The third night of action from the 2017 Australian Swimming Championships produced more fast swimming and World Championship berths as Emma McKeon qualified for her third event for Budapest in the 200 free. McKeon leads a charge for a strong 4×200 free relay team that will look to improve on the sixth place performance in 2015. Mitch Larkin picked up another win in the 100 back and will most likely swim it in Budapest to defend his title he won in 2015. Clyde Lewis and Daniel Cave also became first time national champions in their respective events, but missed the automatic qualifying time for the World Championships, so they will have to wait to see if they will make the team.
Tonight’s Events:
- Men’s 100 Back
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 200 Free
- Women’s 50 Back
- Women’s 50 Fly
- Men’s 100 Breast
Men’s 100 Back
Mitch Larkin got the night started with a win in the 100 backstroke on Tuesday night in Brisbane. The defending World Champion won the event at 53.54, a little shy off the automatic qualifying time that was a 53.39. Since Larkin is the defending World Champion and already qualified in the 200, he may just swim this event in Budapest this summer along with the 200. Larkin has been underwhelming in his two wins this meet citing his coaching change after the Olympics. Regardless of him not achieving the time standard, Larkin is fifth in the world in the 100, behind Xu Jiayu (53.04), Matt Grevers (53.31), Apostolos Christou (53.38) and Evgeny Rylov (53.44).
Zac Incerti finished second in the race at 53.95 and Joshua Beaver was third at 54.03. Ben Treffers, Tristan Ludlow, Brad Woodward, Andrew Rice and Peter Mills also competed in the championship final.
Event 27 Men 100 LC Metre Backstroke
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World: 51.85 13/08/2016Ryan Murphy, USA
Commonwealth: 52.11 6/11/2015 Mitch Larkin, Australia
Australian: R 52.11 6/11/2015 Mitch Larkin, StPeters Western
All Comers: A 52.48 4/08/2016 Mitch Larkin, StPeters Western
SALWQT: Q 53.39
Title Holder: 52.54 9/04/2016 Mitch Larkin, StPeters Western
Meet Qualifying: 59.90
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 LARKIN, MITCH 23 UNAQ 53.69 53.54 908
r:+0.66 25.85 53.54 (27.69)
2 INCERTI, ZAC 20 WEST COAST SWIM 54.35 53.95 887
r:+0.59 25.90 53.95 (28.05)
3 BEAVER, JOSHUA 24 NUN 55.03 54.03 883
r:+0.49 26.16 54.03 (27.87)
4 TREFFERS, BENJA 25 UNAQ 54.58 54.06 882
r:+0.57 26.26 54.06 (27.80)
5 LUDLOW, TRISTAN 19 RACKLEY 56.13 55.98 794
r:+0.59 27.05 55.98 (28.93)
6 WOODWARD, BRADL 18 MINGARA SWIMMING 56.05 56.11 789
r:+0.68 27.50 56.11 (28.61)
7 RICE, ANDREW 18 NUN 56.13 56.63 767
r:+0.61 26.79 56.63 (29.84)
8 MILLS, PETER 20 BRISBANE GRAMMAR 56.00 56.73 763
r:+0.61 27.11 56.73 (29.62)
Men’s 200 IM
Clyde Lewis won his first national title in the 200 IM on Tuesday night in Brisbane, but fell short of the qualifying time for Budapest as he touched in 1:59.24. The A-standard for Budapest was a 1:58.54. Lewis is currently ranked fourth globally in the event now, behind Daiya Seto (1:58.77), Josh Prenot (1:58.93) and Michael Andrew (1:59.12). Lewis could still be up for qualification in the event as he placed sixth in a potential relay spot in the 200 free last night. We will find out at the end of the meet if Lewis will get selected.
Travis Mahoney was second at 2:00.62 and Jared Gilliland was third at 2:01.18. Kazim Boskovic, James Traiforos, Liam Hunter, Cal Sherington and Jake Smith also swam in the championship final.
