Pan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Prelims: Luka Mijatovic Leads in Both 200 Free, 800 Free
Two years again in Hawaii, future Olympians like Thomas Heilman, Tomoyuki Matsushita, Alex Shackell and Erin Gemmell tested themselves internationally at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships. An early test of the emerging depth in countries lining the Pacific Ocean that happen to be some of the world’s powers, it’s a fitting look, just after the Paris Olympics, at who could be on that stage four years from now in Los Angeles.
The first morning session of the 2024 meet, kicking off in Canberra, Australia, offered a lot of American speed, with Luka Mijatovic leading the way.
Mijatovic set the top time in prelims of the boys 200 freestyle, nearly taking down a national age-group record, and was quickest in the first of two heats of the 800 free ahead of the timed final later in the day, in the first morning at the Pool at Bruce ACT.
The meet stretches through Saturday, with prelims at 9 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time the night before) and finals at 5 p.m. local (3 a.m. EDT).
A reminder that only two swimmers from each nation can qualify for the top eight in each event. Finals will include the fastest heat of the boys 800 free, timed finals of the girls 1,500 free and the mixed 400 medley relay.
A look at the first prelims session:
Girls 200 freestyle
The United States set the top two times in prelims, with Madi Mintenko leading the way in 1:58.81 and Kennedi Dobson second in 1:58.90. Two Aussies got under the two-minute mark, with Inez Miller third and Milla Jansen fourth. Amelia Weber of Australia was the fifth overall time but is limited to the B final.
Event 1 Women 13-18 200 LC Metre Freestyle
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Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 MINTENKO, MADI 17 USA 1:58.07 1:58.81
r:+0.83 27.83 57.80 (29.97)
1:28.42 (30.62) 1:58.81 (30.39)
2 DOBSON, KENNEDI 17 USA 1:59.54 1:58.90
r:+0.75 28.10 57.95 (29.85)
1:28.21 (30.26) 1:58.90 (30.69)
3 MILLER, INEZ 18 AUS 1:59.72 1:58.94
r:+0.80 27.89 57.88 (29.99)
1:28.40 (30.52) 1:58.94 (30.54)
4 JANSEN, MILLA 18 AUS 1:59.52 1:59.70
r:+0.71 27.67 57.86 (30.19)
1:28.83 (30.97) 1:59.70 (30.87)
5 COSGROVE, ELLA 17 CAN 2:00.72 2:01.84
r:+0.82 28.63 59.54 (30.91)
1:30.75 (31.21) 2:01.84 (31.09)
6 WALTERS, JENNA 18 CAN 2:00.98 2:02.45
r:+0.67 28.45 58.63 (30.18)
1:29.85 (31.22) 2:02.45 (32.60)
7 LEE, WON 14 KOR 2:02.65 2:02.51
r:+0.68 27.66 58.58 (30.92)
1:30.34 (31.76) 2:02.51 (32.17)
8 TAPPER, MILANA 18 NZL 2:01.47 2:02.53
r:+0.73 28.77 1:00.13 (31.36)
1:31.23 (31.10) 2:02.53 (31.30)
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9 WEBER, AMELIA 18 AUS 1:59.41 2:00.29
r:+0.73 28.29 58.69 (30.40)
1:29.59 (30.90) 2:00.29 (30.70)
10 HAN, KAYLA 16 USA 1:59.95 2:01.20
r:+0.69 28.64 59.20 (30.56)
1:30.57 (31.37) 2:01.20 (30.63)
11 CASEY, HANNAH 17 AUS 2:00.55 2:01.85
r:+0.76 27.45 57.94 (30.49)
1:29.25 (31.31) 2:01.85 (32.60)
11 MCPHERSON, LILLIE 16 AUS 2:00.45 2:02.22
r:+0.69 28.05 58.47 (30.42)
1:30.17 (31.70) 2:02.22 (32.05)
12 KIM, BOMIN 17 KOR 2:02.41 2:02.59
r:+0.62 28.35 58.93 (30.58)
1:30.85 (31.92) 2:02.59 (31.74)
13 WEST, MIA 18 CAN 2:00.48 2:02.94
r:+0.73 28.52 59.47 (30.95)
1:30.66 (31.19) 2:02.94 (32.28)
14 KING, LILY 17 USA 2:04.66 2:03.11
r:+0.67 28.03 59.15 (31.12)
1:31.53 (32.38) 2:03.11 (31.58)
15 DAVEY, GISELLE 18 AUS 1:59.17 2:03.43
r:+0.65 27.63 57.85 (30.22)
1:29.72 (31.87) 2:03.43 (33.71)
Boys 200 freestyle
Luka Mijatovic set a best time in going 1:47.96 to set the pace. That time is just off the 15-16 National Age-Group Record set last year by Maximus Williamson at 1:47.29. Gregg Enoch also set a best time by going 1:48.97.
