{"id":255640,"date":"2017-05-11T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=255640"},"modified":"2017-05-11T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T22:17:02","slug":"usa-swimming-to-send-11-junior-age-rookies-to-mel-zejac-meet-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-to-send-11-junior-age-rookies-to-mel-zejac-meet-in-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming to Send 11 Junior-Age Rookies to Mel Zajac Meet in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following in the footsteps of a number of Team USA Olympians, 11 members of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/docs\/default-source\/national-junior-teamdocuments\/rosters\/2016-2017-world-100-roster.pdf?sfvrsn=14\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/docs\/default-source\/national-junior-teamdocuments\/rosters\/2016-2017-world-100-roster.pdf?sfvrsn%3D14&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494626850816000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFgjt4ILllSrDIGsQIRQUFNYRqrDg\">USA Swimming\u2019s World 100 List<\/a> will travel later this month to compete at the Mel Zajac Jr International meet in Vancouver, Canada. The team will be racing on the campus of The University of British Columbia from <span data-term=\"goog_1105624109\">May 26-28<\/span> and the brand new UBC Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n<p>These eight women and three men \u2013 listed below \u2013 will be following in the footsteps of a number of Team USA Olympians who have competed in this meet before them, as <strong>Maya DiRado<\/strong>, <strong>Missy Franklin<\/strong>, <strong>Molly Hannis<\/strong>, <strong>Melanie Margalis<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Tom Shields<\/strong> all competed at Mel Zajac as juniors.<\/p>\n<p>In order to qualify for this competition athletes had to appear on the World 100 (or National Junior Team), currently be in high school, and never previously represented the United States in international competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had persistently been requested by coaches that we return to this meet, and we are thrilled to once again be attending the Mel Zajac Jr International competition,\u201d said <strong>Mitch Dalton<\/strong>, USA Swimming National Junior Team Program Director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of the trip is to offer a competition and experience which will prepare our best world-ranked junior athletes for future international success. 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