Carson Foster’s NAG Record, Emily Weiss’s Meet Record Highlight Second Morning Of Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The second morning of the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships was another great showing for Team USA as they had every top seed on Friday morning in Fiji.

Carson Foster broke a legendary NAG record that was held by Michael Phelps,and Emily Weiss broke a meet record that was held by Zoe Bartel.

Team captains Lucie Nordmann, Drew Kibler and Daniel Roy also put up the top times in their respective events. Mariah Denigan is the other top seed for Team USA going into night two.

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Women’s 100 Free

Lucie Nordmann posted the top time in the 100 free heats with a 54.99, breaking 55 for the first time in her career before she heads off to Stanford in the fall. Nordmann is ahead of fellow American Gretchen Walsh (55.41) who is third for tonight’s final.

Walsh added over a second from her best time of 54.38 from Nationals. Walsh is currently third all-time in the 15-16 age group as the 15-year-old still has another year to try and catch the 53.63 by Missy Franklin from 2011.

Australia’s Eliza King (55.20) split the two Americans as she will have lane five for the final tonight.

The Americans 4×100 free relay is looking solid with Nordmann, Walsh, Alex Walsh (55.61) and Isabel Ivey (55.65). The latter two will swim in the B-Final for Team USA.

Japan’s Nagisa Ikemoto (55.91) will be the lone Japanese representative in the final. Australia will also have Abbey Webb (55.94) in lane 2.

Canada’s Maggie MacNeil (56.44) and Ainsley McMurray (56.65) placed sixth and seventh while Ecuador got its first A-finalist of the week with Anicka Delgado placing eighth at 56.93.

 Event 10  Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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     Jr World: W 52.70  08/11/2016Penny Oleksiak, CAN
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 54.60  08/26/2012Simone Manuel, USA
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                         === Round 1 ===                          
 
  1 NORDMANN, Lucie  00 USA-US-             55.08      54.99  q848  
    r:+0.67  26.61        54.99 (28.38)
  2 KING, Eliza      01 Australia-          55.49      55.20  q838  
    r:+0.67  26.94        55.20 (28.26)
  3 WALSH, Gretchen  03 USA-US-             54.38      55.41  q829  
    r:+0.78  26.65        55.41 (28.76)
  4 IKEMOTO, Nagisa  02 Japan-              55.24      55.91  q807  
    r:+0.65  26.74        55.91 (29.17)
  5 WEBB, Abbey      01 Australia-          55.32      55.94  q806  
    r:+0.72  27.54        55.94 (28.40)
  6 MACNEIL, Maggie  00 Canada-             56.05      56.44  q784  
    r:+0.47  27.28        56.44 (29.16)
  7 MCMURRAY, Ainsley00 Canada-             56.19      56.65  q776  
    r:+0.73  27.72        56.65 (28.93)
  8 DELGADO, Anicka  02 Ecuador-            56.45      56.93  q764  
    r:+0.64  27.45        56.93 (29.48)

Men’s 100 Free

The Americans had the fastest four swimmers in the prelims of the 100 free as Drew Kibler (49.55) and Adam Chaney (50.06) will move on to the A-Final. Danny Kovac (50.12) and Destin Lasco (50.16) will swim in the B-Final.

All four were faster than the next qualifiers in Japan’s Keisuke Ishizaki (50.32), Australia’s Ashton Brinkworth (50.33), China’s Wang Yi (50.43) and Singapore’s Mikkel Lee (50.44).

Chaney is currently third all-time in the 15-16 age group in the 100 free as the 49.28 from Caeleb Dressel in 2013 is within his reach at finals. Kibler is 18 and will be chasing another Dressel record, this one is from 2015 and stands at a 48.78. Kibler is sixth all-time in the 17-18 age group.

Australia’s Joseph Jackson (50.59) and Japan’s Taikan Tanaka (51.31) also qualified for the final.

