Grant Shoults Cranks Out Wire-To-Wire Win in 400 Free at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

USA’s Grant Shoults turned in the fourth-ranked swim in the world by an 18-and-under swimmer this year when he won the men’s 400-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Shoults won the race wire-to-wire as he went out fast and continued to build on his victorious race with a time of 3:48.91.

That’s the fourth-best swim by an 18-and-under this year, and second-best by an American behind Townley Haas (3:48.69).

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

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China grabbed the rest of the podium spots.

Yang Jintong raced his way to a 3:50.05 for the silver, while top-seeded Qiu Ziao wound up falling back to bronze in 3:50.99.

Australia’s Joshua Parrish (3:51.00), Great Britain’s Cameron Kurle (3:51.02), Mexico’s Ricardo Vargas (3:53.39), USA’s Matthew Hirschberger (3:54.09) and Venezuela’s Rafael Davila (3:54.67) also competed in the finals.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 400 free finals
Women’s 50 breast semis
Men’s 100 back semis
Women’s 400 IM finals
Men’s 100 breast semis
Women’s 100 back semis
Men’s 400 free relay
Women’s 800 free relay

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