Aviv Barzali and Leah Polonsky set the criteria for the World Swimming Championships Israel today

Israeli swimmers Aviv Barzali and Leah Polonsky set the criteria for the world championships to be held in Budapest tonight (Saturday to Sunday). 

The two 19-year-old swimmers did so as part of a competition from the "Pro Swim" round in San Antonio, and they join Tomer Frenkel who did it yesterday in a competition in Indiana.

Barzali, who last summer recorded qualifying for the Olympic semifinals in the 200 backstroke, topped with a time of 2: 10.79 minutes.

Only three hundredths of the Israeli record and also third place in the entire competition, after reigning world champion Ryan White (2: 07.92 minutes) and Phoebe Bacon (2: 09.52 minutes).

Polonsky set a time of 2: 12.85 minutes, 13 hundredths faster than Criterion A for the Budapest Championships.

She finished second in the competition, 36 hundredths behind Olympic champion Mario Melanie Margalis.

Another night in San Antonio: Daniel Namir finished 23rd in the 100 free with 51.06 seconds.

In the parallel competition in Indiana, Itai Goldfaden set a time of 1: 06.55 minutes in 100 breaststroke and finished 18th.

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