 Event 11  Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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     Jr World: W 47.58  08/10/2016Kyle Chalmers, AUS
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 48.91  08/25/2016Jack CARTWRIGHT, Australia
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                         === Round 1 ===                          
 
  1 KIBLER, Drew     00 USA-US-             49.28      49.55  q848  
    r:+0.60  23.80        49.55 (25.75)
  2 CHANEY, Adam     02 USA-US-             49.95      50.06  q822  
    r:+0.62  23.30        50.06 (26.76)
  3 ISHIZAKI, Keisuke00 Japan-              49.88      50.32  q810  
    r:+0.60  24.64        50.32 (25.68)
  4 BRINKWORTH, Ashton 00 Australia-        50.24      50.33  q809  
    r:+0.64  24.07        50.33 (26.26)
  5 WANG, Yi         02 China-              51.50      50.43  q804  
    r:+0.58  24.89        50.43 (25.54)
  6 Lee, Mikkel      02 SGP-                50.89      50.44  q804  
    r:+0.58  24.12        50.44 (26.32)
  7 JACKSON, Joseph  00 Australia-          50.50      50.59  q797  
    r:+0.67  24.32        50.59 (26.27)
  8 TANAKA, Taikan   01 Japan-              50.73      51.31  q764  
    r:+0.55  24.52        51.31 (26.79)

Women’s 100 Breast

American Emily Weiss lowered her best time and broke the meet record on Friday morning at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Fiji. Weiss swam a 1:07.61 to break the meet record of 1:07.82 from American Zoe Bartel from 2016. Weiss’s best time before this was a 1:07.99 that she swam at the last two National Championships. Weiss is now seventh all-time in the 17-18 age group, moving ahead of 2000 Olympian Staciana Stitts.

Weiss is over a second ahead of second place Nina Kucheran (1:08.81) from Canada. The other American in the final is Allie Raab (1:09.40), who knocked out Zoie Hartman (1:09.81) of the final.

The other Canadian in the final will be Avery Wiseman (1:09.45) as the Canadians are showing they have a good group of young breaststrokers coming up in the ranks.

Australia’s Chelsea Hodges (1:09.56), Japan’s Yukino Miyasaka (1:09.72), Shiori Asaba (1:09.80) and China’s Peng Aiyuan (1:10.75) also qualified for the final.

 Event 12  Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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     Jr World: W 1:05.39  08/20/2014Ruta Meilutyte, LTU
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 1:07.82  08/25/2016Zoe BARTEL, USA-US
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                         === Round 1 ===                          
 
  1 WEISS, Emily     01 USA-US-           1:07.99    1:07.61M q862  
    r:+0.69  31.64      1:07.61 (35.97)
  2 KUCHERAN, Nina   00 Canada-           1:09.27    1:08.81  q817  
    r:+0.50  32.35      1:08.81 (36.46)
  3 RAAB, Allie      00 USA-US-           1:08.97    1:09.40  q797  
    r:+0.64  33.05      1:09.40 (36.35)
  4 WISEMAN, Avery   02 Canada-           1:08.46    1:09.45  q795  
    r:+0.74  32.55      1:09.45 (36.90)
  5 HODGES, Chelsea  01 Australia-        1:09.13    1:09.56  q791  
    r:+0.68  32.64      1:09.56 (36.92)
  6 MIYASAKA, Yukino 00 Japan-            1:09.07    1:09.72  q786  
    r:+0.67  32.76      1:09.72 (36.96)
  7 ASABA, Shiori    00 Japan-            1:08.77    1:09.80  q783  
    r:+0.55  33.60      1:09.80 (36.20)
  8 PENG, Aiyuan     03 China-            1:12.00    1:10.75  q752  
    r:+0.75  33.67      1:10.75 (37.08)

Men’s 100 Breast

The men’s 100 breast will be a very tight race as it doesn’t look like a guaranteed American gold medal. Team captain Daniel Roy is the top seed with his 1:02.35 on Friday morning at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He is just ahead of Gabe Mastromatteo (1:02.46) of Canada, who was the top seed coming into the meet.

Both Roy and Mastromatteo have faster seed times and it could take a 1:01 to win the gold medal, or even get on the podium.

Japan’s duo of Kaede Hirakawa (1:02.67) and Yamato Fukasawa (1:02.80) also had faster seed times than they swum with Fukasawa coming in with a 1:01.

The other American in the field is Tim Connery (1:02.83) who qualified fifth. Connery out-touched the duo of AJ Bornstein (1:02.86) and AJ Pouch (1:02.87) who qualified 10th and 11th.

Canada’s Alexander Milanovich (1:03.71), Australia’s Thomas Pearson (1:04.46) and New Zealand’s Matthew Holder (1:04.84) also qualified for the final.

