Mack Horton was the top of the class on day one of the 2016 Australian National Championships.
FINALS
Women’s 50 free multi-class
Ellie Cole won the women’s 50-meter free in the S9 division with a world record in the event. She clocked a 28.75 that downed the previous mark of 29.12 set by Lin Ping in 2012. Lake Patterson claimed second in 30.56 with Ashley McConell posting a third-place time of 29.52.
=== A - Final ===
1 COLE, ELLIE S9 24 CHRD 29.42 28.75. 1031
r:+0.80
2 PATTERSON, LAKE 17 UNAQ 31.28 30.56 958
r:+0.81
3 MCCONNELL, ASHL 20 MVC 29.55 29.52 952
r:+0.75
4 ELLIOTT, MADDIS 17 NUSW 30.85 30.65 950
r:+0.74
5 BEECROFT, EMILY 16 TRL 29.65 29.69 936
r:+0.68
6 THOMAS KANE, TI 14 RAVN 34.66 34.97 930
r:+0.67
7 CORRY, TAYLOR S 21 NBAY 28.50 28.27. 910
r:+0.82
8 WATSON, RACHAEL 24 CHAND 41.49 42.41 834
Men’s 50 free multi-class
Daniel Fox and Mitchell Kilduff tied for the win with matching 24.67s. Both swimmers are part of the S14 division. Joshua Alford wound up third with a time of 25.18.
=== A - Final ===
1 FOX, DANIEL S14 24 CHAND 24.98 24.67. 985
r:+0.72
1 KILDUFF, MITCHE 20 MLCM 24.78 24.67. 985
r:+0.72
3 ALFORD, JOSHUA 20 TNGV 25.29 25.18. 927
r:+0.76
4 DISKEN, TIMOTHY 19 PLC 26.02 25.95 908
r:+0.71
5 LEVY, MATTHEW S 29 CRAN 28.69 28.58 907
r:+0.80
6 JASON, BRAEDAN 17 SPRTN 24.83 24.47. 852
r:+0.63
7 CROTHERS, ROWAN 18 YERPK 24.91 24.45. 850
r:+0.75
8 HALL, BRENDEN S 22 LAWNT 27.06 26.98 808
r:+0.89
=== B - Final ===
6 IRELAND, JACK S 16 GLAD 25.69
r:0.80
Men’s 400 IM
Thomas Fraser-Holmes raced his way to second in the world rankings in the men’s 400-meter IM with a time of 4:11.09. Only Kosuke Hagino has been faster with a 4:08.90 from the Japanese National Championships. Travis Mahoney, meanwhile, finished second in a time of 4:14.98. Both of the top finishers cleared the FINA A cut of 4:16.71.
Clyde Lewis rounded out the top three in a time of 4:16.58.
=== Finals ===
1 FRASER-HOLMES, 24 MIAMI 4:16.08 4:11.09. 915
r:+0.66 25.76 56.04 (30.28)
1:28.23 (32.19) 1:59.86 (31.63)
2:35.37 (35.51) 3:11.81 (36.44)
3:42.29 (30.48) 4:11.09 (28.80)
2 MAHONEY, TRAVIS 25 NUN 4:18.96 4:14.98Q 874
r:+0.68 26.70 57.53 (30.83)
1:29.02 (31.49) 2:00.34 (31.32)
2:36.80 (36.46) 3:13.70 (36.90)
3:44.72 (31.02) 4:14.98 (30.26)
3 LEWIS, CLYDE 18 STPET 4:20.53 4:16.58 858
r:+0.67 26.54 58.01 (31.47)
1:30.69 (32.68) 2:02.67 (31.98)
2:39.39 (36.72) 3:17.15 (37.76)
3:46.66 (29.51) 4:16.58 (29.92)
4 ELLIOTT, TOMAS 21 SOSC 4:23.04 4:17.91 845
r:+0.68 27.01 58.12 (31.11)
1:31.37 (33.25) 2:04.63 (33.26)
2:39.95 (35.32) 3:16.10 (36.15)
3:47.12 (31.02) 4:17.91 (30.79)
5 TRANTER, DANIEL 24 TRGR 4:21.00 4:19.31 831
r:+0.73 26.54 57.76 (31.22)
1:31.29 (33.53) 2:04.29 (33.00)
2:40.04 (35.75) 3:16.59 (36.55)
3:49.16 (32.57) 4:19.31 (30.15)
6 GILLILAND, JARE 21 CHAND 4:21.42 4:19.60 828
r:+0.69 26.77 58.02 (31.25)
1:31.58 (33.56) 2:04.80 (33.22)
2:41.03 (36.23) 3:17.65 (36.62)
3:48.98 (31.33) 4:19.60 (30.62)
7 BOSKOVIC, KAZIM 20 SYDU 4:21.57 4:20.07 824
r:+0.66 27.04 58.30 (31.26)
1:31.93 (33.63) 2:04.43 (32.50)
2:41.42 (36.99) 3:18.92 (37.50)
3:49.44 (30.52) 4:20.07 (30.63)
8 HINDS-SYDENHAM, 19 SOSC 4:27.07 4:28.71 747
r:+0.71 27.58 59.07 (31.49)
1:33.41 (34.34) 2:07.85 (34.44)
2:46.62 (38.77) 3:26.08 (39.46)
3:58.36 (32.28) 4:28.71 (30.35)
Men’s 400 free
Mack Horton rocketed to the top of the world rankings with a blistering time of 3:41.65. That lowered his previous lifetime best of 3:42.84 as he led a trio of Aussie men under the previous top-ranked time of 3:46.37 from Henrik Christiansen.