Event 28 Men 200 LC Metre IM
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World: 1:54.00 28/07/2011Ryan Lochte, USA
Commonwealth: 1:56.69 30/07/2009Leith Brodie, Australia
Australian: R 1:56.69 30/07/2009Leith Brodie, Albany Creek
All Comers: A 1:54.98 29/03/2007Michael Phelps, USA
SALWQT: Q 1:58.54
Title Holder: 1:58.72 12/04/2016Daniel Tranter, Trinity Grammar
Meet Qualifying: 2:10.00
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Finals ===
1 LEWIS, CLYDE 19 STPETERSWESTERN 2:02.31 1:59.24 873
r:+0.65 25.80 55.11 (29.31)
1:30.42 (35.31) 1:59.24 (28.82)
2 MAHONEY, TRAVIS 26 MARI 2:02.04 2:00.62 844
r:+0.70 26.45 56.64 (30.19)
1:31.82 (35.18) 2:00.62 (28.80)
3 GILLILAND, JARE 22 CHANDLER 2:02.70 2:01.18 832
r:+0.66 26.62 58.35 (31.73)
1:32.26 (33.91) 2:01.18 (28.92)
4 BOSKOVIC, KAZIM 21 NUN 2:03.46 2:02.11 813
r:+0.61 26.57 56.68 (30.11)
1:32.15 (35.47) 2:02.11 (29.96)
5 TRAIFOROS, JAME 20 TRGR 2:03.17 2:02.25 810
r:+0.64 26.47 56.91 (30.44)
1:32.49 (35.58) 2:02.25 (29.76)
6 HUNTER, LIAM 19 CHANDLER 2:04.89 2:02.77 800
r:+0.63 26.16 58.85 (32.69)
1:33.84 (34.99) 2:02.77 (28.93)
7 SHERINGTON, CAL 19 CARL 2:04.58 2:04.20 773
r:+0.61 26.42 57.42 (31.00)
1:34.02 (36.60) 2:04.20 (30.18)
8 SMITH, JAKE 19 BRW 2:04.80 2:04.82 761
r:+0.69 26.55 59.08 (32.53)
1:35.13 (36.05) 2:04.82 (29.69)
Women’s 200 Free
For the third time on the week, Emma McKeon has qualified in another event at the Australian Swimming Championships. McKeon took out the 200 free national title for her third qualified event for Budapest this summer. McKeon won the race wire to wire with a 1:55.68, the fastest time in the world this year, ahead of Italy’s Federica Pellegrini (1:55.94).
McKeon was the only swimmer under the automatic qualifying time for Budapest, but Australia is still expected to pull a relay together for the World Championships. 16-year-old Ariarne Titmus finished second thanks to the fastest last 50 in the field with a 1:58.11. The rookie already won the 800 final for a World Championship berth on Sunday. Kotuku Ngawati (1:58.24) and Leah Neale (1:58.40) rounded out the top four for the potential relay qualification. McKeon and Neale are the only swimmers returning from last summer’s silver medal winning 4×200 free relay.
Madison Wilson, Mikkayla Sheridan, Kiah Melverton and Brianna Throssell also competed in the championship final.
