2016 Australian National Championships: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

swims in the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships, Day 3 at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide on Monday, April 11, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Steve Christo)
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FINALS

Women’s 100 breast multi-class

Tiffany Thomas Kane had the top-ranked swim of the night with a 1:35.32 for 988 points.  Prue Watt took second with a 1:19.18 for 924 points.  Paige Leonhardt placed third with a 1:21.31 for 847 points.

                       === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 THOMAS KANE, TI  14 RAVN              1:42.06    1:35.32   988  
    r:+0.69  44.30      1:35.32 (51.02)
  2 WATT, PRUE SB13  29 CRAN              1:20.27    1:19.18.  924  
    r:+0.74  37.10      1:19.18 (42.08)
  3 LEONHARDT, PAIG  15 WGHM              1:23.28    1:21.31   847  
    r:+0.68  37.71      1:21.31 (43.60)
  4 SCOTT, MADELEIN  23 CBRA              1:24.50    1:21.92   828  
    r:+0.76  37.33      1:21.92 (44.59)
  5 HUEBNER, TANYA   37 MVC               1:41.89    1:42.08   805  
    r:+0.79  47.08      1:42.08 (55.00)
  6 WILLIAMS, KENDA  16 NUSW              1:25.93    1:24.14   764  
    r:+0.66  38.88      1:24.14 (45.26)
  7 VAN ROOSMALEN,   25 MING              1:23.79    1:24.81   752  
    r:+0.77  39.86      1:24.81 (44.95)
  8 BRITTON, HANNAH  22 UNAV              1:20.14    1:20.39.  729  
    r:+0.75  37.99      1:20.39 (42.40)

Men’s 100 breast multi-class

Ahmed Kelly checked in with a top-ranked 1:50.59 for 982 points.  Blake Cochrane took second with a 1:17.26 for 978 points, while Grant Patterson clocked a third-place 2:17.09 for 906 points.

                          === Finals ===                          
 
  1 KELLY, AHMED SB  24 MVC               1:53.57    1:50.59   982  
    r:+0.83  51.63      1:50.59 (58.96)
  2 COCHRANE, BLAKE  25 SPRTN             1:18.08    1:17.26.  978  
    r:+0.70  36.02      1:17.26 (41.24)
  3 PATTERSON, GRAN  26 CENCA             2:19.55    2:17.09   906  
           1:05.59    2:17.09 (1:11.50)
  4 ELIASON, RICHAR  27 GIND              1:10.88    1:10.13.  860  
    r:+0.82  32.59      1:10.13 (37.54)
  5 PENDLETON, RICK  31 SPRTN             1:08.56    1:08.25.  825  
    r:+0.66  32.38      1:08.25 (35.87)
  6 AUNGLES, JESSE   20 MARI              1:24.06    1:23.17   784  
    r:+0.65  38.35      1:23.17 (44.82)
  7 BEKRIC, LIAM SB  15 NWD               1:10.71    1:09.96.  751  
    r:+0.65  32.88      1:09.96 (37.08)
  8 WARD, MATTHEW S  20 GTA               1:11.55    1:12.99.  675  
    r:+0.70  33.27      1:12.99 (39.72)

Women’s 200 back

Belinda Hocking shot to the top of the world rankings with a 2:06.49.  That swim cleared her own All-Comers record of 2:06.68 posted back in 2012, and clinched a spot on the Olympic roster.

Emily Seebohm, meanwhile, grabbed second-place honors with a 2:06.59 as she also made the Olympic team in the event.  Both swimmers cleared Madison Wilson’s previously top-ranked time of 2:07.18 from the Victoria State Championships.

Wilson finished a disappointing fifth in 2:08.93, while Sian Whittaker (2:07.47) and Minna Atherton (2:08.23) took third and fourth.  Whittaker moved to fifth in the world with Atherton taking eighth overall.

