Junior Pan Pacific Championships: Mitch Larkin Scorches 400 IM

MAUI, Hawaii, August 27. THE second evening of long course meter swimming at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships featured even more revisions to the meet record book.

Australia's Mitch Larkin crushed the meet record in the men's 400 IM with a top time of 4:16.07. That time far surpassed the 4:17.86 set by Yuya Horihata last year, and pushed Larking up to 19th in the world rankings this year. Japan's Daiya Seto earned second in 4:19.07, while Australia's Daniel Tranter wound up third in 4:20.53.

Australia's Yolane Kukla first tied Dagny Knutson's meet record of 55.37 during prelims of the women's 100 free before returning in finals with a close victory over USA's Lia Neal, 54.69 to 54.91, to finish the day with the meet mark. Kukla has been faster this year with an eighth-ranked 54.02 at the Pan Pacific Championships. USA's Jasmine Tosky earned her second podium of the meet with a third-place 55.25, also under Knutson's previous record.

USA's Mary Olsen charted a 1:09.03 during prelims of the women's 100 breast to clip Samantha Marshall's 2009 meet record of 1:09.08. Australia's Tessa Wallace, however, crushed Olsen's short-lived mark with a sterling time of 1:07.99 in the finale. Wallace just missed her 20th-ranked season best of 1:07.92 set at Pan Pacs. Canada's Tera VanBeilin finished second in 1:08.32, while Australia's Rebecca Kemp placed third in 1:08.98. Olsen wound up fourth in the evening in 1:09.23.

James Stacey's 2007 meet record in the men's 100 breast of 1:02.81 didn't stand a chance. Four swimmers cleared the mark in prelims with USA's Kevin Cordes leading qualifying with a 1:02.26. The competition got even faster at night with Australia's Nich Schafer touching out USA's Matt Elliott, 1:01.92 to 1:01.99, for the meet record and win. Japan's Masaya Kano placed third in 1:02.48, while Cordes faded to sixth in 1:03.10.

Australia's Kenneth To touched out USA's Clay Youngquist, 50.16 to 50.22, in the men's 100 free. USA's Kip Darmody rounded out the top three in 50.46.

USA's Nicole Vernon captured the women's 400 IM in 4:43.74, while Australia's Amy Levings took second in 4:44.93. Australia's Keryn McMaster placed third overall in 4:45.51.

In relay action, USA's Chelsea Chenault, Lia Neal, Lauren Driscoll and Jasmine Tosky dominated the women's 800 free relay with a time of 8:00.89. Canada's Lindsay Delmar, Lauren Earp, Alyson Ackman and Brittany Maclean finished second in 8:06.00. For the men, Australia's Ned McKendry, Kenneth To, Jayden Hadler and Declan Potts beat out USA's Clay Youngquist, Kip Darmody, David Nolan and Nicholas Caldwell, 7:18.35 to 7:19.10, for the men's 800 free relay crown.

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