2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held from 24 to 27 August 2022 at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.^[2][3][4][5] Competition was conducted in a long course (50 m) pool. Swimmers between the ages of 13 and 18 competed.^[1] Each country was allowed to enter more than two swimmers per event, however only the two fastest swimmers per country in the preliminary heats of each event were eligible for medals.^[6][7] Events were contested in a heats and finals format.^[8]

2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Host city	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Date(s)	24–27 August
Venue(s)	Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center
Nations participating	10[1]
Athletes participating	227[1]
Events	35
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A Parade of Nations for all competing countries, Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore, and the United States, started off the evening session on day one of competition preceding the first final of the evening and included one flag bearer from each country circling the pool deck with the flag of their respective country before a welcome message and a traditional Hawaiian blessing of the pool.^[9]

For the first time at a single Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Australia won the gold medals in all men's individual freestyle events.^[10]

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Flynn Southam  Australia	22.36	Diggory Dillingham  United States Kaii Winkler  United States	22.50	Not awarded
100 m freestyle	Flynn Southam  Australia	48.23 CR	Thomas Heilman  United States	49.34	Jaime Mooney  Australia	50.19
200 m freestyle	Flynn Southam  Australia	1:47.11 CR	Maximus Williamson  United States	1:48.21	Adam Wu  Canada	1:48.26
400 m freestyle	Joshua Staples  Australia	3:48.36 CR	Rex Maurer  United States	3:49.86	Alec Enyeart  United States	3:51.07
800 m freestyle	Joshua Staples  Australia	7:56.29	Hiroyoshi Miyaki  Japan	7:57.64	Alec Enyeart  United States	8:02.92
1500 m freestyle	Joshua Staples  Australia	15:18.54	Josh Parent  United States Alec Enyeart  United States	15:27.36	Not awarded
100 m backstroke	Daniel Diehl  United States	53.27 CR	Josh Zuchowski  United States	54.51	Hidekazu Takehara  Japan	55.51
200 m backstroke	Hidekazu Takehara  Japan	1:57.00 CR	Josh Zuchowski  United States	1:58.16	Keaton Jones  United States	1:58.98
100 m breaststroke	Zhier Fan  United States	1:00.74	Yamato Okadome  Japan	1:01.35	Nicholas Mahabir  Singapore	1:01.78
200 m breaststroke	Asahi Kawashima  Japan	2:11.81	Yamato Okadome  Japan	2:12.19	Nicholas Mahabir  Singapore	2:12.50
100 m butterfly	Thomas Heilman  United States	51.98 CR	Jesse Coleman  Australia	52.23	Tomoyuki Matsushita  Japan	53.38
200 m butterfly	Aaron Shackell  United States	1:55.81 CR	Thomas Heilman  United States	1:56.52	Ei Kamikawabata  Japan	1:58.32
200 m individual medley	Maximus Williamson  United States	1:59.01 CR	Tomoyuki Matsushita  Japan	2:00.64	William Petric  Australia	2:00.82
400 m individual medley	Ei Kamikawabata  Japan	4:15.23	Maximus Williamson  United States	4:17.58	Riki Abe  Japan	4:17.96
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States Thomas Heilman (49.14) Henry McFadden (49.04) Daniel Diehl (48.66) Kaii Winkler (48.95)	3:15.79 WJ, CR	Australia Flynn Southam (48.43) Marcus Da Silva (50.20) Anders McAlpine (49.80) Jaime Mooney (49.63)	3:18.06	Japan Tatsumi Scott (50.42) Yoshitoku Narushima (50.01) Yamato Okadome (49.60) Ryosuke Hasunuma (49.91)	3:19.94
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australia Flynn Southam (1:47.30) Anders McAlpine (1:48.63) Marcus Da Silva (1:49.30) Joshua Staples (1:47.84)	7:13.07 CR	United States Henry McFadden (1:49.49) Thomas Heilman (1:47.98) Rex Maurer (1:48.03) Maximus Williamson (1:49.68)	7:15.18	Japan Maki Kiriyama (1:50.69) Yuta Watanabe (1:49.27) Tatsumi Scott (1:51.06) Tomoyuki Matsushita (1:51.24)	7:22.26
4×100 m medley relay	United States Daniel Diehl (54.24) Zhier Fan (1:01.52) Thomas Heilman (51.71) Kaii Winkler (49.18)	3:36.65 CR	Australia Fergus McLachlan (55.81) Haig Buckingham (1:00.80) Jesse Coleman (52.48) Flynn Southam (47.87)	3:36.96	Japan Hidekazu Takehara (55.67) Yamato Okadome (1:01.31) Tomoyuki Matsushita (53.23) Yuta Watanabe (50.14)	3:40.35