 Event 13  Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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     Jr World: W 59.01  08/23/2017Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 59.85  08/24/2012Akihiro YAMAGUCHI, Japan
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                         === Round 1 ===                          
 
  1 ROY, Daniel      00 USA-US-           1:01.56    1:02.35  q769  
    r:+0.60  29.45      1:02.35 (32.90)
  2 MASTROMATTEO, Gabe02 Canada-          1:01.33    1:02.46  q765  
    r:+0.61  29.63      1:02.46 (32.83)
  3 HIRAKAWA, Kaede  00 Japan-            1:02.35    1:02.67  q757  
    r:+0.49  29.48      1:02.67 (33.19)
  4 FUKASAWA, Yamato 00 Japan-            1:01.86    1:02.80  q752  
    r:+0.58  29.95      1:02.80 (32.85)
  5 CONNERY, Tim     02 USA-US-           1:02.12    1:02.83  q751  
    r:+0.65  30.06      1:02.83 (32.77)
  6 MILANOVICH, Ale  02 Canada-           1:02.82    1:03.71  q721  
    r:+0.74  29.25      1:03.71 (34.46)
  7 PEARSON, Thomas  00 Australia-        1:04.49    1:04.46  q696  
    r:+0.68  30.07      1:04.46 (34.39)
  8 Holder, Matthew  01 New Zealand-      1:03.62    1:04.84  q684  
    r:+0.64  30.18      1:04.84 (34.66)

Women’s 400 IM

The Americans put up the top three fastest times in the 400 IM heats on Friday morning at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Fiji. Mariah Denigan (4:43.54) and Emma Weyant (4:44.51) advanced to the final with Claire Tuggle (4:44.81) on the outside looking in.

Denigan added a few seconds from her best time and so did Weyant. Denigan turned 15 this summer so she will be looking to improve on her seventh place time all-time in the 15-16 age group. The meet record could be in jeopardy with Becca Mann’s 4:39.76 from 2012 still standing.

China’s Li Tianyao (4:48.70), Japan’s Mei Ishihara (4:48.88) and Japan’s Karin Takemura (4:49.45) all broke 4:50 in the heats as it could be a big race for the bronze medal.

Canada’s Bailey Herbert (4:51.59), Australia’s Jacinta Essam (4:54.49) and Canada’s Victoria Kwan (4:55.93) also qualified for the final.

 Event 14  Women 400 LC Meter IM
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     Jr World: W 4:39.01  08/25/2015Rosie Rudin, GBR
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 4:39.76  08/24/2012Becca MANN, USA
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                         === Round 1 ===                          
 
  1 DENIGAN, Mariah  03 USA-US-           4:40.62    4:43.54  q829  
    r:+0.69  31.42      1:06.53 (35.11)
        1:42.78 (36.25)     2:18.08 (35.30)
        2:58.67 (40.59)     3:39.97 (41.30)
        4:12.15 (32.18)     4:43.54 (31.39)
  2 WEYANT, Emma     01 USA-US-           4:42.19    4:44.51  q820  
    r:+0.84  30.88      1:05.33 (34.45)
        1:42.35 (37.02)     2:17.77 (35.42)
        2:57.55 (39.78)     3:38.90 (41.35)
        4:12.58 (33.68)     4:44.51 (31.93)
  3 LI, Tianyao      01 China-            4:51.90    4:48.70  q785  
    r:+0.68  30.07      1:05.11 (35.04)
        1:42.34 (37.23)     2:18.18 (35.84)
        3:00.72 (42.54)     3:43.20 (42.48)
        4:16.66 (33.46)     4:48.70 (32.04)
  4 ISHIHARA, Mei    02 Japan-            4:46.89    4:48.88  q783  
             30.54      1:05.46 (34.92)
        1:42.93 (37.47)     2:19.37 (36.44)
        3:00.04 (40.67)     3:40.85 (40.81)
        4:15.33 (34.48)     4:48.88 (33.55)
  5 TAKEMURA, Karin  01 Japan-            4:44.99    4:49.45  q779  
    r:+0.54  31.15      1:05.32 (34.17)
        1:42.50 (37.18)     2:18.67 (36.17)
        3:00.30 (41.63)     3:42.42 (42.12)
        4:16.69 (34.27)     4:49.45 (32.76)
  6 HERBERT, Bailey  02 Canada-           4:50.97    4:51.59  q762  
    r:+0.73  30.98      1:06.57 (35.59)
        1:44.92 (38.35)     2:21.88 (36.96)
        3:02.59 (40.71)     3:44.31 (41.72)
        4:18.65 (34.34)     4:51.59 (32.94)
  7 ESSAM, Jacinta   01 Australia-        4:49.45    4:54.49  q739  
    r:+0.77  31.49      1:06.71 (35.22)
        1:46.24 (39.53)     2:24.26 (38.02)
        3:05.51 (41.25)     3:47.90 (42.39)
        4:21.90 (34.00)     4:54.49 (32.59)
  8 KWAN, Victoria   00 Canada-           4:49.81    4:55.93  q729  
    r:+0.70  31.45      1:06.97 (35.52)
        1:45.56 (38.59)     2:23.12 (37.56)
        3:05.81 (42.69)     3:48.58 (42.77)
        4:23.05 (34.47)     4:55.93 (32.88)

