{"id":273642,"date":"2017-08-23T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=273642"},"modified":"2021-05-25T19:18:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:18:11","slug":"2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolo Martinenghi, Taylor Ruck Post World Junior Records at Day 1 Finals of 2017 FINA World Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day one finals of the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships set the bar high for the remainder of the six-day meet as a total of three World Junior Records (WJR) fell throughout the session.<\/p>\n<p>Individual WJRs were posted in the men&#8217;s 100 breast by Italy&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> and in the women&#8217;s 100 back by Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong>. Ruck later joined her fellow Canadian&#8217;s in the women&#8217;s 800 free where they scorched the previous WJR, lowering it by\u00a0more than five seconds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-1-finals-day-1-international-elite-2017-08-23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DAY ONE FINAL RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 400 Free FINAL<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 50 Breast Semi-Final<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Back Semi-Final<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 400 IM FINAL<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Breast Semi-Final<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Back Semi-Final<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 400 Free Relay FINAL<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay FINAL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hit refresh for the latest updates.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 Free FINAL<\/h3>\n<p>It was a tight race for first in finals of the men&#8217;s 400 free as the USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Andrew Abruzzo, Trey Freema<\/strong><strong>n<\/strong>, and Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Balazs Hollo<\/strong>\u00a0each traded the lead throughout the race. Abruzzo made his move in the final 75 meters, flipping first at the 350-meter mark and powering his way home to a 3:49.19.<\/p>\n<p>Hollo, who at the 250-meter mark flipped eighth, delivered some astonishing back-half speed to finish second overall with a time of 3:49.97. He was followed to the wall by Freeman and his time of 3:50.14.<\/p>\n<p>Poland&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Antoni Kaluzynski<\/strong>\u00a0finished fourth overall with a time of 3:51.08, while South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jarryd Baxter<\/strong>\u00a0was fifth with a 3:51.28.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jacob Vincent<\/strong>\u00a0(3:51.39), Spain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Francisco Jose Arevalo Rubio<\/strong>\u00a0(3:51.57), and Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nathan Robinson<\/strong>\u00a0(3:52.86) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/andrew-abruzzo-powers-to-400-free-gold-at-2017-fina-world-juniors\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3-16-50-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.16.50-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"767,290\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.16.50 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.16.50 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.16.50-PM-700x290.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.16.50-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273737\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.16.50-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.16.50 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.16.50-PM.png 767w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.16.50-PM-533x202.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.16.50-PM-280x106.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Breast Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong>\u00a0of Ireland flirted with a new national record in semi-finals of the women&#8217;s 50 breast. McSharry, who owns the 200 breast Irish National Record, stopped the clock at a top showing of 31.09 to lead the top eight into tomorrow&#8217;s finals.<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Faith Knelseon<\/strong>\u00a0grabbed a close second place seed with a time of 31.15, followed by the American duo of\u00a0<strong>Emily Weiss<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Zoe Bartel<\/strong>. The two young Americans posted similar times of 31.32 and 31.34 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weronika Hallmann<\/strong>\u00a0of Poland qualified fifth overall for finals with a 31.44, while Lithuania&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Agne Seleikaite<\/strong>\u00a0posted a 31.76 for the sixth place seed.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Gulsen Beste Samanci<\/strong>\u00a0and Austria&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Chelsea Hodges<\/strong>\u00a0completed the top eight qualifiers with times of 31.87 and 31.90.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3-21-34-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.21.34-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"771,291\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.21.34 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.21.34 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.21.34-PM-700x291.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.21.34-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273742\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.21.34-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.21.34 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.21.34-PM.png 771w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.21.34-PM-533x201.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.21.34-PM-280x106.