Articles by Charlotte Wells

Speedo Sectionals Finalist Makenzie Baldwin to Swim for Hope College Beginning Fall 2024

Primarily specializing in back and free, Baldwin is already poised to final and possibly even podium at the MIAA Championships in many of her top events.

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How to Watch Swimming at the 2024 Paralympic Games: Global Coverage & Session Start Times

Check out the lists below to find out when and where you can tune in to follow Para Swimming throughout the week in Paris.

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Metros Finalist Samantha Gilbert Set to Compete for Babson Beginning This Fall (2024)

A breaststroke and sprint freestyle specialist, Gilbert is already projected to score points for Babson at their conference championships in her debut season.

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Zhao on Breaking a Meet Record in the Final Relay, “There is No Better Feeling” (Day 4 Quotes)

The final day of competition saw Team USA claim gold and shatter meet records in both the boys and girls 4×100 medley relays.

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US Comes Out on Top While Japan Adds 3 Golds to Take 2nd on Final Junior Pan Pacs Medal Table

With 21 golds and 44 medals in all, Team USA’s victory comes as no surprise given that they had over three times as many gold medals as any other nation. 

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United States Boys Break Junior Pan Pacs Record in 4×100 Medley to Close Out the Meet

After battling it out with Canada for much of the race, the U.S. boys managed to pull away to claim the victory and shatter the meet record.

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United States Girls Post 3:58.88 in the 4×100 Medley Relay to Crush the Junior Pan Pacs Record

Team USA put together a phenomenal race to shatter the 4:00 barrier and crush the previous meet record by over 3.5 seconds.

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Japan’s Kazushi Imafuku Shatters 1500 Free Meet Record, Becomes #6 All-Time in 17-18 Age Group

In a thrilling race, Imafuku broke 15 minutes for the first time in the 1500, posting a time of 14:59.97 to shatter the Junior Pan Pacs record.

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Kotomi Kato Wins 200 Breast in 2:24.73, Breaking Her 2nd Junior Pan Pacs Record of the Meet

Kato swept the breaststroke events at this year’s Junior Pan Pacs, taking down the championship record in both distances.

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American swim fans re: gold medal count (@swimswam48/X)

After a tumultuous past few seasons by many of the top U.S. swimmers, the young rising stars at the Junior Pan Pacs are a shining light for USA Swimming.

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Leah Shackley Breaks 200 Back Junior Pan Pacs Record to Claim Her 2nd Record of the Meet

Shackley completed her sweep of the backstroke events now holds claim to the Junior Pan Pacs meet records in both the 100 and 200 back.

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Team USA Adds 5 More Golds on Day 3 to Lengthen Lead Over Junior Pan Pacs Medal Table

Team USA’s five new gold medals brings them up to 16 in all with a total medal count of 30, over twice as many as Japan who is the next closest nation.

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Erisman on Breaking a Record, “It’s Just Amazing to be here and Race Everyone” (Day 2 Quotes)

Erisman had a hand in taking down two meet records during day two’s finals session, shattering both the 100 free record and the 4×200 free relay record.

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Japan Jumps Up Junior Pan Pacs Medal Table After Adding Three Golds on Competition Day 2

Japan secured three gold medals to climb the rankings following the conclusion of day 2; the U.S. still leads the medal count with 11 golds.

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Team USA Takes Down Junior Pan Pacs Meet Record in Girls 4×200 Freestyle Relay

The relay team of Kennedi Dobson, Rylee Erisman, Teagan O’Dell and Madi Mintenko posted a time of 7:53.56 to take down the old record by over a second.

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