Mikkayla Sheridan (2:11.02) and Keryn McMaster (2:13.51) finished sixth and seventh with Amy Forrester drawing a disqualification.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 HOCKING, BELIND  25 NUN               2:08.55    2:06.49A  943  
    r:+0.62  30.21      1:02.24 (32.03)
        1:34.35 (32.11)     2:06.49 (32.14)
  2 SEEBOHM, EMILY   23 BGRAM             2:08.10    2:06.59.  941  
    r:+0.70  29.81      1:02.14 (32.33)
        1:34.70 (32.56)     2:06.59 (31.89)
  3 WHITTAKER, SIAN  18 MVC               2:09.32    2:07.47Q  921  
    r:+0.65  30.44      1:02.79 (32.35)
        1:35.55 (32.76)     2:07.47 (31.92)
  4 ATHERTON, MINNA  15 BGRAM             2:09.10    2:08.23Q  905  
    r:+0.64  29.75      1:02.43 (32.68)
        1:35.56 (33.13)     2:08.23 (32.67)
  5 WILSON, MADISON  21 STPET             2:08.91    2:08.93Q  890  
    r:+0.56  29.80      1:01.98 (32.18)
        1:34.80 (32.82)     2:08.93 (34.13)
  6 SHERIDAN, MIKKA  21 SOSC              2:11.48    2:11.02   848  
    r:+0.66  31.02      1:03.78 (32.76)
        1:37.50 (33.72)     2:11.02 (33.52)
  7 MCMASTER, KERYN  22 CHAND             2:13.90    2:13.51   802  
    r:+0.64  31.51      1:05.16 (33.65)
        1:39.72 (34.56)     2:13.51 (33.79)
 -- FORRESTER, AMY   17 BOND              2:11.96         DQ        
         r:+0.74

Men’s 100 fly

David Morgan raced his way to the men’s 100-meter fly gold medal with a time of 51.64 at the 2016 Australian Nationals.  That swim put him fourth in the world rankings behind Li Zhuhao (51.24), Konrad Czerniak (51.31) and Laszlo Cseh (51.40).

Grant Irvine gained second overall in a time of 51.76 to move to sixth in the world rankings, while Daniel Lester placed third in 52.33.

Christopher Wright (52.60), Keiran Qaium (52.67), Tommaso D’Orsogna (52.68), Nathaniel Romeo (52.90) and Hugo Morris (53.30) also competed in the finale.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 MORGAN, DAVID    22 TSS                 52.69      51.64.  897  
    r:+0.61  24.28        51.64 (27.36)
  2 IRVINE, GRANT    25 STPET               52.09      51.76.  891  
    r:+0.68  24.37        51.76 (27.39)
  3 LESTER, DANIEL   25 LAWNT               52.65      52.33   862  
    r:+0.66  23.95        52.33 (28.38)
  4 WRIGHT, CHRISTO  27 STHPT               52.49      52.60   849  
    r:+0.66  24.58        52.60 (28.02)
  5 QAIUM, KEIRAN    23 SYDU                52.69      52.67   846  
    r:+0.64  24.82        52.67 (27.85)
  6 D'ORSOGNA, TOMM  25 COMM                52.86      52.68   845  
    r:+0.66  24.59        52.68 (28.09)
  7 ROMEO, NATHANIE  22 SOSC                53.08      52.90   835  
    r:+0.59  24.55        52.90 (28.35)
  8 MORRIS, HUGO     21 CBRA                53.56      53.30   816  
    r:+0.65  24.70        53.30 (28.60)

Women’s 800 free

Jessica Ashwood just missed her own Australian record in the women’s 800-meter free at the 2016 Australian Nationals.

Ashwood won the finale in a time of 8:18.42, just off her 8:18.41 from last August.  The only swimmer faster than her this year is Katie Ledecky with a stunning 8:06.68 at the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.

Tamsin Cook finished second tonight in 8:27.01, just off the Australian Olympic qualifying cut of 8:26.96.

Kareena Lee finished third in 8:31.06, while Kiah Melverton took fourth in 8:31.57.