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Back Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p>The men&#8217;s 100 back proved to be a tight and exciting race as three athletes posted sub-55 second swims to lead the top eight into tomorrows finals.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Conor Ferguson<\/strong>\u00a0sprung off the start with a sizzling 0.42 second reaction time, more than a tenth faster than the rest of the competition. Despite his strong start and\u00a0swift first 50-meters (26.41), he did not claim the top seed. That honor went to Spain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong>, who delivered the fastest second 50-meters (27.92) out of the entire field to claim the top seed with a 54.43. Ferguson grabbed the second place seed with a time of 54.53.<\/p>\n<p>Picking up the third place seed was Romania&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Daniel Martin<\/strong>\u00a0and his time of 54.62, followed by the USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nicolas Albiero<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Drew Kibler<\/strong>. The two posted qualifying times of 55.04 and 55.37 to return as fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Poland&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kacper Stokowski<\/strong>\u00a0(55.44), Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nikita Tretyakov<\/strong>\u00a0(55.45), and Great Britain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Nicholas Pyle<\/strong>\u00a0(55.48) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3-33-27-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.33.27-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"767,465\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.33.27 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.33.27 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.33.27-PM-700x465.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.33.27-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273746\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.33.27-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.33.27 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.33.27-PM.png 767w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.33.27-PM-533x323.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.33.27-PM-280x170.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 IM FINAL<\/h3>\n<p>Japan delivered a strong 1-2 finish in finals of the women&#8217;s 400 IM as teammates\u00a0<strong>Miku Kojima<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Anna Sasaki<\/strong>\u00a0secured gold and silver. Kojima turned up the heat in the back half of the race, shifting her from second to first ahead of the USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Madison Homovich<\/strong>. Kojima continued to build on that speed, powering to a first place finish of 4:39.14.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sasaki, who led throughout the first 100 meters, battled a strong\u00a0<strong>Anja Crevar<\/strong>\u00a0of Serbia to finish second with a 4:40.99. Sasaki&#8217;s final 50-meter split was a 31.17, faster than the rest of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Crevar claimed third overall with a time of 4:42.24, while France&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Cyrielle Duhamel<\/strong>\u00a0took fourth overall with a time of 4:43.56.<\/p>\n<p>The American duo of\u00a0Homovich and\u00a0<strong>Christin Rockway<\/strong>\u00a0claimed fifth and sixth with times of 4:45.68 and 4:47.09 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Meder<\/strong>\u00a0(4:48.40) and Spain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Laia Marti Fernandez<\/strong>\u00a0(4:50.54) were seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-1-finals-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3-48-41-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.48.41-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"768,291\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.48.41 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.48.41 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.48.41-PM-700x291.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.48.41-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273752\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.48.41-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.48.41 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.48.41-PM.png 768w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.48.41-PM-533x202.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.48.41-PM-280x106.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Breast Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=martinenghi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of Italy continued to flex his breaststroke sprinting prowess with a top showing in semi-finals of the men&#8217;s 100 breast. There the young Italian delivered a scorching 59.01 to secure the top seed in tomorrow night&#8217;s final, but to also down the championship, Italian National Record, and World Junior record (WJR).<\/p>\n<p>Martinenghi is no stranger to posting records. Throughout 2017 he has re-written the record books multiple times and has shown no signs of slowing down. Since April he has downed the WJR in the 100 breast a total of four times. He has also lowered the Italian National Record several times throughout the year, putting himself in a strong position to become the first Italian man beneath the 59-second mark.