2015 FINA World Junior Championships: Day Four Prelims Live Recap

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Everything you need to follow along with prelims of day four of the fifth annual 2015 FINA World Junior Championships. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.

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2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships: Live Results – Results

WOMEN’S 50 BACK

Australia’s Minna Atherton dashed to a quick finish in the women’s 50-meter back, posting a qualifying time of 28.00. Atherton’s time not only makes her the top qualifier for tonight’s semi-finals, but is a new championship meet record, replacing Gabrielle Fa’Amausili’s 2013 time of 28.14.

Fa’Amausili of New Zealand grabbed the second place seed, and also bettered upon her record. The New Zealander touched the wall with a final time of 28.09, also under the championship meet record.

Danielle Hanus of Canada claimed the third place seed with a time of 28.32, bettering upon her seed time of a 28.51 by .19 seconds.

Russia’s Irina Prikhodko turned in a time of 28.71 to grab the fourth place seed and be the last person under the 29-second mark.

Claire Adams of the USA, Caroline Pilhatsch of Austria, and Bobbi Gichard of New Zealand kept it close in heat five, finishing within .08 seconds of one another. Adams won out getting her hand on the wall .01 seconds ahead of Pilhatsch to claim fifth with a time of 29.04. Pilhatsch finished sixth in prelims with a time of 29.05, while Richard settled for the seventh place seed and a time of 29.12.

Japan’s Natsumi Sakai rounded out the top eight with a final time of 29.15.

Germany’s Laure Riedemann (29.16), Russia’s Polina Egorova (29.23), the Czech Republic’s Tereza Grusova (29.28), South Africa’s Mariella Venter (29.43), Kazakhstan’s Yekaterina Dymchenko (29.47), Canada’s Rebecca Smith (29.52), China’s Liu Yaxin (29.59) round out the top sixteen semi-finals qualifiers.

Maryna Kolesnykova of Ukraine and Grace Ariola of the USA tied for the sixteenth spot at 29.68 and will therefore have to time trial the event.

MEN’S 50 FLY

Michael Andrew of the USA topped the qualifiers list for semi-finals of the men’s 50-meter fly during prelims of day four with a time of 23.68. Andrew’s time sits only .07 off of Daniel Bell’s 2008 championship meet record of 23.61 so look for him to challenge that tonight.

Ukraine’s Andrii Khloptsov posted a quick time of 23.93 to claim the second place seed and be the only other swimmer under the 24-second mark. Khloptsov added slightly to his seed time of 23.90.

Croatia’s Bruno Blaskovic turned in a time of 24.15 to finish third in the event for prelims.

Spain’s Alberto Lozano grabbed the fourth place seed with a time of 24.24, adding slightly to his seed time of 24.17.

Brayden McCarthy of Australia and Daniil Pakhomov of Russia turned in matching times to tie for the fifth place seed. McCarthy posted a 24.27 from heat five and Pakhomov matched his time in heat seven.

Michal Chudy of Poland took seventh overall with a time of 24.29, while Russia’s Vladislav Kozlov was eighth with a final time of 24.31.

Poland’s Pawel Sendyk (24.46), Mexico’s Jorge Iga (24.49), USA’s Ryan Hoffer (24.57), Australia’s Dominic Jack Richardson (24.66), Brazil’s Vinicius Lanza (24.73), Slovakia’s Tomas Puchly (24.74), Ukraine’s Sergii Shevtsov (24.74), and Belgium’s Dries Lutgarde J Vangoetsenhoven (24.79) complete the top sixteen qualifiers.

WOMEN’S 400 FREE

Sierrra Schmidt of the USA turned in a sizzling 4:09.65 to claim the top seed in prelims of the women’s 400-meter free. Schmidt added slightly to her seed time of 4:09.52, but doesn’t sit far off of Elena Sokolova’s championship meet record of 4:06.30 from 2008.

Australia’s Tamsin Cook claimed the second place seed with a finishing time of 4:10.45. Cook’s seed time was a 4:07.14, look for her to challenge Schmidt for first come finals.

