New Zealand and Oceania

Andrew, Gunes Earn FINA Swimmer Of The Meet Honors

Michael Andrew earned FINA male swimmer of the meet honors after winning 5 medals and swimming 25 races in the 6 day competition

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Russian Women Smash 4x100m Medley Junior World Record

The Russians have shown great strength in the relays in Singapore, capping it off with a new junior world record from the women’s 4x100m medley team

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Russian Men Break Championship Record in 4×100 Medley Relay

On the strength of Anton Chupkov’s 59.8 breastroke leg, the Russian men were able to win the gold medal and break the championship record in the men’s 400m medley relay

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Taylor Ruck Breaks 200m Free Championship Record

Canada’s Taylor Ruck had another impressive performance in Singapore, winning gold and breaking the championship record in the 200m free

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Rikako Ikee Breaks Championship Record In Women’s 100 Butterfly

Rikako Ikee of Japan won the women’s 100 fly in a new championship record of 58.28

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Gunes Scares World Record In 200 Breast

Turkey’s Viktoriya Gunes swam a remarkable time of 2:19.64 in the women’s 200 breastroke, smashing her own junior world and championship records, and scaring the world record of 2:19.11

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Chalmers Nabs 100 Free Title, Championship Record

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers took home the men’s 100 freestyle title in a new championship record of 48.47

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Grieshop Wins Gold, Fa’amausili Strikes Back to Highlight Day 5 at Junior World Championships

Team USA’s Sean Grieshop blasted the final 50 of the men’s 400 I.M. in 27.94, tearing through his best time to win the event in 4:15.67.

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Australia Tops Medals Table for 5th Straight Day at Junior Worlds

While the Russians and Americans have as many medals, 8 golds leaves the team from Australia atop the medals table…

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Australia Breaks Junior World Record In 400m Freestyle Relay

Fresh off a silver medal performance in the 50m backstroke, Minna Atherton helped her Australian teammates to a gold medal and new junior world record in the 400m free relay to close out day 5

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Fa’Amausili Beats Atherton; Takes Back Junior World Record in 50m Back

New Zealand’s Gabrille Fa’Amausili (right) retained her 50m back junior world title, and took back her junior world record from Australian rival Minna Atherton

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Italy’s Quadarella Breaks Four Year Old 1500m Championship Record

Slovenia’s Tjasa Oder saw her 1500m freestyle championship record get broken on the 5th night of finals at Junior World Championships by Italy’s Simona Quadarella

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Team USA came out in front of the prelims of the women’s 100 fly with a 58.87 by Cassidy Bayer. That’s a new best for Bayer, who came into the meet with a 59.00 from 2015 U.S. Nationals.

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Minna Atherton Posts 28.0 50 Backstroke to Clip Junior World Record

Atherton clocked a 28.00 to claim the Junior World Record and the Championship Record. She now owns the world junior mark in both the 50 and 100 back.

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No Live Stream Scheduled for 2015 World Junior Championships

Frustrating news in terms of coverage for the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

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