2019 World Junior Championships: Day 5 Live Finals Recap (original) (raw)

7TH FINA WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

Tonight, five more world junior champions will be newly crowned while four events will filter down to an elite top 8 to contest for the top 3 medals.

The woman to watch tonight is 17-year-old Aussie Lani Pallister, who comes in as the top seed in the women’s 1500 free timed final. With her seed time 7 seconds ahead of her nearest foe, Italy’s Giulia Salin, Pallister has a shot at sweeping the distance events after already winning the 400 and 800 free finals.

Repping the green and gold as well is 16-year-old Aussie Bronte Job, who leads the women’s 50 back final. Her semifinals top time of 27.83 frightened the 2015 championship record of 27.81 and will be on record watch tonight.

More of tonight’s top finals seeds are Russians Aleksandr Shchegolev (50 fly) and Ilia Borodin (400 IM), alongside the American women in the 4×100 free relay.

Women’s 1500 Freestyle – FASTEST HEAT

Top 3:

17-year-old Aussie Lani Pallister continued to show her dominance with her record-breaking 1500 free performance. Her efforts allowed her to win the event by 16 seconds and just nip the 2017 championships record by less than a second. Pallister now ranks 11th in the world this year and is the 4th-fastest Aussie performer in history while remaining the fastest 17-year-old in Australian age history.

Taking the silver was Italian Giulia Salin while American Chase Travis took the bronze. Travis’ time of 16:18.04 now puts her as the 9th-fastest 15-16 performer in US age group history.

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – SEMIFINALS

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. MINAKOV Andrei RUS- 49.19
  2. HANSON Robin SWE- 49.65
  3. LIENDO Joshua CAN- 49.73
  4. CHANEY Adam USA- 49.77
  5. NICETTO Stefano ITA- 49.92
  6. BARSEGHYAN Artur ARM- 49.96
  7. BUKHOV Vladyslav UKR- 50.00
  8. STEIN SARTORI Murilo BRA/MAGAHEY Jake USA- 50.01 *swim-off required

Andrei Minakov leads the men’s 100 free semifinals with a half-second advantage over Swede Robin Hanson. Canadian Joshua Edwards Liendo and American Adam Chaney will sandwich the top 2 into tomorrow’s final in lane 3 and lane 6.

Italian Stefano Nicetto just clipped the 50-second barrier along with Artur Barseghyan, who re-set his Armenian national record in the event. Ukraine’s Vladyslav Bukhov is locked in for the top 8 while Brazil’s Murilo Sartori and USA’s Jake Magahey will need to swim-off for the eighth spot.

WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMIFINALS

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. SHKURDAI Anastasiya BLR- 57.82
  2. HUSKE Torri USA- 57.86
  3. CURZAN Claire USA- 58.51
  4. QIAN Xinan CHN- 59.00
  5. HENDERSON Hanna CAN- 59.28
  6. BIASIBETTI Helena ITA- 59.62
  7. SABITOVA Aleksandra RUS- 59.73
  8. SASSEVILLE Genevieve CAN- 59.76

Belarusian Anastasiya Shkurdai had a thrilling race with 50 fly champ Torri Huske of the USA. Shkurdai won the second semifinal with a 57.82, Huske was 0.06s off her US 15-16 NAG. Fellow American Claire Curzan domiated the first semifinal to qualify third with a 58.51.

The rest of the remaining top 8 qualifiers were all in the 59-second range.

MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

Top 3:

Italian Thomas Ceccon, after winning a backstroke world title already, flipped onto his stomach and flew to his second world title in the men’s 50 fly. Following closely behind him was Russian Andrei Minakov, who finished 0.02s behind Ceccon.

Bronze medalist Josif Miladinov finished with a new Bulgarian national record time of 23.48.

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – SEMIFINALS

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. PARKER Maxine USA- 24.96
  2. HARRIS Meg AUS- 25.02
  3. WALSH Gretchen USA- 25.10
  4. CANNY Aimee RSA- 25.29
  5. GANGL Nina AUT- 25.36
  6. COCCONCELLI Costanza ITA- 25.49
  7. NOWACZYK Lison FRA- 25.50
  8. HENDERSON Hanna CAN- 25.52

Team USA captain Maxine Parker leads the women’s 50 free with her first sub-25 swim time of 24.96. Parker is now the 6th-fastest US 17-18 performer in age group history. Taking second place was Aussie Meg Harris, whose lifetime best of 25.02 keeps her as the 5th-fastest 17-year-old Aussie performer all-time.

100 free champion USA’s Gretchen Walsh confirmed her place in the 50 free with her 25.10 semifinals swim. South Africa’s Aimee Canny and Austria’s Nina Gangl, who is just two-tenths off the national record, have cruised into the final along with Italian Costanza Cocconcelli.

MEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – SEMIFINALS

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. GERASIMENKO Vladislav RUS- 27.89
  2. GOODBURN Archie GBR- 27.91
  3. ASPOUGALIS Arkadios GRE- 27.98
  4. MASTROMATTEO Gabe CAN- 28.03
  5. MATHENY Josh USA- 28.16
  6. SATO Shoma JPN- 28.20
  7. HOUSEMAN Kevin USA- 28.32
  8. BOOTH Kyle GBR- 28.34

Russian Vladislav Gerasimenko leads the men’s 50 breast final along with fellow sub-28 performers Britain’s Archie Goodburn and Greece’s Arkadios Aspougalis. Goodburn was just hundredths off his lifetime best from the 2019 European Juniors, which puts him as the second fastest 18-year-old British performer all-time.

Joining Goodburn for Team Britain is Kyle Booth while Americans Josh Matheny and Kevin Houseman will represent the stars and stripes in tomorrow’s final.

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

Top 3:

Although not reaching the championship record, Aussie Bronte Job stayed ahead over Canadian Jade Hannah and Russian Daria Vaskina to secure a world junior title. Hannah and Vaskina tied for second place with a 27.91.

Job still remains the second fastest 16-year-old Aussie event performer with her 27.83 semifinals time. Hannah, after winning the 100/200 back, remains the second-fastest Canadian all-time and as the fastest Canadian time this season.

MEN’S 400 IM – FINAL

Top 3:

Apostolos Papastamos came out on top in a surprising finish to dominate the month-old world junior record and 2017 championship record. Papastamos came into the final with a prelims seed of 4:19.42 and dropped 8 seconds to clock in his winning time of 4:11.93. He also took down the 2012 Greek national record of 4:14.41.

Russian Ilia Borodin took the silver with a 4:12.95 while France’s Leon Marchand took a surprise bronze medal finish out of lane one.

WOMEN’S 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

Top 3:

The American women dominated the 4×100 free relay event with a final time of 3:37.61, just a second and a half off the 2017 championship and world junior record. Here’s a look at the American splits.

Taking the silver were the Aussies at 3:40.85 while the Italians took the bronze at 3:42.04. The French team would have finished third place, but had an early start on the last exchange and received a DQ.

In This Story

Adam Chaney
Andrei Minakov
Claire Curzan
Costanza Cocconcelli
Daria Vaskina
Giulia Salin
Gretchen Walsh
Jake Magahey
Josh Matheny
Lani Pallister
Leon Marchand
Maxine Parker
Thomas Ceccon
Torri Huske

About Nick Pecoraro

Nick Pecoraro

Nick has had the passion for swimming since his first dive in the water in middle school, immediately falling for breaststroke. Nick had expanded to IM events in his late teens, helping foster a short, but memorable NCAA Div III swim experience at Calvin University. While working on his B.A. …

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