Hannah Cox of the USA finished third overall in prelims with a time of 4:12.54, adding slightly to her seed time of 4:09.61.

Great Britain’s Holly Hibbott, Russia’s Arina Openysheva, and Great Britain’s Chloe Finch kept it close in heat six of the race, finishing within 1.02 seconds of each other. Hibbott got to the wall first to claim the fourth place seed with a time of 4:13.05 with Openysheva close behind at 4:13.65 for fifth. Finch took sixth overall with a final time of 4:14.17.

Italy’s Linda Caponi grabbed seventh overall with a time of 4:14.45, while China’s Dong Fuwei rounded out the top eight with a finishing time of 4:15.11.

MEN’S 200 BREAST

Anton Chupkov of Russia dashed to first and a new championship meet record in the 200-meter breaststroke during prelims of day four at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships. Chupkov turned in a time of 2:10.73 to narrowly beat the former record of 2:10.75 set by Russia’s Alexander Palatov in 2013.

Australia’s Matthew Wilson posted a finishing time of 2:12.36 from the same heat to grab second overall in prelims. Wilson succeeded in shaving .47 seconds off of his seed time of 2:12.83.

Reece Whitley of the USA rounds out the top three qualifiers with a final time of 2:12.98, adding slightly to his seed time of 2:11.30.

Japan’s Ippei Miyamoto grabbed the fourth place seed after posting a time of 2:13.27 from heat four.

Fifth place overall in prelims went to Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi who posted a final time of 2:13.89.

Chandler Bray of the USA and Charlie Attwood of Great Britain kept it close in heat four, finishing .35 seconds apart. Bray got his hands on the wall first touching in 2:14.13 compared to Atwood’s 2:14.48.

Christopher Rothbauer of Austria was eighth overall in prelims with a final time of 2:15.34.

WOMEN’S 200 IM

Viktoria Zeynep Gunes of Turkey raced to first in prelims of the women’s 200-meter IM finishing with a time of 2:12.52. Gunes finished only .20 seconds off of Ruta Meilutyte’s championship meet record of 2:12.32 from 2013.

Canada’s Mary-Sophie Harvey took second overall in prelims with a final time of 2:13.87, adding only .10 to her seed time of 2:13.77.

Japan’s Hiroko Makino finished third in prelims with a time of 2:14.31, adding to her seed time of 2:12.29.

Georgia Coates of Great Britain took fourth in the event with a finishing time of 2:14.32. Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato was a close fifth after posting a time of 2:14.49 from heat five.

Japan’s Runa Imai turned in a final time of 2:14.77 from heat six to grab the sixth place seed.

USA’s Tatum Wade and Brooke Forde complete the top eight qualifiers. Wade posted a final time of 2:14.86 for the seventh place seed, while Forde finished eighth with a time of 2:15.10.

MEN’S 800 FREE RELAY

Australia’s relay team of Samuel Young (1:51.80), Clyde Lewis (1:49.29), Mitchell Davenport-Wright (1:51.70) and Joshua Parrish (1:49.49) leads the qualifiers after prelims with a combined time of 7:22.28.

Spain’s Marc Vivas (1:51.76), Giullem Pujol (1:50.67), Joan Casanovas (1:51.15) and Cesar Castro (1:50.57) claimed the second place seed from heat two with a time of 7:24.15.

The relay team of Grant House (1:51.51), Matthew Hirschberger (1:50.99), Sean Grieshop (1:50.46) and Austin Katz (1:52.18) from the United States took third overall in prelims after posting a combined time of 7:25.14.

Brazil’s Giovanny Lima (1:49.31), Nathan Bighetti (1:51.82), Guilherme Costa (1:51.82) and Victor Furtado (1:52.33) finished close behind the USA with a final time of 7:25.28.

of Russia grabbed fifth overall in prelims overall with a final time of 7:25.53.

Canada took sixth with a time of 7:25.68, while Germany finished seventh overall with a time of 7:26.71.

China was eighth with a time of 7:26.80.

2015 FINA World Junior Championships, Day Four Prelims – Results

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