Paul Powers Lowers 17-18 U.S. National Age Group Record in 50 Free at Junior Pan Pacs
Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott
MAUI, Hawaii, August 30.
USA’s Paul Powers downed his meet record as well as Caeleb Dressel’s 17-18 U.S. National Age Group record in the 50-meter freestyle with a winning time of 22.20. That performance downed his meet record of 22.24 set this morning, while he also clipped Dressel’s 22.22 from 2013 just a few months before he will turn 19 while swimming at the University of Michigan.
Australia’s Blake Jones took a distant second in 22.67 with Canada’s Cameron Kidd placing third in 22.69.
USA’s James Jones (22.81), Australia’s Vincent Dai (22.81), Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsumoto (23.21), Canada’s Markus Thormeyer (23.34) and Mexico’s Lorenzo Loria (23.55) also took part in the A final.
Michael Andrew of the U.S. cleared 23 seconds for the first time as the 15-year-old pro won the B final in 22.82. Australia’s Brayden McCarthy also cleared 23 with a second-place 22.87.
Canada’s Mitchel Ferraro (23.21), China’s Jin Chenghao (23.68), China’s Chen Qian (23.98), New Zealand’s Julian Weir (24.02), New Zealand’s Dominic Mildon (24.52) and China’s Chen Chaoqi (25.05) also made their way into the consolation heat.
Results
Event 28 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle ========================================================================= Jr. Pan Pac: M 22.24 08/30/2014Paul Powers, USA Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Powers, Paul 95 USA- 22.24 22.20M 835 9 2 Jones, Blake 95 AUS- 22.87 22.67 784 7 3 Kidd, Cameron 96 Canada- 22.91 22.69 782 6 4 Jones, James 97 USA- 22.85 22.81 770 4.5 4 Dai, Vincent 98 AUS- 22.72 22.81 770 4.5 6 Matsumoto, Kats 97 Japan- 23.66 23.21 731 3 7 Thormeyer, Mark 97 Canada- 23.20 23.34 719 2 8 Loria Elias, Lo 95 Mexico- 23.86 23.55 699 1 === B - Final === 9 Andrew, Michael 99 USA- 23.28 22.82 769 10 McCarthy, Brayd 97 AUS- 23.05 22.87 764 11 Ferraro, Mitche 96 Canada- 23.70 23.21 731 12 Jin, Chenghao 99 China- 23.88 23.68 688 13 Chen, Qian 97 China- 24.12 23.98 663 14 Weir, Julian 96 New Zealand- 24.37 24.02 659 15 Mildon, Dominic 96 New Zealand- 24.31 24.52 620 16 Chen, Chaoqi 99 China- 24.43 25.05 581