{"id":484696,"date":"2021-08-04T19:22:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T02:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=484696"},"modified":"2021-08-04T20:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T03:16:24","slug":"speedo-summer-championships-justina-kozan-trenton-julian-post-swift-200-free-performances-in-irvine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/speedo-summer-championships-justina-kozan-trenton-julian-post-swift-200-free-performances-in-irvine\/","title":{"rendered":"Speedo Summer Championships: Justina Kozan, Trenton Julian Post Swift 200 Free Performances in Irvine; Elevation Athletics Sets Relay NAG Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speedo Summer Championships: Justina Kozan, Trenton Julian Post Swift 200 Free Performances in Irvine; Elevation Athletics Sets Relay NAG Record<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the second evening of competition at the Speedo Summer Championships in Irvine, Calif.,\u00a0Justina Kozan<\/strong> and\u00a0Trenton Julian<\/strong> each recorded strong performances in the 200 freestyle, while 14-year-old\u00a0Teagan O’Dell<\/strong> rocketed a 200 backstroke performance that ranks third all-time among 15-16 girls.<\/p>\n

At the U.S. Olympic Trials, 17-year-old Kozan of the Mission Viejo Nadadores qualified for the final of the women’s 400 IM and finished eighth, but in her likely best event, the 200 freestyle, Kozan ended up finishing 34th, more than three seconds off her best time of 1:58.10. In Irvine, Kozan bounced back and swam just off her lifetime best, posting a 1:58.14 for the win. Kozan won the race by almost three seconds, with Austin Swim Club’s Jillian Cox\u00a0<\/strong>taking second in 2:01.04 and Iowa Flyers’\u00a0Aurora Roghari<\/strong> finishing third in 2:01.26.<\/p>\n

In the men’s 200 free, Julian posted his second victory in as many days as he topped the event in 1:47.83, just off the 1:47.50 he swam to place 13th in the event at U.S. Olympic Trials. Julian, representing Rose Bowl and Cal-Berkeley, previously won the 200 fly Wednesday in 1:54.71, becoming the fastest American this year in the event<\/a>. Lakeridge’s\u00a0Luke Hobson<\/strong> took second in 1:49.10, a tenth ahead of Cal’s\u00a0Dare Rose<\/strong> (1:49.20).<\/p>\n

O’Dell won her first race of the meet Tuesday when she topped the women’s 100 free, and in the 200 back, the 14-year-old from Irvine Novaquatics posted a time of 2:09.57. That moved O’Dell to third all-time among U.S. swimmers in the 13-14 age group, trailing only 2012 Olympic gold medalist\u00a0Missy Franklin<\/strong> (2:09.16) and\u00a0Nora Mirabal\u00a0<\/strong>(2:09.27). O’Dell finished almost two seconds ahead of anyone else. Elmbrook’s\u00a0Maggie Wanezek<\/strong> placed second in 2:11.56, and Cougar’s\u00a0Taylor McCoy<\/strong> finished third in 2:15.74.<\/p>\n

Trojan’s\u00a0Isabelle Odgers<\/strong> came home strong to top the women’s 200 breaststroke field in 2:28.23, while the University of Denver’s\u00a0Emma Weber<\/strong> touched second in 2:29.05. Tritons’\u00a0Katja Pavicevic<\/strong> placed third in 2:30.10. In the men’s 200 breast, Team Rebel’s\u00a0AJ Pouch<\/strong> led by more than two seconds after 150 meters, but he faded badly on the last length. He had enough, though, to hold off Trojan’s Ben Dillard<\/strong>, 2:11.61 to 2:12.17. Metroplex’s\u00a0Zhier Fan<\/strong> claimed third in 2:13.87.<\/p>\n

Schroeder YMCA’s\u00a0Ziyad Saleem<\/strong> won the men’s 200 back in 2:02.31, and Trojan’s\u00a0Harry Homans<\/strong> was second in 2:02.83. Third went to Rose Bowl’s\u00a0Ronald Dalmacio<\/strong> in 2:03.84.<\/p>\n

To conclude the evening, Irvine Novaquatics’\u00a0Lindsay Ervin<\/strong> (57.33), O’Dell (55.24), Ella Eistic <\/strong>(55.91) and\u00a0Maggie Schalow<\/strong> (57.21) won the women’s 400 free relay in 3:45.69. Elmbrook Swim Club’s team of Campbell Stoll<\/strong>,\u00a0Lucy Thomas<\/strong>,\u00a0Maggie Wanezek<\/strong> and\u00a0Abby Wanezek<\/strong> took second in 3:47.65 took second, and third went to Elevation Athletics (of Colorado) in 3:47.82. The Elevation team of Indigo Armon<\/strong>, Morgan Lukinac<\/strong>,\u00a0Karolina Bank<\/strong> and\u00a0Mary Codevilla<\/strong> broke the 17-18 National Age Group record of 3:48.12 set by Dynamo’s Caitlin<\/strong> Cooper<\/strong>, Kylie<\/strong> Stewart<\/strong>, Kathleen<\/strong> Cook<\/strong> and Nicole<\/strong> Stafford<\/strong> in 2013.<\/p>\n