2018 Speedo Junior National Championships - (Tag)

14-year-old Justina Kozan of Brea Aquatics in Southern California talked about how nervous she was before the 200 fly and why she didn't have the most confidence before the race. Kozan moved up to number five all-time in the 13-14 NAG rankings in her winning swim on Tuesday in Irvine at the Speedo ....

The fifth and final day of competition at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals has come to a close and featured fast swims all around. The Foster brothers continued to post quick times, finishing 1-2 in the men's 200 IM, while Johannes Calloni delivered a meet record in the men's 1500 free for gold. Kat...

The final morning of the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals from Irvine, California set up an exciting finish between the Mason Manta Rays and the Terrapins Swim Team as the two teams are tied atop the men's leaderboard after four days. Jake Foster and Andrei Minakov are top seeds for each team in their r...

Ivan Puskovitch won the 1500 free title to open up his Speedo Junior National meet in Irvine this week. Puskovitch talked about why he likes to back half the 1500 and where the distance background comes from training Open Water. Puskovitch talked in depth about how excited and pumped he is to go to....

Erin Gemmell of Nation's Capital Swim Club won her first national title taking out the 200 free on Friday night in Irvine. Gemmell is just 13 years old and she talked about the atmosphere at her first Junior Nationals as well as how she wanted to approach her races. Gemmell also talked about growin....

Day four finals of the 2017 Speedo Junior National Championships have come to a close and Swimming World's Peter H. Bick was on deck all night capturing the action and excitement. The penultimate moment of the night was Daniel Roy's meet record in the men's 200 breast, which took close to a full sec...

During a quiet time trial session on Wednesday afternoon at the Speedo Junior Nationals in Irvine, Swim MAC Carolina broke the 13-14 NAG record in the 400 medley relay. The girls from Charlotte smashed the old record with a 4:14.26. They broke the old record of 4:16.34 by Nashville Aquatic Club from...

Coco Bratanov of KATY Aquatics in Texas talked about his 50 free win on the last day of Junior Nationals in Irvine, California and talked about what the win meant for his teammates at Katy. Bratanov also talked about his excitement for his upcoming freshman year at Texas A&M and what he is most loo....

Ethan Harder discussed his 200 back win in the meet here at Junior Nationals in Irvine as well as his feelings about how his meet went last week at Senior Nationals. Harder also talked about how he has committed to Texas and what he is looking forward to that in the fall of 2019. Harder also hails ....

By Andy Ross. A lot of swimmers have good luck charms or pre-race rituals. Caeleb Dressel has his bandana, Sierra Schmidt has her dance routine and Zach Harting has his gas can. For North Carolina commit Harry Homans, his good luck charm is his collection of Hawaiian shirts. Most swimmers wear what....

Jason Louser of Long Island Aquatic Club discussed his 400 IM title on Wednesday night in Irvine. Louser talked about how much time he has dropped this summer and how his body is feeling on a third rest meet. Louser also said he has already committed to Cal and he talked about what went into that d....

Carson and Jake Foster as well as Adam Chaney all qualified for the Junior Pan Pacs trip last week at the Senior Nationals in Irvine. All three guys represent the Mason Manta Rays in Ohio and they talked about their excitement about representing Team USA together. The guys also talked about the team...

The penultimate morning of the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals from Irvine, California featured three prelim events with the heats of the 200 free, 200 breast and 100 back going off. Alexei Sancov and Will Grant got within a second of the meet records held by some pretty good swimmers in Caeleb Dressel...

Machine Aquatics' Anna Keating talked after her 200 breast win at the Speedo Junior Nationals in Irvine about why she ended up deciding on staying for Juniors after last week. Keating dropped a second and a half off her best time in tonight's finals and she talked about where she made adjustments as...

The fifth and final night of swimming has concluded at the 2017 Speedo Junior National Championships. Carson Foster took home his fourth individual win of the meet, while Johannes Calloni lowered the meet record in the 800 free. Kate Douglass collected an unexpected 200 IM win, while Erica Sullivan ...

The final session of the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships from Irvine, California will close with the 200 IM, 50 free, men's 800 and women's 1500 free finals, as well as both 4x100 medley relays. Jake Foster, Grace Sheble, Andrei Minakov and Christiana Regenauer are the top seeds for tonigh...

The third evening of the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals from Irvine, California, is a relatively short one with the finals of the 400 free and the 100 fly on the schedule, along with a record-setting relay. But it was Andrei Minakov, who stole the show with a meet record in the 100 fly. RESULTS Orde.....

During the first full morning of fast racing at the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships, Allie Piccirillo, Jean-Pierre Khouzam, Olivia Calegan and Joshua Matheny all put up the top times in their respective events. They will all have their won set of challengers throughout the heats including ...

Swim Atlanta's Jake Magahey talked about his 400 free win on the third night of Juniors in Irvine. Magahey talked about how he has come back from swimming a full meet at Seniors last week and how he is competing this week. Magahey also talked about the large contingent of swimmers from Swim Atlanta....

Coleen Gillilan of Fort Collins Area Swim Team in Colorado talked about her win in the 100 fly on the third night of Junior Nationals in Irvine, California. Gillilan talked about how she wasn't too happy with her swims last week at the Senior meet and how she was able to shift her focus this week an...