2017 Australian SC Championships: David Morgan Claims Two Top Seeds
David Morgan collected two top seeds on the third and final morning of the 2017 Australian SC Championships. Morgan turned in the top time in prelims of the men’s 100 fly and 50 free, setting himself up for the chance at two gold medals tonight.
Japan’s Daiya Seto collected a gold medal in the men’s 100 IM, while Emma McKeon nabbed a top seed in the women’s 200 fly.
Tune in to the last night of finals at 7 p.m. local time in Adelaide, Australia.
Schedule of Events:
- Men’s 100 Breast Multi-Class
- Women’s 200 Fly
- Men’s 100 Fly
- Men’s 200 Breast
- Women’s 200 Free
- Men’s 50 Free
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 100 Fly Multi-Class
- Men’s 400 IM
- Women’s 50 Back
- Men’s 100 Back
- Women’s 50 Breast
- Men’s 100 IM
Men’s 100 Breast Multi-Class
Grant Patterson posted the top time in the preliminary heats of the men’s 100 breast multi-class, stopping the clock at a time of 2:17.49.
Adam Wenham of Norway added a second place seed time with a 1:05.70, while Liam Bekric picked up third with a 1:06.80.
=== Preliminaries === 1 PATTERSON, GRANT SB2 28 CENCA 2:17.09 2:17.49 31.56 1:07.07 (35.51) 1:42.42 (35.35) 2:17.49 (35.07) 2 WENHAM,(V), ADAM SB14 20 NOR 1:08.37 1:05.70 r:+0.71 14.31 30.73 (16.42) 48.18 (17.45) 1:05.70 (17.52) 3 BEKRIC, LIAM SB13 16 NWD 1:06.57 1:06.80 r:+0.70 14.68 31.78 (17.10) 49.13 (17.35) 1:06.80 (17.67)
Women’s 200 Fly
Emma McKeon flew to a top seed in the women’s 200 fly, qualifying first by close to four seconds with a 2:06.48.
Emily Washer and Brianna Throssell added close times of 2:10.10 and 2:10.32 to qualify second and third respectively.
The 2:10’s rolled on as Brittany Castelluzzo (2:10.33), Tianni Gilmour (2:10.36), Laura Taylor (2:10.70), and Jordan White (2:10.88) also qualified for the top heat.
Alice Stuart rounded out the top eight with a qualifying time of 2:11.15.
=== Preliminaries === 1 MCKEON, EMMA 23 GUSC 2:07.37 2:06.48 r:+0.77 12.91 28.12 (15.21) 44.04 (15.92) 1:00.10 (16.06) 1:16.43 (16.33) 1:32.89 (16.46) 1:49.77 (16.88) 2:06.48 (16.71) 2 WASHER, EMILY 21 CARL 2:06.64 2:10.10 r:+0.72 12.67 28.28 (15.61) 44.91 (16.63) 1:01.56 (16.65) 1:18.55 (16.99) 1:35.61 (17.06) 1:53.14 (17.53) 2:10.10 (16.96) 3 THROSSELL, BRIANNA 21 UWSC 2:06.58 2:10.32 r:+0.71 13.52 29.70 (16.18) 46.24 (16.54) 1:03.07 (16.83) 1:19.95 (16.88) 1:36.90 (16.95) 1:53.85 (16.95) 2:10.32 (16.47) 4 CASTELLUZZO, BRITTANY 16 TTG 2:13.78 2:10.33 r:+0.68 13.19 29.74 (16.55) 46.57 (16.83) 1:03.47 (16.90) 1:20.04 (16.57) 1:36.97 (16.93) 1:53.50 (16.53) 2:10.33 (16.83) 5 GILMOUR, TIANNI 21 SPRTN 2:10.51 2:10.36 r:+0.77 13.57 29.77 (16.20) 46.28 (16.51) 1:02.83 (16.55) 1:19.50 (16.67) 1:36.28 (16.78) 1:53.32 (17.04) 2:10.36 (17.04) 6 TAYLOR, LAURA 18 TSS 2:07.07 2:10.70 r:+0.70 13.42 29.28 (15.86) 46.09 (16.81) 1:02.66 (16.57) 1:19.46 (16.80) 1:36.23 (16.77) 1:53.59 (17.36) 2:10.70 (17.11) 7 WHITE, JORDAN 24 SLCA 2:09.90 2:10.88 r:+0.71 13.70 29.55 (15.85) 46.02 (16.47) 1:02.78 (16.76) 1:19.48 (16.70) 1:36.50 (17.02) 2:10.88 (34.38) 8 STUART, ALICE 20 TSS 2:10.65 2:11.15 r:+0.68 13.13 29.19 (16.06) 45.61 (16.42) 1:02.57 (16.96) 1:19.60 (17.03) 1:36.74 (17.14) 1:54.00 (17.26) 2:11.15 (17.15)
Men’s 100 Fly
David Morgan grabbed the top seed in the men’s 100 fly with a time of 51.64, while Nicholas Brown picked up second with a time of 52.01.