The Americans had the top three times, though team captain Jason Zhao is in the B final in 1:48.98. Fourth overall is Ethan Ekk of Canada, off a strong performance at Canadian Trials. Marcus Da Silva of Australia was that country’s top qualifier in 1:49.39. The fourth American in the field, Norvin Clontz, went 1:49.80 to set the seventh fastest time.
Event 2 Men 13-18 200 LC Metre Freestyle
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Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 MIJATOVIC, LUKA 15 USA 1:48.73 1:47.96
r:+0.69 25.40 52.90 (27.50)
1:20.55 (27.65) 1:47.96 (27.41)
2 ENOCH, GREGG 18 USA 1:50.89 1:48.97
r:+0.63 25.46 53.01 (27.55)
1:20.79 (27.78) 1:48.97 (28.18)
3 EKK, ETHAN 17 CAN 1:49.15 1:49.29
r:+0.72 25.32 53.24 (27.92)
1:21.24 (28.00) 1:49.29 (28.05)
4 DA SILVA, MARCUS 18 AUS 1:48.45 1:49.39
r:+0.64 24.58 51.55 (26.97)
1:19.41 (27.86) 1:49.39 (29.98)
5 FACKERELL, LUCAS 17 AUS 1:51.30 1:49.71
r:+0.63 25.94 53.78 (27.84)
1:22.05 (28.27) 1:49.71 (27.66)
6 KIM, LAON 16 CAN 1:49.62 1:49.82
r:+0.66 25.57 53.17 (27.60)
1:21.82 (28.65) 1:49.82 (28.00)
7 KURODA, KAZUSA 17 JPN 1:48.94 1:50.63
r:+0.68 25.71 53.41 (27.70)
1:21.93 (28.52) 1:50.63 (28.70)
8 TSUJIMORI, KAITO 18 JPN 1:51.93 1:50.87
r:+0.66 25.61 53.72 (28.11)
1:22.60 (28.88) 1:50.87 (28.27)
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9 ZHAO, JASON 18 USA 1:48.60 1:48.98
r:+0.64 25.72 53.30 (27.58)
1:21.31 (28.01) 1:48.98 (27.67)
10 CLONTZ, NORVIN 17 USA 1:49.99 1:49.80
r:+0.70 26.29 54.09 (27.80)
1:22.20 (28.11) 1:49.80 (27.60)
11 CROSS, TEX 17 AUS 1:50.16 1:50.16
r:+0.67 25.84 53.56 (27.72)
1:21.99 (28.43) 1:50.16 (28.17)
12 COLLINS, XAVIER 18 AUS 1:49.76 1:50.33
r:+0.66 25.49 53.77 (28.28)
1:22.29 (28.52) 1:50.33 (28.04)
13 MIAO, ALEXANDER 18 CAN 1:50.80 1:51.42
r:+0.70 25.87 53.96 (28.09)
1:22.74 (28.78) 1:51.42 (28.68)
14 BRENNAN, FRANCIS 17 CAN 1:51.93 1:52.27
r:+0.66 25.71 53.67 (27.96)
1:22.68 (29.01) 1:52.27 (29.59)
15 WON, JUNE 16 KOR 1:53.06 1:54.34
r:+0.70 26.23 54.64 (28.41)
1:24.45 (29.81) 1:54.34 (29.89)
16 VISSER, BRENDAN 18 NZL 1:51.24 1:54.61
r:+0.68 26.27 54.70 (28.43)
1:24.50 (29.80) 1:54.61 (30.11)
Girls 100 backstroke
Leah Shackley was the only girl under a minute in leading the way in 59.69 seconds. The Americans posted the top four times in the event, Charlotte Crush getting the other A final spot in 1:00.10. Erika Pelaez (1:00.57) and Rylee Erisman (1:00.87) will contest the B final.
