USA Names 2018 Jr. Pan Pacs Team Captains

2018 JR. PAN PAC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

USA Swimming has announced the team captains for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships that begin on Thursday in Suva, Fiji.

The squad has 5 captains, 3 females and 2 males, the same ratio as they had in 2016.

2018 U.S. Team Captains, Jr. Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Ivey, Kibler, Nordmann, and Roy are each swimming in their 2nd, and last, Jr. Pan Pacific Championship meet, while Bacon, who is entering her junior year of high school, will be age-eligible for the 2020 meet. The 4 returning swimmers combined for 6 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals at the 2016 meet, led by 4 golds and a bronze from Ivey.

2016 Results

  • Bacon – did not swim
  • Ivey – 4 golds, 1 bronze
  • Kibler – 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
  • Nordmann – 1 gold, 2 silvers
  • Roy – 1 bronze

The USA has won 4 straight Jr. Pan Pac team titles, with a 170-point margin over Australia in 2016. Based on seeds, they should easily take a 5th this weekend in Fiji.

 

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Go team USA
5 years ago

Congrats to the well deserved team captains! Bring home the Gold!!!

Superfan
5 years ago

Is it necessary to put their college choices by their name? Their colleges or their coaches have done nothing yet to get them to Fiji! Talk more about their club and their current coaches!

Applesandoranges
Reply to  Superfan
5 years ago

Isn’t Isabel Ivey from the Gator Swim Club in Gainesville, FL?

Double Arm Freestyle
Reply to  Applesandoranges
5 years ago

She switched clubs earlier this year.

Applesandoranges
Reply to  Double Arm Freestyle
5 years ago

Ok. Where is Laker Swim, and why did she switch?

BrettonRouge
Reply to  Superfan
5 years ago

People like SUPERFAN are what are killing this sport. No, they haven’t done anything to get them to Fiji, but, it’s what fans of the sport want to know. Ya know, those fans, that you guys ask to pay hundreds of dollars to show up and watch your swimmers no-show their races?

Don’t worry, their club programs will continue to get full credit for their swims for the next decade or so of their careers after they leave, via continued listing on official entries under teams they don’t actually swim for. It all evens out.

SMH. Coaches thinking everything is about ‘credit.’ Maybe just once, y’all can think about what actually drives interest in the sport instead of your own… Read more »

Alex
Reply to  BrettonRouge
5 years ago

And how does that really make you feel BrettonRouge?

Go team USA
Reply to  Superfan
5 years ago

Dang. I dont think it’s anything against their club, just noting where they’re going to college…

bobo gigi
5 years ago

You can see pretty good swimmers at junior pan pacs.

2005. Nathan Adrian (4th in the 50 free in 23.76 and 10th in the 100 free in 51.67 at 16), Scott Spann, Dave Walters, Bronte Barratt, Alicia Coutts, Stephanie Rice, Junya Koga, Andrew Lauterstein or Ryan Cochrane.
2007. Allison Schmitt, Cammile Adams, Alyssa Anderson, Robert Hurley, Ryo Tateishi, Meagen Nay, Emily Seebohm, Belinda Hocking, Rie Kaneto or Natsumi Hoshi.
2009. Lia Neal, Dagny Knutson, Cammile Adams, Haley Anderson, Elizabeth Pelton, Rachel Bootsma, Laura Sogar, Tim Phillips, Andrew Gemmell, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Tommaso D’Orsogna, Ryan Napoleon, Ned McKendry, Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Shiho Sakai, Ellen Fullerton, Blair Evans, Brittany Elmslie, Tessa Wallace or Samantha Marshall. NZ won the men’s medley relay that… Read more »

Jon Nap
Reply to  bobo gigi
5 years ago

That’s actually really interesting to see the wheel turn like that. For the most part, each section of swimmers has taken the next step on the international stage! Thanks Bobo

Jim C
Reply to  Jon Nap
5 years ago

I wonder what would happen if people actually read Bobo’s posts before voting him down?

Joel
5 years ago

I think USA have 10 more swimmers than Australia , 5 female and 5 male

Justin Wright
5 years ago

My boy Daniel Roy repping the little guys over seas for team USA!

Murphy is my dad
Reply to  Justin Wright
5 years ago

Under 6 foot let me hear ya!

Bon Jovi
Reply to  Murphy is my dad
5 years ago

6’1”

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