Van Wijk, Giele Shake Up World Rankings At Blue Marlins Qualification Meet

2025 BLUE MARLINS QUALIFICATION MEET (NED)

• Friday, April 11th – Sunday, April 13th
• The Hague, the Netherlands
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• Start List
• Live Results

There was an elite competition that unfolded from The Hague within the Netherlands over the weekend as the 2025 Blue Marlins Qualification concluded with World Championships bids on the line.

20-year-old Milou van Wijk continued her momentum from racing earlier this year, firing off winning results in both the women’s 50m free and 100m free to make her presence known.

In the splash n’ dash, van Wijk stopped the clock at a time of 24.55 to register the sole sub-25-second time of the field. The Dutch ace’s result was just a hair outside her lifetime best of 24.48 notched for gold at last month’s Edinburgh International Meet. That prior outing ranks her #3 in the world this season.

In the 100m free, van Wijk punched an outing of 53.48 to beat the field by over 2 seconds.

The rising star’s achievement checked in as the 2nd-best result of her career, sitting only behind the 53.18 career-quickest result turned in at last year’s Antwerp Diamond Speedo Race. She now checks in as the 5th-swiftest performer in the world this season.

22-year-old Tessa Giele put her versatility on display, reaping gold in the women’s 50m, 100m and 200m fly.

Giele logged a result of 25.97 in the former to beat the field by over a second.

Then in the 100m fly she notched 57.70 as the sole swimmer of the field under the 1:00 barrier, producing the 3rd-best time of her career. Her PB remains at the 57.17 established at the Bergen Swim Festival to rank 5th in the world.

In the longer race, Giele touched in 2:11.34 to grab the gold by over 2 seconds, her fastest by nearly 2 seconds.