2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West, Day 3 Finals – Results<\/a><\/p>\nEvents:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Women’s 400 IM<\/li>\n
- Men’s 400 IM<\/li>\n
- Women’s 100 Fly<\/li>\n
- Men’s 100 Fly<\/li>\n
- Women’s 200 Free<\/li>\n
- Men’s 200 Free<\/li>\n
- Women’s 100 Breast<\/li>\n
- Men’s 100 Breast<\/li>\n
- Women’s 100 Back<\/li>\n
- Men’s 100 Back<\/li>\n
- Women’s 200 Free Relay<\/li>\n
- Men’s 200 Free Relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Women’s 400 IM:<\/h2>\n
Gabrielle Kopenski<\/strong> made a statement in the first event of the night with a strong, outside smoke finish in the women’s 400 IM, in a time of 4:11.50. Thanks to a strong back half, Texas Ford Aquatics’ swimmer just touched out the top seed, Longhorn Aquatics’\u00a0Regan Barney<\/strong>, who clocked in at 4:12.64. The final yards of the race made all the difference, as Kopenski surged ahead in the final 50 at 27.28.<\/p>\nThe next three women all finished within one second of one another. Natalia Jaspeado<\/strong>\u00a0of Scottsdale Aquatics nabbed bronze in 4:14.25, while Zoe Grawanska<\/strong> and Katie Glavinovich<\/strong> followed at 4:14.56 and 4:14.91, respectively.<\/p>\n15-year-old Reese Hazan<\/strong> touched the wall at 4:15.71, good for fifth place. Finally, the heat was rounded out by Kate Krolikowski<\/strong> at 4:16.40 and Mikki Thomson<\/strong> at 4:17.70.<\/p>\nMen’s 400 IM:<\/h2>\n
The men’s 400 IM looked to be a tight field until Paolo Alto Stanford Aquatics’ Alex Liang<\/strong> pulled ahead during the second fifty of the backstroke leg. Liang maintained a dominant lead for the remainder of the race, finishing in an impressive 3:46.75. Top seed Michael Zarian<\/strong> of the Jeffco Hurricanes notched second at 3:49.06. Meanwhile, Caleb Aman<\/strong> of Lane Four Aquatics and Johnthomas Larson<\/strong> of Edina Swim Club battled to the finish and tied for bronze in 3:51.27.<\/p>\nColter Carman<\/strong> of the North Texas Nadadores posted a 3:52.12, good enough for fourth, while Alamo Area Aquatics’ Mikey Calvillo<\/strong> grabbed fifth in 3:54.78. Kevin Vargas of La Mirada Armada managed a 3:55.34, and Mihail Amiorkov<\/strong>, of the Sandpipers of Nevada, touched eighth in 3:57.30.<\/p>\nWomen’s 100 Butterfly:<\/h2>\n
Regan Smith<\/strong> dominated the 100 butterfly once again, taking down her own National Age Group Record for 13- and 14-year-olds set this morning, the meet record, and the 52-second barrier in an an astonishing 51.73. She had a close race to gold, however, thanks to Aquazot Swim Club’s Eva Merrell<\/strong>. Merrell who hung tight with Smith until the last five yards, a race good enough for silver and for a 51.93. The two leaders were followed by QuickSilver Swim Club’s Lauren Green<\/strong> with a 52.71 for the bronze.<\/p>\nAustin Swim Club’s Dakota Luther and Bi-County Regional Elite Aquatics’ Alexis Margett fought for fourth, with Luther ultimately coming out on top in 52.94, just four hundreths of a second ahead of Margett. Taylor Pike of Razorback Aquatic Club nabbed sixth in 53.34, chased down by SOCAL Aquatics’ Elisa Garcia (53.33) and Fort Collins’ Coleen Gillilan (53.69).<\/p>\n
Men’s 100 Butterfly:<\/h2>\n
Ryan Hoffer<\/strong> of Scottsdale Aquatics handily won the 100 butterfly in 45.47. Hoffer was followed by Alvin Jiang<\/strong> of Lakeside Aquatics, who earned silver in a 47.25. Shaine Casas<\/strong>, swimming unattached for the Woodlands, nabbed third in 47.64.<\/p>\nA deep field followed, headed up by the Terrapins Swim team’s Andrei Minakov<\/strong> in 47.78. Jack LeVant<\/strong> of North Texas Nadadores touched behind him in 47.91, while Mission Viejo’s Daniel Kim<\/strong> finished in 48.30. Meanwhile, Dads Club Swim Team’s Clayton Bobo<\/strong> grabbed seventh in 48.72, and Sierra Marlins’ Bryce Mefford<\/strong> touched for 8th in 52.39.<\/p>\nWomen’s 200 Freestyle:<\/h2>\n
In an unsurprising finish, Mission Viejo’s\u00a0Samantha Shelton\u00a0<\/strong>took home gold with a solid 1:44.95, thanks to consistent and well-controlled splits. Shelton was closely followed by Aggie Swim Club’s\u00a0Julia Cook<\/strong>, with a 1:45.35. The rest of the field followed further behind, led by Waves Bloomington’s\u00a0Melissa Pish<\/strong>, the event’s bronze medalist,\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:46.08.<\/p>\nElla Ristic\u00a0<\/strong>of Mission Viejo nabbed fourth in 1:46.78, while\u00a0Evie Pfeifer\u00a0<\/strong>of the CSP Tideriders touched behind her in 1:47.21. In the mean time,\u00a0Dakota Luther\u00a0<\/strong>of Austin Swim Club fought for sixth with a 1:47.41, just touching out Waves Bloomingon’s\u00a0Grace Ariola<\/strong>, who finished with a 1:47.66, and Mansfield Aquatics’\u00a0Haley Yelle<\/strong>, who came home with eighth in a\u00a01:48.42.<\/p>\nMen’s 200 Freestyle:<\/h2>\n
