2019 USA Swimming Speedo Junior National Championships
- Tuesday, August 6 – Saturday, August 10, 2019
- Stanford Avery Aquatic Center, Palo Alto, CA
- Prelims 9 AM / Finals 5 PM (U.S. Pacific Time)
- LCM format
- Psych sheet
- Live stream (all sessions)
- Start Lists & Live Results
Zoe Skirboll from Racer X Aquatics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has cracked the top-ten all-time in the 50 free for the 13-14 age group. Skirboll notched a personal-best time of 26.04 in prelims on Saturday morning to qualify fifth for the final. That time moved her to tie for seventeenth place on the all-time list. In the final she knocked another 10/100 off her new PB to break 26 seconds for the first time. Her new lifetime best of 25.94 now ranks as the ninth-fastest in history for 13-14 girls.
Not a bad birthday present.
In fact, Skirboll turned 15 on Saturday but was still 14 when the meet began, so the swim counts in the 13-14 age category.
Skirboll is one of only eleven swimmers in the age group to have broken 26 seconds:
| Rank | Time | Swimmer | Meet | Date | Location |
| 1 | 25.23 | Missy Franklin | 2009 Speedo Junior Nationals | 8/9/2009 | Federal Way |
| 2 | 25.38 | Lia Neal | 2009 U. S. Open | 8/3/2009 | Federal Way |
| 3 | 25.52 | Anya Goeders | 2015 Speedo Junior Nationals | 8/2/2015 | San Antonio |
| 4 | 25.53 | Claire Curzan | 2018 Winter National Champions | 11/28/2018 | Greensboro |
| 5 | 25.57 | Gretchen Walsh | 2017 U.S. Open Champs | 8/5/2017 | E. Meadow |
| 6 | 25.60 | Kate Douglass | 2016 Charlotte PSS | 5/13/2016 | Charlotte |
| 7 | 25.75 | Angela Coe | 2019 IN Age Group Due in the Pool | 5/11/2019 | Indianapolis |
| 8 | 25.88 | Lindsey Case | 3/31/2017 | Indianapolis | |
| 9 | 25.94 | Zoe Skirboll | 2019 Speedo Junior Nationals | 8/10/2019 | Stanford |
| 10 | 25.96 | Rachel Wittmer | 7/24/2013 | Minneapolis | |
| 11 | 25.97 | Camille Spink | 2019 PV NCAP June LC Invitational | 5/31/2019 | Stafford |
Skirboll’s swim also ties for 81st on the all-time 15-16 list, as a reference. It takes 25.28 to crack the top-10 for that age category.
Zoe’s birthday is August 11!
So she was 14 still.
Congratulations Zoe and Happy Bday!!!!!
“In fact, Skirboll turned 15 on Saturday but was still 14 when the meet began, so the swim counts in the 13-14 age category”
Not to take away from a fantastic swim from the young girl, but that’s a pretty odd rule ha.
It’s a silly rule.
Imagine trying to administer a meet where swimmers swim in different age groups throughout the meet. Age Group High Points awards?
Exactly. This is a perfectly reasonable rule and extends a b-day cutoff by a few days at most.