Delia Lloyd of Canada is the fastest non-American in 1:01.01.
Event 3 Women 13-18 100 LC Metre Backstroke
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Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 SHACKLEY, LEAH 18 USA 59.25 59.69
r:+0.64 28.94 59.69 (30.75)
2 CRUSH, CHARLOTTE 16 USA 59.86 1:00.10
r:+0.67 29.09 1:00.10 (31.01)
3 LLOYD, DELIA 18 CAN 1:00.43 1:01.01
r:+0.74 29.69 1:01.01 (31.32)
4 KRYGER, MADISON 16 CAN 1:00.73 1:01.16
r:+0.64 29.98 1:01.16 (31.18)
5 YAMAMOTO, CHIAKI 17 JPN 1:01.06 1:01.66
r:+0.58 29.86 1:01.66 (31.80)
6 AMMUNDSEN, ZOE 17 AUS 1:00.46 1:01.88
r:+0.57 29.33 1:01.88 (32.55)
7 WILSON, JESSICA 17 AUS 1:01.90 1:02.25
r:+0.64 30.07 1:02.25 (32.18)
8 GIBSON, ISABELLE 18 NZL 1:02.12 1:02.52
r:+0.75 30.35 1:02.52 (32.17)
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9 PELAEZ, ERIKA 18 USA 59.94 1:00.57
r:+0.66 29.55 1:00.57 (31.02)
10 ERISMAN, RYLEE 15 USA 1:00.04 1:00.87
r:+0.81 29.41 1:00.87 (31.46)
11 LIU, REINA 14 CAN 1:01.50 1:02.17
r:+0.74 30.40 1:02.17 (31.77)
12 GLINTMEYER, MILAN 16 NZL 1:02.22 1:03.40
r:+0.68 29.99 1:03.40 (33.41)
13 NAGAOKA, MISUZU 16 JPN 1:02.35 1:03.44
r:+0.62 30.33 1:03.44 (33.11)
14 DIELEKE, CECILIA 15 ARG 1:03.20 1:03.71
r:+0.63 30.77 1:03.71 (32.94)
15 TIGERT, LEAH 16 CAN 1:02.40 1:04.14
r:+0.69 31.36 1:04.14 (32.78)
16 KIM, SOJIN 18 KOR 1:04.01 1:04.88
r:+0.63 30.91 1:04.88 (33.97)
Boys 100 backstroke
Canada’s Aiden Norman led the way with a time of 54.53. The 18-year-old has been 53.99. Second was American Blake Amlicke in 55.31, just .24 up on countryman Sam Lorenz. Gavin Keogh was fourth in 55.57 but in the B final. Minjun Kim of South Korea and Jack Morrow of Australia also broke the 56-second barrier, Morrow for the first time.