Alexei Sancov\u00a0<\/strong>of the Terrapins managed to hold on to his slim lead after a daring 22.08 split in the first 50 of the event. Sancov claimed gold with a 1:34.06, and he was followed by Jack LeVant\u00a0<\/strong>of the North Texas Nadadores in a 1:35.42, who made his charge in the second fifty of the 200. Patrick Callan<\/strong>, who had another blazing first 50,\u00a0brought back silver for Trident Aquatics with a 1:35.62.<\/p>\nIn fourth place,\u00a0Alexander Zettle <\/strong>of Lakeside Aquatic Club posted a 1:36.22, while\u00a0Daniel Carr<\/strong> of Pikes Peak accomplished a 1:37.34 for fifth.\u00a0Matthew Willenbring\u00a0<\/strong>of Austin Swim Club tied Carr’s final 50 time but could not make up quite enough water in the back half, so he finished in sixth with a 1:37.43. Meanwhile, Owen Kao<\/strong> of Irvine Novaquatics swam a 1:38.75 for seventh, and Sierra Marlins Swim Club’s Bryce Mefford\u00a0<\/strong>trailed the field in a 1:48.93.<\/p>\nWomen’s 100 Breaststroke:<\/h2>\n
Zoe Bartel\u00a0<\/strong>of Fort Collins smashed the meet record of 59.67, previously set by Lilly King<\/strong> in 2013, with a 59.04. Trailing behind her, Palo Alto Stanford’s Grace Zhao<\/strong> nabbed silver with a 1:00.54, and Crow Canyon’s Zoie Hartman<\/strong> took bronze with a 1:01.30.<\/p>\nA tight field followed, with Rachel Ramey<\/strong> of Texas Ford Aquatic Club squeaking out fourth in 1:01.49, and\u00a0Halle Morris\u00a0<\/strong>of North Bay Aquatics following in 1:01.62. \u00a0Alicia Harrison<\/strong> of Buenaventura Swim Club achieved seventh-place status with a 1:02.03, while\u00a0Halladay Kinsey<\/strong> of the Davis Aquadarts finished just behind her for eighth in a respectable 1:02.25.<\/p>\nMen’s 100 Breaststroke:<\/h2>\n
Sun-shine Aquatics’\u00a0MJ Mao\u00a0<\/strong>celebrated his gold and 53.98 with an enthusiastic fist pump. Mao edged out a strong heat. He was followed by Daniel Roy<\/strong>, swimming unattached, who achieved a 54.23 in the event, and\u00a0Zane Backers<\/strong>, of Sandpipers of Nevada, who notched a 54.38 for bronze.<\/p>\nTrent Pellini<\/strong>\u00a0of Mission Viejo\u00a0<\/strong>and Ryan Geheb<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/strong>Nitro Swimming stayed among the leaders, hitting the touchpads at 54.74 and 54.94, respectively. Shane Blinkman<\/strong>\u00a0of St. Croix Swim Club set the mark for sixth with a 55.25, while\u00a0Adam Zimmer\u00a0<\/strong>of Missoula Aquatic Club (55.46) and Elijah Warren <\/strong>of Denver Swim Academy (56.05) finished out the speedy heat. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nWomen’s 100 Backstroke:<\/h2>\n
Regan<\/strong>\u00a0Smith <\/strong>of Riptide Swim Team made history once again with a 51.09. The time was good enough for the National Age Group Record for 13- and 14-year-olds, as well as the meet record. Behind Smith’s dominating performance, Julia Cook\u00a0<\/strong>of Aggie Swim Club claimed silver in 52.47, and\u00a0Grace Ariola\u00a0<\/strong>of Waves Bloomington finished for bronze with a 53.08.<\/p>\nFive of the remaining six competitors remained in the 53-second range. Fort Collins’\u00a0Bayley Steward\u00a0<\/strong>nabbed fourth with a 53.08, while Fort Collins’\u00a0Zoe Bartel\u00a0<\/strong>made an appearance with a 53.42. Just two hundredths behind her, Aquazot’s\u00a0Eva Merrell<\/strong> posted a 53.44. Likewise, Merrell was closely followed by Chloe Clark<\/strong> of Sierra Marlins, in a 53.63, while\u00a0Nicole Oliva\u00a0<\/strong>stayed within the 54-second range in 54.45.<\/p>\nMen’s 100 Backstroke:<\/h2>\n
Scottsdale Aquatic Club’s\u00a0Ryan Hoffer <\/strong>annihilated the field in the 100 backstroke, grabbing gold in a blazing 46.27, less than a second short of his own meet record, set last year. Meanwhile,\u00a0Daniel Carr<\/strong> of Pikes Peak, in a 47.25, beat out Tigershark Swim Club’s\u00a0Noah<\/strong> Henry<\/strong>, in 47.26,\u00a0by one hundredth of a second for silver.<\/p>\nShaine Casas<\/strong>, swimming unattached for the Woodlands, laid claim to fourth with a 48.43, and he was closely followed by Jolen Griffin <\/strong>(48.64) of Orinda Aquatics. Alvin Jiang\u00a0<\/strong>of Lakeside Aquatic Club grabbed seventh in 49.34, while Bryce Mefford<\/strong> of the Sierra Marlins finished behind the field with a 58.67.<\/p>\nWomen’s 200 Freestyle Relay:<\/h2>\n
Fort Collins beat out a fast field for a 1:32.01 and for gold, thanks to the combined efforts of Coleen Gillilan<\/strong> (23.40), Kylee Alons<\/strong> (22.19), Zoe Bartel<\/strong> (22.92), and Bailey Kovac<\/strong> (23.50). Palo Alto Stanford finished just behind them in 1:32.57, with the strong team of Grace Zhao<\/strong> (23.28), Ashley Stahmer<\/strong> (23.54), Brooke Schaffer<\/strong> (23.23), and Bailey Kovac<\/strong> (22.52).<\/p>\nOther finishers in the packed top eight included Ozaukee Aquatics (1:32.72), Davis Aquadarts (1:32.98), and Irvine Novaquatics (1:33.32).<\/p>\n
Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay:<\/h2>\n