The third place seed was collected by Edward Marks and his time of 52.19, just ahead of Matthew Temple and his time of 52.70.
Christopher Raven posted a fifth place qualifying time of 52.85, followed by Grant Irvine’s 52.95.
Sprint freestyler Kyle Chalmers qualified seventh with a 53.54 and Bowen Gough was eighth with a 53.61.
=== Preliminaries === 1 MORGAN, DAVID 23 TSS 49.31 51.64 r:+0.71 11.20 24.37 (13.17) 37.90 (13.53) 51.64 (13.74) 2 BROWN, NICHOLAS 21 WSS 51.68 52.01 r:+0.71 11.36 24.53 (13.17) 38.01 (13.48) 52.01 (14.00) 3 MARKS, EDWARD 21 CARL 52.28 52.19 r:+0.64 10.95 24.16 (13.21) 37.93 (13.77) 52.19 (14.26) 4 TEMPLE, MATTHEW 18 NUN 52.66 52.70 r:+0.66 11.17 24.33 (13.16) 38.29 (13.96) 52.70 (14.41) 5 RAVEN, CHRISTOPHER 24 SPRTN 51.93 52.85 r:+0.74 11.16 24.54 (13.38) 38.33 (13.79) 52.85 (14.52) 6 IRVINE, GRANT 26 GUSC 51.00 52.95 r:+0.67 11.23 24.89 (13.66) 38.78 (13.89) 52.95 (14.17) 7 CHALMERS, KYLE 19 MARI 53.90 53.54 r:+0.70 11.34 24.89 (13.55) 38.97 (14.08) 53.54 (14.57) 8 GOUGH, BOWEN 19 NUN 52.80 53.61 r:+0.72 11.59 25.18 (13.59) 39.15 (13.97) 53.61 (14.46)
Men’s 200 Breast
Lennard Bremer collected the top seed in the men’s 200 breast with a time of 2:09.82, just ahead of international all-star Daiya Seto’s 2:10.03.
Zac Stubblety-Cook and Daniel Cave turned in matching times of 2:10.57 to qualify as third, followed closely by James McKechnie’s 2:10.59.
Alex Milligan (2:10.72), Liam Hunter (2:11.14), and Ryan Roche (2:11.45) were sixth through eighth in prelims.
=== Preliminaries === 1 BREMER, LENNARD 23 UWSC 2:07.42 2:09.82 r:+0.61 13.29 29.58 (16.29) 46.11 (16.53) 1:02.98 (16.87) 1:19.56 (16.58) 1:36.12 (16.56) 1:52.77 (16.65) 2:09.82 (17.05) 2 SETO, (V), DAIYA 23 JPN 2:03.81 2:10.03 r:+0.63 13.17 28.98 (15.81) 45.23 (16.25) 1:01.66 (16.43) 1:18.48 (16.82) 1:35.49 (17.01) 1:52.66 (17.17) 2:10.03 (17.37) 3 CAVE, DANIEL 18 MVC 2:10.45 2:10.57 r:+0.66 13.21 29.05 (15.84) 45.33 (16.28) 1:02.17 (16.84) 1:19.26 (17.09) 1:36.36 (17.10) 1:53.78 (17.42) 2:10.57 (16.79) 3 STUBBLETY-COOK, ZAC 18 WBAC 2:07.86 2:10.57 r:+0.75 13.62 29.60 (15.98) 46.22 (16.62) 1:02.74 (16.52) 1:19.59 (16.85) 1:36.64 (17.05) 1:53.50 (16.86) 2:10.57 (17.07) 5 MCKECHNIE, JAMES 22 STP 2:09.48 2:10.59 r:+0.74 13.09 29.10 (16.01) 45.46 (16.36) 1:02.19 (16.73) 1:19.00 (16.81) 1:36.24 (17.24) 1:53.54 (17.30) 2:10.59 (17.05) 6 MILLIGAN, ALEX 19 UWSC 2:10.79 2:10.72 r:+0.68 13.38 29.67 (16.29) 46.12 (16.45) 1:02.94 (16.82) 1:19.52 (16.58) 1:36.35 (16.83) 1:53.34 (16.99) 2:10.72 (17.38) 7 HUNTER, LIAM 20 CHAND 2:12.63 2:11.14 r:+0.67 13.42 29.54 (16.12) 46.33 (16.79) 1:03.04 (16.71) 1:20.11 (17.07) 1:37.02 (16.91) 1:54.16 (17.14) 2:11.14 (16.98) 8 ROCHE, RYAN 21 SOSC 2:10.08 2:11.45 r:+0.76 13.40 29.52 (16.12) 45.87 (16.35) 1:02.91 (17.04) 1:19.88 (16.97) 1:37.15 (17.27) 1:54.27 (17.12) 2:11.45 (17.18)
Women’s 200 Free
Madison Wilson and Brittany Elmslie posted a pair of 1:55’s to lead the field going into tonight’s 200 free final. Wilson qualified first with a 1:55.49 over Elmslie’s 1:55.96.
The third place seed went to Mikkayla Sheridan and her time of 1:56.21, followed by Leah Neale’s 1:56.98.
Gemma Cooney picked up the fifth place seed with a 1:57.35, while Shayna Jack was sixth with a 1:57.47.
Seventh and eighth place seeds went to Carla Buchanan and Jordan White with times of 1:57.54 and 1:59.34.
=== Preliminaries === 1 WILSON, MADISON 23 BOND 1:54.39 1:55.49 r:+0.73 12.57 26.68 (14.11) 41.09 (14.41) 55.88 (14.79) 1:10.66 (14.78) 1:25.79 (15.13) 1:40.99 (15.20) 1:55.49 (14.50) 2 ELMSLIE, BRITTANY 23 BGRAM 1:57.61 1:55.96 r:+0.74 12.94 27.48 (14.54) 42.25 (14.77) 57.19 (14.94) 1:11.58 (14.39) 1:26.52 (14.94) 1:41.33 (14.81) 1:55.96 (14.63) 3 SHERIDAN, MIKKAYLA 22 SPRTN 1:55.01 1:56.21 r:+0.72 12.92 27.30 (14.38) 41.90 (14.60) 56.80 (14.90) 1:11.34 (14.54) 1:26.38 (15.04) 1:41.44 (15.06) 1:56.21 (14.77) 4 NEALE, LEAH 22 SPRTN 1:54.89 1:56.98 r:+0.72 12.92 27.54 (14.62) 42.12 (14.58) 56.96 (14.84) 1:11.90 (14.94) 1:26.88 (14.98) 1:42.16 (15.28) 1:56.98 (14.82) 5 COONEY, GEMMA 17 BGRAM 1:58.12 1:57.35 r:+0.75 13.02 27.62 (14.60) 42.55 (14.93) 57.90 (15.35) 1:12.82 (14.92) 1:27.92 (15.10) 1:42.87 (14.95) 1:57.35 (14.48) 6 JACK, SHAYNA 18 COMM 1:58.31 1:57.47 r:+0.75 12.50 26.42 (13.92) 40.90 (14.48) 55.95 (15.05) 1:11.04 (15.09) 1:26.49 (15.45) 1:42.09 (15.60) 1:57.47 (15.38) 7 BUCHANAN, CARLA 22 ACACI 1:55.08 1:57.54 r:+0.74 12.94 27.58 (14.64) 42.50 (14.92) 57.67 (15.17) 1:12.23 (14.56) 1:27.64 (15.41) 1:42.87 (15.23) 1:57.54 (14.67) 8 WHITE, JORDAN 24 SLCA 1:59.09 1:59.34 r:+0.70 13.51 28.23 (14.72) 43.20 (14.97) 58.27 (15.07) 1:13.43 (15.16) 1:28.83 (15.40) 1:44.16 (15.33) 1:59.34 (15.18)
Men’s 50 Free
David Morgan collected his second top seed of the morning with a top showing of 21.81 in the men’s 50 free. He was the only athlete to post a time beneath 22 seconds.