<\/p>\n<p>Comparable splits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Martinenghi (August 2017): 27.48, 31.53 = 59.01<\/li>\n<li>Martinenghi (July 2017): 27.60, 31.63 = 59.23<\/li>\n<li>Martinenghi (June 2017): 27.54, 31.77 = 59.31<\/li>\n<li>Martinenghi (April 2017): 27.65, 31.81 = 59.46<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joining Martinenghi in tomorrow night&#8217;s final are young breaststroke all-stars\u00a0<strong>Reece Whitley<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong>. The two Americans delivered matching times of 1:00.33 to tie for the second place seed in tomorrow night&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Zac Stubblety-Cook<\/strong>\u00a0turned in a 1:01.09 for the fourth place seed, followed by Germany&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Wassill Kuhn&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a01:01.24.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Alessandro Pinzuti<\/strong>\u00a0(1:01.26), Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Evgenii Somov<\/strong>\u00a0(1:01.32), and South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Michael Houlie<\/strong>\u00a0(1:01.49) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nicolo-martinenghi-downs-100-breast-world-junior-record-andrew-whitley-qualify-tied-for-2nd\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3-57-19-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.57.19-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"771,465\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.57.19 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.57.19 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.57.19-PM-700x465.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.57.19-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273759\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.57.19-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 3.57.19 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.57.19-PM.png 771w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.57.19-PM-533x321.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-3.57.19-PM-280x169.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Back Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p>The women&#8217;s 100 back followed the record-breaking momentum that the men&#8217;s 100 breast had set, delivering another set of championship and World Junior Records (WJR). Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong> powered to a top qualifying time of 59.28 from heat one, lowering Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Minna Atherton&#8217;s<\/strong> 2016 WJR of 59.34 in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Ruck&#8217;s time also lowers\u00a0<strong>Regan Smith&#8217;s<\/strong> championship record of 59.52, set in prelims earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Smith of the USA echoed Ruck&#8217;s top time in heat one with a quick showing of 59.41 in the second heat of semi-finals. Smith&#8217;s time qualifies her second for tomorrow night&#8217;s finals and flirted with the National Age Group Record held by\u00a0<strong>Missy Franklin<\/strong>. The record of 59.18 was set in 2011 before Franklin&#8217;s Olympic debut.<\/p>\n<p>The two young stars\u00a0have set themselves up for an exciting race in tomorrow night&#8217;s finals. Smith delivered the strongest first 50-meters out of the entire field, splitting a 28.95 over Ruck&#8217;s 29.07, however Ruck brought home the race in a 30.21 over Smith&#8217;s 30.46.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the two young backstroke stars in finals will be fellow Canadian\u00a0<strong>Jade Hannah<\/strong> and her qualifying time of 1:00.21.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Natsumi Sakai<\/strong> qualified fourth overall with a 1:00.23, followed by the USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Grace Ariola<\/strong> and her time of 1:00.39.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Polina Egorova<\/strong> of Russia grabbed the sixth place seed with a 1:00.48, just ahead of the British duo of <strong>Cassie Wild<\/strong>\u00a0(1:00.58) and\u00a0<strong>Anna Maine<\/strong> (1:00.71).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/taylor-ruck-lowers-100-back-world-junior-record-regan-smith-flirts-with-nag-record\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4-10-36-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.10.36-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"769,463\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.10.36 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.10.36 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.10.36-PM-700x463.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.10.36-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273768\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.10.36-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.10.36 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.10.36-PM.png 769w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.10.36-PM-533x321.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.10.36-PM-280x169.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 Free Relay FINAL<\/h3>\n<p>The men of Hungary arrived ready to race for finals of the men&#8217;s 400 free relay, buoyed by sizzling splits from both their lead and anchor legs:\u00a0<strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Nandor Nemeth<\/strong>. Milak got the race off to a strong start with a top split of 49.08, the fastest lead-off split in the field.\u00a0<strong>Marton Barta<\/strong> (50.58) and\u00a0<strong>Richard Marton<\/strong> (50.09) swam second and third for the Hungarians, but were unable to hold off the charging Americans who took first thanks to strong middle swims by\u00a0<strong>Matthew Willenbring\u00a0<\/strong>(49.16) and\u00a0<strong>Drew Kibler<\/strong> (50.04).<\/p>\n<p>That all changed when Nemeth dove in for the Hungarians, shifting the relay team from fifth to first with a sizzling split of 48.24. As a team, the men of Hungary completed the race with a combined time of 3:17.99, finishing just about a second off the benchmark World Junior Record of 3:16.96.<\/p>\n<p>Poland cruised along at second throughout most of the race. Relay members\u00a0<strong>Karol Ostrowski<\/strong> (49.87),\u00a0<strong>Bartosz Piszczorowicz<\/strong> (49.12),\u00a0<strong>Kacper Stokowski<\/strong> (49.88), and\u00a0<strong>Jakub Kraska<\/strong> (49.66) posted a combined time of 3:18.53, just holding off the Australian team&#8217;s final time of 3:18.55.