The Morning Swim Show, August 11, 2009: Kasey Carlson on Winning Bronze Medal at World Championships; Recapping First Night at USA Swimming Junior Nationals and Near World Records in Australia

PHOENIX, Arizona, August 11. WORLD championships bronze medalist Kasey Carlson joins Peter Busch on The Morning Swim Show to talk about her trip to Rome and what lies in the immediate future.

Carlson relives the emotions of placing third in the 100 breast at worlds and what it meant to have Rebecca Soni on the podium with her. She also talks about going back to high school and the task of picking colleges for recruiting trips. In this show, Busch also recaps the first night at the USA Swimming junior nationals and points out some near worlds records at the Australian short course nationals. Watch the show in the video player below. The transcript of the show's opening segment follows.

and the best 18-and-under swimmers in the United States are racing at the USA Swimming junior nationals this week. We'll highlight the top swims from that meet and the Australian short course nationals and we'll talk to Kasey Carlson, who surprised everyone when she made the world championship team in the 100 breast then came back home with a bronze medal.

Down Under at the Telstra short course nationals in Hobart, Matt Jaukovic made a run at the world record in the 50 fly, but came up just a tenth short of Amaury Leveaux's 22.18 with a 22.28. Jaukovic had to withdraw from the world university games last month after suffering from swine flu symptoms, but it appears he's back in good health. Leisel Jones didn't go to worlds but that doesn't mean she's not swimming fast. Jones attempted to break her own world record in the 100 breast on Tuesday with 1:04.04, three-tenths off her record.

Back here in the United States, the USA Swimming junior nationals is the place to be if you're 18 years old and under. Before USA Swimming revived junior nationals a few years ago, the meet was a showcase for young swimmers who had not yet qualified for senior nationals and essentially a chance for them to use a major meet to get qualifying times for senior nationals. But now, many of the top young swimmers whose names you might remember from the world championship trials last month are racing in Federal Way, Washington, this week and winning races handily.

Chloe Sutton is one of those swimmers. Sutton just returned from the world championships, where she made the final of the 1500 free and was 10th overall in the 800. As you can see from this footage provided by Swimnetwork, Sutton made a statement last night in the 800, wearing a conventional suit while the rest of the heat wore high-tech suits. Though Sutton was well off her best time, she held off Megan Rankin and Emily Kelly to win with an 8:39.03.

Felicia Lee, who is 17 years old and swims for North Baltimore Aquatic Club, placed 10th at the world trials in the 200 fly with a 2:10.46. Lee took advantage of another month of training and won the 200 fly at junior nationals with a 2:09.45.

Kyle Whitaker, the national high school record holder in the 200 IM, won the 200 fly at juniors easily with a 1:56.95. Like Lee, Whitaker swam much faster last night than he did at the world trials, where he finished 12th with a 2:00.37. Whitaker's time from last night would have put him in the final of the 200 fly at the world trials and placed him fifth.

Will Freeman won the men's mile with a 15:25.44, four seconds faster than his 15:29.34 which placed him 12th at the world trials. Annie Zhu won the women's 200 breast with a 2:29.06 and Matthew Elliott won the men's 200 breast with a 2:14.67.

We'll have recaps of each night's swims from junior nationals on our website, swimmingworld.com.

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