Andrew Abood touched second with a time of 22.02, followed by Louis Townsend and his time of 22.17.
The fourth place seed went to Ewan Bennett and his time of 22.28, while William Stockwell added a fifth place seed with a time of 22.37.
Andrew Rice (22.40), Matthew Temple (22.44), and Benno Negri (22.46) qualified sixth through eighth.
100 free champion Kyle Chalmers finished tenth overall in prelims with a 22.59.
=== Preliminaries === 1 MORGAN, DAVID 23 TSS 21.51 21.81 r:+0.64 10.61 21.81 (11.20) 2 ABOOD, ANDREW 27 MARI 21.72 22.02 r:+0.75 10.61 22.02 (11.41) 3 TOWNSEND, LOUIS 19 RACKL 22.28 22.17 r:+0.61 10.68 22.17 (11.49) 4 BENNETT, EWAN 23 MLC 22.46 22.28 r:+0.63 10.74 22.28 (11.54) 5 STOCKWELL, WILLIAM 22 CHAND 21.89 22.37 r:+0.66 10.83 22.37 (11.54) 6 RICE, ANDREW 19 NUN 22.49 22.40 r:+0.65 10.92 22.40 (11.48) 7 TEMPLE, MATTHEW 18 NUN 22.69 22.44 r:+0.68 10.90 22.44 (11.54) 8 NEGRI, BENNO 19 MVC 22.43 22.46 r:+0.69 10.94 22.46 (11.52)
Women’s 200 IM
The McKeown’s collected two of the top three seeds in the women’s 200 IM, with Taylor finishing first with a 2:11.39 and Kaylee collected third with a 2:12.60.
Blair Evans added a second place seed time of 2:12.26.
The Czech Republic’s Barbora Zavadova and Jessica Adams tied for fourth with matching times of 2:13.12.
Aisling Scott (2:13.33), Emily Seebohm (2:13.90), and Sian Whittaker (2:14.56) finished sixth through eighth respectively.
=== Preliminaries === 1 MCKEOWN, TAYLOR 22 SPRTN 2:12.16 2:11.39 r:+0.75 12.95 28.73 (15.78) 45.82 (17.09) 1:02.30 (16.48) 1:20.65 (18.35) 1:19.95 ( ) 2:11.39 (51.44) 2 EVANS, BLAIR 26 UWSC 2:08.88 2:12.26 r:+0.71 13.33 29.09 (15.76) 46.44 (17.35) 1:02.83 (16.39) 1:21.54 (18.71) 1:40.70 (19.16) 1:57.38 (16.68) 2:12.26 (14.88) 3 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE 16 SPRTN 2:13.93 2:12.60 r:+0.71 13.01 29.34 (16.33) 46.14 (16.80) 1:02.47 (16.33) 1:21.68 (19.21) 1:41.36 (19.68) 1:57.67 (16.31) 2:12.60 (14.93) 4 ADAMS, JESSICA 18 DVE 2:14.13 2:13.12 r:+0.70 13.16 28.99 (15.83) 45.81 (16.82) 1:01.70 (15.89) 1:20.92 (19.22) 1:40.82 (19.90) 1:57.36 (16.54) 2:13.12 (15.76) 4 ZAVADOVA, (V), BARBOR 24 CZE 2:14.03 2:13.12 r:+0.71 13.30 28.95 (15.65) 46.16 (17.21) 1:02.55 (16.39) 1:21.75 (19.20) 1:41.38 (19.63) 1:57.85 (16.47) 2:13.12 (15.27) 6 SCOTT, AISLING 24 BGRAM 2:09.44 2:13.33 r:+0.68 13.26 29.33 (16.07) 46.29 (16.96) 1:03.29 (17.00) 1:21.92 (18.63) 1:41.00 (19.08) 1:57.65 (16.65) 2:13.33 (15.68) 7 SEEBOHM, EMILY 25 BGRAM 2:06.40 2:13.90 r:+0.73 12.77 28.74 (15.97) 46.65 (17.91) 1:03.11 (16.46) 1:22.48 (19.37) 1:41.97 (19.49) 1:58.58 (16.61) 2:13.90 (15.32) 8 WHITTAKER, SIAN 20 MVC 2:12.03 2:14.56 r:+0.75 13.05 19.68 (6.63) 1:01.34 ( ) 1:42.21 ( ) 1:58.92 (16.71) 2:14.56 (15.64)
Men’s 100 Fly Multi-Class
Mitchell Kilduff added to his medal collection with a top showing in the men’s 100 fly multi-class. Kilduff stopped the clock at a 58.89 for gold.
