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Women’s 200 IM multi-class
Tiffany Thomas Kane put up the top ranked time of the morning with a time of 3:11.93. Katherine Downie picked up the second-ranked swim with a 2:34.80 while Madeleine Scott claimed the third-ranked time with a 2:39.69.
Lakeisha Patterson (2:49.72), Taylor Corry (2:34.33), Prue Watt (2:38.44), Paige Leonhardt (2:39.79) and Kayla Clarke (2:37.35) rounded out the top eight.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 THOMAS KANE, TI 14 RAVN 3:12.35 3:11.93 839
r:+0.73 39.96 1:32.51 (52.55)
2:27.79 (55.28) 3:11.93 (44.14)
2 DOWNIE, KATHERI 20 WCA 2:35.47 2:34.80. 833
r:+0.72 32.39 1:11.34 (38.95)
1:58.79 (47.45) 2:34.80 (36.01)
3 SCOTT, MADELEIN 23 CBRA 2:40.35 2:39.69. 793
r:+0.77 34.07 1:15.69 (41.62)
2:00.95 (45.26) 2:39.69 (38.74)
4 PATTERSON, LAKE 17 UNAQ 2:55.19 2:49.72 777
r:+0.83 37.04 1:22.68 (45.64)
2:12.63 (49.95) 2:49.72 (37.09)
5 CORRY, TAYLOR S 21 NBAY 2:33.55 2:34.33. 768
r:+0.81 32.04 1:10.41 (38.37)
1:59.05 (48.64) 2:34.33 (35.28)
6 WATT, PRUE SM13 29 CRAN 2:39.17 2:38.44. 760
r:+0.69 32.72 1:15.34 (42.62)
2:01.74 (46.40) 2:38.44 (36.70)
7 LEONHARDT, PAIG 15 WGHM 2:40.38 2:39.79. 757
r:+0.72 32.59 1:13.85 (41.26)
2:00.53 (46.68) 2:39.79 (39.26)
8 CLARKE, KAYLA S 24 WWORX 2:38.59 2:37.35. 725
r:+0.86 33.43 1:14.34 (40.91)
2:00.89 (46.55) 2:37.35 (36.46)
Men’s 200 IM multi-class
Jeremy Tidy grabbed the top ranked effort of prelims with a 2:18.21, while Liam Schluter put up a second-ranked 2:18.68. Sean Russo closed out the top three in 2:19.23.
Jacob Templeton (2:20.46), Josh Alford (2:22.10), Tim Disken (2:22.17), Brenden Hall (2:22.61) and Mitch Kilduff (2:23.61) claimed the rest of the top eight spots.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 LEVY, MATTHEW S 29 CRAN 2:37.13 2:36.77. 932
r:+0.83 32.52 1:14.64 (42.12)
2:00.59 (45.95) 2:36.77 (36.18)
2 TIDY, JEREMY SM 28 NUN 2:17.55 2:18.21. 832
r:+0.75 28.63 1:03.63 (35.00)
1:45.20 (41.57) 2:18.21 (33.01)
2 AUNGLES, JESSE 20 MARI 2:27.94 2:29.84. 832
r:+0.65 31.74 1:08.34 (36.60)
1:53.49 (45.15) 2:29.84 (36.35)
4 DISKEN, TIMOTHY 19 PLC 2:21.88 2:22.17. 830
r:+0.73 30.18 1:08.90 (38.72)
1:50.78 (41.88) 2:22.17 (31.39)
5 HALL, BRENDEN S 22 LAWNT 2:21.86 2:22.61. 822
r:+0.91 29.16 1:04.76 (35.60)
1:51.25 (46.49) 2:22.61 (31.36)
6 STARK, MATTHEW 16 GENES 2:25.37 2:23.59. 805
r:+0.76 30.85 1:07.86 (37.01)
1:50.75 (42.89) 2:23.59 (32.84)
7 SCHLUTER, LIAM 17 KAWTR 2:21.72 2:18.68. 804
r:+0.71 29.68 1:05.29 (35.61)
1:47.98 (42.69) 2:18.68 (30.70)
8 HODGE, TIMOTHY 15 THIL 2:25.64 2:24.31. 793
r:+0.79 30.34 1:06.22 (35.88)
1:51.15 (44.93) 2:24.31 (33.16)
Men’s 50 free
James Magnussen, after missing an individual spot in the 100 free last night, claimed the top seed in the splash-and-dash with a 22.39. Matthew Abood took the second seed in 22.54, while new 100 free textile-best record holder Cameron McEvoy grabbed the third seed in 22.60.
