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!
bobo gigi
9 years ago
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.
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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.