Junior Pan Pacs – Day 4 Prelims: Maximus Williamson Seeking Gold in 200 IM; Flynn Southam Chasing Triple

Junior Pan Pacs – Day 4 Prelims: Maximus Williamson Seeking Gold in 200 IM

The final session of prelims at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships saw 15-year-old American Maxiumus Williamson lock down the top seed for the final of the 200-meter individual medley. Williamson put together a performance of 2:00.90 to finish ahead of the Japanese duo of Tomoyuki Matsushita (2:01.01) and Yuta Watanabe (2:02.47).

In addition to chasing the gold medal, Williamson will try to break the two-minute barrier for the first time in his career during the championship heat. A native of Texas, Williamson is a little more than a second off the National Age Group record (15-16), which is held by Carson Foster at 1:59.45. Earlier in the meet, Williamson was the silver medalist in the 400 individual medley, where he clocked in at 4:17.58.

Already the winner of the 400 individual medley, Japan’s Mio Narita is a swim away from completing the medley double. Narita, who is scheduled to race at next week’s World Junior Championships, earned the top seed for the final of the 200 IM behind a prelim effort of 2:13.59. That mark was more than a second ahead of the 2:14.57 by Canadian Ashley McMillan, who was followed in third by American Gracie Weyant (2:15.53).

In the women’s 50 freestyle, Australia’s Milla Jansen was quickest in the morning, going 25.39. But she’ll have American star Erin Gemmell to hold off at night, along with the United States’ Anna Moesch. Gemmell has won the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle and was timed in 25.42, with Moesch next at 25.50. Aussie Hannah Casey touched in 25.56.

On the men’s side, Americans Diggory Dillingham (22.69) and Kaii Winkler (22.74) qualified first and second in the 50 free, with Australian Flynn Southam clocking 22.75 for the No. 3 seed. Southam earlier won gold medals in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle.

Japan’s Kotomi Kato went 2:28.35 for the fastest time in the women’s 200 breaststroke, followed by Team USA’s Piper Enge (2:28.65). For the men, Japan’s Yamato Okadome (2:13.77) and Singapore’s Nicholas Mahabir (2:13.86) were the top qualifiers in the 200 breaststroke.

Junior Pan Pacs

Meet Results

 Event 26  Women 200 LC Meter IM
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     Jr World: J 2:08.91  6/19/2022 Leah Hayes, USA
 Pending W JR:   2:08.70  8/1/2022  Summer McIntosh, CAN
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 2:10.79  1/11/2009 Dagny Knutson, U.S.A.
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Narita, Mio      06 Japan-            2:11.41    2:13.59  q841  
             29.18      1:03.04 (33.86)
        1:41.25 (38.21)     2:13.59 (32.34)
  2 McMillan, Ashle  04 Canada-           2:12.52    2:14.57  q823  
             28.21      1:00.83 (32.62)
        1:41.07 (40.24)     2:14.57 (33.50)
  3 Weyant, Gracie   05 USA-US-           2:14.93    2:15.53  q805  
             29.74      1:04.61 (34.87)
        1:43.79 (39.18)     2:15.53 (31.74)
  4 Okuzono, Misa    06 Japan-            2:14.97    2:15.68  q803  
             29.18      1:03.69 (34.51)
        1:44.08 (40.39)     2:15.68 (31.60)
  5 O'Dell, Teagan   06 USA-US-           2:12.53    2:15.96  q798  
             30.31      1:04.18 (33.87)
        1:44.95 (40.77)     2:15.96 (31.01)
  5 Jansen, Ella     05 Canada-           2:13.97    2:15.96  q798  
             28.47      1:03.42 (34.95)
        1:44.19 (40.77)     2:15.96 (31.77)
  7 Martin, Sophie   05 Australia-        2:16.88    2:18.03  q762  
             29.93      1:07.88 (37.95)
        1:45.86 (37.98)     2:18.03 (32.17)
  8 Pratt-Smith, Zy  04 New Zealand-      2:17.59    2:19.12  q745  
             29.93      1:05.77 (35.84)
        1:44.92 (39.15)     2:19.12 (34.20)

 Event 27  Men 200 LC Meter IM
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     Jr World: J 1:56.99  5/19/2021 Hubert Kos, HUN
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 1:59.51  8/26/2012 Chase KALISZ, USA
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Williamson, Max  06 USA-US-           2:01.45    2:00.90  q838  
             26.81        56.39 (29.58)
        1:32.62 (36.23)     2:00.90 (28.28)
  2 Matsushita, Tom  05 Japan-            2:00.00    2:01.01  q836  
             25.87        57.06 (31.19)
        1:32.57 (35.51)     2:01.01 (28.44)
  3 Watanabe, Yuta   04 Japan-            2:01.03    2:02.47  q806  
             26.67        58.50 (31.83)
        1:33.38 (34.88)     2:02.47 (29.09)
  4 Petric, William  04 Australia-        2:00.77    2:02.88  q798  
             26.17        57.27 (31.10)
        1:33.09 (35.82)     2:02.88 (29.79)
  5 Loewen, Benjami  04 Canada-           2:03.48    2:03.05  q795  
             26.62        57.34 (30.72)
        1:34.05 (36.71)     2:03.05 (29.00)
  6 Aurnou-Rhees, S  04 USA-US-           2:02.43    2:03.07  q794  
             26.82        59.05 (32.23)
        1:34.85 (35.80)     2:03.07 (28.22)
  7 Chee, Evan       04 Australia-        2:04.31    2:03.75  q781  
             26.54        58.19 (31.65)
        1:34.28 (36.09)     2:03.75 (29.47)
  8 Wigginton, Lorn  05 Canada-           2:04.08    2:05.13  q756  
             27.19        59.10 (31.91)
        1:35.41 (36.31)     2:05.13 (29.72)

