Swimming WA Junior World Championships 2023

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So close 

 

But Hein competes in the 800 in an hour 

 

Update: bronze medal 

Edited September 5, 2023 by NMQ

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Day 2 Results

 

 

Finals:

 

Men's 100m Backstroke:

1.  Oleksandr Zheltiakov - 53.73 (new OQT)

2.  Miroslav Knedla - 54.01 (OCT, already got OQT in SF)

3.  Christian Bacico - 54.08

 

Shockingly, Daniel Diehl finishes in 5th

 

Women's 200m Butterfly:

1.  Lana Pudar  - 2:07.20 (OQT, CR)

2.  Bella Grant - 2:08.97 (OCT)

3.  Paola Borrelli - 2:10.89

 

Men's 200m Freestyle:

1.  Flynn Southam - 1:46.57 (OCT)

2.  Alessandro Ragaini - 1:47.28

3.  Anders McAlpine - 1:47.94

 

European Junior champion, Petar Mitsin, finished in 4th

 

Women's 50m Breaststroke:

1.  Eneli Jefimova - 30.42

2.  Monique Wieruszowski - 30.68

3.  Piper Enge - 30.74

 

Men's 100m Breaststroke:

1.  Joshua Chen - 1:00.70

2.  Yamato Okadome - 1:01.20

3.  Watson Nguyen - 1:01.22

 

Women's 100m Backstroke:

1.  Jaclyn Barclay - 59.47 (new OQT)

2.  Iona Anderson - 59.88 (new OQT)

3.  Erika Pelaez - 59.94 (achieved OQT yesterday)

 

Notably, gold medal contender Teagan O'Dell finished in 4th

 

Men's 200m Individual Medley:

1.  Maximus Williamson - 1:57.29 (new OQT, CR) 

2.  Daniel Diehl - 1:58.62

3.  Lorne Wigginton - 1:59.44

 

Notably, Tomoyuki Matsushita finished in a medal position before getting DQ'd

 

Women's 800m Freestyle:

1.  Kayla Han - 8:29.66

2.  Mao Yihan - 8:33.66

3.  Agostina Hein - 8:33.90

 

Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay:

1.  United States (O'Dell, Nguyen, Shackley, Williamson)

2.  Australia (Barclay, Burnes, Boyd, Sommerville)

3.  Italy (Bacico, Mantegazza, Borrelli, Biagiotti)

 

Semifinals:

 

Men's 100m Butterfly:  Wang,  Puggaard,  Skazobtsov,  Edl,  Senc-Samardzic,  Miknic,  Momoni,  Robb

Women's 100m Freestyle:  Wunsch,  Jansen,  Moesch,  Pelaez,  Daza Garcia,  Curtis,  Brousseau,  West

 

Medal Standings

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Day 3 Results

 

Finals:

 

Women's 200m Backstroke:

1.  Teagan O'Dell - 2:08.09 (OQT)

2.  Jojo Ramey - 2:10.18 (OQT)

3.  Bella Grant - 2:11.24

 

Men's 100m Butterfly:

1.  Casper Puggaard - 52.30

2.  Wang Xizhe - 52.65

3.  Lukas Edl - 52.68

 

Women's 100m Freestyle:

1.  Olivia Wunsch - 53.71 (OCT)

2.  Milla Jansen - 54.08

3.  Anna Moesch - 54.69

 

Looks like the Australian freestyle dominance won't be ending anytime soon.

 

Men's 800m Freestyle:

1.  Kuzey Tuncelli - 7:48.75 (new OQT)

2.  Petar Mitsin - 7:49.36 (OQT)

3.  Zhang Zhanshuo - 7:50.03 (new OQT)

 

Also getting under the OQT for the 2nd time this year was Vlad Stancu

 

Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay:

1.  Australia (Southam, Sommerville, Wunsch, Jansen) - 3:24.29 (WJR)

2.  United States (Williamson, Zhao, Pelaez, Moesch) - 3:25.59

3.  Canada (Dardis, Sauve, Brousseau, Jansen) - 3:29.14

 

Semifinals:

 

Women's 50m Butterfly:  Hirai,  Shackley,  Wunsch,  Pudar,  Slusna,  Bispo,  Boyd,  Hartman

Men's 50m Freestyle:  Southam,  Blackman,  Ballarati,  Dillingham,  Nunez,  Dardis,  Passafaro,  Povaliaev

Women's 100m Breaststroke:  Jefimova,  LePage,  Zucca,  Enge,  Ruiz,  Pineda,  Kato,  Park

Men's 50m Backstroke:  Knedla,  Saravia,  Yoon,  Zheltiakov,  Diehl,  Jiang,  Bacico,  Krischke

 

Medal Standings

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Alexanne LePage!!!We might've just found our medley relay breaststroker

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Ulises finally wins a medal 

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Day 4 Results:

 

Finals:

 

Men's 200m Breaststroke:

1.  Adam Mak - 2:11.84

2.  Jordan Willis - 2:12.07

3.  Riku Yamaguchi - 2:12.13

 

Women's 50m Butterfly:

1.  Leah Shackley - 26.20

2.  Lana Pudar - 26.26

3.  Olivia Wunsch - 26.53

3.  Mizuki Hirai - 26.53

 

Men's 50m Backstroke:

1.  Miroslav Knedla - 24.80

2.  Oleksandr Zheltiakov - 24.91

3.  Ulises Saravia - 25.02

 

Women's 100m Breaststroke:

1.  Alexanne Lepage - 1:06.58  (new OQT)

2.  Eneli Jefimova - 1:06.84 (OCT, already has OQT)

3.  Jimena Ruiz - 1:07.25

 

Lepage's best time coming into this meet was 1:09.66. Nobody saw this coming.

