Australia’s best, Moesha “Mo” Johnson (28, Australia, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moesha), is the world’s best. After winning a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Johnson has been on a tear, winning against all comers.
Today, warm-water, warm-weather race against the best of the Pacific Rim nations at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in California was no different.
She cruised to victory in her typically dominant fashion.
But cruising to second and third were two Japanese – Ichika Kajimoto (22, Japan, World Aquatics bio here) and Airi Ebina (25, Japan, World Aquatics bio here) – who were cheered on by the entire Japanese pool contingent that was the only national team represented in Marine Stadium. A sea of red Japanese t-shirts lined the final few hundred meters of the 10 km course and crowded around their teammates at the end of the race. A Japanese coach remarked, “Teamwork. It is teamwork.”
2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – 10 km Women’s Results
[not yet released by USA Swimming]
30. Jacqueline Davison-McGovern, Australia
31. Chelsea Douyere, Australia
32. Moesha Johnson, Australia
33. Tiana Kritzinger, Australia
35. Viviane Jungblut, Brazil
35. Cibelle Jungblut, Brazil
37. Emma Finlin, Canada
38. Jeannette Spiwoks, Germany
39. Stephanie Iannaccone, Guatemala
40. Airi Ebina, Japan
41. Ichika Kajimoto, Japan
42. Paulina Susej Alanis Hernandez, Mexico
43. Dalia Berenice Moreno Velasco, Mexico
44. Yuritzi Salgado Gonzalez, Mexico
45. Carla Antonopoulos, South Africa
46. Kiara Banks, South Africa
47. Sasha-Lee Hemmens, South Africa
48. Callan Lötter, South Africa
49. Mariah Denigan, USA
50. Katie Grimes, USA
51. Brinkleigh Hansen, USA
52. Becca Mann, USA
53. Ashley Twichell, USA
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