Ksawery Masiuk Posts Singapore-Worthy 24.60 50 Back To Close Polish Grand Prix

2025 POLISH GRAND PRIX

• Saturday, March 15th & Sunday, March 16th
• Oświęcim, Poland
• LCM (50m)
• Day 1 Recap
• Live Results

The second and final day of action at the 2025 Polish Grand Prix unfolded from Oświęcim with swimmers racing in timed finals as a chance to qualify for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore.

20-year-old Ksawery Masiuk already made the grade in the men’s 100m backstroke yesterday but the University of Texas commit took on the 50m back sprint today.

Masiuk got the job done for gold in a time of 24.60, the 10th-best performance of his young career. His outing easily dipped under the 25.11 ‘A’ cut needed for the World Championships.

Behind him was Jakub Krischke who notched a World University Games-worthy result of 25.51 while Aleksandr Sienkiewicz rounded out the podium in 25.72.

Masiuk now ranks #2 in the world on the season, sitting only behind American Shaine Casas who put up a 24.23 scorcher at last week’s Pro Swim in Westmont.

Masiuk represented the sole Singapore qualifying athlete on the day, although there were a few other swims worth noting.

Yesterday’s 50m back winner Adela Piskorska followed up with a victory in the women’s 100m back on day two.

21-year-old Piskorska turned in a time of 1:01.27 to beat the field by just under half a second, with Paulina Peda and Julia Smurzynska earning the minor medals. The former touched in 1:01.69 and the latter in 1:02.83.

Piskorska has been as fast as 59.76 in her career and she’ll need to be near that in a future performance in order to clear the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 1:00.46.

The women’s 50m free saw Julia Maik get it done for gold in 25.47, the sole result of the field under the 26-second barrier. That effort was enough to etch her name onto the Polish roster for the World University Games.

Additionally, Adrian Jaskiewicz punched a time of 1:58.08 to win the men’s 200m fly in the only time of the pack under the 2:00 barrier.

Jaskiewicz is no stranger to the World University Games, having established his lifetime best of 1:57.07 to place 6th in the competition’s final in 2023 in Chengdu, China.