Sandpipers Girls Back Racing at CA/NV Sectionals With Top 10 All-Time Age Group Swims
Off the plane and onto a bus: the Sandpipers of Nevada were back to racing again this week in Southern California in an event that wasn’t offered at Winter Juniors.
Luke Ellis on Training with Sandpipers Teammates: “It pushes you, that’s for sure”
Sandpipers’ Luke Ellis swam a gutsy race in the 1,650, staying with Rex Maurer for the first 1,000 and then making his move
Watch: Maximus Williamson’s 200 BK NAG, Other Winter JRs West Day 4 Race Videos
Below, you’ll find race videos from the ‘A’ finals on night four of the 2022 Winter Junior Championships – West.
Sandpiper Luke Ellis Clocks 14:49.79 1650 Free, #3 15-16 U.S. Performer Of All-Time
Ellis swam his final 100 yards in 51.38, just a few tenths off of Bobby Finke’s 51.15 closing split from his American record 1650 free.
2022 Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Combined East/West Results Day 4
At the West site, Bella Sims raced a 200 back, 200 fly, 400 free relay triple on Saturday and she won each of those events with meet record-setting times.
2022 Speedo Winter Juniors West – Day 4 Finals Live Recap
Keaton Jones broke the 200 back meet record in prelims and is seeded more than 3.3 seconds ahead of the rest of the field for tonight’s final.
Chase Mueller Scratches 200 Back A-Final on Day 4 of Winter Juniors – West
No. 8 seed Chase Mueller dropping the boys’ 200-yard backstroke A-final appears to be the only A-final scratch on the fourth day of Winter Juniors action.
2022 Winter Juniors – West: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
Today is the third day of racing at the 2022 Winter Junior Championships. Today’s events include the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 back, and 100 breast.
GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 9/9/2022
In the relatively quiet transition period from the LCM to SCY season, there were still a few young standouts in the U.S. over the past few weeks.
Ilya Kharun Removed from Junior Pan Pacs Team Among Citizenship Confusion
Ilya Kharun was slated to be one of the stars of the American team at the upcoming Junior Pan Pacific Championships, but isn’t eligible to compete for the US.
Luke Ellis Wins Men’s 200 BK in New PB at Santa Clara Futures, SAND Wins 4 Events
The final day of the 2022 Futures Championships in Santa Clara saw some great racing to close out the meet.
2022 Futures – Santa Clara: Hayden Ghufran Leads Tight 400 FR Final with 3:58.25
DART swimming’s Hayden Ghufran clipped his personal best en route to winning the men’s 400 free.
2022 Futures – Santa Clara: SAND 15yo Luke Ellis Blasts 4:24 400 IM, Closes in :59
The swim was massive for Ellis, who entered the meet with a personal best of 4:30.27.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Ron Aitken
The success of Aitkens’ Sandpipers of Nevada team has been nothing short of extraordinary this month.
USA Swimming Names 12 To World Junior Open Water Championship Roster
After winning the event at U.S. Nationals, Katie Grimes will compete in the 7.5K at the World Junior Open Water Championships in early September.
