Full day 3 finals recap.
10 things we noticed on day 3 of the 2014 U.S. Junior Nationals.
Tim Binning was back on deck on Friday at the 2014 U.S. Junior National Swimming Championships to capture all of the key moments from four races: the girls’ 400 free, the boys’ 400 free, the girls’ 100 fly, and the boys’ 100 fly.
Anina Lund en route to the C-Final win in 4:15.35 in the women’s 400 free at the 2014 U.S. Junior National Championships. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Taylor Ault won the B Final of the girls’ 400 free in 4:12.84 on Friday. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Sierra Schmidt has made the move from the Germantown Academy to North Baltimore this summer, and the immediate dividend was a second Junior National title – this one coming in 4:10.92. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Ryan Kao appeared satisfied with a season best in the 400 free of 3:57.51. That won the C-Final. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Grant Schenk split a very good 1:56.99/1:59.02 en route to a 3:56.01 to win the B-Final of the boys’ 400 free on Friday night. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Stanford commit Brock Turner took 3rd in the boys’ 400 free with a new lifetime best of 3:53.89. Not a win, but it was still good enough for a fist pump. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Nitro’s Sean Grieshop also thumped his own lifetime best, by a total of three seconds between prelims and finals, on Saturday. That put him 2nd at the 2014 U.S. Junior Nationals. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Townley Haas, meanwhile, just missed his lifetime best and Meet Record by .02 seconds – a 3:52.01 – to win his second-straight 400 free at Junior Nationals. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Bailey Nero is the defending Colorado 5A State high school champion in the 100 fly for Fossil Ridge HS, and now has added a C-Final win for the Fort Collins Area Swim Team at the 2014 Junior National Championships. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Lauren Case from Chattahoochee Gold won the B-Final of the girls’ 100 fly in 59.63. That was the same time as Veronica Burchill used to win the A-Final. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Veronica Burchill from Indiana gave the Carmel Swim Club another win at the 2014 U.S. Junior Nationals, topping the 100 fly in 59.63 (she was faster in prelism). (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Vanessa Krause was part of an Indiana 1-2 finish in the girls’ 100 fly A-Final on Friday. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Anthony Kim was stoic after a lifetime best, and first swim under 55 seconds, at the 2014 Junior National Championships. He swam a 54.93 to win the C Final. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Alex Valente won the boys’ 100 fly in 53.09, which moves him to 12th on the all-time 17-18 list, and he’s only 17 still. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
A big thanks to Tim for taking these beautiful shots – since we can’t be there to watch our daughter, any glimpse we can get is so appreciated!
I’ve remarked that Chenoa Devine who was in lane 4 of the 400 free B-Final has applauded each of her opponents during the lane announcement before the start. Great attitude.
Other remark. Sierra Schmidt has showed her dance talents behind the blocks. 🙂
And she won the race a few minutes later.