{"id":389281,"date":"2019-08-08T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T23:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=389281"},"modified":"2019-08-08T19:19:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T02:19:21","slug":"2019-speedo-usa-junior-nationals-double-gold-for-swimmacs-jack-walker-on-night-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-speedo-usa-junior-nationals-double-gold-for-swimmacs-jack-walker-on-night-three\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Speedo USA Junior Nationals: Double Gold for SwimMAC’s Jack Walker on Night Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third night of finals from the 2019 Speedo Junior Nationals in Palo Alto, California featured the finals of the 400 free, 100 fly and men\u2019s 800 free relay.<\/p>\n

Full results from day three finals are available here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Many close battles emerged on night three, even in the women’s and men’s 400 freestyles. Jillian Cox<\/strong> and Jack Walker<\/strong> were able to reach the wall first in these events, while Lucy Bell<\/strong> and Ethan Hu<\/strong> did likewise in the 100 butterfly. Walker then helped the SwimMAC 800 freestyle relay team to victory.<\/p>\n

Women’s 400 Freestyle<\/h2>\n

Olympic Trials Cut: 4:16.89<\/em><\/p>\n

ATAC’S Jillian Cox<\/strong> (4:13.24) won the battle to the finish in the women’s 400 freestyle, out-racing PLS’ Miranda Heckman<\/strong> (4:13.27) and ATOM’s Ellie Marquardt<\/strong> (4:13.49) by a narrow margin. The swim was a lifetime best by three seconds for Cox and catapults her from thirty-fifth to tenth in the 13-14 all-time rankings in this event.<\/p>\n