Junior Pan Pacs – Day 2 Prelims: Erin Gemmell Seeking Second Title; Japan Sizzles in 400 IM
Junior Pan Pacs – Day 2 Prelims: Erin Gemmell Seeking Second Title; Japan Sizzles in 400 IM
Based on action during the second prelims session at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, the evening finals should produce some superb performances. In addition to an NAG (15-16) record from the United States’ Thomas Heilman in the 100-meter freestyle, Erin Gemmell shined in the women’s version of the event and Japan’s Ei Kamikawabata was superb in the 400 individual medley.
One night after winning the 200 freestyle, Gemmell positioned herself for a run at the title in the 100 free. The University of Texas recruit registered a meet-record time of 54.42, to lead Australia’s Milla Jansen (54.53). In the next event, Heilman clocked 49.06 in the 100 freestyle to break Caeleb Dressel’s 2013 NAG record of 49.28. In the final, Heilman and Australian rising star Flynn Southam will duel for the gold medal.
Kamikawabata is providing Japan with promise in the medley events beyond the days of Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto. The youngster topped qualifying in the 400 IM behind a time of 4:14.95. His compatriot, Mio Narita, earned the No. 1 seed in the women’s 400 medley, on the strength of a swim of 4:42.33.
The top seeds for the finals of the 100 breaststroke events were claimed by Team USA’s Piper Enge (1:08.38) and Japan’s Yamato Okadome (1:00.70).
Junior Pan Pacs – Results
Event 10 Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle ================================================================== Jr World: J 52.70 8/11/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN Jr. Pan Pac: M 54.47 8/24/2018 Gretchen WALSH, USA-US Name Year Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Gemmell, Erin 04 USA-US- 54.62 54.42M q857 26.25 54.42 (28.17) 2 Jansen, Milla 06 Australia- 54.94 54.53 q852 3 Wunsch, Olivia 06 Australia- 54.82 54.92 q834 26.58 54.92 (28.34) 4 Wilson, Kayla 04 USA-US- 55.09 55.00 q831 26.70 55.00 (28.30) 5 Daley, Lilly 05 Canada- 55.83 55.46 q810 6 Littlejohn, Lau 04 New Zealand- 55.43 55.76 q797 7 Liang, Christey 04 Canada- 55.98 55.97 q788 8 Ninomiya, Karin 04 Japan- 56.17 56.86 q752 27.39 56.86 (29.47)
Event 11 Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle ================================================================== Jr World: J 47.13 6/21/2022 David Popovici, ITA Jr. Pan Pac: M 48.91 8/25/2016 Jack CARTWRIGHT, Australia Name Year Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Heilman, Thomas 07 USA-US- 49.67 49.06 q874 23.61 49.06 (25.45) 2 Southam, Flynn 05 Australia- 48.54 49.12 q871 24.09 49.12 (25.03) 3 McFadden, Henry 05 USA-US- 49.72 49.23 q865 24.02 49.23 (25.21) 4 Mooney, Jamie 04 Australia- 50.39 50.14 q818 24.28 50.14 (25.86) 5 Scott, Tatsumi 04 Japan- 51.05 50.78 q788 24.58 50.78 (26.20) 6 Watanabe, Yuta 04 Japan- 50.60 50.95 q780 24.59 50.95 (26.36) 7 Senc-Samardzic, 05 Canada- 51.52 51.23 q767 24.89 51.23 (26.34) 8 Dardis, Paul 06 Canada- 50.76 51.34 q762 24.22 51.34 (27.12)
Event 12 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke ================================================================== Jr World: J 1:04.35 7/29/2013 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU Jr. Pan Pac: M 1:07.55 8/24/2018 Emily WEISS, USA-US Name Year Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Enge, Piper 06 USA-US- 1:08.12 1:08.38 q824 32.33 1:08.38 (36.05) 2 Kato, Kotomi 06 Japan- 1:08.52 1:09.49 q785 32.80 1:09.49 (36.69) 3 Martin, Sophie 05 Australia- 1:09.74 1:09.98 q769 32.51 1:09.98 (37.47) 4 Kusuda, Yumeno 05 Japan- 1:10.15 1:10.15 q764 33.25 1:10.15 (36.90) 5 Johnson, Isabel 06 Australia- 1:10.45 1:10.47 q753 33.16 1:10.47 (37.31) 6 McMillan, Ashle 04 Canada- 1:10.58 1:10.65 q747 33.14 1:10.65 (37.51) 7 Ethier, Danika 04 Canada- 1:10.42 1:10.81 q742 33.49 1:10.81 (37.32) 8 Weyant, Gracie 05 USA-US- 1:10.94 1:11.48 q722 33.95 1:11.48 (37.53)
