2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, August 9 – Tuesday, August 14, 2018
- Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Meet site
- Psych Sheet
- Start Lists
- Meet Results
Lilly King has added the 200 breaststroke to her 2019 World Championships lineup, bumping 2017 Worlds silver medalist Bethany Galat down to the Pan American Games team and Emily Escobedo off that Pan Ams team entirely.
That was the big roster shakeup in what was a better day for the Americans overall: 9 of the eventual Worlds qualifiers in day 4’s events bettered their Nationals Times, a much higher rate than we’ve seen the past three days.
The other big roster move was Katie Ledecky officially adding the 1500 free. That was widely-expected after she broke the world record earlier this year, but still required her to beat the top 2 times with her Pan Pacs swim. Leah Smith briefly displaced Ally McHugh for the 2nd spot in the early heats, but that was all rendered moot by finals, when Ledecky bumped both out of the mix.
The 2019 rosters should now be pretty well finalized, though there’s still the chance we missed someone in our tally, or that a swimmer will decline his or her spots. We’ve also done the modified world rankings math to break any ties for the final spots, though this roster is, of course, unofficial.
Worlds Qualifiers – Day 4 Pan Pacs Events
The following are the top 2 (or top 6 in relay events) based on combined results of Nationals Finals (denoted “Nats”) and Pan Pacs A and B Finals (denoted “Pan Pacs”). Athletes bumped from the team at Pan Pacs are crossed out.
The top 2 in every event earn individual swims at 2019 Worlds. 3rd and 4th in the relay events earn relay swims. 5th and 6th earn prelims relay swims, if roster space allows.
Women
200 back
- Kathleen Baker, 2:06.14 (Pan Pacs)
- Regan Smith, 2:06.43 (Nats)
50 free
- Simone Manuel, 24.10 (Nats)
- Abbey Weitzeil, 24.58 (Pan Pacs)
200 breast
- Micah Sumrall, 2:21.88 (Pan Pacs)
- Lilly King, 2:22.12 (Pan Pacs)
Bethany Galat, 2:23.32 (Nats)
1500 free
- Katie Ledecky, 15:38.97 (Pan Pacs)
- Ashley Twichell, 15:55.68 (Nats)
Leah Smith, 16:00.82 (Pan Pacs)Ally McHugh, 16:02.56 (Nats)
Men
200 back
- Ryan Murphy, 1:53.57 (Pan Pacs)
- Jacob Pebley, 1:55.68 (Nats)
50 free
- Michael Andrew, 21.46 (Pan Pacs)
- Caeleb Dressel, 21.67 (Nats)
200 breast
- Josh Prenot, 2:07.28 (Nats)
- Andrew Wilson, 2:08.71 (Nats)
800 free
- Zane Grothe, 7:43.74 (Pan Pacs)
- Jordan Wilimovsky, 7:45.19 (Pan Pacs)
Full projected 2019 Rosters
As we did during Nationals, we’ll continue tracking projected rosters. Be aware that we’re updating these rosters as the meet progresses, so nothing here is official or finalized until the end of the meet. The italicized names are in line for spots based on Nationals results. As athletes lock in their roster spots, we’ll remove the italics from their names and events. Events in (parentheses) remain unofficial, pending Pan Pacs results.
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Women
Men
You know your country is loaded with ridiculous talent when your Pan Am Games team has Adrian/Shields/Miller/Fink/Licon/Chadwick/Cordes/Dwyer/Bentz on it, and that’s a “B” team.
Which is a bigger meet? WUG or Junior Pan Pacs? Did Grace Ariola decline Junior Pan Pacs for WUG?
Junior Pan Pacs are in 2018, WUGs in 2019. Swimmers can do both, the same way they can do both 2018 Pan Pacs and 2019 Worlds.
Swimswam reported in June that there won’t be a men’s 800 free or women’s 1500m at Pan Ams.
https://staging.swimswam.com/mixed-relays-added-but-no-new-distance-events-at-2019-pan-am-games/
Boknows34 – an update was posted here: https://staging.swimswam.com/mens-800-womens-1500-expected-to-be-added-to-2019-pan-am-games/
Thanks guys. I missed the updated article.
If that’s the case then Bethany Galat and Lisa Bratton and Jorie Caneta would be on the WUG’s rosters since they will still be enrolled in school in the Fall 2018… I’m assuming NCAA eligibility is not relevant as long as they are still completing their degree in the 2018/19 school year.
They have to be enrolled in a degree program as of the meet, or have finished their degree program during the 2018-2019 school year. (They also have to be between 17 and 23 as of the meet start in July 2019). There are no doubt some swimmers who are WUGs eligible who we don’t know about – there are potentially even swimmers who will enroll someplace next season just to get WUGs eligibility. We’re projecting the rosters based on what we know, but there will definitely be some changes based on surprise WUGs eligiblity and those who decline spots or retire after this summer.
I think there’s so much variability with WUGs that it’s almost too difficult to predict the roster. There are so many swimmers that are unknowns (whether or not they’re enrolled in school): Meitz, Bratton, Caneta, Galat, Gabby Deloof, Meaghan Raab, and Emily Escobedo to name a few. The 200 free could be turned on it’s head if these “age” eligible swimmers are still enrolled in college and working towards their degree. And, of course, if the roster for WUGs changes, then so does the roster for Pan Ams. I have the feeling lots of news is yet to come…
I think the present selection process is not good at all. It should be based on the next year’s national…. I absolutely believe that Austin Katz and Ella Eastin would get the nod by the latter selection process.
They would have to move Nationals to June as there are also teams to select for the World University Games and Pan American Games. WUGS start in early July next year.
I really hate how they are deciding spots
Miss you Ella in the world’s…. Hope see you in the Tokyo Olympic at your zenith….
Enough about Lily King. What about Micah Sumrall?
What do you want the headline to be? “Micah Sumrall Still On Worlds Roster”? That’s informative.
I could get behind that.