World College Video games: Leah Shackley Cruises in Prelims of 200 Backstroke; Each U.S. Relays Qualify First
The primary session of swimming competitors on the World College Video games was held in Berlin on Thursday morning, with preliminary motion contested within the males’s 400 freestyle, ladies’s 50 butterfly, males’s 50 butterfly, ladies’s 200 backstroke, males’s 100 breaststroke and each genders of the 400 freestyle relay.
Right here is how the prelims unfolded:
Meet PageResults
Males’s 400 Freestyle
Solely three swimmers went beneath 3:50 throughout qualifying, will all three additionally going sub-3:49. Incomes the highest seed for the ultimate was Russia’s Nikolai Kolesnikov, who’s competing as a Impartial Athlete. Kolesnikov touched the wall in 3:48.75, which was simply .06 faster than the morning efficiency of American Ryan Erisman (3:48.81). Advancing because the third seed was Brazilian Eduardo Oliveira de Moraes, who registered a time of three:48.75.
Ladies’s 50 Butterfly
Australia’s Josphine Crimmins moved into the semifinals with the quickest time, a 26.33 effort that landed her .07 forward of the Czech Republic’s Daryna Nabojcenko (26.40). A tenth again was Italy’s Viola Di Carlo, who lined her lap in 26.50.
Males’s 50 Butterfly
Germany has proven some pop within the males’s 50 butterfly this yr, with Luca Armbruster searching for a medal on the upcoming World Championships. In the meantime, Ole Mats Eidam and Bjorn Kammann certified first and third, respectively, for the semifinals on the World College Video games. Eidam led the best way in 23.33 whereas Kammann was third in 23.53. In between was Uzbekistan’s Eldorbek Usmonov, who was timed in 23.40. Eleven of the 16 semifinal qualifiers dipped beneath 24 seconds.
Ladies’s 200 Backstroke
Anticipated to be one of many stars of the week in Berlin, American Leah Shackley opened her program in optimistic vogue. The North Carolina State standout went 2:09.64 for the one morning effort beneath 2:10. Shackley led from begin to end in her warmth and was adopted because the second-fastest athlete within the morning by Korea’s Lee Eunji, who went 2:10.51. America’ Kennedy Noble clocked 2:11.09 for the third seed within the semifinals.
Males’s 100 Breaststroke
Alessandro Fusco was the lone athlete to interrupt the minute barrier in prelims, as his outing of 59.95 earned the highest seed for the semifinals. However Fusco has a pair of well-known names monitoring him. America’ Nate Germonprez of the College of Texas was second in 1:00.45 whereas Kyrgystan’s Denis Petrashov (Louisville) was 1:00.63 for third.
Ladies’s 400 Freestyle Relay
The American foursome of Caroline Larsen, Julia Dennis, Leah Hayes and Isabel Ivey comfortably secured the highest seed for the night remaining, on the power of a 3:37.70 efficiency. Ivey closed the relay with a cut up of 53.80 and Crew USA loved a three-plus second margin over Italy (3:41.18) and China (3:41.40).
Males’s 400 Freestyle Relay
America posted the quickest time of the morning, because the squad of Camden Taylor, Mitchell Schott, Owen McDonald and David King delivered a swim of three:14.77. That mark was barely forward of the three:15.12 of Japan. South Africa went 3:17.61 for the third seed. Schott has the quickest cut up for the U.S., going 48.35.
