{"id":621248,"date":"2025-08-21T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=621248"},"modified":"2025-08-21T04:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:17:51","slug":"world-junior-championships-day-three-prelims-charlotte-crush-and-audrey-derivaux-lead-team-usa-in-200-backstroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-three-prelims-charlotte-crush-and-audrey-derivaux-lead-team-usa-in-200-backstroke\/","title":{"rendered":"World Junior Championships, Day Three Prelims: Charlotte Crush and Audrey Derivaux Lead Team USA in 200 Backstroke"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Junior Championships, Day Three Prelims: Charlotte Crush and Audrey Derivaux Lead Team USA in 200 Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third day of preliminaries at the World Junior Championships will include a trio of sprint events. Action in Otopeni, Romania will see competition in the women’s 50 butterfly, men’s 50 backstroke and men’s 50 freestyle. Other events on the Thursday morning schedule are the women’s 100 breaststroke, women’s 200 backstroke and the mixed 400 freestyle relay. The slower heats of the men’s 800 freestyle will also be contested.<\/p>\n

The United States women enjoyed a strong showing during the Night Two finals and will try to maintain that momentum. Charlotte Crush (100 backstroke), Audrey Derivaux (200 butterfly) and Rachel McAlpin (50 breaststroke) all claimed gold medals on Wednesday night, while Rylee Erisman set a championship record of 53.09 in the semifinals of the 100 freestyle.<\/p>\n

Here is an event-by-event recap of the Day Three prelims:<\/p>\n