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Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Day 3 Combined Results

Here you can find the combined results from Fridayat the East and West sites of the Speedo Winter Junior Championships.

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Sandpipers Ilya Kharun Breaks Urlando’s 15-16 NAG with 45.59 100 Fly in Austin

Last December, Kharun swam a personal best of 51.67 at the Las Vegas Super Finals.

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Heilman Breaks 12th NAG in Past 10 Days, Clocks 1:34.68 200 Free in Greensboro

Perhaps most impressively of all, this NAG marks Heilman’s 12th in the past 10 days.

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14-Year-Old Sean Green Clocks 15:23.14 1650 at NCAP Invite Day 1, #6 13-14

The biggest race of the night came in the men’s 1650, where 14-year-old Sean Green out of Long Island Aquatic Club roared to a massive new PB of 15:23.14.

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Leah Hayes Unleashes 1:54.09 200 IM, Now #3 All-Time 15-16, Bella Sims Hits #9

Hayes is now #3 all-time in the age group, sitting just 0.07 seconds off Alex Walsh’s NAG

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Diggory Dillingham Drops More Time with 19.52 50 FR, Rises to #4 All-Time 15-16

16-year-old Diggory Dillingham out of Bend Swim Club has been on a hot streak in the 50 free over the last week.

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Rex Maurer and Keaton Jones Hit All-Time Top 10 for 17-Year-Olds in the 500 FR

In a thrilling race in the 500 free last night, Rose Bowl Aquatics 17-year-old Rex Maurer, and Swim Neptune 17-year-old Keaton Jones went down to the wire.

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Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Day 2 Combined Results

Leah Hayes came within 0.07 seconds of breaking Alex Walsh’s NAG in the women’s 15-16 200 IM, swimming a 1:54.09.

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Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Sandpipers of Nevada stars Bella Sims and Katie Grimes are both facing a grueling double tonight.

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Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Thomas Heilman led prelims with a 19.96 in the boys 50 free, inching towards yet another NAG for the 14-year-old star.

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Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Thursday’s action includes the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free.

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Claire Weinstein Clocks 4:42.27 500 FR in Prelims, #11 All-Time 13-14 Girls

Weinstein swam a 4:42.27, chipping 1.83 seconds off her previous best of 4:44.10, which she swam last December. 

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Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Day 1 Combined East/West Results

As usual with the Winter Junior Champs, we’ll be combining results from the 2 sites to bring you the combined top 8 in each event from each day. 

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Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Tonight’s action includes the men’s and women’s 200 medley and 800 free relays.

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Caeleb Dressel Named Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year

Dressel competed in 6 events in Tokyo, 3 individual and 3 relays, winning 5 Gold medals, and breaking 4 Olympic Records, as well as 2 World Records.

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