Event 4 Men 13-18 100 LC Metre Backstroke
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Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 NORMAN, AIDEN 18 CAN 53.99 54.53
r:+0.65 27.01 54.53 (27.52)
2 AMLICKE, BLAKE 18 USA 54.84 55.31
r:+0.74 26.63 55.31 (28.68)
3 LORENZ, SAM 18 USA 54.91 55.55
r:+0.60 26.82 55.55 (28.73)
4 KIM, MINJUN 18 KOR 55.79 55.72
r:+0.57 26.86 55.72 (28.86)
5 MORROW, JACK 17 AUS 56.14 55.96
r:+0.64 27.74 55.96 (28.22)
6 IZUMI, HARUTO 18 JPN 55.96 56.02
r:+0.58 27.76 56.02 (28.26)
7 BOOTH, THOMAS 18 AUS 56.88 56.47
r:+0.66 27.31 56.47 (29.16)
8 WINTERBORN, BENJAMIN 18 CAN 55.78 56.48
r:+0.64 27.53 56.48 (28.95)
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9 KEOGH, GAVIN 17 USA 55.29 55.57
r:+0.68 27.03 55.57 (28.54)
10 MCKITRICK, BLAIR 18 AUS 56.85 56.60
r:+0.55 27.83 56.60 (28.77)
11 KERR, JOSHUA 18 AUS 56.31 56.61
r:+0.53 27.14 56.61 (29.47)
12 SOEDA, SHIGEKI 18 JPN 56.47 56.82
r:+0.67 27.72 56.82 (29.10)
13 NISHIKAWA, ASAKI 18 JPN 56.01 56.93
r:+0.52 27.34 56.93 (29.59)
14 CHENG, REAGAN 16 SGP 57.51 57.85
r:+0.65 28.08 57.85 (29.77)
15 GINZER, WELLS 18 CAN 57.38 58.06
r:+0.68 27.79 58.06 (30.27)
16 BRENNAN, FRANCIS 17 CAN 57.17 58.27
r:+0.59 28.36 58.27 (29.91)
Girls 200 butterfly
Audrey Derivaux, one of the revelations of Olympic Trials, set the pace in the girls 200 fly with a time of 2:09.31. That’s 1.6 off her best from Trials. She’s the clear favorite, the only one in the field who has broken 2:10 before.
Elloise Doolan of Australia was second in prelims in 2:11.75, leading a knot of three swimmers under 2:12. Kelsey Zhang of the U.S. was fifth in 2:12.86.
Event 5 Women 13-18 200 LC Metre Butterfly
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Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 DERIVAUX, AUDREY 15 USA 2:07.70 2:09.31
r:+0.77 29.07 1:01.74 (32.67)
1:34.92 (33.18) 2:09.31 (34.39)
2 DOOLAN, ELLOISE 18 AUS 2:11.40 2:11.75
r:+0.71 29.80 1:02.72 (32.92)
1:36.38 (33.66) 2:11.75 (35.37)
3 COLE, JESSICA 17 AUS 2:11.11 2:11.77
r:+0.69 29.29 1:02.49 (33.20)
1:36.23 (33.74) 2:11.77 (35.54)
4 OKUZONO, MISA 18 JPN 2:10.58 2:11.91
r:+0.70 29.83 1:03.31 (33.48)
1:37.42 (34.11) 2:11.91 (34.49)
5 ZHANG, KELSEY 17 USA 2:11.06 2:12.68
r:+0.68 29.86 1:03.47 (33.61)
1:37.55 (34.08) 2:12.68 (35.13)
6 WATSON, CLARE 17 CAN 2:11.64 2:13.12
r:+0.62 29.63 1:03.72 (34.09)
1:38.86 (35.14) 2:13.12 (34.26)
7 KIM, DOYEON 16 KOR 2:10.77 2:14.12
r:+0.64 29.53 1:03.37 (33.84)
1:38.16 (34.79) 2:14.12 (35.96)
8 KAISE, YUIKA 17 JPN 2:13.01 2:14.52
r:+0.68 29.95 1:04.24 (34.29)
1:38.85 (34.61) 2:14.52 (35.67)
Boys 200 butterfly
Japan led the way in the 200 fly with the top two seeds. Michitora Kono led the way in 1:58.96, followed by Riki Abe in 1:59.03. That duo was among four swimmers to enter with seed times in the 1:58s to their name.
