More than 800 of America’s top up-and-coming swimmers will participate this week at USA Swimming’s 2015 Speedo Junior National Championships, opening Thursday at San Antonio’s Northside Swim Center.
The five-day meet, which runs through Monday, Aug. 3, will consist of daily prelims at 9 a.m. CDT, followed by finals at 6 p.m. CDT. Complete meet information, including a detailed schedule of events, can be found online at usaswimming.org.
Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased online at sanantoniosports.org. Additionally, a live webcast of the entire meet will be available online at usaswimming.org.
Among the standout swimmers expected to compete in San Antonio are a number of USA Swimming National Junior Team members, including the likes of Ella Eastin (SOCAL Aquatics Association), Katie Drabot (Ozaukee Aquatics), Michael Andrew (Indie Swimming), Sean Grieshop (Nitro Swimming) and Alex Valente (Buenaventura Swim Club) – all medalists at last summer’s Junior Pan Pacific Championships.
Other juniors to watch in San Antonio include Reece Whitley (Penn Charter Aquatic Club), Maxime Rooney (Pleasanton Seahawks) and Miranda Tucker (Livonia Community Swim Club).
All competitors at Speedo Junior Nationals must be age 18 or under on the first day of the competition, and each participant met qualifying standards to earn a spot in the meet.
Swimming News is courtesy of USA Swimming.
So Sean will not go for the world junior ??
Hey, Why Sean Grieshop not swam the 1500 free??
If I had to guess, I’d say maybe he’s doing it at Nationals? I haven’t looked at a psych sheet though
I’m sorry if this is posted somewhere else, I can’t find it. I know that the selection for the Junior World team is top 2 at Nationals. Is it going to be like Junior Pan Pacs last year where if you get top 2 for one event, you can swim as many events as you want at worlds, or is it going to be like the olympics where you can only swim what you got top 2 in?
If there has to be one thing I love more than seeing the best USA has to offer go up against the world, its seeing the up and coming talent go against each other. I get excited for the future of USA swimming when I see these guys swim fast.
I think its the 200IM they are head to head in
I titled this, and then Loretta sent me a text, “They’re not going head-to-head in breast. Only 2-IM.”
I was like, yeah…………………I knew that.
Both swimmers did tell us – on the pro swim series – they would be swimming breast at Sr. Nats.
(Wouldn’t it be crazy if one of them went 59.9? I think both will go 1:00 low…)
If either break a min i will be sooooo jelly. However i think MA over reece, 1.00.1 vs 1.00.4 , i pulled that straight outta my….lol
Can someone please explain: Last day to qualify for Seniors is August 2nd. If a swimmer enters 2 events on August 3rd at Jr Nats, wins and qualifies with an Olympic Trial cut time and a Senior cut time, yet will not be able to compete at Seniors given the time was done one day after the cut off time, thus eliminating his/her chance to make the Jr Nat Team for the USA. Why not make the cut off August 3rd, given most swimmers wait to taper for Jr Nats.
Junior National Team is top 6 swims all year, not specific to meet. So no impact on that expect not another chance to swim the week after. Main thing is Nationals decides the Jr. World Team based on top 2ish 18&under swims at that meet. If someone just made their National cut at Juniors they are unlikely to be in top 2 juniors at Nationals.
It would be a perk though for those bothering to swim at Juniors to have their National seed time reset to a better time if they achieve it at Juniors which currently does not happen unless it is a new National cut for them. Could move some up into circle seeded heats.
I thought I read somewhere that Andrew was not swimming the 100 breast at Jrs, possibly saving it for Srs. If so, maybe they will meet up in the 2Breast?
Agreed…I read that in an earlier swimswam article and that’s why I wanted to look into this one.
Andrew isn’t swimming any breast events at jrs but both of them are entered in the 200 IM