 Event 29  Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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     Jr World: J 21.75  8/25/2017 Michael Andrew, USA
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 22.20  8/30/2014 Paul Powers, USA
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Dillingham, Dig  05 USA-US-             22.48      22.69  q782  
  2 Winkler, Kaii    06 USA-US-             23.03      22.74  q777  
  3 Southam, Flynn   05 Australia-          22.39      22.75  q776  
  4 Collett, Joshua  04 Australia-          22.94      23.36  q717  
  5 Loo, Russell     05 Singapore-          23.42      23.41  q712  
  6 Yamaguchi, Ryot  04 Japan-              23.00      23.57  q698  
  7 Hasunuma, Ryosu  05 Japan-              23.11      23.64  q692  
  8 Twist, Kale      04 New Zealand-        23.53      23.69  q687

 Event 30  Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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     Jr World: J 2:19.64  8/30/2015 Viktoria Gunes, TUR
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 2:25.46  8/27/2016 Zoe BARTEL, USA-US
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Kato, Kotomi     06 Japan-            2:27.32    2:28.35  q824  
             33.70      1:11.32 (37.62)
        1:50.23 (38.91)     2:28.35 (38.12)
  2 Enge, Piper      06 USA-US-           2:29.22    2:28.65  q819  
             34.50      1:11.88 (37.38)
        1:50.61 (38.73)     2:28.65 (38.04)
  3 Matsumoto, Yuri  05 Japan-            2:27.29    2:29.46  q806  
             33.92      1:11.26 (37.34)
        1:50.02 (38.76)     2:29.46 (39.44)
  4 Weyant, Gracie   05 USA-US-           2:30.67    2:32.26  q762  
             35.18      1:13.77 (38.59)
        1:53.42 (39.65)     2:32.26 (38.84)
  5 Hazle, Kathryn   04 Canada-           2:33.51    2:33.58  q743  
             35.96      1:14.74 (38.78)
        1:54.19 (39.45)     2:33.58 (39.39)
  6 Brousseau, Juli  06 Canada-           2:31.46    2:34.79  q725  
             35.09      1:13.79 (38.70)
        1:54.13 (40.34)     2:34.79 (40.66)
  7 Chong, Melanie   06 Singapore-        2:36.64    2:37.60  q687  
             36.31      1:16.24 (39.93)
        1:56.95 (40.71)     2:37.60 (40.65)
  8 Johnson, Isabel  06 Australia-        2:36.06    2:40.62  q649  
             35.27      1:15.23 (39.96)
        1:57.28 (42.05)     2:40.62 (43.34)

 Event 31  Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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     Jr World: J 2:09.39  7/27/2017 Haiyang Qin, CHN
  Jr. Pan Pac: M 2:08.03  8/26/2012 Akihiro YAMAGUCHI, Japan
    Name           Year Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Okadome, Yamato  05 Japan-            2:14.07    2:13.77  q838  
             30.56      1:04.62 (34.06)
        1:39.55 (34.93)     2:13.77 (34.22)
  2 Mahabir, Nichol  05 Singapore-        2:12.07    2:13.86  q836  
             29.98      1:03.87 (33.89)
        1:38.69 (34.82)     2:13.86 (35.17)
  3 Kawashima, Asah  04 Japan-            2:13.30    2:14.05  q832  
             30.66      1:05.05 (34.39)
        1:39.51 (34.46)     2:14.05 (34.54)
  4 Delmar, Ben      05 USA-US-           2:14.86    2:14.39  q826  
             30.92      1:04.88 (33.96)
        1:39.79 (34.91)     2:14.39 (34.60)
  5 Fan, Zhier       04 USA-US-           2:13.87    2:16.91  q781  
             31.77      1:07.55 (35.78)
        1:43.01 (35.46)     2:16.91 (33.90)
  6 Taivassalo, Bra  04 Canada-           2:18.06    2:17.60  q770  
             31.44      1:06.33 (34.89)
        1:41.86 (35.53)     2:17.60 (35.74)
  7 Wigginton, Lorn  05 Canada-           2:19.65    2:19.89  q732  
             32.94      1:08.33 (35.39)
        1:43.86 (35.53)     2:19.89 (36.03)
  8 Gorgijovski, Al  04 Australia-        2:19.52    2:20.09  q729  
             31.16      1:06.18 (35.02)
        1:42.73 (36.55)     2:20.09 (37.36)

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