Cate Campbell Breaks Textile Best in 50 Free With 23.93

Photo Courtesy: Steve Christo/Swimming Australia

Cate Campbell broke her Australian and Commonwealth record during the women’s 50-meter free semifinals at the 2016 Australian Nationals.

Campbell turned in the third-fastest time ever with a stunning 23.93 in the women’s splash-and-dash. Only Britta Steffen (23.73) and Therese Alshammar (23.88) have been faster as Campbell broke a tie with Fran Halsall for the world’s textile best of 23.96 that had previous stood as Campbell’s Australian record.

Campbell’s time is the first under 24 this year, clearing Sarah Sjostrom’s 24.17 from the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series as the top time in the world this year.

Bronte Campbell qualified second in 24.27 to move to fourth in the world behind Halsall’s 24.23 from the Golden Tour.

Shayna Jack (24.87), Brittany Elmslie (24.92), Holly Barratt (25.34), Yolane Kukla (25.43), Carla Buchanan (25.44) and Marieke D’Cruz (25.46) finished third through eighth to qualify for finals.

                      === Semi-Finals ===                        
 
  1 CAMPBELL, CATE   23 COMM                25.11      23.93!  975  
         r:+0.78                       
  2 CAMPBELL, BRONT  21 COMM                25.11      24.27Q  934  
         r:+0.71                       
  3 JACK, SHAYNA     17 COMM                25.43      24.87   868  
         r:+0.73                       
  4 ELMSLIE, BRITTA  21 BGRAM               25.41      24.92   863  
         r:+0.73                       
  5 BARRATT, HOLLY   28 ROC                 25.96      25.34   821  
         r:+0.67                       
  6 KUKLA, YOLANE    20 UNAQ                25.52      25.43   812  
         r:+0.63                       
  7 BUCHANAN, CARLA  20 ACACI               25.87      25.44   811  
         r:+0.66                       
  8 D'CRUZ, MARIEKE  30 SOSC                25.74      25.46   809  
         r:+0.69                       
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  9 GILLETT, CHELSE  19 SPRTN               26.07      25.68   789  
         r:+0.62                       
 10 LINDSAY, HADLEY  17 UWSC                26.04      25.72   785  
         r:+0.68                       
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 11 CONNOR, MEGAN    22 SYDU                26.10      25.81   777  
         r:+0.68                       
 12 RAMSDEN, NATASH  15 ABBT                26.02      25.87   771  
         r:+0.66                       
 13 WILLIAMS, ZOE    20 MARI                25.95      25.89   770  
         r:+0.73                       
 14 SAAL, SARA       29 COMM                26.09      25.92   767  
         r:+0.67                       
 15 MATSUO, AMI      19 RAVN                26.05      25.97   762  
         r:+0.70                       
 16 UNICOMB, JESSIC  18 ALLSA               26.21      26.10   751  
         r:+0.65

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Bill V.

8 years ago

I’ll be so thrilled when the term “textile best” goes away. It reminds me of inept leadership, bizarre decision making, sensationalist reporting and records that beg for asterisks.