Event 29 Women 200 LC Metre Freestyle
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World: 1:52.98 29/07/2009Federica Pellegrini, Italy
Commonwealth: 1:54.83 10/04/2016Emma McKeon, Australia
Australian: R 1:54.83 10/04/2016Emma McKeon, StPeters Western
All Comers: A 1:54.83 10/04/2016Emma McKeon, StPeters Western
SALWQT: Q 1:56.95
Title Holder: 1:54.83 10/04/2016Emma McKeon, StPeters Western
Meet Qualifying: 2:06.00
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 MCKEON, EMMA 22 STPETERSWESTERN 1:57.99 1:55.68Q 931
r:+0.70 26.31 55.66 (29.35)
1:25.73 (30.07) 1:55.68 (29.95)
2 TITMUS, ARIARNE 16 STPETERSWESTERN 1:59.40 1:58.11 875
r:+0.75 27.91 57.91 (30.00)
1:28.32 (30.41) 1:58.11 (29.79)
3 NGAWATI, KOTUKU 22 MVC 1:59.06 1:58.24 872
r:+0.65 27.26 57.60 (30.34)
1:28.29 (30.69) 1:58.24 (29.95)
4 NEALE, LEAH 21 USC SPARTANS 1:59.24 1:58.40 868
r:+0.68 27.47 57.19 (29.72)
1:27.82 (30.63) 1:58.40 (30.58)
5 WILSON, MADISON 22 STPETERSWESTERN 1:59.09 1:58.93 857
r:+0.73 27.07 56.78 (29.71)
1:27.50 (30.72) 1:58.93 (31.43)
6 SHERIDAN, MIKKA 22 USC SPARTANS 1:59.01 1:58.96 856
r:+0.70 27.75 58.11 (30.36)
1:28.42 (30.31) 1:58.96 (30.54)
7 MELVERTON, KIAH 20 TSS AQUATICS 2:00.08 1:59.73 840
r:+0.68 28.32 58.75 (30.43)
1:29.61 (30.86) 1:59.73 (30.12)
8 THROSSELL, BRIA 21 WEST COAST SWIM 1:59.33 1:59.85 837
r:+0.71 27.94 58.20 (30.26)
1:28.95 (30.75) 1:59.85 (30.90)
Women’s 50 Back
After qualifying for her first World Championship team in the 100 back last night at age 29 and becoming the oldest rookie on the Australian team, Holly Barratt beat out Australian record holder Emily Seebohm in the shorter distance with a 27.60. Seebohm was second at 27.78 and Kaylee McKeown was third at 28.11. Barratt’s time moves her to number one in the world ahead of Canada’s Kylie Masse (27.71), while Seebohm is now third.
The event is not a qualifier for the World Championships, but Barratt and Seebohm will have the option to race the event in Barcelona after already qualifying for the team in the 100. Minna Atherton, Hayley Baker, Lucy McJannett, Zoe Williams and Jess Unicomb also competed in the championship final.
Event 30 Women 50 LC Metre Backstroke
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World: 27.06 30/07/2009Jing Zhao, China
Commonwealth: 27.47 7/04/2015 Emily Seebohm, Australia
Australian: R 27.47 7/04/2015 Emily Seebohm, Brothers
All Comers: A 27.47 7/04/2015 Emily Seebohm, Brothers
Title Holder: 27.72 7/04/2016 Emily Seebohm, Brisbane Grammar
Meet Qualifying: 31.00
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Finals ===
1 BARRATT, HOLLY 29 ROC 28.22 27.60 942
r:+0.54
2 SEEBOHM, EMILY 24 BRISBANE GRAMMAR 28.07 27.78 924
r:+0.66
3 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE 15 USC SPARTANS 28.22 28.11 892
r:+0.60
4 ATHERTON, MINNA 16 BRISBANE GRAMMAR 28.40 28.16 887
r:+0.60
5 BAKER, HAYLEY 21 MVC 29.17 28.75 833
r:+0.52
6 MCJANNETT, LUCY 19 RANDW 29.33 28.95 816
r:+0.68
7 WILLIAMS, ZOE 21 MARI 29.19 29.05 808
r:+0.65
8 UNICOMB, JESSIC 19 ALL SAINTS 29.60 29.40 779
r:+0.65
Men’s 100 Breast
Daniel Cave picked up his first national title in his career in the 100 breast on Tuesday night in Brisbane at the 2017 Australian Swimming Championships. Cave out-touched Matthew Wilson with a 1:00.45 to Wilson’s 1:00.54. Cave was off the automatic qualifying time for Budapest that was a 59.75. Cave and Wilson are both 18 years old and with Wilson already on the team in the 200 breast, these two should fill the breaststroke void that has been empty since the retirement of Christian Sprenger in 2015. Wilson qualified for his first senior team in the 200 last night, becoming Australia’s first representative at the World Championships or Olympics in the 200 breast since the 2012 Olympics.
