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2025 World Junior Swimming Championships
August 19-24, 2025 Otopeni, Romania LCM (50 meters) Meet Central Meet Packet Team Leaders’ Guide SwimSwam Event Page SwimSwam Preview Psych Sheets Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5DAY 5 PRELIMS HEAT SHEET
Welcome to Day 6 of the 2025 World Junior Championships! We are onto the final day of the meet here in Otopeni, with four different 200 meter events as well as the medley relay heats this morning, before we finish off with the slow heats of the men’s 1500 freestyle.
DAY 6 PRELIMS SCHEDULE:
Boys 200 Backstroke Girls 200 Breaststroke Boys 200 Butterfly Girls 200 Freestyle Boys 4×100 Medley Relay Girls 4×100 Medley Relay Boys 1500 Freestyle (slower heats)The top two seeds in the boys’ 200 backstroke have already won a gold medal apiece, with Daniel del Signore winning the 50 and Jon Shortt winning the 100. They are the only two swimmers entered under 1:58 here, with USA’s Gavin Keogh, 3rd in the 100, the 3rd seed here in 1:58.19.
China’s Qu Jianing is the top seed in the girls’ 200 breaststroke, but is entered just seven-hundredths ahead of Australia’s Hayley Mackinder, who was 4th in the 100. Germany’s silver medalist from the 100, Lena Ludwig, comes in 4th fastest, while the U.S. pair of Kayda Geder and Kaidy Stout are seeded 10th and 12th.
Not one of the boys’ 100 butterfly finalists will be in the field in the 200, but there are still ten swimmers entered under 2:00. They are led by Hungary’s David Antal in 1:57.42, closely followed by China’s Xue Zijian in 1:57.66. One to watch could be Namibia’s Oliver Durand, who has set National Records in both the 200 IM and 400 IM so far at this competition.
The girls’ 200 freestyle sees Rylee Erisman and Yang Peiqi lock horns in a second instalment of the battle they began on the anchor leg of the 4×200 freestyle relay on Day 1. Yang took the win in round 1, outsplitting Erisman by a second en route to a gold medal for the Chinese team, but Erisman was still 1:56.69 on her anchor leg.
It is also a meeting of the 100 freestyle champion (Erisman) and 400 freestyle champion (Yang), with each having set a Championship record in their respective finals. Erisman will have the 50 free and 4×100 medley relay finals as well tonight, so may take it a little easier this morning. Kennedy Dobson will also represent the U.S., and set a new best when leading off the 4×200 free relay in 1:57.53.
The boys’ 4×100 medley relay looks to be a fascinating race, with Great Britain, Italy, the U.S. and NAB all having reasons to believe they can take the win. All of their swimmers should be fresh this morning, with none having any other events, so look for those four to take the middle lanes for the final.
The girls’ event is more clear cut, with the battle likely to come down to the U.S., China and NAB, with the Americans coming in as the favorites. They will likely swim the ‘B’ team this morning, but will then bring in the 100 backstroke (Charlotte Crush) and 100 freestyle (Rylee Erisman) champions, and likely a 100 fly medalist in Audrey Derivaux.
Finally, we will have the slower two heats of the women’s 1500 freestyle, ahead of the final heat of this heat-defined winner event being swum in tonight’s finals session. Xu Haibo and Tex Cross, who took 3rd and 4th respectively in the 400 free, could be ones to watch in heat 4.
BOYS 200 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS
World Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009) World Junior Record: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017) Championship Record: 1:56.05 – Pieter Coetze, RSA (2022)TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
GIRLS 200 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS
World Record: 2:17.55 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2023) World Junior Record: 2:19.64 – Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes, TUR (2015) Championship Record: 2:19.64 – Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes, TUR (2015)TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
BOYS 200 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS
World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2022) World Junior Record: 1:53.79 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017) Championship Record: 1:53.87 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
GIRLS 200 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS
World Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2024) World Junior Record: 1:53.65 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2023) Championship Record: 1:57.08 – Taylor Ruck, CAN (2017)TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
BOYS 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – PRELIMS
World Record: 3:26.78 – USA (2021) World Junior Record: 3:33.19 – RUS (2019) Championship Record: 3:33.19 – RUS (2019)TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
GIRLS 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – PRELIMS
World Record: 3:49.34 – USA (2025) World Junior Record: 3:58.38 – CAN (2017) Championship Record: 3:58.38 – CAN (2017)TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
BOYS 1500 FREESTYLE – SLOWER HEATS (TIMED FINAL)
World Record: 14:30.67 – Bobby Finke, USA (2024) World Junior Record: 14:41.22 – Kuzey Tuncelli, TUR (2024) Championship Record: 14:46.09 – Franko Grgic (2019)TOP 8:
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