Michael Andrew Leads Way in 50 Fly Semis at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

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Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation

USA’s Michael Andrew nearly cracked the meet record in the men’s 50-meter fly semis at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Andrew, who already smoked the 50 back earlier in the evening for a win, set himself up for another gold with a 23.66 in semis.

That swim just missed Daniel Bell’s meet record of 23.61 from 2008, but is well off Evgeny Sedov’s World Junior mark of 23.28 from the 2014 Russian Championships in Moscow.

Ukraine’s Andrii Khloptsov qualified second in 23.77 with Russia’s Vladislav Kozlov (23.99) and Daniil Pakhomov (24.04) taking third and fourth.

Spain’s Alberto Lozano (24.12), Croatia’s Bruno Blaskovic (24.25) and Poland’s Michal Chudy (24.25) also secured spots in the finale.

Poland’s Pawel Sendyk, Brazil’s Vinicius Lanza and Australia’s Brayden McCarthy set up an exciting three-way swimoff with matching times of 24.38 for the eighth spot in finals.

Lanza won the swimoff in 24.06, while Sendyk (24.39) and McCarthy (24.41) missed the finals.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

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

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