By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
2025 World Junior Swimming Championships
August 19-24, 2025
Otopeni, Romania
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Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
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DAY 5 PRELIMS HEAT SHEET
Welcome to Day 6 of the 2025 World Junior Championships! We’re onto the ultimate day of the meet right here in Otopeni, with 4 totally different 200 meter occasions in addition to the medley relay heats this morning, earlier than we end off with the sluggish heats of the lads’s 1500 freestyle.
DAY 6 PRELIMS SCHEDULE:
Boys 200 Backstroke
Women 200 Breaststroke
Boys 200 Butterfly
Women 200 Freestyle
Boys 4×100 Medley Relay
Women 4×100 Medley Relay
Boys 1500 Freestyle (slower heats)
The highest two seeds within the boys’ 200 backstroke have already gained a gold medal apiece, with Daniel del Signore profitable the 50 and Jon Shortt profitable the 100. They’re the one two swimmers entered below 1:58 right here, with USA’s Gavin Keogh, third within the 100, the third seed right here in 1:58.19.
China’s Qu Jianing is the highest seed within the ladies’ 200 breaststroke, however is entered simply seven-hundredths forward of Australia’s Hayley Mackinder, who was 4th within the 100. Germany’s silver medalist from the 100, Lena Ludwig, is available in 4th quickest, whereas the U.S. pair of Kayda Geder and Kaidy Stout are seeded tenth and twelfth.
Not one of many boys’ 100 butterfly finalists can be within the area within the 200, however there are nonetheless ten swimmers entered below 2:00. They’re led by Hungary’s David Antal in 1:57.42, intently adopted by China’s Xue Zijian in 1:57.66. One to observe might be Namibia’s Oliver Durand, who has set Nationwide Data in each the 200 IM and 400 IM thus far at this competitors.
The ladies’ 200 freestyle sees Rylee Erisman and Yang Peiqi lock horns in a second instalment of the battle they started on the anchor leg of the 4×200 freestyle relay on Day 1. Yang took the win in spherical 1, outsplitting Erisman by a second en path to a gold medal for the Chinese language group, however Erisman was nonetheless 1:56.69 on her anchor leg.
Additionally it is a gathering of the 100 freestyle champion (Erisman) and 400 freestyle champion (Yang), with every having set a Championship file of their respective finals. Erisman can have the 50 free and 4×100 medley relay finals as properly tonight, so could take it a bit simpler this morning. Kennedy Dobson will even symbolize the U.S., and set a brand new finest when main off the 4×200 free relay in 1:57.53.
The boys’ 4×100 medley relay appears to be like to be a captivating race, with Nice Britain, Italy, the U.S. and NAB all having causes to consider they’ll take the win. All of their swimmers ought to be recent this morning, with none having every other occasions, so search for these 4 to take the center lanes for the ultimate.
The ladies’ occasion is extra clear minimize, with the battle prone to come all the way down to the U.S., China and NAB, with the People coming in because the favorites. They are going to seemingly swim the ‘B’ group this morning, however will then carry within the 100 backstroke (Charlotte Crush) and 100 freestyle (Rylee Erisman) champions, and sure a 100 fly medalist in Audrey Derivaux.
Lastly, we can have the slower two heats of the ladies’s 1500 freestyle, forward of the ultimate warmth of this heat-defined winner occasion being swum in tonight’s finals session. Xu Haibo and Tex Cross, who took third and 4th respectively within the 400 free, might be ones to observe in warmth 4.
BOYS 200 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS
World Report: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
World Junior Report: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017)
Championship Report: 1:56.05 – Pieter Coetze, RSA (2022)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
Jon Shortt (IRE) – 1:57.53
David Melnychuk (USA) – 1:59.31
Aukan Goldin (ISR) – 1:59.48
Matteo Venini (ITA) – 1:59.70
Gavin Keogh (USA) – 2:00.05
Daniele del Signore (ITA) – 2:00.11
Francis Brennan (CAN) – 2:00.17
Anton Denysenko (UKR) – 2:00.33
Jon Shortt backed up his high seed by dominating the ultimate warmth of the boys’ 200 backstroke, the one swimmer this morning to return again in below a minute on the second 100 (59.86). He leads all qualifiers by practically two seconds, and appears properly positioned so as to add the 200 to his 100 title tonight.
