2019 Australian World Swimming Trials Day 1 Finals: McKeon, McKeown Make Worlds

The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials continued today in Brisbane with the first finals session of the meet.
Swimmers from Down Under will be vying for spots on the 2019 World Championship team for next month’s worlds in Gwangju, South Korea.
Ariarne Titmus was the star of the night, breaking the Australian and Commonwealth records in the 400 free.
2019 Australian World Swimming Trials LIVE RESULTS
Women’s 100 Fly
Emma McKeon held on to her top seed from prelims and used a quick start to win the 100 fly and qualify for the world championships.
McKeon won the event in 57.28. She holds the Australian and Commonwealth record at 56.18, which she set in 2017. McKeon is the second-fastest performer in the world this year, but that time came from the national championships in April (56.85).
Brianna Throssell finished second in 57.57, also under the Australian world standard time of 57.64 to qualify.
Jemma Schlicht finished third in 59.51, followed by Laura Taylor (59.56), Alice Stuart (59.82), Yolane Kukla (59.85), Kayla Costa (1:00.34) and Alexandra Perkins (1:00.68).
Event 1 Women 100 LC Metre Butterfly ================================================================== World: W 55.48 7/08/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden Commonwealth: C 56.18 24/07/2017Emma McKeon, Australia Australian: A 56.18 24/07/2017Emma McKeon, SPW All Comers: R 56.61 de Bruin/McKeon, NED/AUS WCQT: Q 57.64 Meet Qualifying: 1:03.86 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 MCKEON, EMMA 25 GUSC 57.52 57.28Q 908 r:+0.72 26.75 57.28 (30.53) 2 THROSSELL, BRIA 23 UWSC 58.74 57.57Q 894 r:+0.68 27.08 57.57 (30.49) 3 SCHLICHT, JEMMA 22 KAWTR 1:00.01 59.51 810 r:+0.70 27.98 59.51 (31.53) 4 TAYLOR, LAURA 19 TSS 59.99 59.56 808 r:+0.65 27.91 59.56 (31.65) 5 STUART, ALICE 21 TSS 1:00.44 59.82 797 r:+0.69 28.16 59.82 (31.66) 6 KUKLA, YOLANE 23 PBC 59.59 59.85 796 r:+0.65 27.33 59.85 (32.52) 7 COSTA, KAYLA 17 NUN 1:00.51 1:00.34 777 r:+0.65 27.97 1:00.34 (32.37) 8 PERKINS, ALEXAN 18 USCS 1:00.56 1:00.68 764 r:+0.68 28.20 1:00.68 (32.48)
Men’s 100 Breast
Matthew Wilson won the men’s 100 breast in 59.78, just over the qualifying standard, to open the men’s portion of the finals.
Daniel Cave finished second in 1:00.18, followed by Zac Stubblety-Cook (1:00.30), Jake Packard (1:00.42), Sam Williamson (1:01.00), Louis Townsend (1:01.43), James McKechnie (1L01.45) and Liam Hunter (1:01.68).
Event 2 Men 100 LC Metre Breaststroke ================================================================== World: W 57.10 4/08/2018 Adam Peaty, Great Britain Commonwealth: C 57.10 4/08/2018 Adam Peaty, Great Britain Australian: A 58.58 27/07/2009Brenton Rickard, Brothers All Comers: R 58.84 7/04/2018 Adam Peaty, England WCQT: Q 59.24 Meet Qualifying: 1:06.32 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 WILSON, MATTHEW 20 SOSC 1:00.49 59.78 871 r:+0.63 27.88 59.78 (31.90) 2 CAVE, DANIEL 20 MVC 1:00.46 1:00.18 854 r:+0.62 28.37 1:00.18 (31.81) 3 STUBBLETY-COOK, 20 WBAC 1:00.85 1:00.39 845 r:+0.72 28.80 1:00.39 (31.59) 4 PACKARD, JAKE 24 USCS 1:00.29 1:00.42 844 r:+0.65 28.16 1:00.42 (32.26) 5 WILLIAMSON, SAM 21 FAS 1:00.89 1:01.00 820 r:+0.69 28.22 1:01.00 (32.78) 6 TOWNSEND, LOUIS 21 RACKL 1:01.91 1:01.43 803 r:+0.58 28.27 1:01.43 (33.16) 7 MCKECHNIE, JAME 23 STP 1:01.21 1:01.45 802 r:+0.70 28.27 1:01.45 (33.18) 8 HUNTER, LIAM 22 CHAND 1:01.39 1:01.68 793 r:+0.63 28.98 1:01.68 (32.70)
Women’s 200 IM
Kaylee McKeown dominated the women’s 200 IM, winning the event by nearly four seconds and punching her ticket to the world championships.
