USA Swimming is bringing you daily updates and results from the 2025 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania, August 19-24, where the next generation of U.S. swimmers compete on the international stage. 

Day 6 Results: Sunday, August 24, 2025 

Men's 100m Freestyle - FINAL

7 – Austin Carpenter (Dublin, Ohio/Central Ohio Aquatics), 49.77

Women's 200m Breaststroke - FINAL

BRONZE – Kaidy Stout (Lewisville, N.C./Swim GSA), 2:26.84

8 – Kayda Geyer (Waxhaw, N.C./Mecklenburg Swim Association), 2:29.58

Men's 200m Backstroke - FINAL

BRONZE – David Melnychuk (Nokomis, Fla./Sarasota Sharks), 1:58.13 

6 – Gavin Keogh (Erie, Colo./Flatiron Athletic Club), 1:58.71

Women's 100m Butterfly - FINAL

SILVER – Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./Jersey Wahoos), 57.74

4 – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 58.26

Men's 1500m Freestyle - FINAL

5 – Will Mulgrew (Walpole, Mass./Shawmut Aquatic Club), 15:05.97

10 – Aiden Hammer (Fox Island, Wash./ King Aquatic Club), 15:23.17

Women's 50m Freestyle - FINAL

GOLD – Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./Laker Swim), 24.70

4 – Annam Olasewere (Westport, Conn./Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club), 24.96

Men's 50m Breaststroke - FINAL

6 – Ian Call (Collierville, Tenn./Memphis Thunder Aquatic Club), 27.45

Women's 200m Freestyle - FINAL

SILVER – Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./Laker Swim), 1:56.76

4 – Kennedi Dobson (Levittown, Pa./Eastern Express Swim Team), 1:57.45

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay - FINAL

5 – United States, 3:36.70

Gavin Keogh (Erie, Colo./Flatiron Athletic Club), 54.33

Gabe Nunziata (Suffolk, Va./Old Dominion Aquatic Club), 1:00.35

Rowan Cox (Austin, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics), 52.89

Mike Rice (Waxhaw, N.C./Mecklenburg Swim Association), 49.13

Collin Holgerson (Chattanooga, Tenn./SwimAtlanta) (Prelims)

Ian Call (Collierville, Tenn./Memphis Thunder Aquatic Club) (Prelims)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay - FINAL

GOLD – United States, 3:59.85 

Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 1:00.00

Rachel McAlpin (Brandon, Miss./Mississippi Makos Swim Team), 1:09.16

Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./Jersey Wahoos), 57.94

Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./Laker Swim), 52.75

Julie Mishler (Milford, Ind./Fishers Area Swimming Tiger) (Prelims)

Mena Boardman (Portland, Ore./Commonwealth Swimming) (Prelims)

Lily King (LaTrobe, Pa./Mount Pleasant Aqua Club) (Prelims)

Day 5 Results: Saturday, August 23, 2025

Women's 1500m Freestyle - FINAL

4 – Chloe Kim (Glen Rock, N.J./Scarlet Aquatics), 16.22.56

7 – Daisy Collins (Chapel Hill, N.C./North Carolina Aquatic Club), 16:39.38

Men's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals

8 – Austin Carpenter (Dublin, Ohio/Central Ohio Aquatics), 49.59

9 – Mike Rice (Waxhaw, N.C./Mecklenburg Swim Association), 49.61

Women's 100m Butterfly - Semifinals

2 – Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./Jersey Wahoos), 57.57

4 – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 58.17

Women's 50m Freestyle - Semifinals

1 – Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./Laker Swim), 24.69

4 – Annam Olasewere (Westport, Conn./Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club), 24.94

Men's 50m Breaststroke - Semifinals

7 – Ian Call (Collierville, Tenn./Memphis Thunder Aquatic Club), 27.64

Women's 50m Backstroke - FINAL

8 – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 28.55 

Men's 400m Individual Medley - FINAL

4 –Yi Zheng (Carmel, Ind./Carmel Swim Club), 4:18.16 

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - FINAL

GOLD – United States of America, 3:35.53*

Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./ Laker Swim), 53.41

Liberty Clark (Chico, Calif./Pleasanton Seahawks), 53.85

Julie Mishler (Milford, Ind./Fishers Area Swimming Tiger), 54.65

Lily King (LaTrobe, Pa./Mount Pleasant Aqua Club), 53.62 

Annam Olasewere (Westport, Conn./Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club) (Prelims)

