 1) Smith, Brooke 97 2) r:0.35 Pene, Iris 98 3) r:0.48 Blake, Yolani 99 4) r:0.55 Naivalu, Adi Kimere 99 r:+0.72 30.19 1:03.78 (1:03.78) 1:34.53 (30.75) 2:08.83 (1:05.05) 2:38.63 (29.80) 3:12.84 (1:04.01) 3:44.25 (31.41) 4:18.20 (1:05.36) -- USA 'B' 3:48.04 x3:50.54 1) Bayer, Cassidy 99 2) r:0.65 Allen, Emily 97 3) r:0.39 Adams, Claire 98 4) r:0.49 Galyer, Danielle 95 r:+0.72 28.35 58.42 (58.42) 1:26.11 (27.69) 1:54.96 (56.54) 2:22.13 (27.17) 3:50.54 (1:55.58) -- Japan 'B-JPN' 3:49.77 x3:53.02 1) Konishi, Anna 96 2) r:0.33 Shirai, Rio 99 3) r:0.31 Sato, Chinatsu 99 4) r:0.06 Sakai, Natsumi 01 r:+0.80 28.34 59.00 (59.00) 1:26.73 (27.73) 1:56.75 (57.75) 2:24.26 (27.51) 2:54.84 (58.09) 3:22.53 (27.69) 3:53.02 (58.18) === Finals === -- Canada 'B-CAN' 3:50.15 x3:51.75 1) Buscher, Alexandra 97 2) r:0.48 Ludlow, Danica 96 3) r:0.16 Meklensek, Leah 99 4) r:0.28 Glover, Mackenzie 98 r:+0.71 28.31 57.50 (57.50) 1:25.77 (28.27) 1:55.81 (58.31) 2:23.20 (27.39) 2:53.69 (57.88) 3:51.75 (58.06)
Men’s 400 free relay
The U.S. men’s squad of Paul Powers, Blake Pieroni, James Jones and Townley Haas turned in a 3:18.68 to win the final relay of the night, just missing the meet record of 3:18.67 set by Team USA back in 2012. Australia’s Vincent Dai, Brayden McCarthy, Benno Negri and Blake Jones took second in 3:20.75 with Canada’s Markus Thormeyer, Mitchel Ferraro, Matthew Ackman and Cameron Kidd placing third in 3:22.98.
Results
Event 24 Men 4x100 LC Meter Freestyle Relay ================================================================================== Jr. Pan Pac: M 3:18.67 08/25/2012USA, USA M ELLIS, J CONGER, K DARMODY, P BRUMM Team Seed Finals FINA Points ================================================================================== === A - Final === 1 USA 'A' 3:20.05 3:18.68 850 18 1) Powers, Paul 95 2) r:0.41 Pieroni, Blake 95 3) r:0.37 Jones, James 97 4) r:0.21 Haas, Townley 96 r:+0.78 23.86 50.14 (50.14) 1:14.01 (23.87) 1:39.59 (49.45) 2:03.76 (24.17) 2:29.65 (50.06) 2:53.08 (23.43) 3:18.68 (49.03) 2 AUS 'A' 3:23.65 3:20.75 824 14 1) Dai, Vincent 98 2) r:0.40 McCarthy, Brayden 97 3) r:0.34 Negri, Benno 98 4) r:0.24 Jones, Blake 95 r:+0.70 24.46 50.59 (50.59) 1:15.10 (24.51) 1:40.72 (50.13) 2:04.52 (23.80) 2:31.06 (50.34) 2:54.75 (23.69) 3:20.75 (49.69) 3 Canada 'A-CAN' 3:24.21 3:22.98 797 12 1) Thormeyer, Markus 97 2) r:0.21 Ferraro, Mitchel 96 3) r:0.40 Ackman, Matthew 96 4) r:0.34 Kidd, Cameron 96 r:18.98 25.31 51.89 (51.89) 1:15.50 (23.61) 1:42.32 (50.43) 2:06.12 (23.80) 2:32.70 (50.38) 2:56.20 (23.50) 3:22.98 (50.28) 4 Japan 'A-JPN' 3:21.34 3:24.53 779 10 1) Matsumoto, Katsuhiro 97 2) r:0.34 Yajima, Yuya 96 3) r:0.15 Mizohata, Juran 98 4) r:0.36 Yoshida, Fuyu 97 r:+0.70 24.14 50.50 (50.50) 1:15.40 (24.90) 1:42.58 (52.08) 2:07.32 (24.74) 2:33.26 (50.68) 2:57.71 (24.45) 3:24.53 (51.27) 5 China 'A-CHN' 3:30.90 3:28.48 736 8 1) Chen, Qian 97 2) r:0.43 Cheng, Gong 97 3) r:0.26 Jin, Chenghao 99 4) r:0.23 Li, Yongwei 97 r:+0.78 25.41 52.69 (52.69) 1:45.72 (53.03) 2:09.72 (24.00) 2:37.26 (51.54) 3:01.64 (24.38) 3:28.48 (51.22) 6 New Zealand 'A-NZL' 3:29.67 3:28.97 730 6 1) Weir, Julian 96 2) r:0.21 Mildon, Dominic 96 3) r:0.46 Walsh, Ben 97 4) r:0.23 Ashby, Bradlee 95 r:+0.73 25.13 51.75 (51.75) 1:16.54 (24.79) 1:44.53 (52.78) 2:09.64 (25.11) 2:38.38 (53.85) 3:01.86 (23.48) 3:28.97 (50.59) 7 Mexico 'A' 3:28.09 3:30.82 711 4 1) Loria Elias, Lorenzo 95 2) r:0.36 Gonzalez Medinaateo 96 3) r:0.37 Song An, Andy Xyang 98 4) r:0.40 Perez Bañuelos,lito 97 r:+0.73 24.55 52.64 (52.64) 1:18.03 (25.39) 1:45.32 (52.68) 2:10.43 (25.11) 2:38.06 (52.74) 3:30.82 (52.76) 8 Fiji Islands 'A-FIJ' 4:00.18 3:58.51 491 2 1) Kado, Eugene 99 2) r:0.60 Johns, Oakley 98 3) r:0.62 Takayawa, Viliame 99 4) r:0.69 Rabua, Epeli 98 r:+0.73 27.47 57.55 (57.55) 1:26.34 (28.79) 1:59.82 (1:02.27) 2:27.56 (27.74) 3:00.36 (1:00.54) 3:27.72 (27.36) 3:58.51 (58.15) -- USA 'B' 3:27.53 x3:26.96 1) Andrew, Michael 99 2) r:0.36 Egan, Liam 96 3) r:0.36 Burns, Aidan 97 4) r:0.35 Shoults, Grant 97 r:+7.39 24.80 52.08 (52.08) 1:17.40 (25.32) 1:44.19 (52.11) 2:09.02 (24.83) 2:35.63 (51.44) 3:00.87 (25.24) 3:26.96 (51.33) === Finals === -- Canada 'B-CAN' 3:30.21 x3:27.34 1) Kuiack, Daniel 95 2) r:0.14 Dekker, Nicolaas 95 3) r:0.17 Brothers, Peter 96 4) r:0.47 Zeng, Tim 97 r:+4.46 24.86 52.22 (52.22) 1:16.33 (24.11) 1:43.83 (51.61) 2:08.63 (24.80) 2:35.52 (51.69) 3:00.17 (24.65) 3:27.34 (51.82)
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