{"id":651310,"date":"2026-08-15T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=651310"},"modified":"2026-08-15T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:34:18","slug":"pan-pacific-championships-day-four-prelims-william-petric-jamie-jack-start-strong-for-aussies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pan-pacific-championships-day-four-prelims-william-petric-jamie-jack-start-strong-for-aussies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan Pacific Championships, Day Four Prelims: William Petric, Jamie Jack Start Strong for Aussies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pan Pacific Championships, Day Four Prelims: William Petric, Jamie Jack Start Strong for Aussies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a strong meet for the Australians this week in Irvine. And they\u2019re looking to finish out with more Pan Pacifics gold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Petric<\/strong> and <strong>Jamie Jack<\/strong> took home top seeds in the 200 individual medley and 50 freestyle, respectively, on Saturday at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine.<\/p>\n<p>Petric went 1:57.72 in the 200 IM. Jack set the meet record of 21.42 in the 50 free, downing Bruno Fratus\u2019 mark from 2014.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from the final day of prelims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/sports\/pan-pacific-champs-prelims-day-1\/f97aa5f5-f95f-3bb7-a049-a89eb0507ce0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch on Peacock\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2026\/2026-pan-pacific-champs-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2026-pan-pacific-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swimming World Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>200 individual medley<\/h3>\n<p><strong>William Petric<\/strong> led the way with a time of 1:57.72 in the first event of the morning. Second was 200 back champion <strong>Yumeki Kojima,<\/strong> who went 1:57.83, edging out teammate <strong>Tomoyuki Matsushita<\/strong> by .01 seconds for second in the same heat. (Recall Kojima tied with <strong>Asaki Nishikawa<\/strong> in the 400 IM on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pan-pacific-championships-asaki-nishikawa-fan-yaqi-win-swim-offs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">requiring a swim off<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carson Foster<\/strong> led the Americans in fourth overall in 1:57.90. That\u2019s the leading pack of four. There\u2019s a gap back to <strong>Tristan Jankovics<\/strong> in fifth in 1:58.73. <strong>Rex Maurer<\/strong> is the second American in seventh in 1:59.20, with <strong>Lewis Clareburt<\/strong> rounding out the top eight. That leaves Americans <strong>Destin Lasco<\/strong> (2:00.57) and <strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> (2:01.08) in the B final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pan-pacific-championships-day-four-prelims-william-petric-jamie-jack-start-strong-for-aussies\/200immens\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1176,704\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200immens\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens-1024x613.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-651334\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens.jpg 1176w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens-280x168.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens-450x269.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200immens-533x319.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>50 freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Jamie Jack<\/strong> led the men with a meet record of 21.42, displacing the <strong>Bruno Fratus<\/strong> mark from 21.42. He\u2019s joined in the A final by Isaac Cooper, who was seventh overall.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s tough sledding for the Americans, though, with a ton of depth \u2026 such that <strong>Santo Condorelli<\/strong> finished eighth overall and broke 22 seconds but doesn\u2019t get a second swim. There are five Americans in the top eight and six in the top 10. <strong>Quintin McCarty<\/strong> was second in 21.56. He\u2019s A-final bound, with <strong>Jack Alexy,<\/strong> who went 21.66. Alexy edged <strong>Chris Guiliano<\/strong> by .01 seconds. Guiliano and <strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> (21.72) are in the B final.<\/p>\n<p>The A final also includes <strong>Gui Carbie,<\/strong> who was third in 21.63 for Brazil; <strong>Calvyn Justus,<\/strong> in ninth overall in 22.05 for South Africa; and the Canadian duo of <strong>Yuri Kisil<\/strong> and <strong>Ruslan Gaziev.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pan-pacific-championships-day-four-prelims-william-petric-jamie-jack-start-strong-for-aussies\/m50free-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1155,731\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M50free\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free-1024x648.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-651340\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free-280x177.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free-450x285.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M50free-533x337.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>200 breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Sorting 12 swimmers into 16 spots is a little more complicated than you might think. Japan took the top three times in prelims, led by <strong>Shin Ohashi<\/strong> in 2:08.90. But limits on two swimmers per nation per heat mean third-place <strong>Ippei Watanabe<\/strong> is third and on the outside looking in. <strong>Yamato Fukusawa<\/strong> was second in 2:09.00, leaving World Championships silver medalist Watanabe in the B final.<\/p>\n<p>The top American was <strong>Josh Matheny<\/strong> in fourth in 2:09.90. <strong>AJ Pouch<\/strong> was a spot back in 2:10.01. They\u2019ll be joined by Olympic champion <strong>Zac Stubblety-Cook,<\/strong> who was sixth overall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pan-pacific-championships-day-four-prelims-william-petric-jamie-jack-start-strong-for-aussies\/m200breastprelims-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1131,708\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M200breastprelims\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims-1024x641.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-651353\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims-280x175.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims-450x282.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/M200breastprelims-533x334.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1500 freestyle slowest heat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pan Pacific Championships, Day Four Prelims: William Petric, Jamie Jack Start Strong for Aussies It\u2019s been a strong meet for the Australians this week in Irvine. 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