{"id":152216,"date":"2015-08-26T20:24:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T03:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=152216"},"modified":"2015-08-26T21:48:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T04:48:30","slug":"meryn-mccann-ranks-first-in-200-back-after-prelims-at-the-2015-fina-world-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/meryn-mccann-ranks-first-in-200-back-after-prelims-at-the-2015-fina-world-junior-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Meryn McCann Ranks First in 200 Back After Prelims at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada’s\u00a0Meryn McCann<\/strong>\u00a0turned in a time of 2:11.15 to claim the first place seed in the 200-meter back during prelims. McCann added slightly to her seed time of 2:11.20.<\/p>\n

Russia’s\u00a0Irina Prikhodko<\/strong>\u00a0claimed the second place seed with a time of 2:11.35, also from heat five.<\/p>\n

Australia’s\u00a0Minna Atherton\u00a0<\/strong>posted a close time from heat four to claim the third place seed with a time of 2:11.37.<\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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China’s\u00a0Liu Yaxin\u00a0<\/strong>took fourth overall in prelims with a finishing time of 2:11.41, adding slightly to her seed time of 2:09.78.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Natsumi Sakai<\/strong>\u00a0turned in a finishing time of 2:11.64 to grab the fifth place seed.<\/p>\n

Canada’s\u00a0Taylor Ruck<\/strong>\u00a0claimed the sixth place seed with a finishing time of 2:11.95.<\/p>\n

Claire Adams\u00a0<\/strong>(2:12.52) of the USA and Great Britain’s\u00a0Rosie Rudin<\/strong>\u00a0(2:12.95) finished seventh and eighth respectively.<\/p>\n

Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n