David Morgan (22.61), Hamish Rose (22.65), Andrew Abood (22.66), Ben Lindsay (22.72) and William Stockwell (22.73) also made the top eight.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 MAGNUSSEN, JAME 24 RAVN 21.98 22.39 814
r:+0.75
2 ABOOD, MATTHEW 29 CBRA 22.16 22.54 798
r:+0.72
3 MCEVOY, CAMERON 21 BOND 22.03 22.60 792
r:+0.64
4 MORGAN, DAVID 22 TSS 22.86 22.61 790
r:+0.62
5 ROSE, HAMISH 25 PERC 23.04 22.65 786
r:+0.70
6 ABOOD, ANDREW 25 MARI 22.34 22.66 785
r:+0.75
7 LINDSAY, BENJAM 22 SYDU 23.39 22.72 779
r:+0.62
8 STOCKWELL, WILL 20 COMM 22.60 22.73 778
r:+0.64
9 COPELAND, (V), 29 USA 22.43 22.75 776
r:+0.63
10 STACK, JAIMIE 23 SSSD 22.66 22.76 775
r:+0.64
11 MAXWELL, TE HAU 21 SYDU 22.49 22.83 768
r:+0.63
12 TO, KENNETH 23 TRGR 22.38 22.93 758
r:+0.63
13 CHALMERS, KYLE 17 MARI 22.19 22.95 756
r:+0.71
14 ROBERTS, JAMES 24 SOMGC 22.59 22.98 753
r:+0.68
15 DAI, VINCENT 18 SOSC 22.70 22.99 752
r:+0.68
16 JONES, CAMERON 19 STPET 22.68 23.04 747
r:+0.66
Women’s 800 free
Jessica Ashwood checked in with the top time of the distance prelims with an 8:31.60. She’s the second-ranked swimmer in the world with an 8:19.59 from Sydney earlier this year.
Tamsin Cook hit the wall second this morning in 8:36.84 with Kiah Melverton qualifying third in 8:37.13.
Kareena Lee (8:39.94), Moesha Johnson (8:42.78), Mikayla Messer (8:43.99), Leah Neale (8:44.02) and Chelsea Gubecka (8:44.35) qualified fourth through eighth.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 ASHWOOD, JESSIC 22 CHAND 8:18.41 8:31.60 884
r:+0.76 28.79 59.92 (31.13)
1:31.67 (31.75) 2:03.73 (32.06)
2:36.07 (32.34) 3:08.23 (32.16)
3:40.54 (32.31) 4:12.96 (32.42)
4:45.44 (32.48) 5:17.86 (32.42)
5:50.38 (32.52) 6:23.01 (32.63)
6:55.34 (32.33) 7:27.84 (32.50)
8:00.00 (32.16) 8:31.60 (31.60)
2 COOK, TAMSIN 17 UWSC 8:33.27 8:36.84 857
r:+0.66 29.15 1:01.31 (32.16)
1:33.53 (32.22) 2:06.10 (32.57)
2:38.36 (32.26) 3:11.00 (32.64)
3:43.29 (32.29) 4:16.00 (32.71)
4:48.35 (32.35) 5:21.08 (32.73)
5:53.51 (32.43) 6:26.12 (32.61)
6:58.95 (32.83) 7:31.70 (32.75)
8:04.48 (32.78) 8:36.84 (32.36)
3 MELVERTON, KIAH 19 TSS 8:31.01 8:37.13 855
