SWIMMING: U.S. dominates Junior Pan-Pacific Champs

If there’s a Pan-Pacific Championships, there has to be a junior version too, right? The 2018 edition was held in the exotic location of Suva in Fiji, but the main attraction was the dominant U.S. team.

The American squad won 54 medals in all, with 27 gold, 19 silver and eight bronze, ahead of Japan (23: 1-6-16) and Australia (13: 4-5-4).

Freestyler Ross Kibler won two individual golds in the 100-200 m Frees, silver in the 50 m Free and three more relays golds for a total of six medals.

Carson Foster won the 200 m Back and both of the medleys, plus a relay for four golds; Gianluca Urlando won both men’s Butterfly events and two relays, also collecting four golds.

Sprinter Gretchen Walsh won the 100 m Free, earned four relay golds and got a silver in the 50 m Freestyle for a total of six medals. Just as impressive was Australian distance swimmer Lani Pallister, who won the 400-800-1,500 m Frees and was second in the 200 m Free for four individual medals, plus two relay silvers for a total of six. Summaries:

Pan-Pacific Junior Championships
Suva (FIJ) ~ 23-26 August 2018.
(Full results here)

Men

50 m Freestyle: 1. Ash Brinkworth (AUS), 22.72; 2. Drew Kibler (USA), 22.81; 3. Michael Pickett (NZL), 22.86.

100 m Free: 1. Kibler (USA), 49.42; 2. Keisuke Ishizaki (JPN), 49.78; 3. Adam Chaney (USA), 50.01.

200 m Free: 1. Kibler (USA), 1:47.65; 2. Jake Magahey (USA), 1:48.67; 3. Ishizaki (JPN), 1:49.16.

400 m Free: 1. Ross Dant (USA), 3:52.44; 2. Brendon Smith (AUS), 3:52.67; 3. Ethan Healey (USA), 3:53.81.

800 m Free: 1. Dant (USA), 8:00.51; 2. Long Cheng (CHN), 8:02.79; 3. Magahey (USA), 8:06.16.

1,500 m Free: 1. Cheng (CHN), 15:24.55; 2. Arik Katz (USA), 15:30.00; 3. Dant (USA), 15:30.78.

4×100 m Free: 1. United States (Chaney, Kovac, Lasco, Kibler), 3:19.44; 2. Australia, 3:20.86; 3. Japan, 3:21.32.

4×200 m Free: 1. United States (Magahey, Kibler, Rose, C. Foster), 7:16.42; 2. Japan, 7:21.40; 3. Australia, 7:26.57.

100 m Backstroke: 1. Destin Lasco (USA), 55.75; 2. Chaney (USA), 56.18; 3. Daiki Yanagawa (JPN), 56.28.

200 m Back: 1. Carson Foster (USA), 1:59.10; 2. Peter Larson (USA), 1:59.24; 3. Cole Pratt (CAN), 2:00.82.

100 m Breaststroke: 1. Gabe Mastromatteo (CAN), 1:0.27; 2. Daniel Roy (USA), 1:01.85; 3. Yamato Fukasawa (JPN), 1:02.60.

200 m Breast: 1. Roy (USA), 2:11.79; 2. A.J. Pouch (USA), 2:11.80; 3. Yamato Fukasawa (JPN), 2:13.57.

100 m Butterfly: 1. Gianluca Urlando (USA), 52.40; 2. Van Mathias (USA), 53.11; 3. Shaun Champion (AUS), 53.66.

200 m Fly: 1. Urlando (USA), 1:56.25; 2. Mathias (USA), 1:57.64; 3. Tomoru Honda (JPN), 1:58.70.

200 m Medley: 1. C. Foster (USA), 1:59.85; 2. Urlando (USA), 2:00.60; 3. Otake (JPN), 2:00.72.

400 m Medley: 1. C. Foster (USA), 4:14.73; 2. Jake Foster (USA), 4:15.78; 3. Masayuki Otake (JPN), 4:17.79.

4×100 m Medley: 1. United States (Larson, Roy, Urlando, Kibler), 3:39.04; 2. Japan, 3:41.95; 3. Canada, 3:42.05.

Women

50 m Freestyle: 1. Maxine Parker (USA), 25.39; 2. Gretchen Walsh (USA), 25.57; 3. Natasha Ramsden (AUS), 25.65.

100 m Free: 1. G. Walsh (USA), 54.47; 2. Lucie Nordmann (USA), 54.74; 3. Eliza King (AUS), 54.92.

200 m Free: 1. Claire Tuggle (USA), 1:58.58; 2. Lani Pallister (AUS), 1:59.00; 3. Nagisa Ikemoto (JPN), 1:59.02.

400 m Free: 1. Pallister (AUS), 4:07.76; 2. Tuggle (USA), 4:10.31; 3. Denigan (USA), 4:12.59.

800 m Free: 1. Pallister (AUS), 8:29.65; 2. Mariah Denigan (USA), 8:30.01; 3. Emma Weyant (USA), 8:38.88.

1,500 m Free: 1. Pallister (AUS), 16:08.09; 2. Denigan (USA), 16:24.35; 3. Emma O’Croinin (CAN), 16:28.79.

4×100 m Free: 1. United States (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Ivey, Nordmann), 3;40.10; 2. Australia, 3:41.51; 3. Canada, 3:44.73.

4×200 m Free: 1. United States (Tuggle, Ivey, G. Walsh, Nordmann), 7:57.92; 2. Australia, 7:59.97; 3. Japan, 8:09.03.

100 m Backstroke: 1. Phoebe Bacon (USA), 59.72; 2. Katharine Berkoff (USA), 1:00.16; 3. Madison Broad (CAN), 1:00.53.

200 m Back: 1. Isabel Stadden (USA), 2:09.52; 2. Broad (CAN), 2:10.73; 3. Berkoff (USA), 2:11.87.

100 m Breaststroke: 1. Emily Weiss (USA), 1:07.55; 2. Nina Kucheran (CAN), 1:08.37; 3. Avery Wiseman (CAN), 1:08.52.

200 m Breast: 1. Shiori Asaba (JPN), 2:27.48; 2. Ella Nelson (USA), 2:27.83; 3. Honoka Tatsumu (JPN), 2:29.12.

100 m Butterfly: 1. Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 58.38; 2. Chiharu Iitsuka (JPN), 59.51; 3. Isabel Ivey (USA), 59.81.

200 m Fly: 1. Olivia Carter (USA), 2:09.45; 2. Mana Naito (JPN), 2:10.33; 3. Karin Takemura (JPN), 2:10.66.

200 m Medley: 1. Alex Walsh (USA), 2:12.06; 2. Takemura (JPN), 2:14.90; 3. Mei Ishihara (JPN), 2:41.91.

400 m Medley: 1. Weyant (USA), 4:40.64; 2. Denigan (USA), 4:41.39; 3. Ishihara (JPN), 4:45.43.

4×100 m Medley: 1. United States (Bacon, Weiss, Nordmann, G. Walsh), 4:02.33; 2. Canada, 4:05.21; 3. Japan, 4:07.14.

Mixed

4×100 m Medley: 1. United States (Bacon, Roy, Urlando, G. Walsh), 3:47.01; 2. Canada, 3:51.27; 3. Japan, 3:53.72.