By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
2025 World University Games
July 17th-23rd, 2025 Prelims: 9 a.m. local time (3 a.m. EST) Finals: 7 p.m. local time (1 p.m. EST) Berlin, Germany LCM (50 Meters) Meet Central Entries List Live Results Livestream Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6Women’s 400 Medley Relay–FINAL
World Record: 3:49.63- United States (2024) Junior World Record: 3:58.38- Canada (2017) World University Games Record: 3:58.04- Russia (2013)Top 8 Finishers:
United States- 3:59.68 Poland- 4:01.33 Italy- 4:01.33 Hungary- 4:05.80 South Africa- 4:06.45 Australia- 4:08.42 Taipei- 4:13.87DSQ: Japan
The U.S. were the only nation to break the 4:00 barrier in the women’s 4×100 medley relay, as they rounded of the meet with a bang. Leah Shackley won her sixth individual medal of the meet, and Poland won their second relay medal after taking second behind the U.S. in the mixed medley relay.
The U.S. had the fastest split on only the final leg, as Poland and Italy pushed them close through three-quarters of the race. South Africa continued their impressive meet with a top-five finish, but it was the top-three who gave us most of the fastest splits in the race.
Leadoff Legs (Flat Start)
Adela Piskorska, POL – 1:00.50(1) Federica Toma, ITA – 1:00.97 (2) Kennedy Noble, USA – 1:01.05 (3) Michaela de Villiers, RSA – 1:01.50 (4) Aimi Nagaoka, JPN – 1:01.67 (5) Gerda Szilagyi, HUN – 1:02.41 (6) Poppy Stephen, AUS -1:03.76 (7) Liao Yu-fei, TPE – 1:04.54 (8)Kennedy Noble hit the wall in 27.88 at the 50 meter mark, under world record pace, but you can put a lot of emphasis of the word hit there. It appeared that she missed seeing the flags and hit the wall unexpectedly, ending up touch-turning into the second length. Given that, her 1:01.05 was a hugely impressive swim and kept the U.S. well in contention, just half a second behind Poland’s Adela Piskorska.
Piskorska missed the semi-finals in the individual 100 after winning two years ago, but delivered a swim 1:00.50 here to give Poland a lead into the breaststroke leg. Federica Toma was within a tenth of her time from the individual final, while Michaela de Villiers of South Africa added slightly to the 1:01.03 she had gone there.
2nd Legs (Flying Start)
Barbara Mazurkiewicz, POL – 1:06.89 (1) Emma Weber, USA – 1:07.47 (2) Aliz Kalmar, HUN – 1:07.62 (4) Francesca Zucca, ITA – 1:07.91 (3) Simone Moll, RSA – 1:08.74 (5) Yuyumi Obatake, JPN – 1:08.99 (6) Kyla Brown, AUS – 1:10.24 (7) Hung Chieh-yu, TPE – 1:12.87 (8)Poland took full advantage of their surprise lead after the backstroke as Barbara Mazurkiewicz, the individual silver medalist, split seven-tenths of a second faster than her time from that final to extend their advantage. They led by more than a second at the halfway mark, as 100 breast champion Emma Weber swam 1:07.47, 0.40 seconds off her winning flat-start time and 1.37 seconds off her best.
Fellow finalists Francesca Zucca and Aliz Kalmar also broke 1:08 to keep Italy and Hungary in the top four, but South Africa’s Simone Moll was nearly a second off her best in 1:08.74, and a second and a half slower than she split on the bronze-medal-winning mixed medley relay on Day 3
3rd Legs (Flying Start)
Viola Scotto di Carlo, ITA – 57.54 (3) Leah Shackley, USA – 57.58 (2) Josephine Crimmins, AUS – 58.00 (7) Wiktoria Piotrowska, POL – 58.66 (1) Laura Ilyes, HUN – 1:00.48 (5) Liu Pei-yin, TPE – 1:00.67 (8) Leigh McMorran, RSA – 1:01.71 (6)*Uran Noda, JPN – 58.30, DQ -0.13 RT
The top three of Poland, USA and Italy ended up separated by just 0.37 seconds at the conclusion of the butterfly leg, as Leah Shackley and Viola Scotto di Carlo delivered huge splits of 57.5. This was a massive swim from di Carlo, who did not even swim the event individually, but does hold a best of 57.87 from last year.
Shackley erased nearly a second to Wiktoria Piotrowska, another swimmer who did not swim individually but had a big swim in 58.66, on the second 50, going from 0.94 seconds back to just 0.05, as she handed over to Maxine Parker pretty much level. Di Carlo was even faster coming home, splitting 30.76 on the second 50.
Australia’s were 7th at halfway, and despite individual bronze medalist Josephine Crimmins swimming the 3rd-fastest split in 58.00, couldn’t make up any positions on this leg.
4th Legs (Flying Start)
Maxine Parker, USA – 53.58, (1) Olivia Nel, RSA – 54.50 (5) Agata Ambler, ITA – 55.03 (3) Julia Maik, POL – 55.28 (2) Beatrix Tanko, HUN – 55.29 (4) Han An-chi, TPE – 55.79 (7) Hannah Allen, AUS – 56.42 (7)*Rio Suzuki, JPN – 55.07, DQ on leg 3
Maxine Parker ensured that this result was never in doubt on the final leg, as she blasted away from Poland and Italy on the first 50 before closing in 28.07, splitting 53.58 for her third 53.5 split of the meet.
Poland fell to third with 50 to go as Agata Ambler went out in 25.79 to Julia Maik‘s 26.33, but the Polish swimmer outsplit the Italian by three-tenths on the final length to secure silver, Poland’s second relay medal of the week after they also finished second on the mixed medley relay.
Beatrix Tanko, the 100 fly runner up, slid to freestyle and split 55.29 to Hungary in 4th ahead of a fast closing Olivia Nel (54.50). The South African swimmer, who was celebrating her birthday today, took bronze in the 50 free earlier tonight to give herself a birthday present, making it four medals in total (two relay, two individual) and an African Record (50 backstroke) in Berlin for the NC State swimmer.
Notes
Poland had another strong medley relay here, and led at halfway thanks to a couple of big splits. Barbara Mazurkiewicz dropped 0.44 seconds to win silver individually and was even faster on a flying start to continue a great meet for her, adding to her two individual medals, and Piotrowska, who only swam the 200 fly individually where she was 2:24, was 0.63 seconds faster than on the mixed medley heats. Their National Record stands at 3:58.71 from last year, but with only Adela Piskorska here having swum on that relay they could challenge it again in the near future. The depth of the U.S. was evident, as they put three 100 champions and a bronze medalist on this relay. Even without enjoying the lead after backstroke they would have expected, they were able to grind out a semi-comfortable win in the end, and Maxine Parker outlined her credentials as a consistent relay swimmer once again. The U.S. topped the medal table in Berlin with 27 golds – no one else had more than three – and their ability to put out dominant relay teams truly underlined why. Viola Scotto di Carlo threw her name into the ring as a future butterfly leg for Italy, but will need to get back to her best individually to get onto the team for Europeans next summer. She was only 7th at Italian Trials and owns a season best of 58.42 from the Sette Colli, but was on the team in Paris last year and will be hoping to take over the mantle of the now-retired Silvia di Pietro.Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 World University Games: Day 7 Women’s Relay Analysis
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