r:+0.73 29.15 1:00.82 (31.67)
1:33.01 (32.19) 2:05.09 (32.08)
2:37.34 (32.25) 3:10.18 (32.84)
3:42.91 (32.73) 4:15.57 (32.66)
4:48.13 (32.56) 5:20.83 (32.70)
5:53.64 (32.81) 6:26.48 (32.84)
6:59.34 (32.86) 7:32.28 (32.94)
8:05.19 (32.91) 8:37.13 (31.94)
4 LEE, KAREENA 22 MTCKM 8:37.17 8:39.94 842
r:+0.75 29.65 1:01.77 (32.12)
1:34.45 (32.68) 2:07.31 (32.86)
2:39.94 (32.63) 3:12.59 (32.65)
3:45.54 (32.95) 4:18.24 (32.70)
4:50.76 (32.52) 5:23.32 (32.56)
5:56.28 (32.96) 6:28.98 (32.70)
7:01.80 (32.82) 7:34.80 (33.00)
8:07.93 (33.13) 8:39.94 (32.01)
5 JOHNSON, MOESHA 18 BURAQ 8:47.74 8:42.78 828
r:+0.77 29.52 1:01.23 (31.71)
1:33.36 (32.13) 2:05.79 (32.43)
2:38.47 (32.68) 3:11.09 (32.62)
3:44.00 (32.91) 4:17.07 (33.07)
4:50.21 (33.14) 5:23.48 (33.27)
5:57.07 (33.59) 6:30.34 (33.27)
7:03.97 (33.63) 7:37.07 (33.10)
8:10.55 (33.48) 8:42.78 (32.23)
6 MESSER, MIKAYLA 16 CHAND 8:42.26 8:43.99 822
r:+0.70 29.73 1:01.62 (31.89)
1:33.76 (32.14) 2:06.27 (32.51)
2:38.68 (32.41) 3:11.36 (32.68)
3:44.22 (32.86) 4:17.26 (33.04)
4:49.89 (32.63) 5:22.83 (32.94)
5:56.00 (33.17) 6:29.13 (33.13)
7:02.82 (33.69) 7:36.62 (33.80)
8:10.45 (33.83) 8:43.99 (33.54)
7 NEALE, LEAH 20 SPRTN 8:34.56 8:44.02 822
r:+0.71 28.99 1:00.68 (31.69)
1:32.42 (31.74) 2:04.48 (32.06)
2:36.96 (32.48) 3:09.98 (33.02)
3:43.44 (33.46) 4:17.42 (33.98)
4:51.11 (33.69) 5:24.92 (33.81)
5:58.76 (33.84) 6:32.54 (33.78)
7:06.11 (33.57) 7:40.01 (33.90)
8:12.78 (32.77) 8:44.02 (31.24)
8 GUBECKA, CHELSE 17 KAWTR 8:40.27 8:44.35 821
r:+0.69 29.76 1:01.87 (32.11)
1:34.64 (32.77) 2:07.51 (32.87)
2:40.67 (33.16) 3:13.50 (32.83)
3:46.41 (32.91) 4:19.54 (33.13)
4:52.74 (33.20) 5:25.92 (33.18)
5:59.07 (33.15) 6:32.29 (33.22)
7:05.95 (33.66) 7:39.38 (33.43)
8:12.44 (33.06) 8:44.35 (31.91)
Men’s 100 fly
Christopher Wright topped qualifying in a time of 52.73, while Grant Irvine claimed the second seed in 52.77. David Morgan earned another second swim with a 52.85 for the third seed.
Ryan Pini (52.86), Tommaso D’Orsogna (52.97), Nathaniel Romeo (53.15), Glenn Sutanto (53.33) and Edward Marks (53.33) earned fourth through eighth in prelims.
