2015 FINA World Junior Championships: Day Five Finals Live Recap

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Women’s 1500 free finals

Italy’s Simona Quadarella crushed the meet record in the women’s 1500-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Quadarella won the event in a time of 16:05.61. That swim demolished the 2011 meet record of 16:18.63 set by Slovenia’s Tjasa Oder in Lima, Peru.

The swim pushed Quadarella to ninth in the world rankings.

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USA rounded out the rest of the podium as Sierra Schmidt finished second in 16:12.84, also under the meet record, and Gabrielle Kopenski took third in 16:21.15.

Australia’s Tamsin Cook (16:22.92), Hungary’s Adel Juhasz (16:24.29), Italy’s Linda Caponi (16:34.06), Canada’s Olivia Anderson (16:37.03) and Hungary’s Janka Juhasz (16:38.31) closed out the top eight in the timed final event.

Men’s 100 free semis

Brazil’s Pedro Spajari clipped the meet record in the men’s 100-meter free semis at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Spajari hit the wall in a time of 48.87, breaking the previous record of 48.97 set by Caeleb Dressel of the USA back in 2013.

That’s the second-best swim by an 18-and-under this year behind Kyle Chalmers’ 48.69 from Australian Nationals.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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USA’s Maxime Rooney, who has been on fire here in Singapore, raced his way to the second seed in 49.39. Canada’s Markus Thormeyer claimed the third seed in 49.59.

Brazil’s Felipe Souza (49.62), Italy’s Alessandro Miressi (49.63), Australia’s Kyle Chalmers (49.65), Italy’s Alessandro Bori (49.70) and Romania’s Robert Glinta (49.97) all cleared 50 seconds to make the finale.

Women’s 100 fly semis

Japan’s Rikako Ikee cracked the 59-second mark to lead the way in the women’s 100-meter fly semis at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Ikee put up a top qualifying time of 58.98 as the only swimmer under 59 seconds in the semis.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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USA’s Cassidy Bayer qualified second in 59.00 with Australia’s Gemma Cooney taking third in 59.01.

Canada’s Penny Oleksiak (59.45), Australia’s Lucia Lassman (59.50), Russia’s Polina Egorova (59.71), Hungary’s Szonja Szokol (59.82) and China’s Wang Jingzhuo (59.87) also managed to make their way into the championship field.

Men’s 50 fly finals

Ukraine’s Andrii Khloptsov just missed the men’s 50-meter fly meet record with a win at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Khloptsov chased down the title in 23.64, just off Daniel Bell’s meet mark of 23.61 from 2008 in Monterrey, Mexico.

The time was well off the World Junior record of 23.28 set by Evgeny Sedov at the 2014 Russian Nationals.

USA’s Michael Andrew captured silver in a time of 23.84, while Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov placed third overall in 23.89.

Spain’s Alberto Lozano (23.95), Croatia’s Bruno Blaskovic (23.98), Poland’s Michal Chudy (24.45), Russia’s Vladislav Kozlov (24.54) and Brazil’s Vinicius Lanza (24.57) comprised the rest of the championship heat.

Women’s 50 free semis

Russia’s Daria S. Ustinova paced a Russian 1-2 in the women’s 50-meter free semis at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Ustinova led the way with a 25.22, just off Rozaliya Nasretdinova’s meet record of 25.02 from 2013.

Ustinova has some time to drop in finals to challenge the meet record as well as the World Junior mark of 24.87 by Chen Xinyi at the 2014 Asian Games.

Mariia Kameneva hit the wall second in 25.44 with Australia’s Shayna Jack qualifying third in 25.47.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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Hungary’s Flora Molnar (25.54), China’s Tang Yuting (25.54), Japan’s Rikako Ikee (25.57), USA’s Ashley Volpenhein (25.82) and USA’s Lauren Pitzer (25.84) made the finals as well.

Men’s 50 breast semis

Lithuania’s Andrius Sidlauskas had the top time in the men’s 50-meter breast semis at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Sidlauskas raced his way to a 28.16 to lead the way into finals. He has some serious time to drop if he wants to challenge the World Junior and meet record of 27.74 set by Peter John Stevens of Slovenia back in 2013.

Croatia’s Nikola Obrovac qualified second in a time of 28.21, while Russia’s Anton Chupkov turned in a third-seeded time of 28.33.

Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi (28.37), USA’s Michael Andrew (28.44), Great Britain’s Charlie Attwood (28.56), USA’s Reece Whitley (28.58) and China’s Shen Hao (28.59) also will compete in the championship finale.

Women’s 50 back finals

New Zealand’s Gabrielle Fa’Amausili moved to seventh in the world with a World Junior record in the women’s 50-meter back finals at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Fa’Amausili unleashed a top time of 27.81 for the victory, breaking Minna Atherton’s short-lived World Junior mark of 27.92 set during semis.

Atherton, meanwhile, took silver in a time of 27.83 to move to eighth in the world rankings.

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Danielle Hanus of Canada took third tonight in 28.26 with New Zealand’s Bobbi Gichard earning fourth in 28.40.

Russia’s Irina Prikhodko (28.69), Germany’s Laura Riedemann (28.88), USA’s Grace Ariola (28.95) and South Africa’s Mariella Venter (29.17) also competed for the title.

Men’s 400 IM finals

USA’s Sean Grieshop upset World Junior-record holder Brandonn Almeida of Brazil in the men’s 400-meter IM at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Grieshop overtook Almeida down the stretch with a 4:15.67 for the win. Almeida, meanwhile, settled for silver with a 4:17.06.

Almeida had been much faster this year with a World Junior record 4:14.47 at the Pan American Games in Toronto last month.

Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez finished third in 4:18.14, while USA’s Charlie Swanson wound up fourth in 4:20.37.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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Hungary’s Daniel Sos finished fifth in 4:20.46 with Russia’s Nikolay Sokolov placing sixth in 4:21.17.

China’s Wang Zhou (4:25.41) and Portugal’s Joao Vital (4:26.12) closed out the rest of the championship field.

Women’s 400 free relay finals

Lucy Elizabeth McJannett delivered a scorching anchor as Australia clipped Russia for the women’s 400-meter free relay at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Shayna Jack, Minna Atherton, Gemma Cooney and McJannett won the finale in a time of 3:39.87.

Russia’s Arina Openysheva, Mariia Kameneva, Daria Mullakaeva and Daria S. Ustinova placed second in 3:39.91.

Both swims blasted the World Junior record of 3:40.14 set by USA’s Stanzi Moseley, Amy Bilquist, Katie Drabot and Katrina Konopka at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.

The meet record of 3:41.40 set by Russia in 2013 also took a tumble.

Canada’s Penny Oleksiak, Rebecca Smith, Mary-Sophie Harvey and Taylor Ruck earned bronze in 3:40.26, also under the meet record.

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Japan (3:41.67), USA (3:43.07), China (3:45.81), Brazil (3:46.93) and Germany (3:47.73) also competed in the finale.

2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships: Day 5 Finals – Results

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 1500 free finals
Men’s 100 free semis
Women’s 100 fly semis
Men’s 50 fly finals
Women’s 50 free semis
Men’s 50 breast semis
Women’s 50 back finals
Men’s 400 IM finals
Women’s 400 free relay finals

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