Junior Nationals

2025 USA Swimming Summer Junior Nationals: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Kayla Han, last night’s 800 freestyle champion, is the top seed in the 400 IM for the day 2 prelims session of the Summer Junior Nationals

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Alex Shackell Scratches 100 Freestyle At Summer Juniors, Her Only Individual Entry

Shackell was the #2 seed in the 100 free, her only individual entry at the meet. The 100 free, 400 IM, and 50 breast are set for this morning.

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Swims You Might Have Missed On Night 1 Of Summer Juniors

Yi Zheng dropped the 100 breast from his finals lineup and the choice payed off as he went another best time.

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Sean Green Smashes Summer Juniors Meet Record With 15:07.49 1500 Freestyle

Green’s time would have been 5th at last month’s US Summer Nationals. He dropped 18 seconds off his lifetime best.

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Charlie Cancelmo Swims To #9 200 Fly All-Time In 15-16 Age Group With 1:58.27

Cancelmo has dropped over five seconds in the event since last summer and sits right ahead of Carson Foster in the all-time rankings.

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Kayla Han Scratches 200 Fly ‘A’ Final, Will Focus On 800 Free On Night 1 At Summer Juniors

Han will focus on the 800 free where she is the top seed by over four seconds. There are four scratches on the night, all swimmers who would have had a double

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Ian Call Moves Up To #2 In 15-16 Age Group With 1:00.61 100 Breast, Just Off Matheny’s NAG

Call sits less than a second off of Josh Matheny’s NAG record from 2019. Call is the top seed for tonight.

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2025 USA Swimming Summer Junior Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Teagan O’Dell is the top seed in the women’s 50 backstroke in this morning’s prelims session of the Summer Junior Championships.

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#3 Shareef Elaydi Drops 200 Fly For First Day Of Summer Juniors

Elaydi was 23rd in the event at US Summer Nationals last month. He was one of two scratches for the morning.

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USA Swimming Drops Psych Sheets For 2025 Junior National Championships

The pysch sheets are out for the 2025 U.S. Junior National Championships, to be held in Irvine, California, from July 30 through August 3.

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18-Year-Old Jude Banks Hits 1:01.98 in 100m Breast in Ohio

Blazing Barracudas’ Jude Banks hits two Junior National Cuts at 2025 Holtrey Summer Classic at Cleveland State University

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USA Swimming Announces Selection Procedures For 2025-26 National Junior Team

The announced selection procedures for the 2025-26 pool swimming National Junior team exclude the 50s of stroke from consideration for the team.

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2025 NCSA Spring Champs: Bedsole Doubles; Sagle, Vatev Climb All-Time 200 Back Ranks On Day 1

Nations Capital’s Alyssa Sagle set a new lifetime best of 1:51.73 to move into 15th all-time in the girls’ 15-16 age group.

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Bellevue & SwimMAC Win Girls WJ Titles; Lakeside & Bolles Win Boys & Combined Trophies

The Bellevue girls won the West Winter Junior team title, while the SwimMAC girls won in the east. Lakeside and Bolles won both the boys and combined titles.

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Watch: Top Race Videos From 2024 Winter Junior Championships East and West

Now that the 2024 Winter Junior Championships had wrapped-up, its time to go back and watch some of the top races from the two sites.

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