Daniel Fox and Jack Ireland finished second and third with times of 1:00.02 and 1:01.89.
=== Preliminaries === 1 KILDUFF, MITCHELL S14 21 SLCA 58.74 58.89 r:+0.75 12.59 27.32 (14.73) 42.74 (15.42) 58.89 (16.15) 2 FOX, DANIEL S14 26 SPRTN 1:00.26 1:00.02 r:+0.81 12.71 27.71 (15.00) 43.34 (15.63) 1:00.02 (16.68) 3 JASON, BRAEDAN S13 19 SPRTN 59.07 59.19 r:+0.71 12.81 27.63 (14.82) 42.99 (15.36) 59.19 (16.20)
Men’s 400 IM
Travis Mahoney outlasted the competition in prelims of the men’s 400 IM, stopping the clock at a top time of 4:14.95.
The second place seed was picked up by Nathan Robinson and his time of 4:15.67, followed closely by Kazimir Boskovic’s 4:15.74.
Jared Gilliland added a fourth place seed with a time of 4:15.99, while Tomas Elliott grabbed fifth with a 4:16.26.
The sixth through eighth place seeds went to Kieren Pollard (4:16.40), Se-Bom Lee (4:16.46), and Callum Sherington (4:17.17).
=== Preliminaries === 1 MAHONEY, TRAVIS 27 MARI 4:12.57 4:14.95 r:+0.76 12.67 27.51 (14.84) 42.57 (15.06) 58.02 (15.45) 1:14.39 (16.37) 1:30.07 (15.68) 1:45.92 (15.85) 2:01.48 (15.56) 2:19.49 (18.01) 2:37.78 (18.29) 2:55.67 (17.89) 3:14.10 (18.43) 3:29.98 (15.88) 3:45.34 (15.36) 4:00.37 (15.03) 4:14.95 (14.58) 2 ROBINSON, NATHAN 18 CHAND 4:14.81 4:15.67 r:+0.68 12.30 27.54 (15.24) 43.23 (15.69) 58.84 (15.61) 1:15.26 (16.42) 1:31.06 (15.80) 1:46.94 (15.88) 2:02.54 (15.60) 2:38.96 ( ) 2:57.76 (18.80) 3:16.16 (18.40) 3:31.80 (15.64) 3:46.78 (14.98) 4:01.80 (15.02) 4:15.67 (13.87) 3 BOSKOVIC, KAZIMIR 22 NUN 4:11.78 4:15.74 r:+0.68 12.12 27.01 (14.89) 42.23 (15.22) 57.68 (15.45) 1:14.10 (16.42) 1:29.85 (15.75) 1:45.70 (15.85) 2:01.31 (15.61) 2:19.51 (18.20) 2:38.04 (18.53) 2:56.34 (18.30) 3:14.95 (18.61) 3:31.28 (16.33) 3:46.83 (15.55) 4:01.94 (15.11) 4:15.74 (13.80) 4 GILLILAND, JARED 22 CHAND 4:18.85 4:15.99 r:+0.67 12.60 27.54 (14.94) 42.83 (15.29) 58.42 (15.59) 1:15.48 (17.06) 1:32.03 (16.55) 1:48.55 (16.52) 2:05.00 (16.45) 2:22.91 (17.91) 2:40.77 (17.86) 2:58.87 (18.10) 3:17.03 (18.16) 3:32.95 (15.92) 3:47.93 (14.98) 4:02.34 (14.41) 4:15.99 (13.65) 5 ELLIOTT, TOMAS 22 SOSC 4:11.49 4:16.26 r:+0.68 12.28 26.85 (14.57) 41.98 (15.13) 57.60 (15.62) 1:14.22 (16.62) 1:30.37 (16.15) 1:46.88 (16.51) 2:02.79 (15.91) 2:21.13 (18.34) 2:39.81 (18.68) 2:58.52 (18.71) 3:16.76 (18.24) 3:32.30 (15.54) 3:46.95 (14.65) 4:02.10 (15.15) 4:16.26 (14.16) 6 POLLARD, KIEREN 18 BRW 4:16.33 4:16.40 r:+0.73 12.45 27.64 (15.19) 43.49 (15.85) 59.53 (16.04) 1:32.81 ( ) 1:48.89 (16.08) 2:05.43 (16.54) 2:23.14 (17.71) 2:41.03 (17.89) 2:59.26 (18.23) 3:17.54 (18.28) 3:33.42 (15.88) 3:48.21 (14.79) 4:02.71 (14.50) 4:16.40 (13.69) 7 LEE, SE-BOM 16 CARL 4:20.72 4:16.46 r:+0.66 12.62 27.62 (15.00) 43.09 (15.47) 59.15 (16.06) 1:15.39 (16.24) 1:30.93 (15.54) 1:46.46 (15.53) 2:01.95 (15.49) 2:20.31 (18.36) 2:38.73 (18.42) 2:57.22 (18.49) 3:16.03 (18.81) 3:31.95 (15.92) 3:47.11 (15.16) 4:02.30 (15.19) 4:16.46 (14.16) 8 SHERINGTON, CALLUM 20 CARL 4:16.16 4:17.17 r:+0.63 12.36 27.46 (15.10) 43.02 (15.56) 58.55 (15.53) 1:14.13 (15.58) 1:29.79 (15.66) 1:45.99 (16.20) 2:02.17 (16.18) 2:20.48 (18.31) 2:38.91 (18.43) 2:57.65 (18.74) 3:16.51 (18.86) 3:32.31 (15.80) 3:47.51 (15.20) 4:02.45 (14.94) 4:17.17 (14.72)
Women’s 50 Back
Minna Atherton collected gold in the women’s 50 back with a top showing of 26.23, beating out backstroke greats Holly Barratt and Emily Seebohm. Atherton’s time stands as a new All-Comers record.
Barratt finished second overall with a time of 26.43, followed closely by Seebohm’s third place finish of 26.48.
Kaylee McKeown posted a fourth place finish of 27.18, while Sian Whittaker was fifth overall with a time of 27.63.
Sixth place was split between Abby Duncan and Gabriella Peiniger, who stopped the clock at matching times of 28.29.
Zoe Williams rounded out the top eight with a time of 28.35.
Event 53 Women 50 SC Metre Backstroke ================================================================== World: W 25.67 07-Dec-14 Etiene Medeiros, Brazil Commonwealth: C 25.83 07-Dec-14 Emily Seebohm, Australia Australian: R 25.83 12-Jul-14 Emily Seebohm, Brothers All Comers: A 26.23 28-Oct-17 Minna Atherton, Brisbane Grammar Title Holder: 26.28 05-Nov-16 Emily Seebohm, Brisbane Grammar Meet Qualifying: 28.83 Name Age Team Seed Finals ================================================================== 1 ATHERTON, MINNA 17 BGRAM 26.53 26.23A r:+0.59 12.86 26.23 (13.37) 2 BARRATT, HOLLY 29 ROC 26.73 26.43 r:+0.56 12.99 26.43 (13.44) 3 SEEBOHM, EMILY 25 BGRAM 26.15 26.48 r:+0.66 13.16 26.48 (13.32) 4 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE 16 SPRTN 27.43 27.18 r:+0.61 13.47 27.18 (13.71) 5 WHITTAKER, SIAN 20 MVC 28.05 27.63 r:+0.61 13.76 27.63 (13.87) 6 PEINIGER, GABRIELLA 15 MVC 27.85 28.29 r:+0.65 13.86 28.29 (14.43) 6 DUNCAN, ABBY 19 NWD 27.79 28.29 r:+0.61 13.90 28.29 (14.39) 8 WILLIAMS, ZOE 22 MARI 27.55 28.35 r:+0.66 13.89 28.35 (14.46)
Men’s 100 Back
Bobby Hurley and Joshua Beaver delivered close times of 52.45 and 52.49 delivered the top two times in the men’s 100 back prelims, snagging the top two seeds for finals.
William Yang added the only other sub-53 second time of the morning with a 52.98.
The fourth place seed was earned by Peter Mills and his time of 53.03, while Jack Selman collected the fifth place seed with a 53.43.
Andrew Rice (53.52) and Hayden Lewis (53.78) qualified sixth and seventh, followed by a tie for eighth with a time of 53.84 between Jye Cornwell and Jorden Merrilees.