Top-seeded Jayden Hadler wound up 12th in prelims with a 53.59.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 WRIGHT, CHRISTO 27 STHPT 52.50 52.73 843
r:+0.63 24.65 52.73 (28.08)
2 IRVINE, GRANT 25 STPET 52.23 52.77 841
r:+0.69 24.52 52.77 (28.25)
3 MORGAN, DAVID 22 TSS 52.03 52.85 837
r:+0.63 24.82 52.85 (28.03)
4 PINI, (V), RYAN 34 PNG 52.95 52.86 837
r:+0.69 24.23 52.86 (28.63)
5 D'ORSOGNA, TOMM 25 COMM 51.90 52.97 831
r:+0.65 24.59 52.97 (28.38)
6 ROMEO, NATHANIE 22 SOSC 53.06 53.15 823
r:+0.59 24.64 53.15 (28.51)
7 SUTANTO, (V), G 26 INA 52.90 53.33 815
r:+0.68 24.91 53.33 (28.42)
7 MARKS, EDWARD 19 CHBC 53.93 53.33 815
r:+0.66 24.80 53.33 (28.53)
9 MORRIS, HUGO 21 CBRA 54.21 53.37 813
r:+0.68 24.92 53.37 (28.45)
10 LESTER, DANIEL 25 LAWNT 52.56 53.54 805
r:+0.70 24.79 53.54 (28.75)
10 QAIUM, KEIRAN 23 SYDU 52.98 53.54 805
r:+0.65 25.14 53.54 (28.40)
12 HADLER, JAYDEN 22 COMM 51.66 53.59 803
r:+0.65 24.79 53.59 (28.80)
13 SIDIQ, (V), TRI 24 INA 53.85 53.60 803
r:+0.63 25.09 53.60 (28.51)
14 RAVEN, CHRISTOP 22 SPRTN 54.48 53.62 802
r:+0.76 25.01 53.62 (28.61)
15 BROWN, NICHOLAS 20 WSS 53.01 53.67 799
r:+0.72 25.26 53.67 (28.41)
16 MCEVOY, CAMERON 21 BOND 55.87 53.84 792
r:+0.63 25.01 53.84 (28.83)
Women’s 200 back
Belinda Hocking raced down the top seed in 2:09.31, just off her ninth-ranked season best of 2:09.21.
Madison Wilson, who is the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 2:07.18 this year, qualified second in 2:09.40.
Emily Seebohm, the third-ranked swimmer in the world with a 2:07.74, qualified third in 2:10.90.
Sian Whittaker (2:10.95), Minna Atherton (2:11.97), Mikkayla Sheridan (2:12.03), Amy Forrester (2:12.06) and Ellen Fullerton (2:13.45) comprised the rest of the top eight finishers.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 HOCKING, BELIND 25 NUN 2:09.21 2:09.31 883
r:+0.64 30.99 1:03.61 (32.62)
1:36.40 (32.79) 2:09.31 (32.91)
2 WILSON, MADISON 21 STPET 2:07.18 2:09.40 881
r:+0.61 29.98 1:02.64 (32.66)
1:36.25 (33.61) 2:09.40 (33.15)
3 SEEBOHM, EMILY 23 BGRAM 2:05.81 2:10.90 851
r:+0.71 30.55 1:04.33 (33.78)
1:39.01 (34.68) 2:10.90 (31.89)
4 WHITTAKER, SIAN 18 MVC 2:11.99 2:10.95 850
r:+0.65 30.76 1:03.89 (33.13)
1:37.71 (33.82) 2:10.95 (33.24)
5 ATHERTON, MINNA 15 BGRAM 2:08.90 2:11.97 830
r:+0.63 30.10 1:03.64 (33.54)
1:38.98 (35.34) 2:11.97 (32.99)
6 SHERIDAN, MIKKA 21 SOSC 2:11.35 2:12.03 829
r:+0.69 31.67 1:04.97 (33.30)
1:38.57 (33.60) 2:12.03 (33.46)
7 FORRESTER, AMY 17 BOND 2:12.38 2:12.06 829
r:+0.69 30.91 1:03.42 (32.51)
1:37.53 (34.11) 2:12.06 (34.53)
8 FULLERTON, ELLE 23 CHAND 2:12.91 2:13.45 803
r:+0.62 32.18 1:05.48 (33.30)
1:39.58 (34.10) 2:13.45 (33.87)
9 MCMASTER, KERYN 22 CHAND 2:14.89 2:13.64 799
r:+0.63 31.25 1:04.88 (33.63)
1:39.41 (34.53) 2:13.64 (34.23)
10 BURLEIGH, SHANI 23 NUN 2:13.85 2:14.64 782
r:+0.62 31.45 1:05.29 (33.84)
1:39.24 (33.95) 2:14.64 (35.40)
11 UNICOMB, JESSIC 18 ALLSA 2:14.36 2:15.00 776
r:+0.60 31.75 1:06.05 (34.30)
1:40.46 (34.41) 2:15.00 (34.54)