Men’s 400 IM

16-year-old Carson Foster did not break the meet record of 4:12.59 by Chase Kalisz from 2012, but did break the 15-16 NAG record in the 400 IM with a huge swim of 4:14.92. Foster broke the record that was a 4:15.20 by the legendary Michael Phelps from 2001.

The time was a huge drop for Foster who was a 4:21.10 from the 2017 Nationals. Foster had not swam the event at Nationals or Juniors in 2018, but would have been seventh at Nationals this summer with that time.

Foster is well ahead of second place Keiya Tamaru and Masayuki Otake from Japan at 4:20.23. The other American in the final will be Jake Foster (4:21.29) who was a little off his best time of 4:19.18. Jake is Carson’s older brother and will be the fourth seed for tonight’s final.

The older Foster finished just ahead of Ethan Heasley (4:21.35) who will swim in the B-Final. Budding star Gianluca Urlando would have qualified for the final but was disqualified.

Australia’s Brendon Smith (4:24.67), Se-Bom Lee (4:25.79), New Zealand’s Thomas Watkins (4:29.64) and China’s Cheng Long (4:30.62) also qualified for the final.


 Event 15  Men 400 LC Meter IM
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     Jr World: W 4:14.00  06/26/2016Sean Grieshop, USA
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 4:12.59  08/24/2012Chase KALISZ, USA
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                         === Round 1 ===                          
 
  1 FOSTER, Carson   01 USA-US-           4:24.03    4:14.92  q875  
    r:+0.64  26.71        57.02 (30.31)
        1:29.02 (32.00)     2:00.54 (31.52)
        2:36.99 (36.45)     3:14.62 (37.63)
        3:45.82 (31.20)     4:14.92 (29.10)
  2 TAMARU, Keiya    01 Japan-            4:21.87    4:20.23  q822  
    r:+0.62  27.76        59.38 (31.62)
        1:34.05 (34.67)     2:08.13 (34.08)
        2:43.86 (35.73)     3:20.04 (36.18)
        3:51.35 (31.31)     4:20.23 (28.88)
  2 OTAKE, Masayuki  00 Japan-            4:20.03    4:20.23  q822  
    r:+0.67  27.45        58.72 (31.27)
        1:31.66 (32.94)     2:04.29 (32.63)
        2:41.72 (37.43)     3:19.49 (37.77)
        3:50.38 (30.89)     4:20.23 (29.85)
  4 FOSTER, Jake     00 USA-US-           4:19.18    4:21.29  q812  
    r:+0.66  27.11        58.21 (31.10)
        1:32.70 (34.49)     2:07.23 (34.53)
        2:42.75 (35.52)     3:19.87 (37.12)
        3:51.15 (31.28)     4:21.29 (30.14)
  5 SMITH, Brendon   00 Australia-        4:20.07    4:24.67  q781  
    r:+0.66  27.48        59.14 (31.66)
        1:33.46 (34.32)     2:06.53 (33.07)
        2:45.50 (38.97)     3:23.72 (38.22)
        3:55.40 (31.68)     4:24.67 (29.27)
  6 LEE, Se-Bom      01 Australia-        4:23.62    4:25.79  q772  
    r:+0.61  28.19        59.98 (31.79)
        1:34.32 (34.34)     2:07.47 (33.15)
        2:45.64 (38.17)     3:23.77 (38.13)
        3:55.94 (32.17)     4:25.79 (29.85)
  7 Watkins, Thomas  00 New Zealand-      4:34.22    4:29.64  q739  
    r:+0.67  28.21      1:02.03 (33.82)
        1:36.15 (34.12)     2:07.65 (31.50)
        2:46.70 (39.05)     3:26.73 (40.03)
        3:59.03 (32.30)     4:29.64 (30.61)
  8 CHENG, Long      00 China-            4:24.00    4:30.62  q731  
    r:+0.73  28.66      1:01.48 (32.82)
        1:36.10 (34.62)     2:09.79 (33.69)
        2:50.58 (40.79)     3:29.37 (38.79)
        4:01.19 (31.82)     4:30.62 (29.43)

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