Rikako Ikee, Russian Men Highlight Day Two Prelims at FINA World Junior Champs

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Japan’s Rikako Ikee swam in her first individual event during the second morning of prelims at the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships, while Russia scored top qualifying marks in two men’s events, with Egor Kuminov in the 100 fly and Ivan Girev in the 200 free.

Read below for event-by-event full coverage of all events.

Full results

Event Schedule:

Men’s 200 IM
Women’s 100 free
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 200 fly
Men’s 200 free
Mixed 400 medley relay
Women’s 800 free (slow heats)

Men’s 200 IM

Kieran Smith of the United States dropped more than a second and a half off his best time to qualify first for the eight-man final. His time of 2:00.15 was more than six tenths ahead of the rest of the field. Germany’s Johanns Hintze qualified second in 2:00.79, just ahead of American Michael Andrew (2:00.92).

Andrew will swim in two championship finals in the evening session, with the 100 breast scheduled to go off just 18 minutes before the 200 IM.

Brazil’s Caio Pumputis, a soon-to-be Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket, qualified fourth in 2:01.58, and he was followed by Italy’s Alberto Razzetti (2:01.91), Hungary’s Marton Barta (2:02.35), Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez (2:02.77) and China’s Ziqi Deng (2:02.82).

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Women’s 100 Free

Japan’s Rikako Ikee kicked off her individual event program with the 100 free, and she recorded the top-seeded time by some four tenths of a second, touching in 54.41. Ikee, the World Junior Record-holder in the 50 free, 50 fly and 200 IM, will also compete in both 50s as well as the 100 fly this week.

Canada’s Rebecca Smith qualified second behind Ikee in 54.84, and Great Britain’s Freya Anderson also broke 55 in qualifying third, touching in 54.38. The Czech Republic’s Barbora Seemanova was fourth in 55.22, followed by Smith’s teammate Kayla Sanchez (55.25).

Russia’s Vasilissa Buiaia finished sixth in 55.39, and Americans Lucie Nordmann (55.54) and Grace Ariola (55.70) were seventh and eighth, respectively.

Qualifiers nine through 16 for the semi-finals included Slovakia’s Neza Kiancar (55.85), Denmark’s Julie Jensen (56.01), Australia’s Eliza King (56.15), Japan’s Sayuki Ouchi (56.16), Brazil’s Camila Mello (56.21), Germany’s Isabel Gose (56.61), Turkey’s Selen Ozbilen (56.70) and Italy’s Maria Masciopinto (56.78).

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Men’s 100 Fly

Russia’s Egor Kuminov easily topped the field with his time of 52.38, with Estonia’s Kregor Zirk joining him under 53 seconds with a time of 52.38. But looming in third is Hungary’s Kristof Milak, the World Championships silver medalist and World Junior Record-holder (50.62). Milak qualified third in 53.07.

Fourth went to Jan Friese of Germany in 53.10, and he was followed by China’s Shen Jiahao (53.28), Japan’s Shinnousuke Ishikawa (53.28), Great Britain’s Jacob Peters (53.32) and Australia’s Jordan Brunt (53.36) to round out the top eight.

Japan’s Yuka Sakamoto claimed ninth in 53.38, and Russia’s Andrei Minakov (53.51), Italy’s Federico Burdisso (53.55) and Turkey’s Umitcan Gures (53.61) took 10th through 12th.

Americans Nicholas Albiero (53.70) and Drew Kibler (53.85) cut it close, but both got into the semis, qualifying 13th and 15th, respectively. Belarus’ Antani Ivanov took 14th in 53.83, and Brazil’s Matheus Gonche tied Kibler for 15th to round out the semi-finalists.

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Women’s 200 Fly

Japan’s Suzuka Hasegawa, who holds the World Junior Record in the 200 fly at 2:08.10, qualified first in prelims in 2:09.90, just edging out the 2:09.94 that Great Britain’s Emily Large had recorded in the previous heat.

Canada’s Mabel Zavaros finished third in 2:10.57, and another Briton, Keanna Macinnes, took fourth in 2:10.87.

China’s Ye Hulyan (2:11.59), Hungary’s Boglarka Bonecz (2:12.11), Germany’s Julia Mrozinski (2:12.60) and Canada’s Victoria Kwan (2:12.83) also made the final.

For the first time all meet, an American swimmer missed out on advancing, and in fact both did. Madison Homovich finished 10th in 2:13.07, and Ashlyn Fiorili took 12th in 2:14.61.

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Men’s 200 Free

Six swimmers broke 1:49 in the men’s 200 free prelims, but only one man was under 1:48: Russia’s Ivan Girev, who won his heat in 1:47.65. American Patrick Callan, meanwhile, won the final hat in 1:48.02, holding off Hungary’s Nandor Nemeth (1:48.10) at the finish.

Another Hungarian, Richard Marton, qualified fourth in 1:48.48, just ahead of Australia’s Elijah Winnington (1:48.52). American Trey Freeman, the bronze medalist in the 400 free, qualified sixth in 1:48.92, and the last two swimmers to make the final were Brazil’s Breno Correia (1:49.06) and Great Britain’s Elliot Clogg (1:49.30).

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Mixed 400 Medley Relay

Canada, already a relay winner on night one in the women’s 800 free relay, qualified first in the mixed 400 medley relay with Jade Hannah (1:00.43), Gabe Mastromatteo (1:01.45), Mabel Zavaros (59.43) and Rusian Gaziev (49.93). Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak will each be available to come onto the relay squad in the final.

The United States qualified second in 3:52.09. Lucie Nordmann (1:01.66), Daniel Roy (1:01.31), Cody Bybee (53.24) and Julia Cook (55.88) competed in prelims, but the squad could be overhauled before the final. Russia’s Anastasiia Avdeeva, Vladislav Gerasimenko, Sofya Lobova and Gleb Karasev qualified third in 3:53.91.

Other teams making the final included Great Britain (3:53.97), Ireland (3:54.12), Germany (3:54.26), Italy (3:54.27) and Brazil (3:54.80).

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Women’s 800 Free

In the early heats of the women’s 800 free, American Chase Travis posted the top time at 8:39.56, ahead of Australia’s Leah Pallister (8:39.86) and Spain’s Andrea Galisteo (8:40.31). The top heat will be swum with finals.

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