Moesha Johnson (8:38.88), Mikayla Messer (8:41.80), Chelsea Gubecka (8:44.58) and Leah Neale (8:48.73) rounded out the top eight.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 ASHWOOD, JESSIC  22 CHAND             8:31.60    8:18.42.  956  
    r:+0.76  28.48        59.17 (30.69)
        1:30.29 (31.12)     2:01.55 (31.26)
        2:32.98 (31.43)     3:04.39 (31.41)
        3:35.92 (31.53)     4:07.42 (31.50)
        4:38.98 (31.56)     5:10.46 (31.48)
        5:42.01 (31.55)     6:13.75 (31.74)
        6:45.47 (31.72)     7:17.28 (31.81)
        7:48.80 (31.52)     8:18.42 (29.62)
  2 COOK, TAMSIN     17 UWSC              8:36.84    8:27.01   908  
    r:+0.70  29.09      1:00.53 (31.44)
        1:32.61 (32.08)     2:04.87 (32.26)
        2:37.15 (32.28)     3:09.36 (32.21)
        3:41.78 (32.42)     4:13.80 (32.02)
        4:45.74 (31.94)     5:17.70 (31.96)
        5:49.58 (31.88)     6:21.43 (31.85)
        6:53.41 (31.98)     7:25.22 (31.81)
        7:56.68 (31.46)     8:27.01 (30.33)
  3 LEE, KAREENA     22 MTCKM             8:39.94    8:31.06   886  
    r:+0.76  29.62      1:01.21 (31.59)
        1:32.98 (31.77)     2:05.27 (32.29)
        2:37.28 (32.01)     3:09.61 (32.33)
        3:42.07 (32.46)     4:14.39 (32.32)
        4:46.72 (32.33)     5:19.10 (32.38)
        5:51.49 (32.39)     6:23.99 (32.50)
        6:56.43 (32.44)     7:29.01 (32.58)
        8:01.28 (32.27)     8:31.06 (29.78)
  4 MELVERTON, KIAH  19 TSS               8:37.13    8:31.57   884  
    r:+0.72  29.36      1:00.86 (31.50)
        1:32.79 (31.93)     2:05.38 (32.59)
        2:37.71 (32.33)     3:10.47 (32.76)
        3:42.83 (32.36)     4:15.47 (32.64)
        4:47.56 (32.09)     5:19.90 (32.34)
        5:52.28 (32.38)     6:24.91 (32.63)
        6:57.15 (32.24)     7:29.84 (32.69)
        8:02.06 (32.22)     8:31.57 (29.51)
  5 JOHNSON, MOESHA  18 BURAQ             8:42.78    8:38.88   847  
    r:+0.79  29.65      1:01.56 (31.91)
        1:33.48 (31.92)     2:05.97 (32.49)
        2:38.24 (32.27)     3:10.98 (32.74)
        3:43.46 (32.48)     4:16.12 (32.66)
        4:48.64 (32.52)     5:21.81 (33.17)
        5:54.93 (33.12)     6:28.02 (33.09)
        7:01.08 (33.06)     7:34.25 (33.17)
        8:06.79 (32.54)     8:38.88 (32.09)
  6 MESSER, MIKAYLA  16 CHAND             8:43.99    8:41.80   833  
    r:+0.69  29.78      1:01.59 (31.81)
        1:33.91 (32.32)     2:06.22 (32.31)
        2:38.66 (32.44)     3:11.31 (32.65)
        3:44.40 (33.09)     4:17.10 (32.70)
        4:49.62 (32.52)     5:22.49 (32.87)
        5:55.75 (33.26)     6:28.81 (33.06)
        7:02.07 (33.26)     7:35.66 (33.59)
        8:08.89 (33.23)     8:41.80 (32.91)
  7 GUBECKA, CHELSE  17 KAWTR             8:44.35    8:44.58   819  
    r:+0.70  29.88      1:02.16 (32.28)
        1:34.92 (32.76)     2:07.99 (33.07)
        2:40.63 (32.64)     3:13.57 (32.94)
        3:46.41 (32.84)     4:19.56 (33.15)
        4:52.39 (32.83)     5:25.40 (33.01)
        5:58.92 (33.52)     6:32.23 (33.31)
        7:05.62 (33.39)     7:38.93 (33.31)
        8:12.23 (33.30)     8:44.58 (32.35)
  8 NEALE, LEAH      20 SPRTN             8:44.02    8:48.73   800  
    r:+0.74  29.17      1:00.34 (31.17)
        1:31.95 (31.61)     2:03.86 (31.91)
        2:36.41 (32.55)     3:09.49 (33.08)
        3:43.19 (33.70)     4:16.99 (33.80)
        4:51.18 (34.19)     5:25.30 (34.12)
        5:59.80 (34.50)     6:34.40 (34.60)
        7:08.74 (34.34)     7:42.82 (34.08)
        8:16.77 (33.95)     8:48.73 (31.96)