David McKeon raced his way to second with a time of 3:45.09, while Jack McLoughlin placed third in 3:46.27. All of the top three swimmers cleared the FINA A cut of 3:47.19. Grant Hackett, still looking to make a fourth Olympic team, took fourth in 3:48.84.
=== A - Final ===
1 HORTON, MACK 19 MVC 3:44.90 3:41.65. 978
r:+0.70 25.68 53.75 (28.07)
1:22.29 (28.54) 1:50.87 (28.58)
2:18.71 (27.84) 2:46.75 (28.04)
3:14.29 (27.54) 3:41.65 (27.36)
2 MCKEON, DAVID 23 CHAND 3:45.62 3:45.09Q 934
r:+0.70 25.58 53.64 (28.06)
1:22.25 (28.61) 1:51.07 (28.82)
2:19.38 (28.31) 2:47.89 (28.51)
3:16.66 (28.77) 3:45.09 (28.43)
3 MCLOUGHLIN, JAC 21 CHAND 3:46.61 3:46.27Q 920
r:+0.71 26.02 54.13 (28.11)
1:22.58 (28.45) 1:51.48 (28.90)
2:20.06 (28.58) 2:48.91 (28.85)
3:17.76 (28.85) 3:46.27 (28.51)
4 HACKETT, GRANT 35 MIAMI 3:47.75 3:48.84 889
r:+0.72 25.65 54.08 (28.43)
1:22.79 (28.71) 1:52.10 (29.31)
2:21.32 (29.22) 2:50.74 (29.42)
3:20.14 (29.40) 3:48.84 (28.70)
5 HANSFORD, JACOB 20 SOSC 3:50.65 3:49.22 884
r:+0.64 26.24 54.91 (28.67)
1:23.54 (28.63) 1:52.78 (29.24)
2:21.88 (29.10) 2:51.24 (29.36)
3:20.47 (29.23) 3:49.22 (28.75)
6 HARRISON, JORDA 20 MIAMI 3:52.52 3:50.40 871
r:+0.67 25.91 54.58 (28.67)
1:23.62 (29.04) 1:53.17 (29.55)
2:22.38 (29.21) 2:52.10 (29.72)
3:21.55 (29.45) 3:50.40 (28.85)
7 PARRISH, JOSHUA 18 TSS 3:53.07 3:51.17 862
r:+0.68 27.11 56.16 (29.05)
1:25.82 (29.66) 1:55.37 (29.55)
2:25.28 (29.91) 2:54.67 (29.39)
3:23.24 (28.57) 3:51.17 (27.93)
8 MERRILEES, JORD 21 MVC 3:52.73 3:55.01 821
r:+0.71 25.98 54.63 (28.65)
1:24.01 (29.38) 1:53.73 (29.72)
2:23.51 (29.78) 2:53.89 (30.38)
3:24.60 (30.71) 3:55.01 (30.41)
Women’s 400 IM
Blair Evans raced to fifth in the world rankings in the distance medley with a time of 4:35.26. That’s better than her personal best of 4:36.21, and easily cleared the FINA A cut of 4:43.46.
Keryn McMaster turned in a second-place time of 4:37.94, while Ellen Fullerton took third in 4:39.72. McMaster also beat the FINA A cut time.
