2015 FINA World Junior Championships, Day Six Prelims Live Recap

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2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships: Live Results – Results

MEN’S 200 BACK

Luke Greenbank of Great Britain turned in a time of 1:58.90 to claim the first place seed in the men’s 200-meter back during prelims of day six.

Austin Katz of the USA finished second overall in prelims with a time of 1:59.52. Katz added slightly to his seed time of 1:59.14. Katz and Greenback were the only two athletes under the 2-minute mark.

Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez took third with a time of 2:00.03, shaving .56 seconds off his seed time of 2:00.59.

Jacopo Bietti of Italy turned in a time of 2:00.32 to grab the fourth place seed.

Russia’s Roman Larin was a close fifth with a time of 2:00.37 from heat four.

Poland’s Jakub Daniel Skierka claimed the sixth place seed with a time of 2:00.76 in heat six, while Michael Taylor of the USA placed close behind with a 2:00.78 from heat five.

Tristan Ludlow of Australia rounded out the top eight with a time of 2:01.61.

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST

Viktoria Zeynep Gunes of Turkey continued to impress finishing first in the women’s 200-meter breast with a time of 2:24.47. Gunes finished close to the championship meet record of 2:23.12 set by Viktoriya Solntseva in 2013.

Great Britain’s Georgia Coates grabbed the second place seed with a qualifying time of 2:26.42, dropping time from her seed time of 2:28.75.

Mariia Astashkina of Russia was a close third posting a finishing time of 2:26.59 from heat four.

Italy’s Giulia Verona finished fourth overall with a time of 2:27.25 from heat four, while Great Britain’s Katie Matts grabbed a close fifth from heat five with a time of 2:27.39.

Japan’s Runa Imai grabbed the sixth place seed with a final time of 2:27.86.

Russia’s Sofia Andreeva turned in a finishing time of 2:28.03 for the seventh place seed, and Japan’s Yukino Miyasaka was eighth overall in a time of 2:30.39.

MEN’S 200 FLY

Japan’s Nao Horomura finished first overall in the men’s 200-meter fly with a time of 1:58.77. Horomura added slightly to his seed time of 1:57.46.

Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov grabbed second overall with a time of 1:58.96, adding to his time of 1:56.97. Both Pakhomov and Horomura’s seed times put them in a good position to challenge the championship meet record of 1:56.42 set by Andrew Seliskar in 2013.

Mike Thomas of the USA grabbed third overall in prelims with a time of 1:59.63.

Bulgaria’s Antani Ivanov finished fourth in prelims with a time of 1:59.71 from heat four.

Mark Tekauer of Hungary claimed the fifth place seed with a time of 2:00.02.

New Zealand’s Willrich Coetzee and Italy’s Giacomo Carini posted similar times from separate heats to grab the sixth and seventh place seeds. Coetzee finished sixth overall with a time of 2:00.15 from heat six, while Carini posted a 2:00.29 from heat five for the seventh place seed.

Zach Harting of the USA finished eighth with a time of 2:00.47.

WOMEN’S 200 FREE

Taylor Ruck of Canada blazed to first in prelims of the women’s 200-meter free posting a finishing time of 1:59.34. Ruck’s time is less than half a second off the championship meet record of 1:58.93 set by Brittany Maclean in 2011.

Hannah Cox of the USA posted a close time of 1:59.52 to claim the second place seed from heat seven.

Japan’s Sachi Mochida was a close third, also from heat seven, posting a time of 1:59.89.

Italy’s Rachele Ceracchi finished fourth overall with a time of 2:00.77, adding slightly to her seed time of 2:00.59.

Russia’s Arina Openysheva and Brazil’s Rafaela Raurich turned in close times from heat eight to grab the fifth and sixth place seeds. Openysheva finished with a time of 2:01.23 for the fifth place seed, while Raurich posted a time of 2:01.40 for sixth.

Daria Mullakaeva of Russia grabbed seventh with a final time of 2:01.48 from heat six.

Great Britain’s Holly Hibbott was eighth overall with a time of 2:01.71.

MEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY

The USA men’s 400-meter medley relay team of Michael Andrew (55.65), Reece Whitley (1:00.84), Ryan Hoffer (53.72) and Daniel Krueger (50.10) posted a quick combined time of 3:40.31. Japan currently holds the championship meet record at a 3:38.13 from the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships.

Australia’s relay team of Clyde Lewis (55.93), Matthew Wilson (1:01.56), Brayden McCarthy (54.56) and Jack Cartwright (50.14) posted a combined time of 3:42.19 for the second place seed.

Russia’s Roman Larin (56.06), Egor Sushkov (1:03.04), Daniil Antipode (53.25) and Igor Shadrin (50.50) rounded out the top three with a time of 3:42.85.

Jake Daniel Skierka (56.01), Jacek Janusz Arentewicz (1:02.65), Michal Chudy (52.77) and Pawel Sendyk (511.59) of Poland finished fifth overall with a combined time of 3:43.02.

The relay team of Guilherme Basseto (57.12), Eduardo Amaral (1:03.48), Vinicius Lanza (53.25) and Victor Furtado (50.40) from Brazil took fifth overall with a final time of 3:44.25.

Spain finished sixth with a time of 3:44.46, while Canada finished seventh overall with a 3:46.03.

Turkey rounded out the top eight with a time of 3:46.11.

WOMEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY

The women’s 400-meter medley relay team of Natsumi Sakai (1:02.26), Runa Imai (1:08.55), Rikako Imee (58.93) and Sachi Mochida (55.91) from Japan turned in a combined time of 4:05.65.

The women’s USA relay team of Grace Ariola (1:01.27), Kennedy Lohman (1:09.86), Lauren Case (1:00.23) and Kenisha Liu (56.12) finished second overall with a time of 4:07.48.

Canada’s relay of Danielle Hanus (1:00.74), Sarah Darcel (1:11.18), Penny Oleksiak (1:01.12) and Rebecca Smith (55.27) turned in a time of 4:08.31 for the third place seed.

The relay team of Minna Atherton (1:00.34), Ella Bond (1:11.21), Tamsin Cook (1:00.57) and Lucy Elizabeth McJannett (56.43) from Australia clocked a time of 4:08.55 to grab the fourth place seed.

Russia’s Mariia Kameneva (1:02.32), Daria Chikunova (1:10.41), Alexandra Chesnokova (1:00.49) and Vasilissa Buinaia (56.46) claimed the fifth place seed for tonight’s finals with a time of 4:09.68.

Germany took sixth overall in prelims with a time of 4:11.58.

Italy posted a time of 4:11.86 to finish seventh overall, while Slovakia turned in a time of 4:14.31 to round out the top eight.

MEN’S 1500 FREE

Qiu Ziao of China dominated prelims of the men’s 1500-meter free finishing 7.37 seconds ahead of the competition with a final time of 15:17.54.

Hungary’s Kristof Rasovszky finished second overall in prelims with a time of 15:24.91.

South Africa’s Matthew Meyer rounded out the top three with a qualifying time of 15:25.76.

Brazil’s Costa Guilherme and Chinese Tai Pei’s Cho Cheng-Chi battled it out in heat four for the fourth and fifth place seeds. Guilherme posted a final time of 15:33.78 for fourth, while Cheng-Chi turned in a 15:33.97 for fifth.

Mexico’s Ricardo Vargas finished sixth overall with a time of 15:34.26.

Slovenia’s Grega Popovic grabbed the seventh place seed with a time of 15:42.25.

Marcos Rodriguez of Spain posted a final time of 15:42.69 to finish eighth in prelims.

2015 FINA World Junior Championships, Day Six Prelims – Results

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