2023 FINA World Aquatics Junior Championships ? Schedule, Team USA, and More

The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2023 is just around the corner. A competition where the world’s most promising young swimmers will display their swimming prowess for the world to witness. This will be the ninth edition of the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships and is scheduled for September 4th to 9th. With a rich history of hosting prestigious international events, the beautiful city of Netanya in Israel will host this year’s premier junior swimming competition.

Over 600 talented young athletes are expected to represent more than 100 National Federations in this year’s tournament. The action is set to unfold at the Wingate Institute, a world-class facility designed to accommodate and elevate aquatic sports to new heights. This institute is also known as Israel’s National Center for Physical Education and Sport, as it includes a state-of-the-art 50-meter competition pool along with an equally impressive 50-meter training pool. A host of events over a six-day period are scheduled for upcoming swimmers to showcase their talent on the biggest swimming stage.

Schedule

Each competition day includes a mix of heats, semi-finals, and finals. As the tournament begins on Monday, 4th of September, audiences can witness heats for women in 100m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 400m medley, or 4x200m freestyle relay. The men’s events include heats for the 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, and 4x100m freestyle relay. The first day concludes with the semi-finals of women’s 100m backstroke and 50m breaststroke.

Followed by the finals of women’s 400m medley, 4x200m freestyle relay, and men’s 400m freestyle. 5th September includes heats for women’s 100m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 200m butterfly, men’s 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m medley, mixed 4x100m medley relay, semifinals of women’s 100m freestyle and men’s 100m butterfly. There are also a couple of finals on 5th September which include women’s 800m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, men’s 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m medley, and mixed 4x100m medley relay.

6th September involves heats for women’s 200m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, men’s 50m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 50m backstroke, semi-finals of women’s 100m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, men’s 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke. The day will conclude with finals of women’s 100m freestyle, 200m backstroke, men’s 800m freestyle, 100m butterfly, and mixed 4x100m freestyle relay. 7th September also includes heats for women’s 400m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 200m medley, men’s 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 4x200m freestyle relay, semi-finals of women’s 50m backstroke, and men’s 50m butterfly. A couple of finals conclude the day which involves women’s 400m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 200m medley, men’s 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, and 4x200m freestyle relay.

8th September starts with heats for women’s 50m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4x100m freestyle relay, men’s 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, 400m medley, semifinals of women’s 50m freestyle, 100m butterfly, men’s 100m freestyle and 50m breaststroke. The day will also include finals of women’s 1500m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 4x100m freestyle relay, men’s 50m butterfly, and 400m medley. 9th September includes heats for women’s 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 4x100m medley relay, men’s 1500m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay. The final day of the tournament will include the finals of women’s 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 100m butterfly, 4x100m medley relay, men’s 100m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 200m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay. It promises to be a great six days of competition with the U.S. team poised to make a splash in Netanya with their talented roster of athletes and coaches.

Team USA roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Junior Championships

The upcoming World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships will witness more than 600 athletes aged between 14 to 18, put in some epic performances in Netanya. All berths for the Team USA have already been filled through the 2023 Phillips 66 National Championships, that took place earlier this year. The girls’ team boasts an impressive lineup of 19 junior swimmers, including talents like Leah Hayes, Addison Sauickie, Erika Pelaez, Bailey Hartman, Piper Enge, Teagan O?Dell, and Anna Moesch, among others. Similarly, the boys’ side also includes 19 swimmers with the likes of Daniel Diehl, Cooper Lucas, Caleb Maldari, Maximus Williamson, Jacob Wimberly, and Jason Zhao, among others.

Guiding this remarkable group toward victory are the expert coaching team of Chuck Batchelor (SwimMAC), Ken Heis (Mason Manta Rays), Joe Keller (Fishers Area Swimming Tigers), Mary Korey (Greater Somerset County YMCA), Abi Liu (Bellevue Club Swim Team), Joe Natina (Crow Canyon Sharks), Ginny Nussbaum (Long Island Aquatic Club), Jason Walter (Lakeside Aquatic Club). The managers for the Team USA include Carlene Takaki and Joey Sementelli. As the 2023 World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships edges closer, tickets for all events are now available.

Here?s how to buy tickets for the World Junior Swimming Championships

With just around a week to go to the prestigious FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, fans can still book their tickets through Leaan. This includes tickets for heats, semi-finals, and finals. Leann also offers a World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships 2023 full tournament pass that includes free parking, VIP seats for all 6 days & VIP lounge. In addition to this, they are also selling a full-day pass for each day of the tournament from the 4th to the 9th of September 2023.

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With only a few days to go, more than 600 young swimmers set their sights on securing top podium finishes in Netanya. The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships also serve as a ladder for upcoming talents to get noticed by their federations, who then help nurture these prodigies and transform them into world-class athletes capable of performing in the biggest global tournaments.

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