=== Finals ===
1 EVANS, BLAIR 25 UWSC 4:45.64 4:35.26. 927
r:+0.72 29.63 1:03.69 (34.06)
1:39.66 (35.97) 2:14.62 (34.96)
2:52.96 (38.34) 3:32.53 (39.57)
4:04.41 (31.88) 4:35.26 (30.85)
2 MCMASTER, KERYN 22 CHAND 4:44.14 4:37.94Q 900
r:+0.71 29.87 1:03.96 (34.09)
1:39.37 (35.41) 2:13.69 (34.32)
2:53.83 (40.14) 3:33.76 (39.93)
4:06.23 (32.47) 4:37.94 (31.71)
3 FULLERTON, ELLE 23 CHAND 4:47.34 4:39.72 883
r:+0.70 29.06 1:02.58 (33.52)
1:38.78 (36.20) 2:13.77 (34.99)
2:54.01 (40.24) 3:34.39 (40.38)
4:07.48 (33.09) 4:39.72 (32.24)
4 WALLACE, TESSA 22 PWCAL 4:49.95 4:44.85 836
r:+0.69 29.92 1:04.93 (35.01)
1:42.63 (37.70) 2:20.19 (37.56)
2:59.17 (38.98) 3:38.56 (39.39)
4:12.57 (34.01) 4:44.85 (32.28)
5 BRETTLE, HOLLY 22 TGSH 4:50.62 4:47.56 813
r:+0.74 30.64 1:05.44 (34.80)
1:42.73 (37.29) 2:18.98 (36.25)
2:59.64 (40.66) 3:41.22 (41.58)
4:15.16 (33.94) 4:47.56 (32.40)
6 GILMOUR, TIANNI 20 PWCAL 4:50.56 4:48.62 804
r:+0.77 30.21 1:04.36 (34.15)
1:40.98 (36.62) 2:16.71 (35.73)
2:58.07 (41.36) 3:40.11 (42.04)
4:14.47 (34.36) 4:48.62 (34.15)
7 SHERIDAN, CALYP 17 BGRAM 4:51.26 4:50.93 785
r:+0.71 30.50 1:06.43 (35.93)
1:44.23 (37.80) 2:21.20 (36.97)
3:01.78 (40.58) 3:43.16 (41.38)
4:17.42 (34.26) 4:50.93 (33.51)
8 WILKINS, SAMANT 21 NUN 4:53.68 4:59.73 718
r:+0.73 30.84 1:06.24 (35.40)
1:44.45 (38.21) 2:22.37 (37.92)
3:05.66 (43.29) 3:50.00 (44.34)
4:25.50 (35.50) 4:59.73 (34.23)
Women’s 50 back
Emily Seebohm topped the women’s 50-meter back in a time of 27.72 to move to second in the world behind only Minna Atherton’s 27.49. Atherton, meanwhile, took second in 27.80 with Holly Barratt placing third in 27.90 to move to fifth in the world.
=== Finals ===
1 SEEBOHM, EMILY 23 BGRAM 28.03 27.72 930
r:+0.58
2 ATHERTON, MINNA 15 BGRAM 27.83 27.80 922
r:+0.63
3 BARRATT, HOLLY 28 ROC 28.24 27.90 912
r:+0.58
4 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE 14 PWCAL 28.13 28.10 893
r:+0.76
5 WHITTAKER, SIAN 18 MVC 28.54 28.33 871
r:+0.59
6 WILLIAMS, ZOE 20 MARI 28.74 28.98 814
r:+0.60
7 UNICOMB, JESSIC 18 ALLSA 29.05 29.06 807
r:+0.56
8 STOVGAARD, TANY 16 STHPT 29.57 29.80 748
r:+0.59
Men’s 50 fly
Ryan Pini of Papua New Guinea turned in a 23.67 to win the sprint fly and move to seventh in the world. Daniel Lester snared second in 23.72 with David Morgan placing third in 23.76. Cameron McEvoy posted a 23.57 in prelims that would have won finals, but scratched the finale.
=== Finals ===
1 PINI, (V), RYAN 34 PNG 23.67 23.67 850
r:+0.69
2 LESTER, DANIEL 25 LAWNT 24.06 23.72 845
r:+0.65
3 MORGAN, DAVID 22 TSS 24.13 23.76 841
r:+0.59
4 JONES, CAMERON 19 STPET 24.05 23.90 826
r:+0.68
5 RAVEN, CHRISTOP 22 SPRTN 24.32 23.96 820
r:+0.74
6 WRIGHT, CHRISTO 27 STHPT 24.31 24.00 816
r:+0.62
7 MAXWELL, TE HAU 21 SYDU 24.17 24.06 810
r:+0.62
8 MEGGITT, THOMAS 23 SYDU 24.30 24.39 777
r:+0.61
Women’s 400 free relay
The foursome of Emily Liu, Ellysia Oldsen, Zoe Williams and Sally Hunter won the women’s 400-meter free relay in a time of 3:46.12.
