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Scheduled Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Li Bingjie<\/strong> picked up her third individual gold medal of the meet with a dominant win in the 400 free. Li jumped to an early lead and never let go, stopping the clock at a 4:07.52. With this third gold Li has swept the 200-400-800 free.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Courtney Harnish\u00a0<\/strong>and Australia’s\u00a0Ariarne Titmus\u00a0<\/strong>kept a tight race for silver, with Harnish getting her hand to the wall first at the end. Harnish touched in a 4:09.45 over Titmus’ 4:09.81.<\/p>\n The Canadian duo of\u00a0Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> and\u00a0Olivia Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>picked up fourth and fifth place respectively with times of 4:11.44 and 4:14.20.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Laura Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>finished close behind with a time of 4:14.29.<\/p>\n Joy Field\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA touched seventh with a 4:17.08, while China’s\u00a0Liu Zixuan\u00a0<\/strong>was eighth with a 4:20.61.<\/p>\n The men’s 400 free proved to be a tight race with the USA’s\u00a0Andrew Abruzzo<\/strong> coming out on top. Abruzzo battled some strong competition from teammate\u00a0Trey Freeman<\/strong> and Aussie teammates\u00a0Jacob Vincent\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Elijah Winnington<\/strong>. Abruzzo turned up the heat in the final 50 meters edge away from the competition and finish first with a 3:53.39.<\/p>\n Freeman picked up second with a time of 3:54.12, followed very closely by Vincent’s 3:54.14. Winnington picked up fourth place with a time of 3:54.94.<\/p>\n Atsuya Yoshida<\/strong> of Japan grabbed fifth place with a time of 3:55.31, just ahead of Canada’s\u00a0Colin Gilbert’s<\/strong> 3:55.96.<\/p>\n Canadian teammate\u00a0Josh Zakala\u00a0<\/strong>finished seventh overall with a time of 3:57.83, while Japan’s\u00a0Tasuki Shoike\u00a0<\/strong>was eighth with a 3:58.83.<\/p>\n The podium for the women’s 100 fly came down to the touch as the USA’s\u00a0Eva Merrell,\u00a0<\/strong>Canada’s\u00a0Rebecca Smith<\/strong>, and Australia’s\u00a0Gemma Cooney\u00a0<\/strong>powered to the finish in a line. At the touch it was Merrell, stopping the clock at a 58.78 to maintain her spot atop the leaderboard and flirt with the meet record of 58.68 set in 2012 by\u00a0Noemie Thomas.<\/strong><\/p>\n Smith finished a close second with a time of 58.84, while Cooney settled for third and a 58.97.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Cassidy Bayer<\/strong> picked up fourth with a time of 59.07 to be the only other athlete to post a sub-minute time.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Margaret MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>finished fifth overall with a time of 1:00.07, followed closely by Singapore’s\u00a0Jing Wen Quah<\/strong> (1:00.38) and Japan’s\u00a0Inoha Yamakawa<\/strong> (1:00.41).<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Chiharu Iitsuka<\/strong> grabbed eighth with a time of 1:00.45.<\/p>\n Cameron Craig<\/strong> of the USA led the ‘A’ final at the 50-meter mark of the men’s 100 fly final, but a fast charging\u00a0Nao Horomura\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan snuck past him in the final 25-meters for the gold. Horomura stopped the clock at a 52.61 over Craig’s 52.63.<\/p>\n Noah Lense<\/strong> of the USA turned in a 53.35 for third, followed closely by Australia’s\u00a0Jordan Brunt<\/strong> (53.84) and Japan’s\u00a0Yuya\u00a0Nakamoto\u00a0<\/strong>(53.87).<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Alexandre Perrault\u00a0<\/strong>finished sixth overall with a 54.07, while Australia’s\u00a0Jacob Whale\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed seventh with a 54.60.<\/p>\n Dylan Koo<\/strong> of Singapore rounded out the top eight with a time of 54.94.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Minna Atherton\u00a0<\/strong>jumped to the lead in the first 50 meters of the women’s 200 back, before the USA’s\u00a0Lucie Nordmann<\/strong>, the new Junior Pan Pac meet record holder in this event, took over. But keeping up with the two leaders was Australia’s\u00a0Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> who made her move in the final 50 meters of the race to sneak past Atherton and Nordmann for the win.<\/p>\n McKeown stopped the clock at a time of 2:10.01 over Norman’s 2:10.20. Atherton finished third overall with a final time of 2:10.53.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Erin Voss<\/strong> turned in a time of 2:12.50 for fourth, just ahead of Japan’s\u00a0Rio Shirai’s\u00a0<\/strong>2:12.95.