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Milla Jansen  Australia	25.19	Anna Moesch  United States	25.32	Erin Gemmell  United States	25.46
100 m freestyle	Erin Gemmell  United States	54.13 CR	Milla Jansen  Australia	54.36	Olivia Wunsch  Australia	54.50
200 m freestyle	Erin Gemmell  United States	1:56.15 CR	Jamie Perkins  Australia	1:57.34	Kayla Wilson  United States	1:58.42
400 m freestyle	Erin Gemmell  United States	4:05.07 CR	Jamie Perkins  Australia	4:06.64	Jillian Cox  United States	4:06.84
800 m freestyle	Jillian Cox  United States	8:30.38	Jamie Perkins  Australia	8:30.44	Michaela Mattes  United States	8:35.78
1500 m freestyle	Michaela Mattes  United States	16:24.02	Ruka Takezawa  Japan	16:25.19	Tiana Kritzinger  Australia	16:26.63
100 m backstroke	Maggie Wanezek  United States	59.96	Iona Anderson  Australia	1:00.39	Kennedy Noble  United States	1:01.03
200 m backstroke	Yuzuki Mizuno  Japan	2:09.17	Mio Narita  Japan	2:09.67	Kennedy Noble  United States	2:11.32
100 m breaststroke	Piper Enge  United States	1:08.58	Kotomi Kato  Japan	1:09.10	Isabella Johnson  Australia	1:09.36
200 m breaststroke	Kotomi Kato  Japan	2:26.55	Yuri Matsumoto  Japan	2:27.46	Piper Enge  United States	2:27.93
100 m butterfly	Alex Shackell  United States	58.58	Airi Mitsui  Japan	58.67	Bailey Hartman  United States	58.71
200 m butterfly	Airi Mitsui  Japan	2:07.82 CR	Yasuki Fujimoto  Japan	2:09.63	Alex Shackell  United States	2:09.71
200 m individual medley	Mio Narita  Japan	2:11.22	Ashley McMillan  Canada	2:13.31	Gracie Weyant  United States	2:14.36
400 m individual medley	Mio Narita  Japan	4:36.79 CR	Kayla Han  United States	4:43.60	Ayami Suzuki  Japan	4:43.70
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States Kayla Wilson (54.78) Anna Moesch (54.44) Erin Gemmell (54.29) Alex Shackell (54.48)	3:37.99 CR	Australia Olivia Wunsch (54.68) Hannah Casey (55.39) Jamie Perkins (55.01) Milla Jansen (53.96)	3:39.04	Canada Lilly Daley (55.71) Ella Jansen (55.59) Kamryn Cannings (54.87) Christey Liang (54.73)	3:40.90
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States Kayla Wilson (2:00.01) Jillian Cox (1:59.32) Cavan Gormsen (2:00.51) Erin Gemmell (1:54.86)	7:54.70 CR	Australia Jamie Perkins (1:57.64) Amelia Weber (1:59.11) Olivia Wunsch (1:59.91) Milla Jansen (1:59.19)	7:55.85	Japan Hinata Umeki (1:59.92) Misa Okuzono (2:00.91) Karin Ninomiya (2:01.19) Ruka Takezawa (1:59.36)	8:01.38
4×100 m medley relay	United States Maggie Wanezek (1:00.66) Piper Enge (1:09.30) Alex Shackell (58.45) Erin Gemmell (53.73)	4:02.14 CR	Japan Yuzuki Mizuno (1:01.14) Kotomi Kato (1:08.72) Airi Mitsui (58.76) Karin Ninomiya (55.39)	4:04.01	Australia Iona Anderson (1:00.98) Isabella Johnson (1:10.42) Bella Grant (1:00.50) Milla Jansen (53.94)	4:05.84