1 MARI 'A' 3:45.78 3:46.12. 820
1) LIU (V), EMILY 15 2) r:0.41 OLDSEN, ELLYSIA 20
3) r:0.33 WILLIAMS, ZOE 20 4) r:0.51 HUNTER, SALLY 30
r:+0.78 27.25 56.01 (56.01)
1:23.26 (27.25) 1:53.60 (57.59)
2:20.45 (26.85) 2:50.81 (57.21)
3:17.34 (26.53) 3:46.12 (55.31)
2 RAVN 'A' 3:48.40 3:48.69 793
1) WALKER, ALICIA 17 2) r:0.23 ROBERTSON, CLARE 17
3) r:0.36 ADAMS, OLIVIA 17 4) r:0.49 MATSUO, AMI 19
r:+0.77 27.94 57.32 (57.32)
1:24.64 (27.32) 1:54.89 (57.57)
2:22.69 (27.80) 2:53.49 (58.60)
3:20.04 (26.55) 3:48.69 (55.20)
3 YERPK 'A' 4:02.50 3:49.00 790
1) TONKS, LORNA 27 2) r:0.41 MITCHELL, CAITLIN 25
3) r:0.26 LEVINGS, AMY 24 4) r:0.48 RETTIE, LAUREN 19
r:+0.68 27.61 57.05 (57.05)
1:24.78 (27.73) 1:54.83 (57.78)
2:21.65 (26.82) 2:50.85 (56.02)
3:18.33 (27.48) 3:49.00 (58.15)
4 NUN 'A' 3:48.41 3:50.83 771
1) HAWKINS, JULIA 16 2) r:0.25 BURLEIGH, SHANI 23
3) r:0.17 MOORE, STEPHANIE 19 4) r:0.40 WILKINS, SAMANTHA 21
r:+0.74 27.76 56.69 (56.69)
1:23.84 (27.15) 1:54.12 (57.43)
2:21.97 (27.85) 2:52.39 (58.27)
3:20.40 (28.01) 3:50.83 (58.44)
5 NWD 'A' 3:52.77 3:53.09 749
1) BASTIAN, TESS 16 2) r:0.32 ARNOLD, EMMA-LEE 15
3) r:0.11 CEPLITE, (V), KISTA 16 4) r:0.45 DUNCAN, ABBY 17
r:+0.74 28.23 58.58 (58.58)
1:26.53 (27.95) 1:57.45 (58.87)
2:25.66 (28.21) 2:55.89 (58.44)
3:23.20 (27.31) 3:53.09 (57.20)
6 MVC 'A' 3:45.31 3:53.86 742
1) BATCHELOR, MOLLY 15 2) r:0.36 WOODS, ELYSE 17
3) r:0.39 MCLEISH, LORELLE 27 4) r:0.46 LICCIARDI, CHRITINA 20
r:+0.81 27.76 58.05 (58.05)
1:25.70 (27.65) 1:55.80 (57.75)
2:25.06 (29.26) 2:56.24 (1:00.44)
3:23.62 (27.38) 3:53.86 (57.62)
7 NWD 'B' 3:59.83 3:58.91 695
1) O'CONNOR, KATE 15 2) r:0.30 LIDUMS, TAMARA 16
3) r:0.34 MUNDAY, ALISON 14 4) r:0.35 DUNCAN, EMMA 21
r:+0.79 28.79 59.91 (59.91)
1:28.03 (28.12) 2:00.07 (1:00.16)
2:28.78 (28.71) 3:00.78 (1:00.71)
3:28.74 (27.96) 3:58.91 (58.13)
SEMIFINALS
Women’s 100 fly
Emma McKeon led the way with a fifth-ranked time of 57.13 in the 100 fly. That cleared her previous lifetime best of 57.24 as only four other swimmers have been faster than her this year.
Alicia Coutts qualified second with a time of 57.55, just off her season best of 57.53 that ranks ninth in the world. Brianna Throssell picked up third in a time of 58.04.
