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Scheduled Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n Alex Walsh<\/strong> of the USA got off to a quick start in finals of the women’s 200 IM, leading the field after the backstroke leg. A quick breaststroke leg from Canada’s\u00a0Mary-Sophie Harvey\u00a0<\/strong>pulled the young Canadian even with Walsh and gave her the opportunity to bypass her on her way to the win.<\/p>\n Harvey stopped the clock at a time of 2:12.39 over Walsh’s 2:13.14. USA teammate\u00a0Margaret Aroesty\u00a0<\/strong>posted a close third with a time of 2:13.23, just ahead of Canada’s\u00a0Sarah Darcell’s\u00a0<\/strong>2:13.40.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Francesca Fitzhenry\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed fifth with a time of 2:18.59, while Japan’s\u00a0Miku Kojima<\/strong> was sixth with a 2:18.62.<\/p>\n Japanese teammate\u00a0Rio Shirai\u00a0<\/strong>finished seventh with a 2:20.45, just ahead of Mexico’s\u00a0Brenda Diaz Martinez’s<\/strong> 2:20.60.<\/p>\n The men’s 200 IM was highlighted by tight competition that battled all the way to the finish.<\/p>\n The Japanese duo of\u00a0Juran Mizohata<\/strong> and\u00a0Tomoya Takeuchi<\/strong> picked up first and second place with times of 2:01.35 and 2:02.00 respectively.<\/p>\n Finishing a close third was the USA’s\u00a0Charlie Swanson\u00a0<\/strong>with a time of 2:02.57, followed by Australia’s\u00a0Louis Townsend’s<\/strong> 2:02.74.<\/p>\n Aussie teammate\u00a0David Schlicht<\/strong> grabbed fifth with a time of 2:04.30, while Canada’s\u00a0Josh Zakala\u00a0<\/strong>was sixth with a time of 2:04.77.<\/p>\n Brennan Pastorek<\/strong> of the USA finished seventh with a 2:05.00, just ahead of Mexico’s\u00a0Alberto Gomez Neria’s<\/strong> 2:05.90.<\/p>\n The USA delivered a 1-2 finish in finals of the women’s 50 free.\u00a0Anya Marie Goeders\u00a0<\/strong>turned up the heat to post a time of 24.85 to be the only athlete to sneak under the 25-second mark. Teammate\u00a0Marta Ciesla\u00a0<\/strong>finished second overall with a 25.18.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s\u00a0Gabrielle Ga’Amausili\u00a0<\/strong>finished third with a 25.36, followed closely by Canada’s\u00a0Rebeeca Smith\u00a0<\/strong>and her 25.46.<\/p>\n Sayuki Ouchi\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan posted a 25.55 for fifth, while the Australian duo of\u00a0Gemma Cooney<\/strong> (25.71) and\u00a0Elli MacKay<\/strong> (25.80) finished sixth and seventh.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Kayla Sanchez\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the top eight with a 26.11.<\/p>\n Jack Cartwright<\/strong> of Australia turned in a swift 22.28 to top finals of the men’s 50 free. He was followed closely to the wall by the American duo of\u00a0Jack Franzman\u00a0<\/strong>(22.68) and\u00a0Ryan Hoffer<\/strong> (22.77)<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Vincent Dai\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a 22.81 for fourth, just ahead of Canada’s\u00a0Mehdi Ayoubi’s<\/strong> 22.85.<\/p>\n Tai Long Singh\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada finished sixth overall with a time of 23.45, followed by Mexico’s\u00a0Guillermo Cruz Zuniga’s\u00a0<\/strong>23.49.<\/p>\n Singapore’s\u00a0Jonathan Tan\u00a0<\/strong>was eighth overall with a 24.18.<\/p>\n Zoe Bartel\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA and\u00a0Kelsey Wog<\/strong> of Canada held a tight race throughout the entirety of the women’s 200 breaststroke, turning with a hundredth of a second (1:10.45 to 1:10.46) at the 100-meter mark. Bartel turned up the speed in the third 50 to edge a little further ahead of Wog and hold her off at the finish.<\/p>\n Bartel finished first with a time of 2:25.46 to slide past the existing Junior Pan Pacs meet record of 2:25.78 set in 2012 by\u00a0Kierra Smith<\/strong>. Wog picked up second with a 2:26.51.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Allie Raab<\/strong> finished a close third with a time of 2:26.51.<\/p>\n The Japanese duo of\u00a0Shiouri Asaba<\/strong> (2:29.15) and\u00a0Sae Saito<\/strong> (2:29.40) were fourth and fifth respectively.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Sarah Beale<\/strong> turned in a 2:33.25 for sixth, while Canada’s\u00a0Faith Knelson<\/strong> (2:35.25) and The Bahama’s\u00a0Margaret Higgs<\/strong> (2:35.60) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Brooke Forde<\/strong> highlighted the ‘B’ final with a 2:30.49, followed by teammate\u00a0Margaret Aroesty\u00a0<\/strong>(2:31.18) and Japan’s\u00a0Erine Tsuda<\/strong> (2:31.60).<\/p>\n A dominating final 50-meters from\u00a0Ippei Miyamoto<\/strong> surged the young Japanese to victory in the men’s 200 breaststroke final. Miyamoto’s strong final 50 pushed him past Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Wilson<\/strong>, who led throughout the first 150 meters of the race, to gold with a 2:10.51. Wilson finished second overall with a 2:11.33.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Daniel Roy<\/strong> (2:12.17) and\u00a0Jacob Montague<\/strong> (2:13.15) finished third and fourth respectively.<\/p>\n Australian\u00a0Daniel Cave<\/strong> finished a close fifth with a 2:13.82, just ahead of Japan’s\u00a0Daichi Inagaki’s<\/strong> 2:14.23.