Gold Medal and American File Swim Increase USA Swimming on Night time 4

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USA Swimming maintained its momentum on evening 4 of the World Aquatics Championships, including two extra medals to its tally. The evening was highlighted by Luca Urlando’s (Sacramento, Calif./Dart Swimming) gold within the males’s 200-meter butterfly and an American report within the males’s 100m freestyle semifinals from Jack Alexy (Mendham, N.J./California Aquatics), 

Urlando powered to the highest of the rostrum with a time of 1:51.87, marking his first world title and third gold medal for the USA Swimming males at this meet. Teammate Carson Foster (Cincinnati, Ohio/Unattached) completed fifth within the closing with a time of 1:54.62.

In the ladies’s 200m freestyle closing, Claire Weinstein (White Plains, N.Y./Sandpipers of Nevada) claimed bronze in a personal-best of 1:54.67, capturing her first particular person lengthy course world medal. Erin Gemmell (Potomac, Md/ Longhorn Aquatics) completed eighth with a time of two:00.16.

Alexy delivered a standout swim within the males’s 100m freestyle semifinal, clocking 46.81 to set a brand new American report and safe the highest seed heading into tomorrow’s closing. Teammate Patrick Sammon (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Sun Devil Swimming) positioned seventh general with a time of 47.62.

Also advancing to finals had been Regan Smith (Lakeville, Minn./Longhorn Aquatics) and Katherine Berkoff (Missoula, Mont./Wolfpack Elite), posting the quickest and third-fastest instances, respectively, within the girls’s 50m backstroke semifinals.

Smith quickly accomplished a double, putting third general within the semifinals within the girls’s 200m butterfly, adopted carefully by teammate Caroline Bricker (Colorado Springs, Colo./Alto Swim Club) who positioned sixth.

Shaine Casas (McAllen, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics) positioned second within the males’s 200m particular person medley semifinal with a time of 1:55.13. Foster positioned eighth in the identical occasion with a time of 1:57.49. The males’s race capped an evening the place each American swimmer who competed within the semifinals superior to tomorrow’s finals.

Bobby Finke (Clearwater, Fla./Saint Petersburg Aquatics) narrowly missed the rostrum within the males’s 800m freestyle, putting fourth with a time of seven:46.42.

Throughout 4 nights of competitors, USA Swimming sits atop the medal desk with 12 complete medals.

Men’s 800m Freestyle – FINAL

4 – Bobby Finke (Clearwater, Fla./Saint Petersburg Aquatics), 7:46.42

Women’s 200m Freestyle – Semifinal

3 – Claire Weinstein (White Plains, N.Y./Sandpipers of Nevada), 1:54.67

8 – Erin Gemmell (Potomac, Md/ Longhorn Aquatics), 2:00.16

Weinstein on medaling internationally after the Olympics: “Medaling internationally is kind of something I’ve only ever dreamed of, so it’s really cool getting on the podium. I went into this week wanting to go a better time than that, but I can’t be upset with a medal.”

Weinstein on her efficiency: “I think each day, I get better. A week ago, I was in the trenches and didn’t know how this week would go, so going at the best time gives me confidence that I’m moving in the right direction.”

Men’s 100m Freestyle – Semifinal

1 – Jack Alexy (Mendham, N.J./California Aquatics), 46.81*

7 – Patrick Sammon (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Sun Devil Swimming), 47.62

*American report

Alexy on setting a brand new private greatest along with his American report time: “I felt pretty good throughout that race, and I knew I was going pretty fast. It is really great to go under .47 again, especially at this stage. I am grateful and happy, and hopefully I can shave a few more tenths off that time tomorrow and have a good finish. I am looking forward to that race tomorrow night.”

Women’s 50m Backstroke – Semifinal

1 – Regan Smith (Lakeville, Minn./Longhorn Aquatics), 27.23

3 – Katherine Berkoff (Missoula, Mont./Wolfpack Elite), 27.34

Men’s 200m Butterfly – FINAL

1 – Luca Urlando (Sacramento, Calif./Dart Swimming), 1:51.87

5 – Carson Foster (Cincinnati, Ohio/Unattached), 1:54.62

Urlando on his race: “It was a great race, just embracing the moment, trying to have as much fun as I can with it too.”

Urlando on what has propelled him after battling harm: “The belief that I can get back to a moment like this after all that adversity. Just internal belief.”

Urlando on profitable his first world title: “Oh, it’s huge. Winning a world championship was my goal from the beginning of the season. To be able to actually do it is a whole other thing and doing it in a best time fashion… I truly can’t put it into words.”

Urlando on what this win will do for him transferring ahead: “I hope to just build off more experiences like this. It’s a huge stepping stone for 2028. I have some new goals going forward, going to work through them with my coach and see how much I can get better at the little things. Just continue with that.”

Women’s 200m Butterfly – Semifinal

3 – Regan Smith, (Lakeville, Minn./Longhorn Aquatics), 2:06.96

6 – Caroline Bricker (Colorado Springs, Colo./Alto Swim Club), 2:07.86

Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Semifinal

2 – Shaine Casas (McAllen, Texas/Longhorn Aquatics), 1:55.13

8 – Carson Foster (Cincinnati, Ohio/Unattached), 1:57.49

Competition continues tomorrow, Thursday, July 31 on the World Aquatics Championships Arena. Prelims start at 10 a.m. Singapore commonplace time/ 10 p.m. ET, whereas finals begin at 7 p.m. Singapore commonplace time/ 7 a.m. ET. Tomorrow’s finals embrace the ladies’s 200m butterfly, males’s 200m particular person medley, males’s 100m freestyle, girls’s 50m backstroke, and the ladies’s 4x200m freestyle.

Meet info and the entire competitors schedule can be found here.