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×100 m medley relay	United States Daniel Diehl (53.42) Zhier Fan (1:00.76) Alex Shackell (58.55) Anna Moesch (54.10)	3:46.83 CR	Australia Jaclyn Barclay (59.89) Haig Buckingham (1:02.60) Jesse Coleman (52.67) Hannah Casey (55.35)	3:50.51	Japan Hidekazu Takehara (56.08) Yamato Okadome (59.99) Hazuki Hasegawa (58.89) Sakuya Ito (55.85)	3:50.81

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	19	14	13	46
2	Japan	8	11	10	29
3	Australia	8	11	6	25
4	Canada	0	1	2	3
5	Singapore	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		35	37	33	105

Championships records pre-competition

The following Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships records were the established Championships records prior to the start of competition.^[11]

Men

Event	Time	Name	Country	Edition	Location
50 m freestyle	22.20	Paul Powers	United States	2014	Maui, United States
100 m freestyle	48.91	Jack Cartwright	Australia	2016	Maui, United States
200 m freestyle	1:47.65	Drew Kibler	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji
400 m freestyle	3:50.51	Nicholas Caldwell	United States	2010	Maui, United States
800 m freestyle	7:55.16	Bobby Finke	United States	2016	Maui, United States
1500 m freestyle	15:05.29	Bobby Finke	United States	2016	Maui, United States
100 m backstroke	54.07	Jack Conger	United States	2012	Honolulu, United States
200 m backstroke	1:57.20	Jack Conger	United States	2012	Honolulu, United States
100 m breaststroke	59.85	Akihiro Yamaguchi	Japan	2012	Honolulu, United States
200 m breaststroke	2:08.03	Akihiro Yamaguchi	Japan	2012	Honolulu, United States
100 m butterfly	52.37	Daniel Bell	New Zealand	2009	Guam
200 m butterfly	1:55.92	Andrew Seliskar	United States	2014	Maui, United States
200 m individual medley	1:59.51	Chase Kalisz	United States	2012	Honolulu, United States
400 m individual medley	4:12.59	Chase Kalisz	United States	2012	Honolulu, United States
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:17.67	Ryan Hoffer (50.17) Daniel Krueger (49.14) Cameron Craig (49.06) Drew Kibler (49.30)	United States	2016	Maui, United States
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:16.42	Jake Magahey (1:49.40) Drew Kibler (1:48.30) Dare Rose (1:49.04) Carson Foster (1:49.68)	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji
4×100 m medley relay	3:37.67	Takeshi Kawamoto (55.35) Akihiro Yamaguchi (59.55) Daiya Seto (53.21) Kenta Hirai (49.56)	Japan	2012	Honolulu, United States

Women

Event	Time	Name	Country	Edition	Location
50 m freestyle	24.74	Yolane Kukla	Australia	2010	Maui, United States
100 m freestyle	54.47	Gretchen Walsh	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji
200 m freestyle	1:57.73	Dagny Knutson	United States	2009	Guam
400 m freestyle	4:07.10	Leah Smith	United States	2012	Honolulu, United States
800 m freestyle	8:28.01	Leah Smith	United States	2012	Honolulu, United States
1500 m freestyle	16:08.09	Lani Pallister	Australia	2018	Suva, Fiji
100 m backstroke	59.59	Katharine Berkoff	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji
200 m backstroke	2:08.81	Isabelle Stadden	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji
100 m breaststroke	1:07.55	Emily Weiss	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji
200 m breaststroke	2:25.46	Zoe Bartel	United States	2016	Maui, United States
100 m butterfly	58.38	Maggie Mac Neil	Canada	2018	Suva, Fiji
200 m butterfly	2:08.48	Cassidy Bayer	United States	2016	Maui, United States
200 m individual medley	2:10.79	Dagny Knutson	United States	2009	Guam
400 m individual medley	4:39.76	Becca Mann	United States	2012	Honolulu, United States
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:39.73	Lucy McJannett (55.07) Shayna Jack (54.66) Sophie Taylor (55.67) Chelsea Gillett (54.33)	Australia	2014	Maui, United States
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:57.93	Claire Tuggle (1:59.32) Isabel Ivey (1:59.73) Gretchen Walsh (1:59.72) Lucie Nordmann (1:59.16)	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji
4×100 m medley relay	4:02.33	Phoebe Bacon (1:00.49) Emily Weiss (1:08.52) Lucie Nordmann (58.57) Gretchen Walsh (54.75)	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji

