{"id":610763,"date":"2025-04-22T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T04:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=610763"},"modified":"2025-04-23T19:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T02:28:42","slug":"maria-lenk-trophy-stephanie-balduccini-scares-brazilian-200-free-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maria-lenk-trophy-stephanie-balduccini-scares-brazilian-200-free-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Lenk Trophy: Stephanie Balduccini Scares Brazilian 200 Free Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maria Lenk Trophy: Stephanie Balduccini Scares Brazilian 200 Free Record<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephanie Balduccini<\/strong> scared the Brazilian record in the women\u2019s 200 free Tuesday night, earning a place at the 2025 World Championships.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s race was won by Australian Sam Short<\/strong> in a thriller.<\/p>\n

First, Balduccini, who went 1:56.43. That is a best time for the Michigan undergrad by a clean second. It\u2019s under the automatic qualification time for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships (1:58.23). And it nearly unseated the Brazilian and South American record set last summer at the Paris Olympics by Maria Fernanda Costa<\/strong> at 1:56.06.<\/p>\n

Costa is headed to Worlds, too, after going 1:57.60 to finish second. Aline Da Silva Rodrigues<\/strong> finished third in 1:59.55. Five Brazilians broke two minutes, with Gabrielle Roncatto<\/strong> fourth in 1:59.82 ahead of Maria Paula Heitmann\u2019s<\/strong> 1:59.93.<\/p>\n

Costa and Roncatto earned spots at Worlds in the 400 free on Monday\u2019s first day of the Maria Lenk Trophy at Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, in Rio de Janeiro. Rodrigues finds herself in third place for a second time.<\/p>\n