USA’s Grant Shoults turned in the fourth-ranked swim in the world by an 18-and-under swimmer this year when he won the men’s 400-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
Shoults won the race wire-to-wire as he went out fast and continued to build on his victorious race with a time of 3:48.91.
That’s the fourth-best swim by an 18-and-under this year, and second-best by an American behind Townley Haas (3:48.69).
18-And-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats
[table “” not found /]China grabbed the rest of the podium spots.
Yang Jintong raced his way to a 3:50.05 for the silver, while top-seeded Qiu Ziao wound up falling back to bronze in 3:50.99.
Australia’s Joshua Parrish (3:51.00), Great Britain’s Cameron Kurle (3:51.02), Mexico’s Ricardo Vargas (3:53.39), USA’s Matthew Hirschberger (3:54.09) and Venezuela’s Rafael Davila (3:54.67) also competed in the finals.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 400 free finals
- Women’s 50 breast semis
- Men’s 100 back semis
- Women’s 400 IM finals
- Men’s 100 breast semis
- Women’s 100 back semis
- Men’s 400 free relay
- Women’s 800 free relay