*World Junior Record & World Junior Championships Record 

Men's 50m Breaststroke - Prelims

23 – Gabe Nunziata (Suffolk, Va./Old Dominion Aquatic Club), 28.40

Men's 400m Individual Medley - Prelims

13 – Brayden Capen (Lisle, Ill./Academy Bullets Swim Club), 4:24.17

Day 4 Results: Friday, August 22, 2025

Women's 50m Backstroke - Semifinals

8 – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 28.24

16 – Julie Mishler (Milford, Ind./Fishers Area Swimming Tigers), 28.98

Men's 200m Breaststroke - FINAL

BRONZE – Gabe Nunziata (Suffolk, Va./Old Dominion Aquatic Club), 2:09.70

Women's 50m Butterfly - FINAL

6 – Mena Boardman (Portland, Ore./Commonwealth Swimming), 26.30

Men's 50m Backstroke - FINAL

6 – Gavin Keogh (Erie, Colo./Flatiron Athletic Club), 25.27

7 – Kenneth Barnicle (Mendham, N.J./Greater Somerset Country YMCA Storm), 25.36

Women's 400m Freestyle - FINAL

BRONZE – Kennedi Dobson (Levittown, Pa./Eastern Express Swim Team), 4:06.66

8 – Brinkleigh Hansen (Saint Petersburg, Fla./Saint Petersburg Aquatics), 4:15.75

Men's 50m Freestyle - FINAL

8 – Yury Kuzmenko (San Jose, Calif./Valley Splash), 22.48

Women's 200m Individual Medley - FINAL

GOLD – Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./ Jersey Wahoos), 2:10.58

DSQ – Molly Sweeney (Carmel, Ind./Carmel Swim Club)

Men's 200m Breaststroke - Prelim

11 – Andrew Eubanks (Portland, Ore/The Dolphins Portland Swimming), 2:15.09

Men's 50m Butterfly - Prelim

23 – Rowan Cox (Austin, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics), 24.65

25 – Evan Witte (Haslet, Texas/Minnetonka Swim Club), 24.73

Women's 200m Individual Medley - Prelim

DSQ – Molly Sweeney (Carmel, Ind./Carmel Swim Club)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Prelim

DSQ – United States

Day 3 Results: Thursday, August 21, 2025

Women's 50m Butterfly - Semifinals 

6 – Mena Boardman (Portland, Ore./Commonwealth Swimming), 26.43

9 (T) – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 26.25

Men's 50m Freestyle - Semifinals

8 – Yury Kuzmenko (San Jose, Calif./Valley Splash), 22.43

13 – Albert Smelzer (Greensboro, N.C./Swim GSA), 22.66 

Women's 200m Backstroke - FINAL

GOLD – Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./ Jersey Wahoos), 2:06.99*

SILVER – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 2:07.83

*World Junior Championships Record 

5 (T) – Rowan Cox (Austin, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics), 52.59

Women's 100m Breaststroke - Semifinals

10 – Elle Scott (Charlotte, N.C./SwimMAC Carolina), 1:09.31

14 – Kayda Geyer (Waxhaw, N.C./Mecklenburg Swim Association), 1:09.73

Men's 50m Backstroke - Semifinals

5 – Gavin Keogh (Erie, Colo./Flatiron Athletic Club), 25.16

8 – Kenneth Barnicle (Mendham, N.J./Greater Somerset Country YMCA Storm), 25.50

Women's 100m Freestyle - FINAL

GOLD – Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./ Laker Swim), 52.79*

SILVER – Lily King (LaTrobe, Pa./Mount Pleasant Aqua Club), 54.19

*World Junior Championships Record 

Men's 800m Freestyle - FINAL

4 – Aiden Hammer (Fox Island, Wash./ King Aquatic Club), 7:51.68

5 – Will Mulgrew (Walpole, Mass./Shawmut Aquatic Club), 7:51.99

Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - FINAL 

GOLD – United States, 3:26.03

Mike Rice (Waxhaw, N.C./Mecklenburg Swim Association), 49.80

Rowan Cox (Austin, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics), 49.21

Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./ Laker Swim), 53.11 

Lily King (LaTrobe, Pa./Mount Pleasant Aqua Club), 53.91

Luke Vatev (Clarendon Hills, Ill./Hornet Age Group Swim Club) (Prelims) 

Austin Carpenter (Dublin, Ohio/Central Ohio Aquatics) (Prelims)

Liberty Clark (Chico, Calif./Pleasanton Seahawks) (Prelims)

Julie Mishler (Milford, Ind./Fishers Area Swimming Tigers) (Prelims)

Day 2 Results: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Men's 100m Backstroke - FINAL

BRONZE – Gavin Keogh (Erie, Colo./Flatiron Athletic Club), 54.06

Women's 200m Butterfly - FINAL 

GOLD – Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./ Jersey Wahoos), 2:07.57

Women's 50m Breaststroke - FINAL

GOLD – Rachel McAlpin (Brandon, Miss./Mississippi Makos Swim Team), 30.78

5 (T) – Elle Scott (Charlotte, N.C./SwimMAC Carolina), 31.38

Men's 100m Butterfly - Semifinals

3 – Rowan Cox (Austin, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics), 52.59

