The 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championship’s will take place in Maui, Hawaii from August 27th to August 31st. USA Swimming has officially released the 2014 Junior Pan Pac Championships team. They team is set to meet in Los Angeles on the 24th before they fly to Maui as a team for the junior Pan Pacific Championships meet. The team consists of 23 men and 23 women from around the country.
Sergio Lopez from Bolles School Sharks has been named the head women’s coach while John Morse from Nashville Aquatic Club has been named the head men’s coach. The assistant coaches are Michael Brooks (York YMCA), Geoff Brown (NOVA of Virginia), Jaime Lewis (Gator Swim Club), Chris Plumb (Carmel Swim Club), Paul Stafford (Unattached), and Jason Turcotte (Dynamo Swim Club)
| WOMEN’S ROSTER | CLUB | Signed NLI or Verbal College Commitment |
| Claire Adams | Carmel Swim Club | – |
| Emily Allen | North Mecklenburg | – |
| Cassidy Bayer | Nation’s Capital Swim Club | – |
| Amy Bilquist | Carmel Swim Club | – |
| Jorie Caneta | Roadrunner Aquatic | Arizona State University |
| Linsey Clary | Ohio State University | Ohio State University |
| Katie Drabot | Ouzakee Aquatics | – |
| Ella Eastin | SoCal Aquatics | – |
| Danielle Galyer | Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club | University of Kentucky |
| Courtney Harnish | York YMCA | – |
| Madison Homovich | North Carolina Aquatic Club | – |
| Lilly King | Newburgh Sea Creatures | – |
| Regan Kology | Somerset YMCA | Harvard University |
| Emily Kopas | Swim Fort Lauderdale | University of Michigan |
| Kara Kopcso | Tiger Aquatics Swimming | Louisiana State University |
| Katrina Konopka | Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club | – |
| Hannah Kukurugya | Crown Point Swim Club | – |
| Stanzi Moseley | Roadrunner Aquatic | – |
| Isabella Rongione | Nation’s Capital Swim Club | – |
| Sierra Schmidt | North Baltimore Aquatic Club | – |
| Leah Stevens | Lakeside Swim Team | – |
| Hannah Weiss | King Aquatic Club | University of Southern California |
| Kim Williams | Bellevue Club Swim Team | – |
| MEN’S ROSTER | CLUB | Signed NLI or Verbal College Commitment |
| Michael Andrew | Indie Swimming | – |
| Aiden Burns | Santa Clara Swim Club | – |
| Brendan Casey | Team Santa Monica | University of Virginia |
| Liam Egan | Crimson Aquatics | Stanford Univeristy |
| Alex Evdokimov | Coral Springs Swim Club | Cornell University |
| Connor Green | BlueFish Swim Club | California Berkeley |
| Sean Grieshop | Nitro Swimming | – |
| Townley Haas | NOVA of Virginia Aquatics | – |
| Connor Hoppe | Clovis Swim Club | California Berkeley |
| Logan Houck | Sandpipers of Nevada | – |
| James Jones | Nation’s Capital Swim Club | – |
| Nick Norman | Mission Viejo Nadadores | – |
| Curtis Ogren | Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics | Stanford Univeristy |
| Corey Okubo | Aquaxot Swim Club | Princeton University |
| Todd Owen | Cardinal Aquatic | University of Louisville |
| Blake Pieroni | Indiana University Swim Team | Indiana University |
| Paul Powers | SwimMAC Carolina | University of Michigan |
| Andrew Seliskar | Nation’s Capital Swim Club | – |
| Grant Shoults | Mission Viejo Nadadores | – |
| Cody Taylor | Donner Swim Club | Indiana University |
| Alex Valente | Buenaventura Swim Club | – |
| Chris Yeager | First Colony Swim Team | – |
| Ethan Young | Carpet Capital Aquatics | – |
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Impressive from youngsters (14 y/o) Cassidy Bayer, Madison Homovich, and Isabella Rongione. Of course, Rongione made the World Junior Team a year ago as well.
The list only shows one qualifier in the men’s 200 back, men’s 100 fly, women’s 400 free, women’s 100 back, women’s 200 back, women’s 200 breast, and women’s 400 IM. Also shows three women (Harnish, Homovich, Schmidt) qualified in the 800 free. I know the selection procedure is very different at Pan Pacs, but this screams weird to me.
Best of luck to all qualifiers!
Actually, looking at it again, it makes a little more sense. For instance, Connor Green was the top finisher in the 200 back, and I believe was the second-fastest in the 100 back. He’s only listed in the 200 back, even though Ethan Young, who was the third-fastest 100 back, also made the team. Haas got two events listed because the top two finishers in the 100/200 free were automatically selected. I’m assuming Bentz declined spots, which is why Seliskar is listed not only in the 200 fly (fastest time), but also in the 200 and 400 IM (where Bentz was faster). Still not sure why Egan got listed in the 400, but not Burns.
Sierra Schmidt is listed as swimming for Nation’s Capital, and coached by Bob Bowman. Is this a recent development?
That is a typo, Sierra Schmidt swims for NBAC, not NCAP.
Yeah, I can’t quite figure out how they listed the events that they did. For instance, I had Burns as the top qualifier for the 400 and the 1500, but he’s only listed in the 1500. Michael Andrew had the third-fastest 100 fly, but is only listed in the 100 back. You have a lot of guys who should’ve been eligible, who apparently turned down spots: Bentz, Dressel, and Vissering, among others.
Bentz and Dressel are starting college before the meet.
Burns was fourth in the 400 and 1500, but due to scratches was accepted. Egan swam a 3:52.17 to Burns’ 3:53.28. Also, Grant Shoults swam a 3:52.78 and Townley Haas swam a 3:53.26. In the 1500, Egan swam a 15:25.22 to Burns’ 15:29.75. True Sweetser and PJ Ransford also beat Burns and Egan in the 1500, but Sweetser declined the trip and Ransford had already committed to the Youth Olympic Games.