Da Silva and McPherson on Podium at Junior Pan Pacs

It took until the final race of the night but the Junior Dolphins claimed their second gold of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Canberra courtesy of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay on Friday 23 August 2024.

A heroic final lap from NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) athletes Marcus Da Silva saw Australia overtake United States anchor Campbell McKean and touch the wall first – his split of 48.55 the quickest of the quartet featuring Joshua Conias (50.57), Thomas Booth (49.63) and Xavier Collins (49.79) for a gold-medal time of 3:18.54.

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The US held on for second with Canada third.

The Junior Dolphins women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team won silver with Milla Jansen clocking 53.81, a PB, and Hannah Casey (54.84), NSWIS athlete Lillie McPherson (56.32) and Inez Miller (54.12, a PB) touching in 3:39.09.

It took a Junior Pan Pacs record from the United States – 3:36.49 – to prevent the Australians from claiming gold.
In other results:
• Argentina earned their first medal of the meet when Ulises Cazau produced a PB of 52.87 in the men’s 100m butterfly. Joining him on the podium was Korea’s Youngbeom Kim (52.51) and USA’s Rowan Cox (52.59), who placed first and second respectively.

• Leah Shackely from the USA set another Championship record – this time in the women’s 200m backstroke (2:08.19). Right behind her was teammate, Teagan O’Dell (2:09.89), followed by Japan’s Chiaki Yamamoto (2:12.66).

• The men’s 200m backstroke featured a Canadian sandwich with Aiden Norman (1:57.67) and Ethan Ekk (1:58.28) on either side of their US competitor, Gavin Keogh (1:58.19).

Article courtesy of Swimming Australia