<\/p>\n<p>The third place Australian team was comprised of\u00a0<strong>Jordan Brunt<\/strong> (49.68),\u00a0<strong>Zachary Attard<\/strong> (49.57),\u00a0<strong>Samuel Wendt<\/strong> (50.67), and\u00a0<strong>Elijah Winnington<\/strong> (48.63).<\/p>\n<p>Despite strong swims by Willenbring and Kibler, the American team of\u00a0<strong>Daniel Krueger<\/strong> (49.50), Willenbring (49.16), Kibler (50.04), and\u00a0<strong>Trey Freeman<\/strong> (49.98) finished fourth overall, followed by Russia&#8217;s time of 3:19.34.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil (3:19.62), Germany (3:19.88), and Italy (3:20.29) were sixth through eighth respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273773\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hungary-claims-mens-400-free-relay-victory-usa-finishes-fourth\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4-23-21-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.23.21-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"666,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.23.21 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.23.21 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.23.21-PM-666x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.23.21-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273773\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.23.21-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.23.21 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.23.21-PM.png 666w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.23.21-PM-533x443.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.23.21-PM-240x200.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay FINAL<\/h3>\n<p>Just a few events after\u00a0<strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong> posted an individual<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/taylor-ruck-lowers-100-back-world-junior-record-regan-smith-flirts-with-nag-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> World Junior Record in the 100 back,<\/a> the young Olympian was back and anchoring the Canadian women&#8217;s 800 free relay with similar results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> led off for the Canadians with a split of 1:59.01, touching second behind Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Irina Krivonogova<\/strong> and her split of 1:58.61. Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Polina Nevmovenko<\/strong> dove in as the first of the second relay legs, but was no match for Olympic gold medalist\u00a0<strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> as she charged to a split of 1:56.86. <strong>Rebecca Smith<\/strong> continued Oleksiak&#8217;s power through the third leg, delivering a split of 1:58.66 before transitioning to anchor leg Ruck. Ruck split a 1:56.94 en route to Canada&#8217;s first gold of the meet and a final time of 7:51.47.<\/p>\n<p>Their combined time scorched Australia&#8217;s World Junior Record (WJR) of 7:56.68, which doubled as the Championship record, set in Singapore at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s relay team of Krivonogova (1:58.61), Nevmovenko (2:00.50),\u00a0<strong>Vasilissa Buinai<\/strong> (2:00.37), and\u00a0<strong>Anastasiia Kirpichnikova<\/strong> (1:57.85) finished second overall with a time of 7:57.33.<\/p>\n<p>The foursome of\u00a0<strong>Waka Kobori<\/strong> (2:00.53),\u00a0<strong>Rikako Ikee<\/strong> (1:56.54),\u00a0<strong>Sayuki Ouchi<\/strong> (2:01.11), and\u00a0<strong>Suzuka Hasegawa<\/strong> (2:03.91) finished third overall with a combined time of 8:02.09, followed closely by the USA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lucie Nordmann<\/strong> (2:00.12),\u00a0<strong>Miranda Heckman<\/strong> (2:02.39),\u00a0<strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> (1:59.87), and\u00a0<strong>Kelly Pash<\/strong> (2:00.02) and their time of 8:02.40.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary finished fifth overall with a time of 8:03.70, just ahead of Spain&#8217;s sixth\u00a0place time of 8:07.26.<\/p>\n<p>Germany picked up seventh with a time of 8:08.78, while Italy suffered a disqualification due to an early take-off by the second swimmer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273778\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canada-scorches-womens-800-free-relay-world-junior-record\/screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4-37-34-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.37.34-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"775,545\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.37.34 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.37.34 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.37.34-PM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.37.34-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-273778\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.37.34-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2017-08-23 at 4.37.34 PM\" width=\"650\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.37.34-PM.png 775w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.37.34-PM-533x375.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-shot-2017-08-23-at-4.37.34-PM-280x197.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day one finals of the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships set the bar high for the remainder of the six-day meet as a total of three World Junior Records (WJR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":273690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[59512],"class_list":["post-273642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2017-fina-world-junior-championships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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