=== Preliminaries === 1 HURLEY, BOBBY 29 WRAQ 50.08 52.45 r:+0.57 12.12 25.31 (13.19) 38.96 (13.65) 52.45 (13.49) 2 BEAVER, JOSHUA 24 IVN 51.57 52.49 r:+0.52 12.17 25.44 (13.27) 39.02 (13.58) 52.49 (13.47) 3 YANG, WILLIAM 19 KNXP 52.77 52.98 r:+0.56 12.29 25.67 (13.38) 39.54 (13.87) 52.98 (13.44) 4 MILLS, PETER 21 BGRAM 53.61 53.03 r:+0.60 12.31 25.41 (13.10) 39.06 (13.65) 53.03 (13.97) 5 SELMAN, JACK 22 SPRTN 55.41 53.43 r:+0.57 12.29 25.85 (13.56) 39.71 (13.86) 53.43 (13.72) 6 RICE, ANDREW 19 NUN 53.92 53.52 r:+0.55 12.51 25.84 (13.33) 39.57 (13.73) 53.52 (13.95) 7 LEWIS, HAYDEN 22 MARI 54.00 53.78 r:+0.62 12.48 26.03 (13.55) 39.87 (13.84) 53.78 (13.91) 8 CORNWELL, JYE 20 YERPK 54.18 53.84 r:+0.61 12.54 26.09 (13.55) 39.94 (13.85) 53.84 (13.90) 8 MERRILEES, JORDEN 23 MVC 54.66 53.84 r:+0.66 12.73 26.26 (13.53) 40.35 (14.09) 53.84 (13.49)
Women’s 50 Breast
Georgia Bohl dashed ahead of the competition in finals of the women’s 50 bresat, claiming gold with a time of 30.57.
Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte picked up second overall with a 30.81, while Jessica Hansen claimed bronze with a time of 30.86.
Taylor McKeown turned in a time of 31.34 for fourth, followed by Cassandra van Breugel’s 31.59.
Courtney Daniels (31.92), Mikayla Smith (31.95), and Jessie Quinn (32.16) were sixth through eighth.
Event 55 Women 50 SC Metre Breaststroke ================================================================== World: W 28.64 26-Oct-16 Alia Atkinson, Jamaica Commonwealth: C 28.64 26-Oct-16 Alia Atkinson, Jamaica Australian: R 29.50 22-Nov-09 Sarah Katsoulis, Nunawading All Comers: A 29.61 09-Aug-09 Sarah Katsoulis, Nunawading Title Holder: 30.93 05-Nov-16 G Bohl/J Hansen, StPeters Western Meet Qualifying: 33.06 Name Age Team Seed Finals ================================================================== 1 BOHL, GEORGIA 20 GUSC 30.58 30.57 r:+0.68 14.01 30.57 (16.56) 2 MEILUTYTE, (V), RUTA 20 LTU 29.51 30.81 r:+0.62 13.95 30.81 (16.86) 3 HANSEN, JESSICA 22 NUN 30.22 30.86 r:+0.70 14.40 30.86 (16.46) 4 MCKEOWN, TAYLOR 22 SPRTN 31.69 31.34 r:+0.75 14.55 31.34 (16.79) 5 VAN BREUGEL, CASSANDR 23 WOYW 31.78 31.59 r:+0.77 14.43 31.59 (17.16) 6 DANIELS, COURTNEY 21 ACACI 31.98 31.92 r:+0.71 14.65 31.92 (17.27) 7 SMITH, MIKAYLA 19 NUN 32.03 31.95 r:+0.62 14.65 31.95 (17.30) 8 QUINN, JESSIE 24 CARL 31.81 32.16 r:+0.75 14.77 32.16 (17.39)
Men’s 100 IM
Daiya Seto of Japan added to his medal collection with a gold in the men’s 100 IM. Seto powered to a time of 52.81 for the gold.
Kazimir Boskovic collected a silver medal with his time of 54.20, followed by James Traiforos and his time of 54.65.
Fourth place went to Jack Gerrard and his time of 54.80, while Ewan Bennett was fifth with a 55.09.
Douglas Oliver (55.43), Luke Bibby(55.92), and Alex Milligan (56.06) were sixth through eighth respectively.
You do realise that 10 people made it through to the final for each race ? Not 8 .
Great swim Se-Bom Lee good luck?