Defending national champion Jake Packard has taken this meet off because of illness as he was Australia’s breaststroker on the medley relay the last two years. With Cave not getting the automatic qualifying time, it is expected Wilson will be Australia’s breaststroker on the medley relay this summer since he is already on the team in the 200, but we will find out at the end of the week if Cave gets selected. Tommy Sucipto finished third in the final at 1:00.95.
George Harley, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Grayson Bell, Nicholas Schaefer and James McKenchnie also competed in the A-final.
Event 34 Men 100 LC Metre Breaststroke
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World: 57.13 7/08/2016 Adam Peaty, GBR
Commonwealth: 57.13 7/08/2016 Adam Peaty, GBR
Australian: R 58.58 27/07/2009Brenton Rickard, Brothers
All Comers: A 58.87 3/04/2014 Christian Sprenger, Commercial
SALWQT: Q 59.75
Title Holder: 59.65 8/04/2016 Jake Packard, USC Spartans
Meet Qualifying: 1:07.10
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 CAVE, DANIEL 18 MVC 1:01.81 1:00.45 844
r:+0.67 28.46 1:00.45 (31.99)
2 WILSON, MATTHEW 18 SOSC 1:00.88 1:00.54 840
r:+0.61 28.28 1:00.54 (32.26)
3 SUCIPTO, TOMMY 22 ROC 1:01.72 1:00.95 823
r:+0.63 28.62 1:00.95 (32.33)
4 HARLEY, GEORGE 18 BRW 1:01.92 1:01.48 802
r:+0.65 29.07 1:01.48 (32.41)
5 STUBBLETY-COOK, 18 UNAQ 1:02.14 1:01.59 798
r:+0.72 29.32 1:01.59 (32.27)
6 BELL, GRAYSON 20 TSS AQUATICS 1:01.64 1:01.61 797
r:+0.71 28.74 1:01.61 (32.87)
7 SCHAFER, NICHOL 25 ACQUA ROSA 1:01.80 1:02.26 772
r:+0.67 28.74 1:02.26 (33.52)
8 MCKECHNIE, JAME 21 STP 1:02.04 1:02.33 770
r:+0.73 28.93 1:02.33 (33.40)
Women’s 50 Fly
Brittany Elmslie won her first national title of the week in the 50 butterfly with a 26.48, out-touching Holly Barratt. Elmslie hadn’t yet clinched a spot on the World Championship team after placing sixth in the 100 free and missing the 100 fly final. The 50 stroke events are not qualifying events for Budapest, but if the swimmers make the team in other events, then the champions of the 50’s can elect to swim those events at the meet if they want. 29-year-old Barratt finished in second at 26.64, after already winning the 50 backstroke earlier in the night. 30-year-old Sara Saal finished in third at 26.95.
Emily Washer, Christina Licciardi, Lucia Lassman, Ashleigh Holmes and Ellysia Oldsen also competed in the championship final.
Event 31 Women 50 LC Metre Butterfly
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World: 24.43 5/07/2014 Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden
Commonwealth: 25.20 27/07/2014Fran Halsall, GBR
Australian: R 25.48 1/08/2009 Marieke Guehrer, Melb. Vicentre
All Comers: A 25.60 18/03/2009Marieke Guehrer, Melb. Vicentre
Title Holder: 26.19 12/04/2016Holly Barratt, Rockingham
Meet Qualifying: 28.70
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== Finals ===
1 ELMSLIE, BRITTA 22 BRISBANE GRAMMAR 26.92 26.48 785
r:+0.69
2 BARRATT, HOLLY 29 ROC 26.90 26.64 771
r:+0.65
3 SAAL, SARA 30 COMMERCIAL 27.01 26.95 744
r:+0.67
4 WASHER, EMILY 20 CARL 27.05 26.98 742
r:+0.69
5 LICCIARDI, CHRI 21 SOSC 27.32 27.34 713
r:+0.66
6 LASSMAN, LUCIA 18 STPETERSWESTERN 27.39 27.50 701
r:+0.71
7 HOLMES, ASHLEIG 18 CHANDLER 27.53 27.66 688
r:+0.67
8 OLDSEN, ELLYSIA 21 MARI 27.72 27.79 679
r:+0.78
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