{"id":152461,"date":"2015-08-27T20:19:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T03:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=152461"},"modified":"2015-08-27T21:33:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T04:33:23","slug":"sierra-schmidt-leads-400-free-after-prelims-at-the-2015-fina-world-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sierra-schmidt-leads-400-free-after-prelims-at-the-2015-fina-world-junior-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Schmidt Leads 400 Free After Prelims at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sierrra Schmidt<\/strong>\u00a0of the USA turned in a sizzling 4:09.65 to claim the top seed in prelims of the women’s 400-meter free. Schmidt added slightly to her seed time of 4:09.52, but doesn’t sit far off of\u00a0Elena Sokolova’s\u00a0<\/strong>championship meet record of 4:06.30 from 2008.<\/p>\n

Australia’s\u00a0Tamsin Cook<\/strong>\u00a0claimed the second place seed with a finishing time of 4:10.45. Cook’s seed time was a 4:07.14, look for her to challenge Schmidt for first come finals.<\/p>\n

Hannah Cox<\/strong>\u00a0of the USA finished third overall in prelims with a time of 4:12.54, adding slightly to her seed time of 4:09.61.<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s\u00a0Holly Hibbott,\u00a0<\/strong>Russia’s\u00a0Arina Openysheva,\u00a0<\/strong>and Great Britain’s\u00a0Chloe Finch<\/b>\u00a0kept it close in heat six of the race, finishing within 1.02 seconds of each other. Hibbott got to the wall first to claim the fourth place seed with a time of 4:13.05 with Openysheva close behind at 4:13.65 for fifth. Finch took sixth overall with a final time of 4:14.17.<\/p>\n

Italy’s\u00a0Linda Caponi<\/strong>\u00a0grabbed seventh overall with a time of 4:14.45, while China’s\u00a0Dong Fuwei<\/strong>\u00a0rounded out the top eight with a finishing time of 4:15.11.<\/p>\n

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