The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hobson advance to finals at World Aquatics Championships
07.24.2023 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Luke Hobson qualified for the men’s 200m freestyle final and Lydia Jacoby for the women’s 100m breaststroke final at the world championship meet.
FUKUOKA, Japan – Texas Swimming's Luke Hobson and Lydia Jacoby qualified for championships finals for the United States at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday at the Marine Messe Fukuoka. Hobson will race in the men's 200-meter freestyle final on Tuesday, while Jacoby will compete in the women's 100-meter breaststroke final.
Hobson posted a 200m free personal-best time of 1:44.70 in the semifinals, the first sub-1:45 swim of his career, becoming the fourth-fastest American performer in the event all time and 20th-fastest in the world. The Reno, Nev. native will swim as the second seed in the final. He advanced to the semis after clocking the top time in the prelims at 1:45.69.
Jacoby notched the seventh-best mark in the 100m breast semifinals at 1:06.29 to advance to the final. The Seward, Alaska native advanced to the semifinals after a prelim swim of 1:06.71, the 14th-fastest time in the heats stage.
Anna Elendt, racing for Germany, also competed in the 100m breast heats, clocking 1:07.09 and narrowly missing the cut for the semifinals.
Hobson and Jacoby will compete in the finals session on Tuesday morning, with Hobson racing in the men's 200m free final at 6:02 a.m. CT and Jacoby in the women's 100m breast final at 7:45 a.m. CT.
Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships resume on Monday evening at 8:30 p.m. CT. The session will feature preliminary heats for women's 200-meter freestyle and the men's 50-meter breaststroke, 200-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle. All prelim and finals sessions will be broadcast live on Peacock.
Texas will be represented Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands) in the men's 50m breast (Heat 5, 8:40 p.m. CT) and Carson Foster (USA) in the men's 200m fly (Heat 4, 9:24 a.m. CT).
Additionally, Texas Ex Matt Cooper (USA) will begin competition on the high dive, competing in the first round of the 27-meter at midnight CT.
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