Women's 100m Freestyle - Semifinals

1 – Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./ Laker Swim), 53.09*

3 – Lily King (LaTrobe, Pa./Mount Pleasant Aqua Club), 54.68

*Championship record

Men's 100m Breaststroke - FINAL

7 – Gabe Nunziata (Suffolk, Va./Old Dominion Aquatic Club), 1:00.54

Women's 100m Backstroke - FINAL 

GOLD – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 59.52

Men's 200m Individual Medley - FINAL

6 – Baylor Stanton (Lawrenceville, Ga./Gwinnett Aquatics), 2:01.00

8 – Noah Cakir (Deer Park, N.Y./Team Suffolk), 2:02.76

Women's 800m Freestyle - FINAL

5 – Kennedi Dobson (Levittown, Pa./Eastern Express Swim Team), 8:34.74

7 – Kayla Han (La Mirada, Calif./ La Mirada Armada), 8:36.25

Mixed 4x100 Medley Relay - FINAL 

SILVER – United States, 3:46.12

Gavin Keogh (Erie, Colo./Flatiron Athletic Club), 54.07

Gabe Nunziata (Suffolk, Va./Old Dominion Aquatic Club), 1:00.80

Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 58.20

Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./ Laker Swim), 53.05

Collin Holgerson (Chattanooga, Tenn./SwimAtlanta) (Prelims) 

Andrew Eubanks (Portland, Ore/The Dolphins Portland Swimming) (Prelims) 

Mena Boardman (Portland, Ore./Commonwealth Swimming) (Prelims) 

Liberty Clark (Chico, Calif./Pleasanton Seahawks) (Prelims) 

Women's 200m Butterfly - Prelim

15 – Kelsey Zhang (Saratoga, Calif./Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics), 2:14.91

Men's 200m Freestyle - Prelim

16 – Tim Wu (San Ramon, Calif./Pleasanton Seahawks), 1:50.25

24 – Norvin Clontz (Charlotte, N.C./ Mecklenburg Swim Association), 1:51.25

Men's 100m Butterfly - Prelim

19 – Thomas McMillan (Saint Charles, Ill./ St. Charles Swim Team), 54.08

Day 1 Results: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 

Men's 400m Freestyle - FINAL

5 – Aiden Hammer (Fox Island, Wash./ King Aquatic Club), 3:48.20

Women's 50m Breaststroke - Semifinals

1 – Rachel McAlpin (Brandon, Miss./Mississippi Makos Swim Team), 30.78

3 – Elle Scott (Charlotte, N.C./SwimMAC Carolina), 31.13

Men's 100m Backstroke - Semifinals

1 – Gavin Keogh (Erie, Colo./Flatiron Athletic Club), 53.52

10 – Collin Holgerson (Chattanooga, Tenn./SwimAtlanta), 55.21 

Women's 400 Individual Medley- FINAL

4 – Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./ Jersey Wahoos), 4:39.67 

5 – Kayla Han (La Mirada, Calif./ La Mirada Armada), 4:41.18 

Men's 100m Breaststroke - Semifinals

8 – Gabe Nunziata (Suffolk, Va./Old Dominion Aquatic Club), 1:00.68

14 – Andrew Eubanks (Portland, Ore/The Dolphins Portland Swimming), 1:01.57

Women's 100m Backstroke - Semifinals

1 – Charlotte Crush (Louisville, Ky./Lakeside Swim Team), 59.21

9 – Julie Mishler (Milford, Ind./Fishers Area Swimming Tigers), 1:00.65 

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay – FINAL

BRONZE – United States of America, 3:17.06 

Austin Carpenter (Dublin, Ohio/Central Ohio Aquatics), 49.71

Rowan Cox (Austin, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics), 48.93

Kenneth Barnicle (Mendham, N.J./Greater Somerset Country YMCA Storm), 49.57

Mike Rice (Waxhaw, N.C./Mecklenburg Swim Association), 48.85

Luke Vatev (Clarendon Hills, Ill./Hornet Age Group Swim Club) (Prelims)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – FINAL

SILVER – United States of America, 7:52.82

Kennedi Dobson (Levittown, Pa./Eastern Express Swim Team), 1:57.53

Lily King (LaTrobe, Pa./Mount Pleasant Aqua Club), 1:58.39

Kayla Han (La Mirada, Calif./ La Mirada Armada), 2:00.21

Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./ Laker Swim), 1:56.69

Liberty Clark (Chico, Calif./Pleasanton Seahawks) (Prelims)

Brinkleigh Hansen (Saint Petersburg, Fla./Saint Petersburg Aquatics) (Prelims)

Men's 400m Freestyle - Prelim

9 – Norvin Clontz (Charlotte, N.C./ Mecklenburg Swim Association), 3:51.86

Competition continues through Sunday at the Aquatic Centre Otopeni. Prelims begin at 2:30 a.m. ET, while finals start at 11 a.m. ET.  Meet information and the complete competition schedule are available here.