Men’s 50 free

Cameron McEvoy became the first man in Australian history to sweep the 50-100-200 frees at the Australian Nationals.

Following wins in the 100 and 200 earlier in the week, McEvoy surged to victory in the splash-and-dash with a 21.44.  That’s the second-ranked swim of the year behind only Florent Manaudou’s 21.42 from the French Championships.  It’s also not far behind Ashley Callus’ Australian record of 21.19 from the techsuit-fueled 2009.

Matt Abood finished second in 22.08, just off the Australian Olympic qualifying time of 22.02.

James Magnussen missed out completely on making an individual swim at the Rio Olympics with a third-place 22.12.

Andrew Abood (22.14), Will Stockwell (22.17), James Roberts (22.22), David Morgan (22.52) and Kenneth To (22.55) claimed the rest of the finishes.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 MCEVOY, CAMERON  21 BOND                22.12      21.44.  927  
         r:+0.59                       
  2 ABOOD, MATTHEW   29 CBRA                22.24      22.08   849  
         r:+0.72                       
  3 MAGNUSSEN, JAME  24 RAVN                22.34      22.12   844  
         r:+0.71                       
  4 ABOOD, ANDREW    25 MARI                22.47      22.14   842  
         r:+0.73                       
  5 STOCKWELL, WILL  20 COMM                22.36      22.17   839  
         r:+0.62                       
  6 ROBERTS, JAMES   24 SOMGC               22.39      22.22   833  
         r:+0.63                       
  7 MORGAN, DAVID    22 TSS                 22.45      22.52   800  
         r:+0.63                       
  8 TO, KENNETH      23 TRGR                22.51      22.55   797  
         r:+0.63

Men’s 50 back

Mitch Larkin moved to third in the world in the men’s 50-meter back at the 2016 Australian Nationals.

Larkin turned in a winning time of 24.73 to move behind Camille Lacourt (24.67) and Junya Koga (24.71) in the rankings.

Bobby Hurley finished second tonight in 25.07 to move to sixth in the world, while Joshua Beaver finished third in 25.25.

Ben Treffers (25.36), Gede Sudartawa (25.37), Zac Incerti (25.46), Ryan Pini (25.55) and James Traiforos (25.90) also competed.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 LARKIN, MITCH    22 STPET               25.49      24.73.  918  
         r:+0.58                       
  2 HURLEY, BOBBY    27 UNAN                25.39      25.07   881  
         r:+0.57                       
  3 BEAVER, JOSHUA   23 NUN                 25.38      25.25   863  
         r:+0.56                       
  4 TREFFERS, BENJA  24 BLGR                25.62      25.36   851  
         r:+0.56                       
  5 SUDARTAWA, (V),  21 INA                 25.43      25.37   850  
         r:+0.55                       
  6 INCERTI, ZAC     19 UWSC                25.59      25.46   841  
         r:+0.60                       
  7 PINI, (V), RYAN  34 PNG                 25.62      25.55   832  
         r:+1.43                       
  8 TRAIFOROS, JAME  19 TRGR                26.11      25.90   799  
         r:+0.54

Women’s 50 breast

Georgia Bohl improved upon her second-ranked time in the world in the women’s 50-meter breast at the 2016 Australian Nationals.