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s\u00a0Kelsi Boocock\u00a0<\/strong>picked up sixth with a 2:15.08, while Japan’s\u00a0Nagisa Izuhara<\/strong> (2:15.46) and Canada’s\u00a0Lauren Crisp\u00a0<\/strong>(2:15.52) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Michael Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA jumped to a decisive lead early in the men’s 200 back and never looked back, powering to an almost two body length lead. Taylor stopped the clock at a 1:57.39, just shy of the Junior Pan Pac meet record of 1:57.20.<\/p>\n Teammate\u00a0Austin Katz <\/strong>delivered\u00a0a strong second place with a time of 1:59.91 to be the only other athlete under the 2-minute mark.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Matthew Mac<\/strong> turned in a 2:02.15 for third, while Mexico’s\u00a0Andy Song\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth with a 2:02.97.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Leon Macallister\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed fifth place with a time of 2:03.11, ahead of Japan’s\u00a0Shuto Endo’s<\/strong> 2:04.85.<\/p>\n Josh Zakala\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada picked up seventh with a 2:04.95 and eighth went to Australia’s\u00a0Bradley Woodward<\/strong> (2:05.03).<\/p>\n The two teams from North America battled till the very finish for first in the women’s 400 free relay. Canada and the USA exchanged the lead multiple times, never straying far away from the other, until a strong final leg from\u00a0Isabel Ivey<\/strong> of the USA finished the race. The USA’s \u00a0Grace Ariola<\/strong> (55.81),\u00a0Lauren Pitzer<\/strong> (56.09),\u00a0Eva Merrell\u00a0<\/strong>(55.79), and Ivey (55.01) posted a final time of 3:42.70 for the win.<\/p>\n Canada’s relay team of\u00a0Rebecca Smith<\/strong> (55.41),\u00a0Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> (55.82),\u00a0Kayla Sanchez\u00a0<\/strong>(56.34), and\u00a0Sarah Darcel\u00a0<\/strong>(55.27) were a close second at 3:42.84.<\/p>\n The race for third occurred between Australia and Japan, with Australia pulling ahead in the back half of the race to claim the bronze.\u00a0Minna Atherton<\/strong> (56.70),\u00a0Gemma Cooney<\/strong> (55.78),\u00a0Kirrily Siebenhausen<\/strong> (56.73), and\u00a0Julia Hawkins<\/strong> (56.16) stopped the clock at a time of 3:45.37.<\/p>\n Japan settled for fourth and a time of 3:46.84, just ahead of China’s 3:48.20.<\/p>\n Singapore (3:53.40), New Zealand (3:54.87), and Mexico (4:00.84) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n The USA, Canada, Japan, and Singapore each had ‘B’ relays that swam as well, with the USA (3:46.48) and Canada (3:49.99) that would have placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n The relay battles continued into the men’s 400 free relay, this time occurring between the USA and Australia.<\/p>\n Jack Cartwright\u00a0<\/strong>got Australia off to a sizzling start, splitting a 49.15 over the USA’s\u00a0Ryan Hoffer’s\u00a0<\/strong>50.17.\u00a0Daniel Krueger<\/strong> dove in for the USA and succeeded in closing the gap with a split of 49.14, but it wasn’t enough to quite catch\u00a0Louis Townsend<\/strong> (49.72), sending\u00a0Elijah Winnington<\/strong> in with the lead.<\/p>\n Cameron Craig<\/strong> gained on Winnington, eventually over taking him with the fastest split of the evening–a 49.06 over Winnington’s 50.55.\u00a0Matthew Wilson<\/strong> (50.23) put forth a valiant effort to try to catch\u00a0Drew Kibler<\/strong>, but the young American powered to a 49.30 split and a final time of 3:17.67 for the USA.<\/p>\n The USA’s combined time of 3:17.67 overturned the existing Junior Pan Pac meet record of 3:18.67 set in 2012 by the USA.<\/p>\n Australia finished second overall with a time of 3:19.65.<\/p>\n The Canadian relay of\u00a0Mehdi Ayoubi<\/strong> (50.76),\u00a0Ian MacKinnon\u00a0<\/strong>(50.53),\u00a0Alexandre Perrault\u00a0<\/strong>(51.02), and\u00a0Stephen Calkins<\/strong> (50.03) finished third with a time of 3:22.34.<\/p>\n Japan turned in a combined 3:25.16 for fourth, just ahead of Mexico’s 3:29.69.<\/p>\n Singapore (3:30.35) and the Bahamas (3:33.06) rounded out the top finishers.<\/p>\n The USA (3:25.28), Canada (3:27.26), Japan (3:32.65), and Singapore (3:35.16) also had ‘B’ relays that swam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs Championships. 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Women’s 400 Free FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Men’s 400 Free FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Fly FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Fly FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 Back FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Back FINAL:<\/h3>\n
Women’s 4×100 Free Relay:<\/h3>\n
Men’s 4×100 Free Relay:<\/h3>\n