2o23 Summer Junior Nationals
- July 31- August 4, 2023
- LCM (50 meters)
- William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center Irvine, CA
- Live Results
- Livestream
Some of the top junior swimmers will travel to California this week for the Summer Junior National Championships in Irvine. Competition will run from July 31-August 4th in the same pool that just hosted the TYR Pro Championships. Unlike Winter Juniors, which is split into two locations, Summer Juniors has one location.
10 World Juniors Roster Expected to Compete
Although World Juniors are about a month away, some of the US World Junior squad will be in attendance this week. World Juniors will take place from September 4-9 at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel.
Girls that will be competing here and also in Israel include Hannah Bellard, Lynsey Bowen, Piper Enge, Kayla Han, Bailey Hartman,Kate Hurst, Caroline Larsen, Madi Mintenko, Teagan O’Dell, and Molly Sweeney. Enge is the top seed in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, Han is the top seed in the 400 IM, Larsen is the top seed in the 50 and 100 frees, and O’Dell is the top seed in the 100 back.
Enge and Sweeney will battle it out in Irvine before becoming teammates in Israel. As previously mentioned, Enge is the top seed in the 100 and 200 breast, but Sweeney is seeded right behind her in both. Sweeney is less than half a second behind Enge and has already made huge strides this summer.
Just Finishing Up Worlds, Cox and Shackell On Psychs
In addition to some of the World Juniors roster being in attendance, a few girls that just competed at 2023 Worlds for the US also appear on the psych sheets. After swimming the 800 free and finishing sixth at Worlds, Jillian Cox is on the psych sheets in the 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1500 freestyles, where she is notably the top seed in both the 400 and 800.
Worlds silver medalist Alex Shackell is on the psych sheets in the 100 fly, 200 free, 200 IM, and 50 free. Shackell swam on both the prelims and finals 4×200 free relay for the US. She is the top seed here in both the 100 fly and 200 free.
Shackell is the second seed behind teammate Sweeney in the 200 IM and the two will look to battle it out there. Also joining the mix there is O’Dell. All three are seeded within a second of each other.
National Teammer Tess Howley Expected
US National Team member Tess Howley is also on the psych sheets. Howley is entered in a total of seven events, the 200 fly, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 back, 200 free, 100 back, and 50 free. She is the top seed in the 200 fly. Howley was eighth in the 200 fly at US Nationals last month and is headed to Virginia this fall.
13-Year-Old Making Numerous ‘A’ Finals?
Last summer, Audrey Derivaux made numerous finals at the young age of 12, highlighted by a 14th-place finish in the 200 fly. This summer, at age 13, she is back and even faster. She is the 5th seed in the 200 fly, the 13th seed in the 400 IM, the 12th seed in the 100 fly, the 7th seed in the 200 back, 15th seed in the 200 IM, and 51st in the 100 back. How many ‘A’ finals might she make this year?
How are there 19 year olds competing?
Wondering the same thing. Although they have totally ruined Futures so maybe Juniors is next of their meets to ruin???
Likely age up mid-meet
But in USA Swimming your age is how old you are on the first day of the meet
Exactly. They would not of been allowed to enter if they were not 18 on July 31. So they must age up mid meet and the age reflects the age that day
The two that I saw on there are swimming the 200 fly on the first day
Just looked on meet mobile. No 19 yo in the heats for 200 fly
Or the 1Breast for that matter. This is a non-issue. Kids age up during the meet
W 100 FL! W 100 FL! W 100 FL!
USA Swimming needs all the help it can get.
Come on. Shackell snd Cox aren’t really going to compete are they?
Why not? Summer Mcintosh competed at Junior Nationals.
Too bad McIntosh isn’t competing in Netanya…
sure, why not add another taper.