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.
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“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.
Zoe’s birthday is August 11!
So she was 14 still.
Congratulations Zoe and Happy Bday!!!!!