Wednesday, June 22, 2022
#FINABudapest2022: Day Five Prelims Notes
L-R: Shaine Casas, Ryan Murphy
The 2022 FINA World Championships continued Wednesday morning in Budapest with the women’s 100-meter freestyle, 200m breaststroke and 4x200m freestyle relay, as well as the men’s 200m backstroke and 200m breaststroke.
A look into the U.S. swimmers who competed this morning:
Women’s 100m Freestyle
• Torri Huske (53.72) and Claire Curzan (54.28) advance to semifinals as the third and 11th seeds.
• Event marks the second of three individual events where Huske and Curzan take the blocks together.
• Huske’s time was 0.37 off her personal best.
• Huske posted splits of 25.76 and 27.96.
• Curzan posted splits of 26.00 and 28.28.
Men’s 200m Backstroke
• Shaine Casas (1:56.66) and Ryan Murphy (1:56.96) punch tickets to semifinals as the first and third seeds.
• Casas was two tenths off his personal best.
• Casas and Murphy were two of only three swimmers, joined by Australia’s Joshua Edwards-Smith (1:56.85), to go sub-1:57 in prelims.
• Casas won his heat by 0.92 seconds
Women’s 200m Breaststroke
• Lilly King swims the second-fastest time of 2:24.46 followed by Kate Douglas with the fourth-fastest time (2:25.54) of prelims.
• Both Douglass and King won their respective heats.
• King’s first 100-meter split of 1:09.32 was the fastest opening split in the field.
Men’s 200m Breaststroke
• Charlie Swanson (2:09.36) and Nic Fink (2:10.27) advance to semifinals as the third and ninth seeds, respectively.
• Swanson makes FINA World Championships debut, as well as his international 200m breaststroke debut.
• Fink swims the event at his third FINA World Championships. He finished 10th in 2015 and fifth in 2017.
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
• U.S. claims top seed in the final with a 7:49.25. The team sits behind Australia (1:47.61) and China (7:49.08).
• Alex Walsh led off with a 1:57.94 split, followed by Claire Weinstein’s 1:58.35, Hali Flickinger’s 1:57.05 and closing with Bella Sims’ 1:55.91.
• Sims’ 1:55.91 split was the fastest split, by 0.58 seconds, of any individual in prelims.
• Should the U.S. medal in prelims, it would give Flickinger her third FINA World Championships medal, Walsh her second and Weinstein and Sims their first.
The 2022 FINA World Championships continued Wednesday morning in Budapest with the women’s 100-meter freestyle, 200m breaststroke and 4x200m freestyle relay, as well as the men’s 200m backstroke and 200m breaststroke.
A look into the U.S. swimmers who competed this morning:
Women’s 100m Freestyle
• Torri Huske (53.72) and Claire Curzan (54.28) advance to semifinals as the third and 11th seeds.
• Event marks the second of three individual events where Huske and Curzan take the blocks together.
• Huske’s time was 0.37 off her personal best.
• Huske posted splits of 25.76 and 27.96.
• Curzan posted splits of 26.00 and 28.28.
Men’s 200m Backstroke
• Shaine Casas (1:56.66) and Ryan Murphy (1:56.96) punch tickets to semifinals as the first and third seeds.
• Casas was two tenths off his personal best.
• Casas and Murphy were two of only three swimmers, joined by Australia’s Joshua Edwards-Smith (1:56.85), to go sub-1:57 in prelims.
• Casas won his heat by 0.92 seconds
Women’s 200m Breaststroke
• Lilly King swims the second-fastest time of 2:24.46 followed by Kate Douglas with the fourth-fastest time (2:25.54) of prelims.
• Both Douglass and King won their respective heats.
• King’s first 100-meter split of 1:09.32 was the fastest opening split in the field.
Men’s 200m Breaststroke
• Charlie Swanson (2:09.36) and Nic Fink (2:10.27) advance to semifinals as the third and ninth seeds, respectively.
• Swanson makes FINA World Championships debut, as well as his international 200m breaststroke debut.
• Fink swims the event at his third FINA World Championships. He finished 10th in 2015 and fifth in 2017.
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
• U.S. claims top seed in the final with a 7:49.25. The team sits behind Australia (1:47.61) and China (7:49.08).
• Alex Walsh led off with a 1:57.94 split, followed by Claire Weinstein’s 1:58.35, Hali Flickinger’s 1:57.05 and closing with Bella Sims’ 1:55.91.
• Sims’ 1:55.91 split was the fastest split, by 0.58 seconds, of any individual in prelims.
• Should the U.S. medal in prelims, it would give Flickinger her third FINA World Championships medal, Walsh her second and Weinstein and Sims their first.