Mixed

Event	Time	Name	Country	Edition	Location
4×100 m medley	3:47.01	Phoebe Bacon (1:00.44) Daniel Roy (1:00.68) Luca Urlando (52.11) Gretchen Walsh (53.78)	United States	2018	Suva, Fiji

Championships records set

The following Championships records were set during the course of competition.^[8]

Day	Date	Event	Stage	Time	Name	Country	Ref
1	24 August	200 m freestyle (women)	Heats	1:56.66	Erin Gemmell	United States	[6][12][13]
1	24 August	100 m backstroke (men)	Heats	53.40	Daniel Diehl	United States	[6][14]
1	24 August	200 m freestyle (women)	Final	1:56.15	Erin Gemmell	United States	[9][12]
1	24 August	200 m freestyle (men)	Final	1:47.11	Flynn Southam	Australia	[9][15][16]
1	24 August	100 m backstroke (men)	Final	53.27	Daniel Diehl	United States	[9][17][18][19]
1	24 August	200 m butterfly (women)	Final	2:07.82	Airi Mitsui	Japan	[9][20]
1	24 August	200 m butterfly (men)	Final	1:55.81	Aaron Shackell	United States	[9][17][21]
1	24 August	4×100 m medley relay (mixed)	Final	3:46.83	Daniel Diehl (53.42) Zhier Fan (1:00.76) Alex Shackell (58.55) Anna Moesch (54.10)	United States	[9][17]
2	25 August	100 m freestyle (women)	Heats	54.42	Erin Gemmell	United States	[22][23]
2	25 August	100 m freestyle (women)	Final	54.13	Erin Gemmell	United States	[23][24][25]
2	25 August	100 m freestyle (men)	Final	48.23	Flynn Southam	Australia	[24][26]
2	25 August	400 m individual medley (women)	Final	4:36.79	Mio Narita	Japan	[24][27]
2	25 August	4×200 m freestyle relay (women)	Final	7:54.70	Kayla Wilson (2:00.01) Jillian Cox (1:59.32) Cavan Gormsen (2:00.51) Erin Gemmell (1:54.86)	United States	[24][25]
2	25 August	4×200 m freestyle relay (men)	Final	7:13.07	Flynn Southam (1:47.30) Anders McAlpine (1:48.63) Marcus Da Silva (1:49.30) Joshua Staples (1:47.84)	Australia	[24][25][28]
3	26 August	400 m freestyle (women)	Final	4:05.07	Erin Gemmell	United States	[29][30][31]
3	26 August	400 m freestyle (men)	Final	3:48.36	Joshua Staples	Australia	[29][30][32]
3	26 August	100 m butterfly (men)	Final	51.98	Thomas Heilman	United States	[29][33][34]
3	26 August	200 m backstroke (men)	Final	1:57.00	Hidekazu Takehara	Japan	[29][30][35]
3	26 August	4×100 m freestyle relay (women)	Final	3:37.99	Kayla Wilson (54.78) Anna Moesch (54.44) Erin Gemmell (54.29) Alex Shackell (54.48)	United States	[29][30][36]
3	26 August	4×100 m freestyle relay (men)	Final	3:15.79 (WJ)	Thomas Heilman (49.14) Henry McFadden (49.04) Daniel Diehl (48.66) Kaii Winkler (48.95)	United States	[29][37][38][39][40]
4	27 August	200 m individual medley (men)	Final	1:59.01	Maximus Williamson	United States	[41][42][43]
4	27 August	4×100 m medley relay (women)	Final	4:02.14	Maggie Wanezek (1:00.66) Piper Enge (1:09.30) Alex Shackell (58.45) Erin Gemmell (53.73)	United States	[41][44]
4	27 August	4×100 m medley relay (men)	Final	3:36.65	Daniel Diehl (54.24) Zhier Fan (1:01.52) Thomas Heilman (51.71) Kaii Winkler (49.18)	United States	[41][45]

Community impacts

Leading up to and during the competition, venue facilities were not accessible to local residents for regular usage.^[1]