Grace Rainey Ranks #3 All-Time in 13-14 Girls 100 Breast – 1:09.42

2019 USA SWIMMING SPEEDO JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, August 6 – Saturday, August 10, 2019
• Stanford Avery Aquatic Center, Palo Alto, CA
• Prelims 9 AM / Finals 5 PM (U.S. Pacific Time)
• LCM format
• Psych sheet
• Live stream (all sessions)
• Start Lists & Live Results

In another young field at tonight’s US Junior Nationals, 14-year-old Grace Rainey of SwimMac Carolina came in 5th place with a personal best of 1:09.42. Rainey had already set a best time today, clocking a 1:10.60 in the morning, which was just under her 1:10.70 she came into the meet with. The 14-year-old also came home very fast, splitting 36.34 on the 2nd 50. For reference, Rainey’s 2nd 50 split was faster than everyone in the field, except the champion, Lydia Jacoby (1:08.12 – 36.16), whose time ranks her #6 all-time for 15-16 girls.

Rainey’s swim makes her the #3 performer all-time for 13-14 girls. Amanda Beard holds the National Age Group Record at a stunning 1:08.09 from 1996.

Here is the current top 10 for 13-14 girls all-time:

1. Amanda Beard (1996) – 1:08.09
2. Megan Jendrick (1998) – 1:09.14
3. Grace Rainey (2019) – 1:09.42
4. Emily Weiss (2015) – 1:09.45
5. Annie Zhu (2009) – 1:09.65
6. Alexis Wenger (2015) – 1:09.82
7. Anita Nall (1991) – 1:09.83
8. Allie Szekely (2012) – 1:09.87
9. Alex Walsh (2016) – 1:09.98
10. Emily SHort (1990) – 1:10.01

Rainey is also slated to swim the 400 IM, 200 breast, and 200 IM this week.