He was joined below 2:00 by USA’s David Melnychuk, Israel’s Aukan Goldin and Italy’s Matteo Venini, with Melnychuk and Venini setting new finest occasions within the course of. Melnychuk knocked two tenths off his 1:59.53 entry time, whereas Venini was a tenth below his better of 1:59.80.
Gavin Keogh added from his 1:58.19 entry time, however can be harmful out of lane 2 tonight after he set a giant finest within the 100 earlier within the week. He was out quickest of anyone in 57.22, however had a closing 50 of 32.18 to complete behind his teammate Melnychuk in warmth 5.
Italy’s Daniele del Signore, the 50 backstroke champion, regarded managed as he got here out with a 2:00.11. He holds a finest within the 1:57-point vary, and can seemingly be down close to that after setting a finest time in each the 50 and 100 thus far this week.
Australia’s Henry Allan, certainly one of ten swimmers entered below 2:00, added seven seconds to complete thirty first and miss the ultimate.
GIRLS 200 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS
World Report: 2:17.55 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2023)
World Junior Report: 2:19.64 – Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes, TUR (2015)
Championship Report: 2:19.64 – Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes, TUR (2015)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
Sua Moon (KOR) – 2:26.39
Lena Ludwig (GER) – 2:27.72
Kaidy Stout (USA) – 2:28.58
Anastasiia Shilenkova (NAB) – 2:28.59
Daria Asaftei (ROU) – 2:28.77
Kayda Geder (USA) – 2:30.36
Shima Taghavi (CAN) – 2:30.82
Qu Jianing (CHN) – 2:31.00
The quickest swim of this morning got here from Korea’s Sua Moon out of the unseeded warmth 2. Entered with no time, Moon does maintain a finest of two:26.23 from 2023, which she practically matched right here as she led the heats by properly over a second.
She had a stellar closing 50 of 37.16, certainly one of solely two within the area below 38 seconds alongside NAB’s Anastasiia Shilenkova.
There have been solely 5 swimmers in complete below the two:30 barrier, as high seed Qu Jianing snuck into the ultimate in eighth after including greater than 4 seconds. One massive identify we did see miss out was Australia’s Hayley Mackinder, who completed simply six-hundredths behind Qu in ninth after coming dwelling in 41.26.
Lena Ludwig, Kaidy Stout and residential swimmer Daria Asaftei have been the winners of the circle-seeded heats and all progressed by way of safely. Asaftei has set new Romanian Data in each the 50 and 100 breast, however will face a problem to get all the way down to Diana Mocanu‘s mark of two:25.00 within the 200 tonight, which has stood for twenty-four years.
Kayda Geder was sixth, because the U.S. have been the one nation to place two swimmers into the ultimate.
BOYS 200 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS
World Report: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2022)
World Junior Report: 1:53.79 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
Championship Report: 1:53.87 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
Kris Mihaylov (RSA) – 1:58.17
David Antal (HUN) – 1:58.46
Xue Zijan (CHN) – 1:58.74
Blazej Dworakowski (POL) – 1:59.13
Jan Jurcik (CZE) – 1:59.28
Anton Semeyuk (CAN) – 1:59.67
Tuncer Berk Erturk (TUR) – 1:59.73
Grigorii Vekovishchev (NAB) – 1:59.76
It took a time below 2:00 to make the highest eight this morning, with each swimmer who did so making it by way of to tonight’s closing.
The quickest two occasions got here out of the ultimate warmth, the place South Africa’s Kris Mihaylov and Hungary’s David Antal have been out in 57-low earlier than coming dwelling in equivalent 1:01.14s. Mihaylov clipped a hundredth from his entry time together with his swim, and can be in lane 4 for the ultimate tonight.
Blazej Sworakowski was out quickest of anybody in 56.16, though was 31-point on each of his closing 50s to complete second within the penultimate warmth behind China’s Xue Zijian.
Each of the U.S. swimmers on this occasion missed the ultimate, with Shareef Elaydi (2:01.21) and Noah Cakir (2:01.20) posting near-identical occasions.
Turkey’s Arda Akkoyun, the seventh seed in 1:59.03, added seven seconds to overlook the ultimate in twenty eighth.
