Maxime Rooney Leads USA 1-2 in Men’s 200 Free Finals at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

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Photo Courtesy: Donna Nelson

USA’s Maxime Rooney led a USA 1-2 in the men’s 200-meter free finals at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Rooney raced his way to a winning time of 1:47.78. That’s not fast off his World Junior Record of 1:47.10 set during U.S. Nationals earlier this month.

USA’s Grant Shoults raced his way into a silver with a time of 1:48.42 as he moved to fourth among 18-and-unders this year.

Russia’s Ernest Maksumov took bronze tonight with a third-place time of 1:48.68.

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

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Australia’s Damian Fyfe (1:48.90), Russia’s Elisei Stepanov (1:49.18), Great Britain’s Cameron Kurle (1:49.28), Brazil’s Felipe Souza (1:50.17) and Tunisia’s Mohamed Mehdi Lagili (1:52.00) finished fourth through eighth.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 100 back finals
Women’s 200 fly finals
Men’s 200 free finals
Women’s 50 breast finals
Men’s 100 fly semis
Women’s 100 free semis
Men’s 100 breast finals
Women’s 100 back finals
Men’s 200 IM finals
Women’s 800 free finals
Mixed 400 medley relay finals

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