2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships - (Tag)

By Brian Palaschuk, Swimming World College Intern. Swimming Canada’s Junior team is one of the most successful in the world. Despite a relatively small competitive swimming population of 35,000 year-round swimmers compared to the United States’ 355,000, the Canadian Junior team is extremely competit...

It didn’t take long for the first record of the finals to fall. Gretchen Walsh made sure of that. The U.S. swimmer won the opening event of the evening, the 100 free, in 54.47, breaking the meet record set by Simone Manuel (54.60) in 2012. U.S. teammate Lucie Nordmann finished a close second in 54.7...

This week saw the conclusion of one of the last major international meets of the year in Indonesia, while some of the best junior swimmers from around the world converged in the South Pacific for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacs. Read about those meets and the biggest news of the week in the week that was! ...

One more women’s event for the evening and one more record to be broken. The U.S. women lowered the mark in the 4x200 free relay, finishing in a time of 7:57.93. It broke the old meet record set by the U.S. in 2009. Claire Tuggle led off with a 1:59.32 split, followed by Isabel Ivey (1:59.73), Gretc...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Forty of the United States’ top up-and-coming swimmers will represent the Team USA at this month’s 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, set for Aug. 23-27 in Fiji. Headlining the U.S. roster, which was determined based on the results of the 2018 Phillips 66 National Champ...

The third morning of the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships saw a meet record fall to the way of Isabelle Stadden of Team USA. The Americans have been on fire in Fiji this week as they have four top seeds coming back tonight. Ross Dant, Carson Foster, Peter Larson and Ginaluca Urlando ar...

USA Swimming today announced that Allison Beebe of Santa Clara Swim Club and Dan Flack of Baylor Swim Club have been named the United States’ head coaches for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, slated for Aug. 23-27, 2018, in Fiji. Beebe, who will serve as the women’s head coach, has served ...

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 Ba...

The U.S. men followed suit by going 1-2 in the 400 IM, just as the women did. Carson Foster won the event in 4:14.73, holding off older brother Jake Foster by nearly a second. Foster finished in 4:15.78. Carson re-broke his NAG record he set in prelims for the 15-16 age group, while Jake moved up to...

With the Pan Pacs and the Para Pan Pacs swum and won it’s now time for Australia’s “NextGEN” swimmers to step up to the plate in this week’s Junior Pan Pacs in Suva, Fiji. The 30-strong team of 15 girls and 15 boys arrived into the Fijian capital this week for the four-day Junior Pan Pacs meet start...

By Andy Ross. The Junior Pan Pacs have been going on this week in Fiji with some of the United States' great young talent on display. The meet has been a great way to get international experience for Team USA swimmers as a lot of the current national team members started out on the junior team years...

Night one of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships is under way after a fast first prelims session. Phoebe Bacon set a meet record in prelims, wasting no time on the first day. Here is what is happening in today’s finals: DAY 1 RESULTS Order of events Women’s 200 Free Claire Tuggle of the U.S. opened...

It took until the final women’s event — and the longest one — to get a meet record on the final night of the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships. It was bound to happen as every other day had at least one meet record. Australia’s Lani Pallister crushed the field in the 1500 freestyle to win in 16:...

Night two of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships concluded with double relay records, following multiple individual marks set by U.S. swimmers. . Here is what happened in today’s finals: RESULTS PRELIMS RECAP Order of events Women’s 100 Free It didn’t take long for the first record of the finals to...

Three in a row for the U.S. and another record. Emily Weiss surged to a meet record in the 100 breaststroke. She clocked a 1:07.55, bettering her 1:07.61 from prelims. Canada’s Nina Kucheran took second, nearly a second behind in 1:08.37. Her Canadian teammate Avery Wiseman was third in 1:08.52. All...

MONTREAL – Swimming Canada announced its teams for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships and Youth Olympic Games at the conclusion of Canadian Swimming Championships. A team of 16 young women and 13 young men was named to compete at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, which take place Aug. 23-27 in...

By Andy Ross The 2018 Junior Pan Pacs are just a few days away from the tropical island of Fiji. The United States will be sending a stacked team, which can be viewed here. The meet is a great showcase for the young talent budding in the Pan Pac nations of Australia, Canada, Japan and the United Sta...

The final day of the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships was a windy and rainy one as the weather got the best of the swimmers competing. It wasn't a very fast session with a lot of swimmers adding to their best times. It didn't help that it was the last morning of the meet, but the swimm...

The final night of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships finished with some stellar performances. Two records fell on the final night of the meet and the team scores were finalized. The U.S. men scored 263 points to finish ahead of Japan (148), Australia (123), Canada (91), New Zealand (45), China (4...

USA Swimming has announced the qualifying procedures for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, scheduled for Aug. 23-27 in Fiji. The meet will showcase the top junior-level swimmers from the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan. USA Swimming will pick up to 20 male and 20 female swimmers ...