Scottsdale’s men dominated the relay once again, posting a 1:19.29, the National Age Group Record for 15-18-year-olds. Just shy of the meet record of 1:19.09, the effort was produced by Jack Blake<\/strong> (20.25), Ray Van Deusen\u00a0<\/strong>(20.15), Parker Hughes\u00a0<\/strong>(20.13), and\u00a0Ryan Hoffer <\/strong>(18.76).<\/p>\nThe Palo Alto Stanford team of Alex Liang<\/strong> (20.58), Michael Lincoln<\/strong> (20.87), Brian Copley<\/strong> (20.97), and Albert Gwo<\/strong> (19.59) combined for silver and a 1:22.01. They were very closely followed by Irvine Novaquatics (1:22.06), whose team brought together the talents of Sean Slusiewics (20.66), Justin Nguyen (20.24), Ben Blevins-Boor (20.27), and Hunter Hitchens (20.89).<\/p>\nThe rest of the close pack included Central Iowa Aquatics (1:22.70), Terrapins Swim Team (1:22.82), and North Texas Nadadores (1:23.45).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West. Competition begins at 6 p.m. EST in College Station, TX. 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":109900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[59633],"class_list":["post-232860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West.\u00a0\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West.\u00a0\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-09T22:50:07+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-11T01:01:43+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"773\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Taylor Brien\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Taylor Brien\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Taylor Brien\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d\"},\"headline\":\"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-09T22:50:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-11T01:01:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/\"},\"wordCount\":1422,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West\"],\"articleSection\":[\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/\",\"name\":\"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-09T22:50:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-11T01:01:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":773,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d\",\"name\":\"Taylor Brien\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Taylor Brien\"},\"description\":\"Taylor Brien is the Assistant Operations Manager and a staff writer at Swimming World. A native of Bettendorf, IA and a 2015 graduate of Illinois College, she has covered a variety of events since joining the SW team in 2015, including the NCAA Championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/taylor-brien\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap - Swimming World","description":"Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap","og_description":"Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2016-12-09T22:50:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-12-11T01:01:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":773,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Taylor Brien","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Taylor Brien","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/"},"author":{"name":"Taylor Brien","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d"},"headline":"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap","datePublished":"2016-12-09T22:50:07+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-11T01:01:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/"},"wordCount":1422,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg","keywords":["2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West"],"articleSection":["USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/","name":"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg","datePublished":"2016-12-09T22:50:07+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-11T01:01:43+00:00","description":"Everything you need to follow along live with day three finals of the 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg","width":1000,"height":773,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west-day-3-finals-live-recap\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2016 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West: Day 3 Finals Recap"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/24da59f6501b584c8ca51570b81b296d","name":"Taylor Brien","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c287ebf7f15aa8ca1ed9a11bfb52972?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Taylor Brien"},"description":"Taylor Brien is the Assistant Operations Manager and a staff writer at Swimming World. A native of Bettendorf, IA and a 2015 graduate of Illinois College, she has covered a variety of events since joining the SW team in 2015, including the NCAA Championships, World Championships, Olympic Trials, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/taylor-brien\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/lane-lines-e1609447215384.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-YzO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}