Thursday, October 7, 2021
17 Junior Athletes Compete in Finals on FINA Swimming World Cup Budapest Night One
Archive photo of Tess Howley
After a 19-medal performance last weekend at the Berlin leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup, a team of 43 junior athletes and four U.S. National Team members traveled to Budapest, Hungary for the next leg of the competition. Twenty Americans, 17 of whom being junior athletes, swam on the opening night’s finals session in Hungary, resulting in one gold, one silver and one bronze medal on the day.
The session kicked off with the women’s 400m freestyle, which saw Long Island Aquatic Club’s Cavan Gormsen claim silver in 4:01.46. The medal gives Gormsen the third medal of her time in Europe after winning gold in the 800m freestyle and silver in the 400m freestyle last weekend at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Berlin.
Gormsen’s Long Island Aquatic Club teammate, Tess Howley, also added another medal to her European tour, finishing third in today’s 200m butterfly in 2:06.67. Howley claimed gold in the event last weekend in Berlin and has now posted the two fastest 200m butterfly swims in the world this year by a teenager.
Tom Shields (California Aquatics) capped off the night’s medal tally for the U.S., going 48.83 (a full second ahead of the field) to touch first in the 100-butterfly. So far this summer, Shields has cumulated a 100m butterfly resume that features a second-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, an appearance at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and now two FINA Swimming World Cup gold medals.
Additional U.S. performances in today’s finals include:
• Zhier Fan (Metroplex Aquatics): 4th, 100m breaststroke, 57.91
• Erin Gemmell (Nation’s Capital Swim Club): 4th, 400m freestyle, 4:03.28
• Blake Pieroni (Sandpipers of Nevada): 4th, 100m I.M., 53.82
• Daniel Diehl (YMCA of Cumberland): 5th, 200m backstroke, 1:54.11
• Leah Hayes (Fox Valley Park District Riptides): 5th, 100m I.M., 1:00.44
• Linnea Mack (Team Elite): 5th, 50m backstroke, 26.42
• Kristina Paegle (Indiana Swim Club): 5th, 50m freestyle, 24.67
• Charlotte Hook (TAC Titans): 6th, 200m butterfly, 2:08.39
• Quintin McCarty (Pikes Peak Aquatics): 6th, 100m I.M., 53.92
• Nick Simons (Sandpipers Of Nevada): 6th, 200m backstroke, 1:54.87
• Daniel Diehl (YMCA of Cumberland): 7th, 100m I.M., 54.73
• Lydia Jacoby (Seward Tsunami Swim Club): 7th, 200m breaststroke, 2:26.18
• Caleb Maldari (Bluefish Swim Club): 7th, 200m backstroke, 1:54.91
• Anna Moesch (StreamLine Aquatics Club): 7th, 50m freestyle, 24.90
• Carly Novelline (NASA Wildcat Aquatics): 7th, 50m backstroke, 27.54
• Claire Tuggle (Santa Maria Swim Club): 7th, 400m freestyle, 4:08.08
• Kyle Ponsler (Fishers Area Swimming Tigers): 8th, 200m backstroke, 1:57.04
• Camille Spink (Nation’s Capital Swim Club): 8th, 50m backstroke, 27.58
The FINA Swimming World Cup Budapest leg continues through October 9 with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. local/4 a.m. ET and finals at 6 p.m. local/noon ET. Additional details on the event, including schedule, athletes and results, can be found here.
After a 19-medal performance last weekend at the Berlin leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup, a team of 43 junior athletes and four U.S. National Team members traveled to Budapest, Hungary for the next leg of the competition. Twenty Americans, 17 of whom being junior athletes, swam on the opening night’s finals session in Hungary, resulting in one gold, one silver and one bronze medal on the day.
The session kicked off with the women’s 400m freestyle, which saw Long Island Aquatic Club’s Cavan Gormsen claim silver in 4:01.46. The medal gives Gormsen the third medal of her time in Europe after winning gold in the 800m freestyle and silver in the 400m freestyle last weekend at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Berlin.
Gormsen’s Long Island Aquatic Club teammate, Tess Howley, also added another medal to her European tour, finishing third in today’s 200m butterfly in 2:06.67. Howley claimed gold in the event last weekend in Berlin and has now posted the two fastest 200m butterfly swims in the world this year by a teenager.
Tom Shields (California Aquatics) capped off the night’s medal tally for the U.S., going 48.83 (a full second ahead of the field) to touch first in the 100-butterfly. So far this summer, Shields has cumulated a 100m butterfly resume that features a second-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, an appearance at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and now two FINA Swimming World Cup gold medals.
Additional U.S. performances in today’s finals include:
• Zhier Fan (Metroplex Aquatics): 4th, 100m breaststroke, 57.91
• Erin Gemmell (Nation’s Capital Swim Club): 4th, 400m freestyle, 4:03.28
• Blake Pieroni (Sandpipers of Nevada): 4th, 100m I.M., 53.82
• Daniel Diehl (YMCA of Cumberland): 5th, 200m backstroke, 1:54.11
• Leah Hayes (Fox Valley Park District Riptides): 5th, 100m I.M., 1:00.44
• Linnea Mack (Team Elite): 5th, 50m backstroke, 26.42
• Kristina Paegle (Indiana Swim Club): 5th, 50m freestyle, 24.67
• Charlotte Hook (TAC Titans): 6th, 200m butterfly, 2:08.39
• Quintin McCarty (Pikes Peak Aquatics): 6th, 100m I.M., 53.92
• Nick Simons (Sandpipers Of Nevada): 6th, 200m backstroke, 1:54.87
• Daniel Diehl (YMCA of Cumberland): 7th, 100m I.M., 54.73
• Lydia Jacoby (Seward Tsunami Swim Club): 7th, 200m breaststroke, 2:26.18
• Caleb Maldari (Bluefish Swim Club): 7th, 200m backstroke, 1:54.91
• Anna Moesch (StreamLine Aquatics Club): 7th, 50m freestyle, 24.90
• Carly Novelline (NASA Wildcat Aquatics): 7th, 50m backstroke, 27.54
• Claire Tuggle (Santa Maria Swim Club): 7th, 400m freestyle, 4:08.08
• Kyle Ponsler (Fishers Area Swimming Tigers): 8th, 200m backstroke, 1:57.04
• Camille Spink (Nation’s Capital Swim Club): 8th, 50m backstroke, 27.58
The FINA Swimming World Cup Budapest leg continues through October 9 with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. local/4 a.m. ET and finals at 6 p.m. local/noon ET. Additional details on the event, including schedule, athletes and results, can be found here.