{"id":152630,"date":"2015-08-28T20:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T03:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=152630"},"modified":"2015-08-29T10:33:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T17:33:43","slug":"russia-turns-in-1-2-finish-in-50-free-prelims-at-2015-fina-world-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russia-turns-in-1-2-finish-in-50-free-prelims-at-2015-fina-world-junior-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Turns in 1-2 Finish in 50 Free Prelims at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia went 1-2 in prelims of the women’s 50 free during day five of the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.\u00a0Mariia Kameneva\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a qualifying time of 25.43 to grab the top seed for semi-finals from heat eight. Teammate\u00a0Daria Ustinova\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed the second place seed when she turned in a time of 25.48 from heat seven.<\/p>\n

Shayna Jack<\/strong>\u00a0of Australia rounded out the top three qualifiers with a time of 25.54, also from heat seven.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Rikako Ikee\u00a0<\/strong>and China’s\u00a0Tang Yuting<\/strong>\u00a0kept it close in heat six, finishing .06 seconds apart. Ikee claimed the fourth place seed with a time of 25.68, while Yuting finished fifth overall with a time of 25.74.<\/p>\n

Lauren Pitzer<\/strong>\u00a0of the USA finished sixth overall in prelims with a time of 25.79 from heat eight.<\/p>\n

Australia’s\u00a0Lucy Elizabeth McJannett<\/strong>\u00a0was a close seventh from the same heat with a time of 25.84.<\/p>\n

Ashley Volpenhein<\/strong>\u00a0of the USA grabbed eighth overall with a time of 25.97.<\/p>\n

Hungary’s\u00a0Flora Molnar<\/strong>\u00a0(25.99), Greece’s\u00a0Iliana Charikleia Oikonomou<\/strong>\u00a0(26.03), Canada’s\u00a0Penny Oleksiak<\/strong>\u00a0(26.05), New Zealand’s\u00a0Gabrielle Fa’Amausili\u00a0<\/strong>(26.07), Canada’s\u00a0Rebecca Smith<\/strong>\u00a0(26.10), Greece’s\u00a0Vasiliki Stavroula Baka\u00a0<\/strong>(26.20), Slovenia’s\u00a0Janja Segel<\/strong>\u00a0(26.28), and Brazil’s\u00a0Maria Paula Heitmann<\/strong>\u00a0(26.34) complete the top sixteen.<\/p>\n

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