SWIMMERS TO WATCH AT THE SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR NATIONALS

The first time a young swimmer says, “I’ll be swimming at the Junior National Championships,” it’s a big deal. For many, it’s the culmination of a lifetime of training. These qualification times have been circled, memorized, and penciled and penned inside school notebooks and lockers. Many of these kids spend hours daydreaming about qualifying for the Junior Nationals. I know I did.