GIRLS 200 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS
World Report: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2024)
World Junior Report: 1:53.65 – Summer season McIntosh, CAN (2023)
Championship Report: 1:57.08 – Taylor Ruck, CAN (2017)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
Rylee Erisman (USA) – 1:57.76
Kennedi Dobson (USA) – 1:58.30
Alessandra Mao (ITA) – 1:59.19
Yang Peiqi (CHN) – 1:59.20
Bianca Nannucci (ITA) – 1:59.42
Yui Fukuoka (JPN) – 1:59.42
Yan Tiaoshan (CHN) – 1:59.69
Ella Cosgrove (CAN) – 2:00.65
Rylee Erisman, regardless of having three finals to sit up for tonight, did something however take it simple as she burned the remainder of warmth 8 away, ending up as the one swimmer that warmth to make the ultimate. She was 1:57.76, simply half a second off her entry time, to assert high spot general by half a second.
Her teammate Kennedi Dobson took warmth 7 in 1:58.30, and has already been 1:57.53 main off the silver medal-winning 4×200 free relay in Otopeni. Yang Peiqi, who completed 4th general, can be harmful after profitable the 400 and splitting 1:55.54 anchoring China to gold within the 4×200 free on Day 1.
Italy put Alessandra Mai and Bianca Nannucci into the highest 5, with 5 of the finalists coming from an virtually blanket end in warmth 9.
BOYS 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – PRELIMS
World Report: 3:26.78 – USA (2021)
World Junior Report: 3:33.19 – RUS (2019)
Championship Report: 3:33.19 – RUS (2019)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
USA – 3:38.59
NAB – 3:39.10
Nice Britain – 3:39.45
Japan – 3:39.61
Poland – 3:40.50
Romania – 3:40.53
Greece – 3:40.56
Italy – 3:40.59
Ian Name’s 1:00.24 breaststroke leg helped the usto the highest seed, as they gained the ultimate warmth over NAB by half a second. Collin Holgerson led them off in 55.67, Rowan Cox was 53.28 on butterfly, and Mike Rice was 49.40 on freestyle.
Gavin Keogh and Austin Carpenter will seemingly are available tonight, though Name will seemingly hold the breaststroke spot forward of Drew Eubanks.
Poland had the quickest entrance half of anybody due to Jan Gajda’s 1:00.02 breaststroke break up, quickest within the area, however fell away barely on account of a 50.52 anchor, qualifying fifth general
Nice Britain swam half of their ‘A’ group relay this morning, however will usher in Filip Nowacki and Jacob Mills on breaststroke and freestyle respectively. That will give them round 5 seconds on their time this morning, they usually may properly be the favorites tonight.
Max Morgan, who was 59.93 for bronze individually within the 100 breaststroke, was simply 1:01.61 right here, whereas 100 butterfly bronze medalist Dean Fearn was 52.36, quickest within the area.
Italy, who left Carlos D’Ambrosio off this relay, snuck by way of in eighth by simply 0.15 seconds over Brazil. Swapping within the 200 free champ for Daniel D’Agostino on the anchor leg may give them virtually three seconds, as D’ambrosio’s finest break up this week of 47.02 is 2.94 seconds quicker than the 49.96 anchor they acquired right here.
Similar to on the senior world championships this summer time, China and Australia missed out on the ultimate.
GIRLS 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – PRELIMS
World Report: 3:49.34 – USA (2025)
World Junior Report: 3:58.38 – CAN (2017)
Championship Report: 3:58.38 – CAN (2017)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
USA – 4:03.04
Japan – 4:04.05
China – 4:04.65
Canada -4:05.56
NAB – 4:05.58
Australia – 4:05.71
Italy – 4:05.95
Nice Britain – 4:06.86
The U.S. swam their ‘B’ group this morning, however nonetheless led the way in which into tonight’s closing by simply over a second. Lily King had the quickest break up within the area along with her 54.07 anchor, however bringing in Charlotte Crush (again), Audrey Derivaux (fly) and Rylee Erisman (free) ought to see them problem Canada’s World Junior Report tonight.
Japan took 2nd general, profitable warmth 3 behind Mizuki Hirai’s 57.21 butterfly break up, quickest within the area by over a second.
5 of the finalists ended up coming from the ultimate warmth, with Korea lacking out by two tenths regardless of having the quickest breaststroke break up within the area (1:08.38) from Sua Moon.
BOYS 1500 FREESTYLE – SLOWER HEATS (TIMED FINAL)
World Report: 14:30.67 – Bobby Finke, USA (2024)
World Junior Report: 14:41.22 – Kuzey Tuncelli, TUR (2024)
Championship Report: 14:46.09 – Franko Grgic (2019)
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