The 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships will head to Canada in 2026, as Vancouver was just lately introduced because the host. The competitors might be staged on the College of British Columbia Aquatic Centre from August 17-20, 2026, Swimming Canada introduced Tuesday.
The Junior Pan Pacs are contested each two years and convey collectively the highest juniors from the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Invitations are additionally despatched to further non-European international locations, with Singapore, New Zealand, and China among the many different attendees up to now. The final version of the Junior Pan Pacs, held in August of 2022 in Honolulu, marked the primary model of the competitors in 4 years, with the 2020 meet canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2024 version is ready to happen in Canberra, Australia from August twenty first by way of the twenty fourth.
2026 will mark the primary time that Canada has ever held these junior championships. Canada has hosted the senior-level Pan Pacs twice in its 39-year historical past, with the final time being the 2006 meet in Victoria.
Canada was initially slated to host the 2022 Senior Pan Pacs, and after its cancellation, the 2026 version. Nevertheless, in October of 2023, it was introduced that Southern California would deal with these duties as an alternative.
On Tuesday, Swimming Canada’s Affiliate Excessive Efficiency Director Iain McDonald said the next in a press launch:
“That is the primary time that Canada will host this occasion or any high-level worldwide junior pool competitors. It’s a wonderful alternative for the very best younger swimmers in Canada to race at dwelling in one of many premier junior swimming occasions on this planet.”
“The Pan Pacific Constitution Nations have expressed their pleasure at internet hosting this occasion in a world class metropolis like Vancouver. As well as, with the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships scheduled the week prior in California, every nation could have their present and future worldwide swimmers all racing on the west coast of North America two years forward of the Los Angeles Olympics.”
Performing Affiliate Director of Sport Improvement, Jocelyn Jay, additionally had some optimistic remarks concerning the announcement:
“The Pan Pacific Constitution Nations have expressed their pleasure at internet hosting this occasion in a world class metropolis like Vancouver,” McDonald stated. “As well as, with the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships scheduled the week prior in California, every nation could have their present and future worldwide swimmers all racing on the west coast of North America two years forward of the Los Angeles Olympics.”
British Columbia’s Swimming Govt Director, Ken Radford, said: “Swim BC is thrilled to assist Swimming Canada within the internet hosting of the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships and Speedo Canadian Quick Course Championships. We’re excited to showcase one of many premium world-class junior occasions in B.C. and supply a chance for our swimming neighborhood to witness firsthand this degree of swimming. We’re happy with the dedication from VPSC and the UBC Aquatic Centre have made to assist these competitions. With out their volunteerism and can-do angle we’d not be capable to profit from these alternatives.”