With that in mind, and to give targets for the later meets, USA Swimming has listed the top eligible swimmers for Junior Worlds in each of the qualifying events after the World Championship Trials in Indianapolis last week. The qualifying criteria are similar to those for the World Championships, with the top four 100 and 200 freestylers + the top two in the other individual events with two exceptions: only four swimmers from each of the two free relay events will be taken, and selections will be made only in Olympic events.
Below is the current rankings for eligible swimmers, which is specifically female candidates born from 1996-1999, and male candidates born from 1995-1998. The full team is expected to be named by August 12th. Note that unlike meets like the World University Games, there is no restriction on members of the World Championship Team that would prevent them from competing at Junior Worlds, which means swimmers like Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky can swim both meets if they so choose.
Also remember that swimmers lower than 6th in the final rankings, per USA Swimming rules, cannot be taken to Junior Worlds (by declines to swim, etc.) even if there is a spot for them. Despite USA Swimming ranking some events down to 8th place, those currently ranked lower than 6th are already eliminated from consideration.
Among contenders for this team who didn’t swim at Trials include butterflier Justin Wright, who was on the Jr. Pan Pacs squad last year.
100 Butterfly
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100 Butterfly
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1. Katie McLaughlin (Mission Viejo Nadadores) 59.70
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1. Justin Lynch (Terrapins Swim Team) 52.75
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2. Cassidy Bayer (Nation’s Capital Swim Club) 59.99
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2. Matthew Josa (SwimMAC Carolina) 52.76
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3. Courtney Weaver (Flint “Y” Falcons) 1:00.75
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3. Santo Condorelli (Bolles School Sharks) 53.55
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4. Lindsey Engel (JCC Waves) 1:00.96
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4. Kyle Gornay (Redlands Swim Team) 54.10
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5. Sonia Wang (Redlands Swim Team) 1:01.11
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5. Aaron Whitaker (Duneland Swim Club) 54.15
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6. Elsa Welshofer (SwimMAC Carolina) 1:01.69
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6. Andrew Liang (Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics) 54.56
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7. Megan Kingsley (Mount Pleasant Swim Club) 1:02.04
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7. Andrew Seliskar (Nation’s Capital Swim Club) 55.15
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8. Madison Wright (Kingfish Aquatic Club) 1:02.34
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8. Michael Domagala (Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics) 55.10
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200 Butterfly
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200 Butterfly
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1. Katie McLaughlin (Mission Viejo Nadadores) 2:10.41
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1. Andrew Seliskar (Nation’s Capital Swim Club) 1:57.48
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2. Rebecca Mann (Clearwater Aquatic Team) 2:10.46
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2. Justin Lynch (Terrapins Swim Team) 1:58.82
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3. Madison Wright (Kingfish Aquatic Club) 2:11.18
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3. Corey Okubo (Aquazot Swim Club) 1:59.31
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4. Courtney Weaver (Flint “Y” Falcons) 2:11.38
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4. James Yoder (Stingrays) 2:00.39
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5. Cassidy Bayer (Nation’s Capital Swim Club) 2:11.44
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5. William Buese (North Baltimore Aquatic Club) 2:01.56
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6. Megan Kingsley (Mount Pleasant Swim Club) 2:11.45
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7. Caitlin Casazza (SwimMAC Carolina) 2:14.68
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8. Remedy Rule (Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club) 2:15.13
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(Special thanks to Gator dad Tim Heck for calling it to my attention.)
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