Leah Hayes Logs World University Games 200 IM Record – 2:10.01

2025 World University Games

Night five of the 2025 World University Games contained the women’s 200m IM semi-finals and American Leah Hayes wasted no time staking her claim on the event.

The 19-year-old University of Virginia Cavalier fired off a time of 2:10.01 to land lane 4 for tomorrow night’s final, beating the pack by well over a second and a half.

U.S. teammate Teagan O’Dell snared the 2nd seed in 2:11.79 while Canada’s Ashley MacMillan will also flank Hayes during tomorrow night’s main event, courtesy of her 3rd-seeded 2:13.07.

As for Hayes, the teen’s 2:10.01 head-turner erased the former World University Games Record of 2:10.03 2020 Olympic Games champion Yui Ohashi of Japan put on the books in 2017.

In fact, Hayes’ effort checks in as the 5th-quickest time of her career, one which boasts a lifetime best of 2:08.91 from the 2022 World Championships, where she won bronze and notched a new World Junior Record.

Leah Hayes‘ Top 5 LCM 200 IM Performances

  1. 2:08.91, 2022 World Championships
  2. 2:09.81, 2022 World Championships
  3. 2:09.82, 2022 World Championships
  4. 2:09.99, 2022 Phillips 66 International Team Trials
  5. 2:10.01, 2025 World University Games

Splits for tonight’s performance were as follows:

Distance Rank Time Split Time Behind
50 3 28.67 28.67 0.33
100 1 (+2) 1:01.48 32.81
150 1 (=) 1:39.05 37.57
200 1 (=) 2:10.01 30.96

WOMEN’s 200 IM – SEMIFINAL

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. Leah Hayes (USA) – 2:10.01
  2. Teagan O’Dell (USA) – 2:11.79
  3. Ashley MacMillan (CAN) – 2:13.07
  4. Camille Tissandie (FRA) – 2:14.07
  5. Chiara Della Corte (ITA) – 2:!4.20
  6. Iana Shakirova (AIN) – 2:14.46
  7. Ge Chutong (CHN) – 2:14.62
  8. Rio Sato (JPN) – 2:14.71

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Nancy L. Falk
10 months ago

A fine semifinal swim, Leah Hayes! Well-done.

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