The younger generation had some jaw dropping finishes on Day Four of the 2019 Speedo USA Junior Nationals.<\/p>\n
The 15-year-old women were on fire tonight as Justina Kozan<\/strong> won the 200 freestyle, Emma Weber<\/strong>\u00a0won the 200 breaststroke, and Kennedy Noble<\/strong> won the 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n Jack Walker<\/strong>\u00a0went a time of 1:49.69 to earn him the gold in the men’s 200 freestyle. Walker will be training for the 2020 Olympics with the University of Virginia starting this fall.<\/p>\n Dylan Rhee<\/strong> went an impressive time of 2:13.54 to claim the men’s 200 breaststroke title. Rhee has shown massive improvement throughout the year to get him not only first at Jr. Nationals but to be 4.35 seconds under the Olympic Trials cut. To see how much Rhee has improved since last January check out this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hunter Armstrong<\/strong> broke the championship record in tonight’s 100 backstroke when he swam a time of 54.97. Armstrong beat Michael Andrew’s<\/strong> old record of 54.99 by only .02 of a second.<\/p>\n Olympic Trials Cut: 2:01.69\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n At only 15 years old, Jutina Kozan<\/strong> broke the two-minute barrier in the women’s 200 freestyle with a time of 1:59.48. Kozan was first from the get-go, going a 27.92 in the first 50 of the race, and was just shy of two seconds faster then her time in prelims.<\/p>\n Miranda Heckman<\/strong> was close to breaking two minutes but came in with a time of 2:00.31. Heckman added a silver to the gold she captured in Wednesday night’s 100 freestyle.\u00a0Also coming in at the two-minute mark was Riley Francis<\/strong> with a time of 2:00.75, giving her the bronze.<\/p>\n Ella Bathurst<\/strong> (2:01.24), Kayla Wilson<\/strong> (2:01.34), and Ella Ristic<\/strong> (2:01.51) also qualified for the Olympic Trials times. In seventh place was Cora Dupre<\/strong> with a time of 2:01.82. Dupre had the fastest reaction time of .63 of a second and held good speed for the majority of the race by taking second at the first two walls and third on the final turn.<\/p>\n In eighth was Riley Parker<\/strong> with a time of 2:04.63.<\/p>\n B finalists Chloe Stepanek<\/strong> (2:01.02),\u00a0Megan Drumm <\/strong>(2:01.11), and Felicia Pasadyn<\/strong> (2:01.32), also earned\u00a0 their Olympic Trials cuts in the women’s 200 freestyle.<\/p>\n\n
Women’s 200 Freestyle\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n