{"id":276395,"date":"2017-09-06T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=276395"},"modified":"2017-09-06T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T16:30:32","slug":"lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-team-usa-closes-world-juniors-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lumalanes-performance-of-the-week-team-usa-closes-world-juniors-with-a-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"LumaLanes Performance of the Week: Team USA Closes World Juniors With A Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s Performance Of The Week, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lumalanes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sponsored by LumaLanes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, goes to the men\u2019s 400 medley relay team of <\/span><b>Drew Kibler<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Reece Whitley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Cody Bybee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and <\/span><b>Matthew Willenbring<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who broke the world junior record in the a dramatic race to close out the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LumaLanes Performance of the Week -- Sept. 6, 2017 -- USA Jr. Men&#039;s 400 Medley Relay\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zM2Exijmm2E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team finished first in 3:36.15, 0.29 ahead of the world junior and championship record set by Russia back in 2015. Less than three tenths separated the top three teams, making this one of the closest races of the entire meet. To add to the drama, all three of the medal winning relays either tied or slipped under the previous world junior record. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team USA never led throughout the race, starting off third after the backstroke leg and moving up to second through the breaststroke and butterfly. Buoyed by Whitley\u2019s 59.32 breaststroke split and Bybee\u2019s 52.66 butterfly split, the Americans were able to stay in the race before Willenbring passed by Italy and held off a closing Russian anchor with his phenomenal 48.66 split. That was half a second faster than his bronze medal performance in the 100 free earlier in the night and a huge statement swim to bring Team USA the gold. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The relay win and world junior record were an exclamation point on a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/at-conclusion-of-world-junior-championships-team-usa-leaves-inspired\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">successful last night of swimming for Team USA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the Americans bringing home a total of ten medals on the final night of competition and leaving the meet with a bevy of international experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations Drew Kibler, Reece Whitley, Cody Bybee and Matthew Willenbring on earning Swimming World\u2019s Performance of the Week!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Special Thanks to <a 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