Team USA Takes Down World Junior, Meet Records in Women’s 400 Medley Relay
Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott
MAUI, Hawaii, August 30.
There was no controversy tonight at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships as Team USA’s Amy Bilquist (1:01.52), Lilly King (1:08.03), Hannah Kukurugya (59.13) and Katie Drabot (54.76) not only won the women’s 400-meter medley relay in a meet-record time of 4:03.44, the team also took down the World Junior Record since each of its members were also eligible to set a FINA World Junior Record.
USA’s winning time of 4:03.44 downed the meet record of 4:03.73 set by Team USA in 2010, and also lowered Russia’s World Junior Record of 4:04.48 from last summer’s World Junior Championships. Yes, the realm of WJRs are currently confusing since FINA will only recognize some swims that went through all of the same verification as FINA World Records have to undergo, including drug testing. So, even though the U.S. had a faster Junior Pan Pac time in 2010 than Russia’s now former World Junior Record, it was never recognized as such.
Russia’s Splits:
Daria K. Ustinova – 1:01.29
Anna Belousova – 1:08.74
Svetlana Chimrova – 58.65
Rozaliya Nasretdinova – 55.80
Japan’s Rio Shirai (1:02.37), Runa Imai (1:08.18), Suzuka Hasegawa (58.69) and Rikako Ikee (54.87) gave the U.S. a run, but wound up with silver in 4:04.41. Canada’s Danielle Hanus (1:02.20), Kelsey Wog (1:11.01), Jacomie Strydom (1:00.27) and Mary-Sophie Harvey (55.09) took third in 4:08.57.
Results
Event 33 Women 4x100 LC Meter Medley Relay ================================================================================== Jr. Pan Pac: M 4:03.73 08/29/2010USA, USA M White, M Olsen, K Naze, L Neal Team Seed Finals FINA Points ================================================================================== === A - Final === 1 USA 'A' 4:03.49 4:03.44M 866 18 1) Bilquist, Amy 97 2) r:0.51 King, Lilly 97 3) r:0.53 Kukurugya, Hannah 98 4) r:0.33 Drabot, Katie 97 r:+0.68 30.05 1:01.52 (1:01.52) 1:33.39 (31.87) 2:09.55 (1:08.03) 2:37.55 (28.00) 3:08.68 (59.13) 3:34.90 (26.22) 4:03.44 (54.76) 2 Japan 'A-JPN' 4:03.65 4:04.11 858 14 1) Shirai, Rio 99 2) r:0.10 Imai, Runa 00 3) r:0.32 Hasegawa, Suzuka 00 4) r:0.29 Ikee, Rikako 00 r:+0.59 30.35 1:02.37 (1:02.37) 1:34.60 (32.23) 2:10.55 (1:08.18) 2:37.58 (27.03) 3:09.24 (58.69) 3:35.40 (26.16) 4:04.11 (54.87) 3 Canada 'A-CAN' 4:08.15 4:08.57 813 12 1) Hanus, Danielle 98 2) r:0.48 Wog, Kelsey 98 3) r:0.58 Strydom, Jacomie 96 4) r:0.46 Harvey, Mary-Sophie 99 r:+0.61 30.54 1:02.20 (1:02.20) 1:35.36 (33.16) 2:13.21 (1:11.01) 2:40.85 (27.64) 3:13.48 (1:00.27) 3:39.57 (26.09) 4:08.57 (55.09) 4 AUS 'A' 4:06.22 4:09.86 801 10 1) McJannett, Lucy 98 2) r:0.21 Harkin, Abbey 98 3) r:0.40 Licciardi, Chritina 95 4) r:0.34 Gillett, Chelsea 97 r:+0.62 31.08 1:03.44 (1:03.44) 2:14.85 (1:11.41) 2:42.95 (28.10) 3:15.10 (1:00.25) 3:41.72 (26.62) 4:09.86 (54.76) 5 China 'A-CHN' 4:15.34 4:18.23 725 8 1) Song, Yutong 99 2) r:0.67 Lin, Xinlan 98 3) r:0.68 Zheng, Yao 00 4) r:0.44 Zhu, Menghui 99 r:+0.66 30.50 1:03.51 (1:03.51) 1:38.43 (34.92) 2:18.79 (1:15.28) 2:47.67 (28.88) 3:21.98 (1:03.19) 3:48.60 (26.62) 4:18.23 (56.25) 6 Mexico 'A' 4:08.82 4:24.85 672 6 1) Gonzalez Hermosillo, Monika 9 2) r:+0.0 Jimenez Peon, Maria 97 3) r:+0.0 Revilak Fonsecaofia 97 4) r:0.32 Richaud Leyva, anda 96 r:+0.62 32.86 1:09.20 (1:09.20) 1:43.19 (33.99) 2:35.51 (1:26.31) 2:52.17 (16.66) 3:27.12 (51.61) 3:55.13 (28.01) 4:24.85 (57.73) 7 Fiji Islands 'A-FIJ' 4:41.45 4:58.32 470 4 1) Rasau, Ella 98 2) r:+0.0 Niumataiwalu, Mreta 01 3) r:+0.0 Naivalu, Adi Kimere 99 4) r:0.16 Pene, Iris 98 r:+0.61 34.19 1:11.92 (1:11.92) 1:51.47 (39.55) 3:13.92 ( ) 3:56.54 ( ) 4:24.19 (27.65) 4:58.32 (1:01.78) -- USA 'B' 4:05.48 x4:07.33 1) Adams, Claire 98 2) r:0.61 Caneta, Jorie 96 3) r:0.46 Bayer, Cassidy 99 4) r:0.20 Moseley, Stanzi 98 r:+0.61 30.57 1:02.33 (1:02.33) 1:35.19 (32.86) 2:12.30 (1:09.97) 2:40.33 (28.03) 3:11.90 (59.60) 3:38.31 (26.41) 4:07.33 (55.43) -- Japan 'B-JPN' 4:08.97 x4:10.78 1) Sakai, Natsumi 01 2) r:0.07 Tokunaga, Ayaka 99 3) r:0.27 Ito, Haruno 99 4) r:0.54 Mochida, Sachi 99 r:+0.63 30.54 1:03.39 (1:03.39) 1:37.14 (33.75) 2:14.34 (1:10.95) 2:42.44 (28.10) 3:14.84 (1:00.50) 3:41.74 (26.90) 4:10.78 (55.94) === Finals === -- Canada 'B-CAN' 4:10.89 x4:11.86 1) Glover, Mackenzie 98 2) r:0.42 Robertson, Geneieve 96 3) r:0.29 Huizinga, Danika 99 4) r:0.46 Lam, Heather 98 r:+0.65 31.37 1:02.79 (1:02.79) 1:36.49 (33.70) 2:14.28 (1:11.49) 2:42.42 (28.14) 3:15.37 (1:01.09) 3:42.61 (27.24) 4:11.86 (56.49)