Bohl clocked a 30.58 to win the sprint breast tonight, bettering her 30.77 from earlier in the meet.  Only Ruta Meilutyte has been faster this year with a 30.13 from the Swedish Open.

Jennie Johansson took second tonight in 30.71 to stand third in the world, while Sally Hunter posted a 31.04 to round out the top three tonight.

Lorna Tonks (31.55), Jessica Hansen (31.61), Ella Bond (32.51), Carlee Millikin (32.65) and Georgia Wells (33.29) finished fourth through eighth.

                          === Finals ===                          
 
  1 BOHL, GEORGIA    18 STPET               31.47      30.58.  895  
         r:+0.65                       
  2 JOHANSSON, (V),  27 SWE                 30.87      30.71.  884  
         r:+0.74                       
  3 HUNTER, SALLY    30 MARI                31.54      31.04   856  
         r:+0.73                       
  4 TONKS, LORNA     27 YERPK               32.12      31.55   815  
         r:+0.65                       
  5 HANSEN, JESSICA  20 NUN                 32.13      31.61   811  
         r:+0.68                       
  6 BOND, ELLA       17 BOND                32.62      32.51   745  
         r:+0.66                       
  7 MILLIKIN, CARLE  21 TRGR                32.50      32.65   736  
         r:+0.72                       
  8 WELLS, GEORGIA   17 COMM                32.78      33.29   694  
         r:+0.67

Women’s 50 fly multi-class

Taylor Corry posted the top-ranked time with a 30.51 for 966 points.  Emily Beecroft claimed second with a 33.53 for 856 points.  Tiffany Kane Thomas snared third with a 38.32 for 833 points.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 CORRY, TAYLOR S  21 NBAY                30.79      30.51.  966  
         r:+0.80                       
  2 BEECROFT, EMILY  16 TRL                 32.05      33.53   856  
         r:+0.73                       
  3 THOMAS KANE, TI  14 RAVN                40.48      38.32   833  
         r:+0.84                       
  4 COOK, AMY S14    17 SLCA                33.85      33.02   762  
         r:+0.77                       
  5 DEDEKIND, KATJA  14 UQSC                33.17      32.65   761  
         r:+0.74                       
  6 BLANSHARD, TAHL  15 MING                36.56      35.72   708  
         r:+0.79                       
  7 HOHN, JENNA S14  17 CONCO               34.12      34.85   648  
         r:+0.81                       
  8 MIRO, NICOLE S1  16 SLCA                34.45      34.80   542  
         r:+0.80

Men’s 50 fly multi-class

Mitch Kilduff won the event in 27.00 with 1010 points.  Daniel Fox took second with a 27.74 for 931 points.  Jack Ireland snagged third with a 28.40 for 868 points.

                       === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 KILDUFF, MITCHE  20 MLCM                27.29      27.00. 1010  
         r:+0.76                       
  2 FOX, DANIEL S14  24 CHAND               27.94      27.74   931  
         r:+0.73                       
  3 IRELAND, JACK S  16 GLAD                28.78      28.40   868  
         r:+0.77                       
  4 LEVY, MATTHEW S  29 CRAN                31.62      31.08   854  
         r:+0.80                       
  5 TIDY, JEREMY S1  28 NUN                 27.34      27.45   778  
         r:+0.74                       
  6 MCERLEAN, JOSHU  20 ROCKC               31.37      31.06   736  
         r:+0.65                       
  7 YOURELL, AIDAN   16 RVLY                27.89      28.03   731  
         r:+0.73                       
  8 HEARNE, MATTHEW  16 WIAQ                28.26      28.39   704  
         r:+0.76

SEMIFINALS

Women’s 50 free

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                       
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  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                       
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 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

SCHEDULED EVENTS

  • Women’s 100 breast mutli-class
  • Men’s 100 breast multi-class
  • Women’s 200 back
  • Men’s 100 fly
  • Women’s 800 free
  • Men’s 50 free
  • Women’s 50 free
  • Men’s 50 back
  • Women’s 50 breast
  • Women’s 50 fly multi-class
  • Men’s 50 fly multi-class
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