Everything you need to follow along live with prelims of day three of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs Championships. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n
Scheduled Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Li Bingjie<\/strong> set herself up for a potential third individual gold in prelims of the women’s 400 free. Li stopped the clock at a 4:09.99 to finish almost two full seconds ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Ariarne Titmus\u00a0<\/strong>picked up the second place seed with a time of 4:11.78, followed closely by the USA’s\u00a0Courtney Harnish<\/strong> and her time of 4:11.88.<\/p>\n USA teammate\u00a0Joy Field<\/strong> stopped the clock at a 4:12.79 to return as tonight’s fourth place seed, while Australia’s\u00a0Laura Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed fifth with a 4:14.97.<\/p>\n The Canadian duo of\u00a0Mary-Sophie Harvey\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Olivia Anderson<\/strong> earned the sixth and seventh place seeds, respectively, with times of 4:15.77 and 4:16.94.<\/p>\n Liu Zixuan<\/strong> was eighth in prelims with a 4:17.66.<\/p>\n Due to the Junior Pan Pacific rules where only two members of a country’s team can make the final,\u00a0Madison Homovich<\/strong> and\u00a0Lauren Pitzer<\/strong> of the USA will spearhead the ‘B’ final after posting times of 4:12.96 and 4:15.97 respectively.<\/p>\n The men’s 400 free preliminary heats were highlighted by four swimmers posting times within .62 seconds of one another, setting tonight’s ‘A’ final up for an exciting heat.\u00a0Jacob Vincent<\/strong> of Australia delivered the top time of the morning, stopping the clock at a 3:54.30.<\/p>\n Close on Vincent’s heels was\u00a0Andrew Abruzzo<\/strong> of the USA with a time of 3:54.39.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Colin Gilbert<\/strong> and the USA’s\u00a0Trey Freeman<\/strong> turned in times of 3:54.67 and 3:54.92 to return as third and fourth respectively.<\/p>\n Eli Winnington\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia picked up the fifth place seed with a time of 3:55.44, followed by the Japanese duo of\u00a0Atsuya Yoshida<\/strong> (3:56.27) and\u00a0Tatsuki Shoike<\/strong> (3:57.54).<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Josh Zakala\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the ‘A’ final with a time of 3:58.12.<\/p>\n The top entry seed in the event belonged to the USA’s\u00a0Sean Grieshop<\/strong> who will return as the top seed in the ‘B’ final with a time of 3:55.44. Teammate\u00a0Robert Finke<\/strong> joins him with a 3:56.64.<\/p>\n Eva Merrell\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA flirted with a sub-59 second swim in prelims of the women’s 100 fly. Merrell stopped the clock at a 59.08 to claim the top seed going into tonight’s finals.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Rebecca Smith\u00a0<\/strong>qualified close behind with a time of 59.20. Smith was followed to the wall by a battle for third between Australia’s\u00a0Gemma Cooney\u00a0<\/strong>and the USA’s\u00a0Cassidy Bayer<\/strong>. Cooney got her hand to the wall first with a 59.80 over Bayer’s 59.85.<\/p>\n Margaret MacNeil<\/strong> of Canada returns as the fifth place seed for tonight’s finals with a time of 1:00.20, just ahead of Japan’s\u00a0Inoha Yamakawa’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:00.31.<\/p>\n Singapore’s\u00a0Jing Wen Quah\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.51) and Japan’s\u00a0Chiharu Itsuka<\/strong> (1:00.67) complete the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n If a country could qualify more than two swimmers for the ‘A’ final, the USA’s\u00a0Ruby Martin<\/strong> would have tied Quah for the seventh place seed.<\/p>\n The USA delivered a 1-2 punch in prelims of the men’s 100 fly, qualifying\u00a0Cameron Craig\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Noah Lense\u00a0<\/strong>as the top two seeds. Craig stopped the clock at a 53.14 over Lense’s 53.16. The top seed going into prelims belonged to fellow American\u00a0Ryan Hoffer<\/strong> who will return as swimmer in the ‘B’ final with a 53.83.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Nao Horomura<\/strong> grabbed the third place seed with a time of 53.46, while teammate\u00a0Yuya Sakamoto\u00a0<\/strong>returns as fourth with a time of 53.97.<\/p>\n Jordan Brunt<\/strong> of Australia and\u00a0Alex Perreault<\/strong> of Canada delivered close times for fifth and sixth respectively. Brunt turned in a time of 54.32 over Perrault’s 54.43. The two were followed closely to the wall by Singapore’s\u00a0Dylan Koo’s\u00a0<\/strong>54.46.<\/p>\n Jacob Whale<\/strong> of Australia finished eighth in prelims with a 54.53.<\/p>\n Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>soared ahead of the competition in prelims of the women’s 200 back, overturning the existing meet record of 2:09.68 set in 2010 by\u00a0Sayaka Akase<\/strong>. Nordmann stopped the clock at a 2:09.59 to return as tonight’s top qualifier.<\/p>\n The Australian duo of\u00a0Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> and\u00a0Minna Atherton<\/strong> return as the second and third place seeds with times of 2:12.21 and 2:13.01 respectively.<\/p>\n The USA’S\u00a0Erin Voss<\/strong> picked up the fourth place seed with a time of 2:13.39.<\/p>\n Japanese teammates\u00a0Rio Shirai<\/strong> and\u00a0Nagisa Izuhara<\/strong> grabbed fifth and sixth in prelims with times of 2:14.45 and 2:15.08.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Lauren Crisp\u00a0<\/strong>and New Zealand’s\u00a0Le;so Boocock\u00a0<\/strong>tied for seventh with matching times of 2:15.74.<\/p>\n Alex Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>will lead the ‘B’ final with a qualifying time of 2:14.56, which would have put her sixth in the ‘A’ final could each country qualify more than one individual.<\/p>\n Michael Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>delivered the fastest time of the morning in prelims of the men’s 200 back with a time of 1:59.42. Taylor was the only swimmer to post a sub-2 minute swim and will look to add his second backstroke gold.<\/p>\n Teammate\u00a0Austin Katz<\/strong> picked up the second place seed with a time of 2:01.83, distancing himself from Australia’s\u00a0Leon Macallister’s\u00a0<\/strong>2:04.30 who returns as third.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Shuto Endo<\/strong> grabbed fourth overall with a time of 2:04.76, just ahead of Canada’s\u00a0Matthew Mac\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 2:04.89.<\/p>\n Mexico’s\u00a0Andy Song\u00a0<\/strong>finished sixth with a time of 2:04.97, while\u00a0Bradley Woodward\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia was seventh with a 2:05.34.<\/p>\n Josh Zakala<\/strong> of Canada turned in a time of 2:05.78 for eighth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along live with prelims of day three of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs Championships. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. 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