Photo Courtesy: USA Swimming
MAUI, Hawaii, August 31. U.S. Olympians Haley Anderson (Granite Bay, Calif.) and Andrew Gemmell (Wilmington, Del.) raced to the Pan Pacific Championships 10-kilometer open water titles Sunday at Ulua Beach.
In the tightly contested women’s race, Anderson out-touched U.S. teammate Eva Fabian (Keene, N.H.) for gold by one second. Anderson was victorious in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 51 seconds; Fabian earned silver in 1:59.52. Chelsea Gubecka of Australia was awarded bronze after finishing in 1:59.54.
Gemmell pulled away from the men’s field down the stretch to earn gold in 1:51:11, nearly a minute clear of runner-up Jarrod Poort of Australia, who touched in 1:52.12. Kane Radford of New Zealand was third in 1:52.13.
With the victories today, Team USA has swept the men’s and women’s 10K gold medals at each Pan Pacs open water competition contested – 2006, 2010 and 2014.
Originally scheduled for Aug. 25 in Gold Coast, Australia, the event was relocated due to water quality issues and contested in conjunction with the Junior Pan Pacific Championships 10K. With the three open water medals earned today, Team USA wraps up 2014 Pan Pacs with 43 medals – 16 gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze – across pool and open water competition.
Pan Pacific Championships rules limit a country to two swimmers among the top eight scoring positions. In the women’s race, Team USA’s Becca Mann (Homer Glenn, Ill.) finished in 1:59.53, and Christine Jennings (Longmont, Colo.) touched in 1:59.57. Additional U.S. men’s finishers included Alex Meyer (Ithaca, N.Y.), who was fifth in 1:53.00, and Jordan Wilimovsky (Santa Monica, Calif.), who finished in 1:54.00.
The U.S. clinched the team title with 29 points. Complete results can be found here.
In Sunday’s junior open water races, the U.S. added two more medals – gold in the men’s race from Brendan Casey of Team Santa Monica (1:58.00) and bronze in the women’s event from Regan Kology of Somerset YMCA (2:03.25).
Sunday’s open water competition wrapped a successful Junior Pan Pacs for Team USA. The Americans led all nations with 47 overall medals and 27 gold medals in the pool competition. Andrew Seliskar (McLean, Va.) of Nation’s Capital Swim Club and Sierra Schmidt (Erdenheim, Pa.) of North Baltimore Aquatic Club were honored as swimmers of the meet.
Complete Junior Pan Pacific Championships meet information, results and race videos can be found here.
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Results
Pan Pacs Women’s 10K
Event 1 Women 10000 LC Meter Freestyle
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Name Year Team Seed Finals FINA Points
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1 Haley Anderson USA- NT 1:59:51.00 9
2 Eva Fabian USA- NT 1:59:52.00 7
3 Chelsea Gubecka AUS- NT 1:59:54.00 6
4 Kareema Lee AUS- NT 1:59:56.00 5
5 Yumi Kida Japan- NT 1:59:58.00 4
6 Charlotte Webby New Zealand- NT 2:00:00.00 3
7 Miki Asayama Japan- NT 2:04:23.00 2
8 Leonie Pamerlea Canada- NT 2:13:26.00 1
9 Becca Mann USA- NT 1:59:53.00
10 Christine Jenni USA- NT 1:59:57.00
11 Jessica Walker AUS- NT 2:00:54.00
Pan Pacs Men’s 10K
Event 2 Men 10000 LC Meter Freestyle
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Name Year Team Seed Finals FINA Points
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1 Andrew Gemmell USA- NT 1:51:11.00 9
2 Jarrod Poort AUS- NT 1:52:12.00 7
3 Kane Radford New Zealand- NT 1:52:13.00 6
4 Simon Huitenga AUS- NT 1:52:14.00 5
5 Alex Meyer USA- NT 1:53:00.00 4
6 Yasunari Hirai Japan- NT 1:56:00.00 3
7 Yohsuke Miyamot Japan- NT 1:58:48.00 2
9 Jordan Wilimovs USA- NT 1:54:00.00
10 Rhys Mainstone AUS- NT 1:55:00.00
Junior Pan Pacs Women’s 10K
Event 39 Women 10k Open Water Open Water
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Name Year Team Seed Finals FINA Points
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1 Moriyama, Yukim 96 Japan- NT 2:00:00.00 9
2 Hull, Grace 98 AUS- NT 2:03:13.00 7
3 Kology, Regan 96 USA- NT 2:03:25.00 6
4 Nakayama, Miho 96 Japan- NT 2:03:37.00 5
5 Downing, Sacha 97 AUS- NT 2:03:41.00 4
6 Clary, Lindsey 95 USA- NT 2:03:44.00 3
7 Mock, Victoria 97 Canada- NT 2:05:37.00 2
8 Cano Figueroa, 96 Mexico- NT 2:05:50.00 1
9 Rongione, Isabe 99 USA- NT 2:05:39.00
10 Taniguchi, Yura 97 Japan- NT 2:07:53.00
11 Yamada, Chihiro 96 Japan- NT 2:07:57.00
12 Sommerville, Gr 96 New Zealand- NT 2:08:59.00
13 Konishi, Anna 96 Japan- NT 2:13:28.00
-- Rheaume, Justin 96 Canada- NT DQ
Junior Pan Pacs Men’s 10K
Event 40 Men 10k Open Water Open Water
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Name Year Team Seed Finals FINA Points
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1 Casey, Brendan 96 USA- NT 1:58:00.00 9
2 McKay, Jon 95 Canada- NT 1:58:01.00 7
3 Colquhoun, Lach 96 AUS- NT 1:58:35.00 6
4 Albery, Liam 96 New Zealand- NT 1:58:36.00 5
5 Desjarlais, Lia 96 Canada- NT 1:59:03.00 4
6 Yeager, Chris 98 USA- NT 1:59:11.00 3
7 Vazquez Hernand 96 Mexico- NT 1:59:12.00 2
8 Fielding, Brett 97 AUS- NT 2:05:47.00 1
9 Houck, Logan 96 USA- NT 2:02:50.00
10 Nakaya, Shingo 96 Japan- NT 2:10:39.00