 

Women's 400m Freestyle:

1.  Jamie Perkins - 4:05.72 (new OQT)

2.  Madi Mintenko - 4:08.06

3.  Addison Sauickie - 4:08.94

 

Ella Jansen tried the 400 Free/200 IM double but it didn't go so well for her. 4th in this event and 7th in the 200 IM.

 

Men's 50m Freestyle:

1.  Nikoli Blackman - 22.35 

2.  Flynn Southam - 22.43

3.  Lorenzo Ballarati - 22.47

 

Trinidad and Tobago is really good at producing sprint freestylers.

 

Women's 200m Individual Medley:

1.  Leah Hayes - 2:10.24 (OQT, CR)

2.  Haley McDonald - 2:13.18

3.  Julie Brousseau - 2:13.74

 

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay:

1.  United States (Williamson, Lucas, Zhao, Diehl) - 7:09.03

2.  China (Wang, Ji, Liu, Zhang) - 7:13.37

3.  Australia (McAlpine, Sommerville, da Silva, Southam) - 7:16.02

 

Semifinals:

 

Women's 50m Backstroke:  Pelaez,  Anderson,  Barclay,  Lloyd,  O'Dell,  Sasaki,  Sharafutdinova,  Gibson

Men's 50m Butterfly:  Puggaard,  Robb,  Edl,  Skazobtsov,  Misiak,  Miknic,  Senc-Samardzic,  Pattison

 

Medal Standings

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Blackman  has had a great season. There really is something about TTO swimmers and the men’s 50m free though 

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Day 5 Results

 

Finals:

 

Women's 1500m Freestyle:

1.  Kate Hurst - 16:09.37 (OCT)

2.  Ruka Takezawa - 16:18.68

3.  Mao Yihan - 16:18.76

 

If you're an American girl and your name is Kate/Katie/Katherine, you should consider being a long distance swimmer. It seems to be a good luck charm. 

Agostina Hein finishes back in 6th.

 

Men's 50m Butterfly:

1.  Casper Puggaard - 23.50

2.  Lukas Edl - 23.89

3.  Thomas Pattison - 23.95

 

Women's 50m Backstroke:

1.  Iona Anderson - 28.01

2.  Erika Pelaez - 28.07

3.  Jaclyn Barclay - 28.14

 

Men's 400m Individual Medley:

1.  Tomoyuki Matsushita - 4:10.97 (OQT, CR)

2.  Zhang Zhanshuo - 4:12.44 (new OQT)

3.  Lorne Wigginton - 4:12.81  (OCT)

 

Very fast times by the top 4 swimmers. Riku Yamaguchi swam 4:13.18 for 4th.

 

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay:

1.  Australia (Jansen, Casey, de Lutiis, Wunsch) - 3:36.52

2.  United States (Hayes, Moesch, Sauickie, Pelaez) - 3:37.71

3.  Canada (Brousseau, Jansen, West, Angove) - 3:40.40

 

Olivia Wunsch had a 52.61 split on her leg .

 

Semifinals:

 

Men's 100m Freestyle:  Williamson,  Sommerville,  Sansone,  Passafaro,  Blackman,  Nenadic,  Senc-Samardzic,  Ballarati

 

In one of the biggest shocks of the meet, top seeded Flynn Southam fails to make the final in 10th place.

 

Women's 100m Butterfly:  Hirai,  Shackley,  Hartman,  Pudar,  Jansen,  Kim,  Raymond,  Boyd

Women's 50m Freestyle:  Wunsch,  Curtis,  Olasewere,  Larsen,  Casey,  Pedersen,  Slusna,  Lee

 

Olivia Wunsch was absolutely on fire today with a time of 24.70. Sara Curtis also with a nice swim under 25 seconds.

 

Men's 50m Breaststroke:  Iberle,  Gaur,  Nguyen,  Chen,  Okadome,  Burnes,  Kozhakhmetov,  Ruiz

 

No that is not a typo, an Indonesian is the top seed going into the finals. Good chance of a medal for them.

 

Medal Standings

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Someone wake up @hckošice, there’s a Slovak swimmer in the semifinals 

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39 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Someone wake up @hckošice, there’s a Slovak swimmer in the semifinals 

hey it is past 9 AM here, who do you think I am ? Paris Hilton ? I´ve been up for a few hours buddy

 

and yeah I noticed it, btw she is already in the Final, (already her second here)