Gregg Enoch completed a complex double by getting into the A final of the 200 fly in 1:59.46. He has been close to a second faster. Logan Robinson of the U.S. was fourth with the final sub-2-minute time in 1:59.57. Fifth went to Harrison Smith of Canada.
Event 6 Men 13-18 200 LC Metre Butterfly
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Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 KONO, MICHITORA 18 JPN 1:58.31 1:58.96
r:+0.68 26.33 56.76 (30.43)
1:27.59 (30.83) 1:58.96 (31.37)
2 ABE, RIKI 18 JPN 1:58.82 1:59.03
r:+0.63 26.56 57.09 (30.53)
1:28.30 (31.21) 1:59.03 (30.73)
3 ENOCH, GREGG 18 USA 1:58.49 1:59.46
r:+0.62 26.82 56.90 (30.08)
1:28.42 (31.52) 1:59.46 (31.04)
4 ROBINSON, LOGAN 18 USA 1:58.08 1:59.57
r:+0.64 26.35 56.75 (30.40)
1:27.88 (31.13) 1:59.57 (31.69)
5 SMITH, HARRISON 18 CAN 2:01.43 2:00.75
r:+0.67 26.97 57.47 (30.50)
1:28.79 (31.32) 2:00.75 (31.96)
6 MARTINEZ, IKE 18 AUS 2:00.38 2:01.34
r:+0.65 26.70 57.45 (30.75)
1:29.33 (31.88) 2:01.34 (32.01)
7 MOORE, JOSHUA 18 AUS 2:01.23 2:01.35
r:+0.79 27.19 57.84 (30.65)
1:29.78 (31.94) 2:01.35 (31.57)
8 DUNCAN, NICHOLAS 18 CAN 2:06.17 2:03.40
r:+0.66 26.74 57.77 (31.03)
1:30.07 (32.30) 2:03.40 (33.33)
Boys 800 freestyle
One distance heat is all that went off, with the fastest heat of the boys 800 free and the timed finals of the girls 1,500 free to come in the night session. That gave Luka Mijatovic, the third overall seed but the third-fastest American, a second swimmer of the session. He won his heat in a best time of 7:56.91, a second quicker than his seed. It’s slower than the seed time of both Luke Ellis, who’ll seed the fastest heat in 7:54.26 at night, and William Mulgrew (7:57.71).
Aiden Hammer of the U.S. was second in that swim in 8:05.22.
Event 7 Men 13-18 800 LC Metre Freestyle
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Name Age Team Seed Finals
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-- ELLIS, LUKE 18 USA 7:54.26 No Data
-- MULGREW, WILLIAM 17 USA 7:57.71 No Data
-- IMAFUKU, KAZUSHI 17 JPN 7:59.38 No Data
-- EKK, ETHAN 17 CAN 8:00.42 No Data
-- TSUJIMORI, KAITO 18 JPN 8:01.85 No Data
-- CROSS, TEX 17 AUS 8:06.55 No Data
-- STAMBUK, IGNACIO 18 ARG 8:09.73 No Data
-- KIRK, AIDEN 17 CAN 8:11.93 No Data
1 MIJATOVIC, LUKA 15 USA 7:57.94 7:56.91
27.31 56.97 (29.66)
7:28.10 (29.57) 7:56.91 (28.81)
2 HAMMER, AIDEN 17 USA 8:01.23 8:05.22
27.91 57.67 (29.76)
7:35.62 (30.83) 8:05.22 (29.60)
3 FONSECA FLOREZ, SIMON 16 CAN 8:15.55 8:17.23
28.30 58.12 (29.82)
7:46.74 (32.17) 8:17.23 (30.49)
4 FYNEMAN, BRADEN 18 AUS 8:14.56 8:23.83
27.51 57.68 (30.17)
7:52.97 (31.93) 8:23.83 (30.86)