USA Swimming released the time standards for the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships, via the USA Swimming News Twitter account.
The qualifying period for the meet began November 1, 2018 and will run through the entry deadline a few days before the meets begin December 11-14, 2019.
The West meet will be held in Federal Way, Washington and the East Championships will be contested in Atlanta, Georgia. Both will be using the short course yards format.
Official Time Standards for the meet are available below:
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Compared to 2018’s meet, the major differences on the women’s side are in the sprint freestyle events and 200 backstroke:
| Event | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| 50 Freestyle | 23.49 | 23.39 |
| 100 Freestyle | 50.89 | 50.69 |
| 200 Freestyle | 1:49.69 | 1:49.29 |
| 200 Backstroke | 2:01.29 | 2:00.99 |
For the men, faster cuts came in every individual event excluding the 100, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyles:
| Event | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| 50 Freestyle | 20.89 | 20.79 |
| 200 Freestyle | 1:39.79 | 1:39.39 |
| 500 Freestyle | 4:31.49 | 4:30.49 |
| 100 Backstroke | 50.79 | 49.99 |
| 200 Backstroke | 1:50.59 | 1:49.99 |
| 100 Breaststroke | 57.39 | 56.99 |
| 200 Breaststroke | 2:05.69 | 2:04.59 |
| 100 Butterfly | 49.89 | 49.59 |
| 200 Butterfly | 1:52.09 | 1:51.59 |
| 200 IM | 1:51.49 | 1:50.79 |
| 400 IM | 4:00.19 | 3:59.09 |
Last year, both the East Meet and West Meet featured numerous National Age Group and Meet Records including standout meets from Carson Foster, Charlotte Hook, Regan Smith, Luca Urlando, Alex Walsh and Gretchen Walsh.