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Ryan Telford<\/strong> (2:15.03) and New Zealand’s\u00a0Eliot Lundon-Moore<\/strong> (2:17.44) were seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Reece Whitley<\/strong> turned in a sizzling 2:12.58 to top the ‘B’ final.<\/p>\n Joy Field<\/strong> of the USA made her move around the 1,000-meter mark of the 1,500 free, moving ahead of the competition to finish first with a time of 16:14.79.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Olivia Anderson<\/strong> finished second overall with a time of 16:18.66, while third was picked up by the USA’s\u00a0Erica Sullivan<\/strong> and her time of 16:28.75.<\/p>\n The Australian duo of\u00a0Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> (16:32.04) and\u00a0Mikayla Messer<\/strong> (16:36.30) finished fourth and fifth respectively.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Chinatsu Sato\u00a0<\/strong>(16:40.61), Mexico’s\u00a0Natalia Jaspeado<\/strong> (16:53.32), and Japan’s\u00a0Aoi Nakamura<\/strong> (17:02.84) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Robert Finke<\/strong> of the USA bypassed the existing Junior Pan Pacs meet record on his way to gold in the men’s 800 free. Finke stopped the clock at a 7:55.16 to overturn the former record of 7:56.94 set by\u00a0Matthew Levings<\/strong> in 2012.<\/p>\n Teammate\u00a0Andrew Abruzzo<\/strong> finished second with the only other sub-8 minute time, stopping the clock at a 7:59.76.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Jacob Vincent<\/strong> picked up third with a time of 8:01.86, while Japanese teammates\u00a0Atsuya Yoshida\u00a0<\/strong>(8:05.28) and\u00a0Tasuki Shoike<\/strong> (8:08.66) were fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n Colin Gilbert\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada grabbed sixth with a time of 8:10.05, ahead of teammate\u00a0Josh Zakala’s\u00a0<\/strong>8:12.42.<\/p>\n The majority of the race for first in the women’s 400 medley relay occurred between the young women of the USA and Canada. Despite a strong backstroke leg from\u00a0Minna Atherton<\/strong>\u00a0(1:00.33),<\/strong> which saw Australia in first at the first exchange, it only took 50 meters for\u00a0Zoe Bartel\u00a0<\/strong>(1:07.89) of the USA and\u00a0Kelsey Wog<\/strong>\u00a0of Canada to steal the race away from Australia.<\/p>\n Rebecca Smith<\/strong>\u00a0(58.33) of Canada edged ahead of the USA’s\u00a0Eva Merrell<\/strong> (58.97) to give Canada a slight lead going into the final leg of the race, but\u00a0Isabel Ivey\u00a0<\/strong>(54.74) dove in for the USA determined to get the win, stopping the clock at a 4:02.82–a new Junior Pan Pacs meet record.<\/p>\n The USA’S\u00a0Lucie Nordmann<\/strong> (), Bartel (1:07.89), Merrell (58.97), and Ivey (54.74) overturned the existing meet record of 4:03.44 set in 2014 by the USA.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Danielle Hanus<\/strong>, Wog, Smith (58.33), and\u00a0Sarah Darcel<\/strong> (56.36) posted a combined 4:03.42 to also swim beneath the previous meet record.<\/p>\n Despite Atherton’s strong backstroke leg, the relay team of Atherton (1:00.33),\u00a0Sarah Beale<\/strong> (1:11.44),\u00a0Gemma Cooney<\/strong> (58.57), and\u00a0Julia Hawkins<\/strong> (56.36) finished third overall with a 4:06.70.<\/p>\n Japan was a close fourth at 4:08.11, while New Zealand (4:18.41) and Singapore (4:18.91) finished fifth and sixth.<\/p>\n Mexico was seventh with a time of 4:23.66.<\/p>\n The USA (4:05.98), Canada (4:07.14), Japan (4:12.72), and Singapore (4:22.07) each also had ‘B’ relays that swam.<\/p>\n It was a race for second in the final event of the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs Championships as\u00a0Michael Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>got the USA off to a blistering lead, turning in a split of 54.21.<\/p>\n Jacob Montague<\/strong>\u00a0(1:00.49) continued to extend the lead throughout the breaststroke leg, before exchanging with teammate\u00a0Cameron Craig<\/strong>. Craig continued to build upon the USA’s lead with a 53.25 split, leaving\u00a0Daniel Krueger<\/strong> with a sturdy two-body length lead.<\/p>\n Krueger brought the win home in a final split of 49.97 to stop the clock at a 3:37.92, just missing out on the Junior Pan Pacs meet record of 3:37.67.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Tmoya Takeuchi<\/strong> (57.31),\u00a0Ippei Miyamoto<\/strong> (1:01.57),\u00a0Nao Horomura\u00a0<\/strong>(52.03), and\u00a0Juran Mizohata<\/strong> (49.46) held off a strong charge from Australia to take second with a time of 3:40.37.<\/p>\n Leon\u00a0<\/strong>Mcallister<\/b> (56.48),\u00a0Matthew Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.13),\u00a0Jordan Brunt\u00a0<\/strong>(53.78), and\u00a0Jack Cartwright<\/strong> (49.14) turned in a combined time of 3:41.53 for third and the bronze medal.<\/p>\n Canada picked up fourth with a time of 3:43.38, while Singapore finished fifth with a time of 3:51.19.<\/p>\n Mexico (3:54.67) and the Bahamas (4:00.37) completed the ‘A’ heat.<\/p>\n The USA (3:42.51), Canada (3:47.32), Japan (3:48.67), and Singapore (3:55.15) all had teams compete in the ‘B’ relay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along with finals of the fourth and final day of competition at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs Championships. 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