Minna Atherton Lowers 100 Back Meet Record at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

Minna Atherton of Australia became the fourth person during prelims of day one to set a new meet record, claiming the 100-meter back with a time of 59.83. Atherton’s time replaces Daryna Zevina’s time of 1:00.59 from 2011 and also lowers Daria Ustinov’s World Junior record of 1:00.25 from 2014.

Claire Adams of the USA grabbed the second-place seed with a time of 1:00.46, adding to her time of 59.58 from US National Championships earlier this summer in San Antonio.

Canada’s Danielle Hanus claimed the third-place seed with a time of 1:00.80, improving upon her time of 1:01.13 from the 2015 Canadian Swimming Trials.

New Zealand teammates Gabrielle Fa’Amausili and Bobbi Gichard grabbed fourth and fifth respectively. Fa’Amausili turned in a 1:00.86, while Gichard posted a time of 1:01.12.

Taylor Ruck of Canada finished sixth in prelims with a time of 1:01.36, adding slightly to her time of 1:01.06 from the 2015 Canadian Swimming Trials.

Russia’s Irina Prikhodko grabbed the seventh-place seed with a 1:01.50, while Grace Ariola of the USA turned in a time of 1:01.73 for eighth.

The Czech Republic’s Tereza Grusova (1:01.87), Russia’s Mariia Kameneva (1:01.91), Germany’s Laura Riedemann (1:01.94), Australia’s Lucy Elizabeth McJannett (1:02.01), Japan’s Nasumi Sakai (1:02.29), Ukraine’s Maryna Kolesnykova (1:02.59), South Africa’s Mariella Venter (1:02.84), and Kazakhstan’s Yekaterina Dymchenko (1:03.02) complete the top sixteen qualifiers.

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