By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
2025 World Junior Swimming Championships
- August 19-24, 2025
- Otopeni, Romania
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DAY 2 PRELIMS HEAT SHEET
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2025 World Junior Championships in Otopeni, Romania! The meet got off to a roaring start yesterday, seeing a World Junior Record and a pair of championship records fall. Neutral Athletes B leads the medal table following day 1, so we’ll see how the standing progress as today rolls on.
DAY 2 PRELIMS SCHEDULE:
- Boys 200 IM
- Girls 100 Freestyle
- Boys 100 Butterfly
- Girls 200 Butterfly
- Boys 200 Freestyle
- Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay
- Girls 800 Freestyle (Slow Heats)
The morning will kick off with the boys 200 IM, where Japan’s Yumeki Kojima comes in as the top seed with a 1:58.47.
After splitting a 1:56 on the US 4×200 free relay last night, Rylee Erisman comes in as the top seed in the girls 100 free this morning. Erisman has been as fast as 53.75, which puts her just off the championship record of 53.63 that Taylor Ruck set back in 2017.
Fellow American Audrey Derivaux comes in as the top seed in the girls 200 fly today. Derivaux enters with a 2:06.46, which makes her the top seed by nearly a second and puts her under the championship record of 2:07.20.
BOYS 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – PRELIMS
- World Record: 1:52.69 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2025)
- World Junior Record: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2021)
- Championship Record: 1:57.29 – Maximus Williamson, USA (2023)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
GIRLS 100 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS
- World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
- World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)
- Championship Record: 53.63 – Taylor Ruck, CAN (2017)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
BOYS 100 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS
- World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
- Championship Record: 51.08 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
GIRLS 200 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS
- World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, CHN (2009)
- World Junior Record: 2:03.03 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2024)
- Championship Record: 2:07.20 – Lana Pudar, BIH (2023)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
BOYS 200 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS
- World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
- World Junior Record: 1:42.97 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
- Championship Record: 1:46.18 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
MIXED 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – PRELIMS
- World Record: 3:37.43 – USA (2024)
- World Junior Record: 3:44.84 – USA (2019)
- Championship Record: 3:44.84 – USA (2019)
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
GIRLS 800 FREESTYLE – SLOW HEATS (TIMED FINAL)
- World Record: 8:04.12 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2025)
- World Junior Record: 8:11.00 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2014)
- Championship Record: 8:22.49 – Lani Pallister, AUS (2019)
TOP 8:
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