=== Semi-Finals ===
1 MCKEON, EMMA 21 STPET 57.43 57.13. 940
r:+0.72 26.45 57.13 (30.68)
2 COUTTS, ALICIA 28 REDLA 57.63 57.55Q 920
r:+0.74 26.94 57.55 (30.61)
3 THROSSELL, BRIA 20 PERC 59.56 58.04Q 897
r:+0.72 27.43 58.04 (30.61)
4 GROVES, MADELIN 20 STPET 58.65 58.21 889
r:+0.71 27.23 58.21 (30.98)
5 ELMSLIE, BRITTA 21 BGRAM 59.39 58.61 871
r:+0.69 27.15 58.61 (31.46)
6 COONEY, GEMMA 16 RIVER 59.51 59.47 834
r:+0.72 27.74 59.47 (31.73)
7 SCHLICHT, JEMMA 18 MLC 59.76 59.55 830
r:+0.76 27.72 59.55 (31.83)
8 WASHER, EMILY 19 CARL 59.72 1:00.08 808
r:+0.74 28.08 1:00.08 (32.00)
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9 MEE, NICOLE 23 SOSC 59.74 1:00.15 806
r:+0.73 27.95 1:00.15 (32.20)
10 SHERIDAN, MIKKA 21 SOSC 1:00.54 1:00.29 800
r:+0.74 28.25 1:00.29 (32.04)
10 D'CRUZ, MARIEKE 30 SOSC 59.69 1:00.29 800
r:+0.69 27.45 1:00.29 (32.84)
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12 STUART, ALICE 18 TSS 1:00.66 1:00.45 794
r:+0.67 28.29 1:00.45 (32.16)
13 SAAL, SARA 29 COMM 59.99 1:00.54 790
r:+0.69 27.71 1:00.54 (32.83)
14 TAYLOR, LAURA 16 TSS 1:01.05 1:00.70 784
r:+0.70 28.32 1:00.70 (32.38)
15 OLDSEN, ELLYSIA 20 MARI 1:00.24 1:01.05 770
r:+0.68 28.07 1:01.05 (32.98)
16 GOOD, ALEXANDRA 18 SYP 1:01.36 1:01.36 759
r:+0.74 28.38 1:01.36 (32.98)
Men’s 100 breast
Jake Packard paced semis with a time of 59.67, just off his prelim time of 59.64 that put him fourth in the world rankings in the event this year. Joshua Palmer hit the wall second in 1:00.21 with Nicholas Schafer qualifying third in 1:00.49.
=== Semi-Finals ===
1 PACKARD, JAKE 21 SPRTN 59.64 59.67Q 940
r:+0.68 28.16 59.67 (31.51)
2 PALMER, JOSHUA 24 MARI 1:00.82 1:00.21. 915
r:+0.70 28.02 1:00.21 (32.19)
3 SCHAFER, NICHOL 24 ACQUA 1:01.02 1:00.49 902
r:+0.69 28.40 1:00.49 (32.09)
4 WILSON, MATTHEW 17 SOSC 1:01.09 1:00.54 900
r:+0.62 28.61 1:00.54 (31.93)
5 TRELOAR, MATTHE 21 TRGR 1:01.13 1:01.24 869
r:+0.74 28.36 1:01.24 (32.88)
6 BELL, GRAYSON 19 TSS 1:01.65 1:01.31 866
r:+0.67 28.75 1:01.31 (32.56)
7 SUCIPTO, TOMMY 21 ROC 1:02.20 1:01.59 855
r:+0.59 28.38 1:01.59 (33.21)
8 SYKES, BUSTER 22 TSS 1:02.24 1:01.66 852
r:+0.67 28.81 1:01.66 (32.85)
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9 TIERNEY, JOSHUA 20 TSS 1:01.95 1:01.86 844
r:+0.68 29.14 1:01.86 (32.72)
10 TO, KENNETH 23 TRGR 1:01.68 1:01.90 842
r:+0.62 28.79 1:01.90 (33.11)
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11 BREMER, LENNARD 21 WCA 1:02.32 1:02.09 834
r:+0.61 29.08 1:02.09 (33.01)
12 MILLIGAN, ALEX 18 UWSC 1:02.60 1:02.32 825
r:+0.68 29.26 1:02.32 (33.06)
12 MCKECHNIE, JAME 20 STP 1:02.01 1:02.32 825
r:+0.72 28.88 1:02.32 (33.44)
14 CAVE, DANIEL 17 MVC 1:02.72 1:02.43 821
r:+0.67 29.45 1:02.43 (32.98)
15 ABBOTT, SHAUN 26 UNSW 1:02.33 1:02.55 816
r:+0.60 29.06 1:02.55 (33.49)
16 HARLEY, GEORGE 17 BRW 1:02.74 1:02.77 807
r:+0.68 30.04 1:02.77 (32.73)
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