FEATURES:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 008 2017 FINA WORLD JUNIOR\u00a0<\/strong>CHAMPIONSHIPS\u00a0PHOTO GALLERY<\/strong> 028 TRITON WEAR PRESENTS: <\/strong>HOW THEY TRAIN – TANNER SONNEK<\/strong> 030 CAPTAIN REECE WHITLEY SOARS IN LEADERSHIP ROLE<\/strong> 032 HOW REGAN SMITH REALIZED SHE BELONGS ON THE WORLD STAGE<\/strong> 034 USA JUNIOR TEAM’S CAPTAIN AND UNSUNG HERO<\/strong> 036 WITH JUNIOR CAREER WINDING DOWN, MICHAEL ANDREW LOOKS TOWARDS FUTURE<\/strong> 038 DANIEL ROY TAKES ROUND ONE VS. “COMPETITOR” REECE WHITLEY<\/strong> 042 CANADIAN WOMEN HINT AT THEIR POTENTIAL AT WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/strong> 044\u00a0LILLY KING’S WEEKEND WITH THE U.S. JUNIOR TEAM AND HER “MINI-ME”<\/strong> 045\u00a0AT CONCLUSION OF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONS, TEAM USA LEAVES INSPIRED<\/strong> 050 FINA WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET RUNDOWN<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Swimming World Biweekly:\u00a0The Regan Era FEATURES: 008 2017 FINA WORLD JUNIOR\u00a0CHAMPIONSHIPS\u00a0PHOTO GALLERY photos by Peter H. Bick 028 TRITON WEAR PRESENTS: HOW THEY TRAIN – TANNER SONNEK by Michael J.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":276678,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[56108,59958],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-276646","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-swimming-world-biweekly-1","7":"product_cat-2017-biweekly","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"downloadable","12":"virtual","13":"sold-individually","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nphotos by Peter H. Bick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong>
\nIt would take \u201cblood, toil, tears and sweat\u201d to be triumphant, intoned Winston Churchill back in 1940. More than 75 years later, he could have been talking about GustavusAdolphus breaststroker Tanner Sonnek.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nReece Whitley had put up one of the best swims of his young career, securing his second straight silver medal in the men\u2019s 100 breast at the World Junior Championships and nearly breaking the 1:00-barrier in the event for the first time.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nJust 15 years old, Regan Smith had made an exclusive team, the one consisting of only the two best swimmers in each event in the United States…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nOn both the second and third nights of the World Junior Championships, Grace Ariola swam in an individual final. On both nights, things didn\u2019t go quite as planned…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nNobody even came close. These were two 50-meter races, where margins of victory are far more often fingertips than bodylengths, and Michael Andrew won both by at least a half-second…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nHow had they never raced before? They were the two most talented teenage 200 breaststrokers in the country, and somehow, Reece Whitley and Daniel Roy had never gone head-to-head in that event…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nTaylor Ruck led off, and Penny Oleksiak went second. At the halfway point of the women\u2019s 400 free relay final, the Canadian women were already ahead by almost three seconds, a gold medal all but secured…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nLilly King blends in well with the U.S. National Junior Team. She\u2019s no taller than most of the girls on the team\u2014and only two years older\u2014and she has been donning just as much Team USA gear…<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe World Junior Championships exist to prepare athletes for senior level competitions\u2014the World Championships, the Olympics, etc. Medals are great but a secondary concern. More than anything else, the goal is to learn.<\/p>\n
\nby Ailish Dougherty & Diana Pimer<\/strong><\/em>
\nAll of the biggest stories from the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana including standout swims from Michael Andrew, Reece Whitley, Regan Smith, Taylor Ruck and more<\/p>\n