{"id":152454,"date":"2015-08-27T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T02:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=152454"},"modified":"2015-08-27T21:33:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T04:33:50","slug":"minna-atherton-dashes-to-new-meet-record-in-prelims-of-50-back-at-2015-fina-world-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/minna-atherton-dashes-to-new-meet-record-in-prelims-of-50-back-at-2015-fina-world-junior-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Minna Atherton Dashes to New Meet Record in Prelims of 50 Back at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia’s\u00a0Minna Atherton\u00a0<\/strong>dashed to a quick finish in the women’s 50-meter back, posting a qualifying time of 28.00. Atherton’s time not only makes her the top qualifier for tonight’s semi-finals, but is a new championship meet record, replacing\u00a0Gabrielle Fa’Amausili’s<\/strong>\u00a02013 time of 28.14.<\/p>\n

Fa’Amausili of New Zealand grabbed the second place seed, and also bettered upon her record. The New Zealander touched the wall with a final time of 28.09, also under the championship meet record.<\/p>\n

Danielle Hanus<\/strong>\u00a0of Canada claimed the third place seed with a time of 28.32, bettering upon her seed time of a 28.51 by .19 seconds.<\/p>\n

Russia’s\u00a0Irina Prikhodko\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a time of 28.71 to grab the fourth place seed and be the last person under the 29-second mark.<\/p>\n

Claire Adams<\/strong>\u00a0of the USA,\u00a0Caroline Pilhatsch<\/strong>\u00a0of Austria, and\u00a0Bobbi Gichard<\/strong>\u00a0of New Zealand kept it close in heat five, finishing within .08 seconds of one another. Adams won out getting her hand on the wall .01 seconds ahead of Pilhatsch to claim fifth with a time of 29.04. Pilhatsch finished sixth in prelims with a time of 29.05, while Richard settled for the seventh place seed and a time of 29.12.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Natsumi Sakai\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the top eight with a final time of 29.15.<\/p>\n

Germany’s\u00a0Laure Riedemann<\/strong>\u00a0(29.16), Russia’s\u00a0Polina Egorova<\/strong>\u00a0(29.23), the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Tereza Grusova<\/b>\u00a0(29.28), South Africa’s\u00a0Mariella Venter<\/b>\u00a0(29.43), Kazakhstan’s\u00a0Yekaterina Dymchenko\u00a0<\/strong>(29.47), Canada’s\u00a0Rebecca Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(29.52), China’s\u00a0Liu Yaxin<\/strong>\u00a0(29.59) round out the top sixteen semi-finals qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Maryna Kolesnykova<\/strong>\u00a0of Ukraine and\u00a0Grace Ariola\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA tied for the sixteenth spot at 29.68 and will therefore have to time trial the event.<\/p>\n

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