2014 JUNIOR PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, August 27th-Sunday, August 31st
- Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
- Finals 5PM (local time) / 8PM PDT / 11PM EDT / 12PM+1 Tokyo / 1PM+1 Sydney / 5AM+1 Cape Town / 12AM+1 Rio de Janeiro / 4AM+1 London / 5AM+1 Paris
- 2012 results
- Psych Sheets
- Live stream
- Live results
- Medals Table After Day 1
- Full Day 1 finals recap
- Results also available on Meet Mobile under “2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships”
Thursday, August 28th:
- 100 free
- 100 breast
- 400 IM
- Finals Only – 800 Free Relay
GIRLS 100 FREE – FINALS
Shayna Mack of Australia, the runner up in the 200 freestyle last night, overtook China’s Menghu Zhu coming home to touch first in 54.82. Zhu flipped in 26.40 to Mack’s 26.66, but Mack closed more than a half second faster to win. Fellow Aussie Chelsea Gillett was sixth at the halfway mark before coming home in 28.04, the fastest final 50 in the heat, to touch second in 54.93. Zhu settled for third in 55.14
Notably, Australia also had the third fastest time in the field out of the B-final, where Lucy McJannett crushed a 54.93. Stanzi Moseley was the highest finishing American, touching in 55.41 for fourth.
BOYS 100 FREE – FINALS
Paul Powers and Blake Pieroni went 1-2 for Team USA, but Townley Haas stole the show from the B-final. The 200 free champion blew away the field with a blazing 49.55, a personal best for Haas, giving him the anchor leg spot on the 4×100 medley relay later in the meet.
Not to be undersold, Powers and Pieroni duplicated their prelims finish to strike back against Australia, with Powers narrowly edging Pieroni, 50.29 to 50.30. Canada’s Mark Thormeyer snuck onto the podium, touching in 50.40 for third.
GIRLS 100 BREAST – FINALS
Team USA registered another 1-2 finish behind a statement swim from Lilly King. The 15-16 short course yards national record holder cut a couple tenths from her seed time to touch in 1:07.98, clipping the previous meet record of 1:07.99 by the narrowest of margins. Jorie Caneta dropped almost a full second from her previous best to touch for silver in 1:08.68.
Japanese youngster Runa Imai, who is just 14 years of age, finished third in 1:09.25. American Emily Kopas recorded the fourth fastest time in the event from the B-final, touching in 1:09.35.
BOYS 100 BREAST – FINALS
The momentum for Team USA continued to role, as Connor Hoppe stormed home for win in 1:01.68. After touching fifth at the 50 mark, Hoppe had the fastest back half in the field (29.49-32.19) to win handily. Canada’s Matthew Ackman and Japan’s Ryuya Mura finished in a dead-heat for second in 1:02.05.
GIRLS 400 IM – FINALS
Team captain Ella Eastin got out in front early and didn’t look back, winning the women’s 400 IM going away in 4:43.13. Eastin recorded the fastest split in the field over each of the first four 50’s, building a two second lead over the first 200.
Tianni Gilmour of Australia was the closest competitor through both the 200 and 300 meter mark before fading over the final 100 to finish third in 4:45.95. Hiroko Makino of Japan hit the jets over the final 50 to pass Gilmour for second, touching in 4:45.23.
BOYS 400 IM – FINALS
There’s no other way to put it: Team USA dominated the final individual event of the night, with Andrew Seliskar, Curtis Ogren, Sean Grieshop, and Corey Okubo recording the four fastest times in the field. Seliskar and Ogren were close through the first 250 meters before Seliskar dropped the hammer, outsplitting the entire field by two seconds on the second breaststroke 50 alone. When all was said and done, Seliskar touched first in a personal best 4:16.05, one of the fastest prep times in history.
Ogren, a career 4:17.7 400 IMer, gassed out a bit over the final 150, finishing a distant second in a very respectable 4:20.34. In the B-final, Grieshop overtook Okubo with an impressive 58.2 final 100 for the win, touching in a personal best 4:20.25. Okubo finished in 4:22.27 for second in the heat.
😆 You are very funny!
It’s too much honor. I don’t know what to say. 😳
I’m going to read what you said during my absence in the Pan Pacs live recaps.
I need to be updated!
While I do not comment often, Bobo you were definitely missed. Welcome back. Glad Swimswam will not go out of business. Looking forward to read your comment about whether this long course season will affect Missy’s prospects of turning pro.. In college football a lot of examples of players who deferred NFL draft and ended up with much less money then they would have gotten a year prior.
Hello swimswamers! I’m back! 🙂
Yes. I’m still alive! 😆
We just had some little technical problems here and we have decided to change our computer equipment. And it took a little time to control at 100% the beast. 🙂
I’ve missed Pan Pacs last week. 🙁
But after reading the results and watching the race videos, I will have a few things to say in the next days.
Congrats to Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps and overall the US team.
And about the European championships, congrats to Florent Manaudou.
Happy to be again on swimswam.
THANK GOD.
We considered filing for bankruptcy while you were gone. Almost put us out of business. Thought maybe you went on strike or something.
He’s alive!!!!
The swimming dictionnary is alive ! happy to see u again .
wonderful! We missed you last week!
I was worried you were very sick! Many people wanted the staff to try to find out what happened to you! The biggest swimming week of the year was less fun without your insights! Welcome back!
Haas leads off in a 1:48.2
us wins in 721
That puts him ahead of Klete Keller for #3 on the all-time USA 17-18 list. And he’s only 17.
Stating the obvious, but the US could really use some of these young freestylers to break through. Too often this is the point where guys plateau.
He has a very effective stroke , he is Tall ( close to Andrew’s height ? ) and he is powerfull . On the 200 free , after 150 meters , nobody could follow him . Impressive swimmer . Usa needs guys like him for RIO , at least on the relay .
Klete Keller , one of the only swimmers to have beaten Ian Thorpe on a 200 free , anchor relay back in 2004 in Athens .
Keller split 1:45.83, Thorpe split 1:44.18
How on earth did Keller beat Thorpe?
I can also beat Usain Bolt in 100 m race if I start 10 seconds earlier.
Seliskar wins the 400 IM in 4:16.05, new personal best. He took the first 200 out a bit slower than this morning, then really dropped the hammer on the back half.
seliskar 416
eastin 443 in 400 IM
results say the DQ’d Leah Smith
Stevens… sorry its late
Can we find out why Leah was DQ’d?
Danjohnrob – we can try!
past vertical on back to breast turn..too bad as she was in second and dropped 3 seconds overall
Ugh! I hate when kids swim best times that don’t count!
US women miss the podium in the 100 free, with the win going to Australia’s Shayna Jack. Powers and Pieronia take gold and silver, but fastest time goes to Townley Haas out of the B-final with a 49.55. Lilly King and Connor Hoppe for the US for the breastroke.
*insert speculation about boys medley junior world record here*
Excuse the typos. It’s late.
Haas continues to impress. If he improves his underwaters… the sky is the limit.
Is anybody else noticing a pattern here? The US is doing a great job developing female 200 freestylers, but the Aussies seem to be doing a better job developing female 50/100 freestylers!