Event 13 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke ================================================================== Jr World: J 59.01 8/23/2017 Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA Jr. Pan Pac: M 59.85 8/24/2012 Akihiro YAMAGUCHI, Japan Name Year Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Okadome, Yamato 05 Japan- 1:01.16 1:00.70 q822 28.81 1:00.70 (31.89) 2 Mahabir, Nichol 05 Singapore- 1:00.37 1:01.31 q798 28.85 1:01.31 (32.46) 3 Buckingham, Hai 04 Australia- 1:01.33 1:01.74 q781 29.19 1:01.74 (32.55) 4 Fan, Zhier 04 USA-US- 1:00.64 1:02.40 q757 29.49 1:02.40 (32.91) 5 Nguyen, Watson 05 USA-US- 1:02.30 1:03.12 q731 29.66 1:03.12 (33.46) 6 Taivassalo, Bra 04 Canada- 1:03.47 1:03.34 q724 29.87 1:03.34 (33.47) 7 Gorgijovski, Al 04 Australia- 1:03.14 1:03.83 q707 29.99 1:03.83 (33.84) 8 Chan, Junhao 04 Singapore- 1:06.28 1:04.38 q689 29.91 1:04.38 (34.47)
Event 14 Women 400 LC Meter IM ================================================================== Jr World: J 4:32.04 6/25/2022 Summer McIntosh, CAN Jr. Pan Pac: M 4:39.76 8/24/2012 Becca MANN, USA Name Year Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Narita, Mio 06 Japan- 4:36.71 4:42.33 q839 29.27 1:02.87 (33.60) 1:39.57 (36.70) 2:15.41 (35.84) 2:54.33 (38.92) 3:35.20 (40.87) 4:09.18 (33.98) 4:42.33 (33.15) 2 Han, Kayla 08 USA-US- 4:44.63 4:46.99 q799 31.48 1:05.36 (33.88) 1:42.45 (37.09) 2:19.42 (36.97) 3:00.33 (40.91) 3:41.98 (41.65) 4:15.72 (33.74) 4:46.99 (31.27) 3 Suzuki, Ayami 05 Japan- 4:44.39 4:47.18 q797 29.70 1:03.32 (33.62) 1:38.84 (35.52) 2:14.95 (36.11) 2:57.53 (42.58) 3:40.44 (42.91) 4:14.79 (34.35) 4:47.18 (32.39) 4 Mattes, Michael 05 USA-US- 4:48.13 4:47.84 q792 30.02 1:03.86 (33.84) 1:40.68 (36.82) 2:16.71 (36.03) 3:00.81 (44.10) 3:44.13 (43.32) 4:16.45 (32.32) 4:47.84 (31.39) 5 Jansen, Ella 05 Canada- 4:40.17 4:48.22 q789 29.50 1:02.73 (33.23) 1:39.44 (36.71) 2:15.14 (35.70) 2:57.30 (42.16) 3:40.86 (43.56) 4:14.82 (33.96) 4:48.22 (33.40) 6 Hazle, Kathryn 04 Canada- 4:46.45 4:49.06 q782 30.14 1:04.93 (34.79) 1:43.10 (38.17) 2:20.69 (37.59) 3:02.31 (41.62) 3:43.33 (41.02) 4:16.68 (33.35) 4:49.06 (32.38) 7 Kritzinger, Tia 05 Australia- 4:50.54 4:55.69 q730 31.48 1:07.01 (35.53) 1:46.19 (39.18) 2:25.16 (38.97) 3:06.26 (41.10) 3:48.34 (42.08) 4:22.84 (34.50) 4:55.69 (32.85) 8 Roper, Georgie 05 Australia- 4:53.91 4:59.55 q703 31.39 1:07.02 (35.63) 1:46.20 (39.18) 2:23.91 (37.71) 3:08.27 (44.36) 3:52.59 (44.32) 4:27.49 (34.90) 4:59.55 (32.06)
Event 15 Men 400 LC Meter IM ================================================================== Jr World: J 4:10.02 5/23/2021 Ilia Borodin, RUS Jr. Pan Pac: M 4:12.59 8/24/2012 Chase KALISZ, USA Name Year Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Kamikawabata, E 04 Japan- 4:16.61 4:14.95 q874 26.92 57.66 (30.74) 1:31.26 (33.60) 2:03.93 (32.67) 2:39.43 (35.50) 3:15.22 (35.79) 3:45.72 (30.50) 4:14.95 (29.23) 2 Wigginton, Lorn 05 Canada- 4:21.83 4:19.40 q830 27.74 59.05 (31.31) 1:33.45 (34.40) 2:07.19 (33.74) 2:43.43 (36.24) 3:20.14 (36.71) 3:50.37 (30.23) 4:19.40 (29.03) 3 Abe, Riki 06 Japan- 4:18.46 4:19.84 q826 26.54 57.49 (30.95) 1:31.52 (34.03) 2:05.19 (33.67) 2:41.25 (36.06) 3:17.35 (36.10) 3:49.05 (31.70) 4:19.84 (30.79) 4 Lucas, Cooper 05 USA-US- 4:19.95 4:21.21 q813 27.69 57.87 (30.18) 1:32.02 (34.15) 2:05.56 (33.54) 2:43.32 (37.76) 3:20.69 (37.37) 3:51.52 (30.83) 4:21.21 (29.69) 5 Petric, William 04 Australia- 4:22.12 4:23.43 q793 26.84 57.75 (30.91) 1:33.18 (35.43) 2:08.01 (34.83) 2:44.79 (36.78) 3:21.94 (37.15) 3:53.36 (31.42) 4:23.43 (30.07) 6 Williamson, Max 06 USA-US- 4:20.01 4:24.09 q787 26.67 57.64 (30.97) 1:30.13 (32.49) 2:02.75 (32.62) 2:41.35 (38.60) 3:20.77 (39.42) 3:52.56 (31.79) 4:24.09 (31.53) 7 Loewen, Benjami 04 Canada- 4:24.33 4:26.04 q769 27.49 59.70 (32.21) 1:34.27 (34.57) 2:07.28 (33.01) 2:45.57 (38.29) 3:24.83 (39.26) 3:56.63 (31.80) 4:26.04 (29.41) 8 Staples, Joshua 04 Australia- 4:23.81 4:26.19 q768 28.24 1:00.86 (32.62) 1:36.58 (35.72) 2:10.33 (33.75) 2:48.13 (37.80) 3:26.48 (38.35) 3:57.70 (31.22) 4:26.19 (28.49)