7TH FINA WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019
- 50-Meter Course
- Duna Arena, Budapest (Hungary)
- Pool swimming: Tuesday, August 20 – Sunday, August 25, 2019
- Heats 9:30am GMT+2 (3:30 am EDT / 12:30 am PDT)/ Semifinals and Finals 5:30pm GMT+2 (11:30am EDT / 8:30am PDT)
- Meet site
- Entries book
- FinaTV Live Stream (subscription required)
- Live results
17-year-old David Curtiss of the United States busted out the swim of his life tonight in Budapest, producing the first sub-22 second 50m freestyle of his young career. Entering these World Junior Championships, the Hamilton Y Aquatics star held a personal best of 22.25 in this sprint event, a time he put up just weeks ago at the U.S. Summer Nationals.
This morning in the heats here at Duna Arena, Curtiss claimed the top seed in a new PB of 22.16, inching closer to the 22-second barrier. The next closest prelims swimmer was Ukraine’s Vladyslav Bukhov, who hit the wall in 22.29.
With designs on a run at the gold, however, Curtiss blasted a semi time of 21.95 to land lane 4 and join the 21-club, becoming just the 3rd American aged 17-18 to do so. Curtiss’ time ranks #3 behind Olympian and World Champion Caeleb Dressel‘s National Age Group Record for 17-18 of 21.53 at the 2015 U.S. Nationals. Michael Andrew ranks #2 in this age group with his mark of 21.75 that won gold at this same meet 2 years ago.
Also of note is the fact that Curtiss has now raced his way onto the USA National Team with his 21.95 evening swim. His time bumps Robert Howard and Bowe Becker off the list, as the pair were tied in the 6th slot with a time of 22.00.
| 50 FREE | |
| Caeleb Dressel | 21.04 |
| Michael Andrew | 21.62 |
| Ryan Held | 21.87 |
| Nathan Adrian | 21.87 |
| Michael Chadwick | 21.95 |
| Robert Howard (T-6) | 22.00 |
| Bowe Becker (T-6) | 22.00 |
Curtiss still has the final yet to go to drop potentially even more time and take a spot on the 50m free podium.
Video courtesy of James Foster:
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You got that right!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aMZl8gxumNo&t=59s
A little late but here
Wow his turnover is way lower than I expected. Reminds me of Popov level DPS
Go get that meet record in finals…
Why isn’t Caeleb dressel’s time from 2015 count as the Junior World Record?
Because the WJR system is dumb
With FINA rules he turned 19 that calendar year.
Despite being slightly contradictory, two perfectly agreeable comments
Go David! He has always had a phenomenal start and it is so great to see everything coming together for him. Looking forward to the final!
MA has to be worried. 2IM is still a bit of a longshot, Held and Curtiss looking good in the 50, Nathan will be in the mix.
100 fly looks dead with Rooney, 100 breast, based on this year is a no go too.
MA is a 21.4 in the 50… That’s an entirely different league than any other US Sprinter that’s not named Caleb Dressel right now.
MAs time is whatever he did at his last meet not some time he did last summer. Thats how his training method works.
Must’ve missed that 21.4 this year
More ties…
Didn’t Tony Ervin also go 21 when he was 18?
I think he had just turned 19 when he swam his 21.80 at 2000 Olympic Trials.
I just want to mention, what are the chances of so many guys going the same exact time? Obviously higher in the 50 but Maxime and Nathan both went 21.87, Becker and Howard both went 22.0, and now Chadwick and Curtiss both go 21.95. 3 pairs of the same exact times. Just me that finds this crazy?