12 SCHAFER, JACQUE 18 WILB 2:16.83 2:16.36 753
r:+0.67 32.72 1:07.79 (35.07)
1:42.40 (34.61) 2:16.36 (33.96)
13 MCDONALD, SIENN 15 CHRD 2:14.90 2:16.39 752
r:+0.60 32.12 1:06.77 (34.65)
1:41.40 (34.63) 2:16.39 (34.99)
14 RAE, MONIQUE 17 RYDE 2:13.30 2:16.99 742
r:+0.66 32.74 1:07.33 (34.59)
1:42.44 (35.11) 2:16.99 (34.55)
15 WILKINS, SAMANT 21 NUN 2:17.57 2:17.56 733
r:+0.71 32.16 1:06.62 (34.46)
1:41.95 (35.33) 2:17.56 (35.61)
16 ADAMS, JESSICA 17 DVE 2:18.63 2:17.71 731
r:+0.61 32.63 1:07.03 (34.40)
1:42.31 (35.28) 2:17.71 (35.40)
Women’s 50 back multi-class
Taylor Corry grabbed the top-ranked time with a 32.40, while Madeleine McTernan hit the wall with a second-ranked 34.08. Elizabeth Slack checked in with a third-ranked 36.68.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 CORRY, TAYLOR S 21 NBAY 32.54 32.40. 931
r:+0.69
2 MCTERNAN, MADEL 15 COFH 35.41 34.08. 800
r:+0.64
3 SLACK, ELIZABET 19 LCOV 36.68 36.68 771
r:+0.76
4 MIRO, NICOLE S1 16 SLCA 34.41 35.45. 713
r:+0.80
5 DEDEKIND, KATJA 14 UQSC 34.76 35.45. 697
r:+0.70
6 FIELDEN, NICOLE 20 FERNY 40.26 36.28. 663
r:+0.83
7 GETSON, JAIME-L 17 MLN 35.56 36.54. 649
r:+0.69
8 COOK, AMY S14 17 SLCA 37.26 37.01 625
r:+0.80
Men’s 50 back multi-class
Jeremy McClure clocked the top-ranked time of the morning with a 32.84, while Daniel Fox’s 30.32 is ranked second. Michael Anderson picked up the third-ranked time with a 28.66.
Men’s 50 breast
A trio of swimmers cleared 28 seconds in prelims as Jake Packard (27.93), Tommy Sucipto (27.94) and Joshua Palmer (27.95) topped qualifying in the non-Olympic event.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 PACKARD, JAKE 21 SPRTN 27.59 27.93 865
r:+0.69
2 SUCIPTO, TOMMY 21 ROC 27.71 27.94 864
r:+0.62
3 PALMER, JOSHUA 24 MARI 28.09 27.95 863
r:+0.73
4 SYKES, BUSTER 22 TSS 28.56 28.02 857
r:+0.66
5 TRELOAR, MATTHE 21 TRGR 27.86 28.07 852
r:+0.74
6 MCKECHNIE, JAME 20 STP 28.43 28.15 845
r:+0.74
7 WILSON, MATTHEW 17 SOSC 28.54 28.46 818
r:+0.64
8 BELL, GRAYSON 19 TSS 28.98 28.52 813
r:+0.69
Women’s 50 fly
Sara Saal paced prelims with a time of 26.87 with Holly Barratt taking second in 27.03. Gemma Cooney checked in with a third-place time of 27.13.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 SAAL, SARA 29 COMM 26.89 26.87 812
r:+0.67
2 BARRATT, HOLLY 28 ROC 26.41 27.03 797
r:+0.72
3 COONEY, GEMMA 16 RIVER 26.91 27.13 789
r:+0.74
4 LICCIARDI, CHRI 20 MVC 27.11 27.24 779
r:+0.64
5 D'CRUZ, MARIEKE 30 SOSC 26.38 27.30 774
r:+0.72
6 CORNELISSEN, MI 17 TRL 26.90 27.36 769
r:+0.70
7 DUNCAN, ABBY 17 NWD 27.38 27.45 761
r:+0.66
8 THROSSELL, BRIA 20 PERC 26.48 27.47 760
r:+0.73
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 200 IM multi-class
- Men’s 200 IM multi-class
- Men’s 50 free
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 100 fly
- Women’s 200 back
- Women’s 50 back multi-class
- Men’s 50 back multi-class
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 50 fly
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