The 17-year-old won the race in 2:09.94, a half second faster than the Australian worlds qualifying time. She is the fifth-fastest performer in the world this year in the event.
Blair Evans finished second in 2:13.55, followed by Meg Bailey (2:14.39), Abbey Harkin (2:15.96), Kotuku Ngawati (2:16.97), Charli Brown (2:17.10), Tianni Gilmour (2:17.28) and Keryn Clark (2:18.37).
Event 3 Women 200 LC Metre IM ================================================================== World: W 2:06.12 3/08/2015 Katinka Hosszu, Hungary Commonwealth: C 2:06.88 9/08/2016 Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Great Britain Australian: A 2:07.03 27/07/2009Stephanie Rice, SPW All Comers: R 2:08.63 27/04/2013Alicia Coutts, Redlands WCQT: Q 2:10.45 Meet Qualifying: 2:23.22 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === Finals === 1 MCKEOWN, KAYLEE 17 USCS 2:14.60 2:09.94Q 914 r:+0.68 28.59 1:01.08 (32.49) 1:38.75 (37.67) 2:09.94 (31.19) 2 EVANS, BLAIR 28 UWSC 2:15.31 2:13.55 842 r:+0.71 29.97 1:03.69 (33.72) 1:42.33 (38.64) 2:13.55 (31.22) 3 BAILEY, MEG 22 HUNT 2:14.81 2:14.39 826 r:+0.72 28.96 1:03.38 (34.42) 1:41.95 (38.57) 2:14.39 (32.44) 4 HARKIN, ABBEY 21 STPET 2:16.00 2:15.96 798 r:+0.71 28.98 1:04.34 (35.36) 1:43.19 (38.85) 2:15.96 (32.77) 5 NGAWATI, KOTUKU 24 MVC 2:15.71 2:16.97 780 r:+0.69 29.17 1:04.46 (35.29) 1:44.45 (39.99) 2:16.97 (32.52) 6 BROWN, CHARLI 16 MANLY 2:16.54 2:17.10 778 r:+0.70 29.55 1:04.42 (34.87) 1:45.19 (40.77) 2:17.10 (31.91) 7 GILMOUR, TIANNI 23 USCS 2:16.94 2:17.28 775 r:+0.71 29.21 1:04.62 (35.41) 1:45.09 (40.47) 2:17.28 (32.19) 8 CLARK, KERYN 25 TRINI 2:18.46 2:18.37 757 r:+0.70 29.79 1:04.20 (34.41) 1:45.54 (41.34) 2:18.37 (32.83)
Women’s 400 Free
Ariarne Titmus crushed the field in the 400 free to set a new Australian and Commonwealth record in the event.
Titmus won the race in 3:59.35 to break her own record set last year (3:59.66). The time qualified her for the world championships.
Kiah Melverton finished second in 4:05.30 to also qualify for the world championships.
Lani Pallister nearly made it three qualifiers, but missed by nine hundredths of a second with her 4:06.57.
Leah Neale was fourth (4:07.42), followed by Madeleine Gough (4:07.97), Mikka Sheridan (4:11.81), Carla Buchanan (4:14.15) and Jenn Forrester (4:14.81).
Event 4 Women 400 LC Metre Freestyle ================================================================== World: W 3:56.46 12/08/2016Katie Ledecky, USA Commonwealth: C 3:59.66 11/08/2018Ariarne Titmus, Australia Australian: A 3:59.66 11/08/2018Ariarne Titmus, SPW All Comers: R 3:58.37 21/08/2014Katie Ledecky, USA WCQT: Q 4:06.48 Meet Qualifying: 4:27.39 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === Finals === 1 TITMUS, ARIARNE 18 STPET 4:09.72 3:59.35C 964 r:+0.80 27.76 57.26 (29.50) 1:27.54 (30.28) 1:57.67 (30.13) 2:27.99 (30.32) 2:58.42 (30.43) 3:29.06 (30.64) 3:59.35 (30.29) 2 MELVERTON, KIAH 22 TSS 4:09.95 4:05.30Q 895 r:+0.75 28.78 59.06 (30.28) 1:29.87 (30.81) 2:00.88 (31.01) 2:32.20 (31.32) 3:03.76 (31.56) 3:35.38 (31.62) 4:05.30 (29.92) 3 PALLISTER, LANI 17 CTREE 4:11.64 4:06.57 881 r:+0.73 28.81 59.50 (30.69) 1:30.63 (31.13) 2:01.81 (31.18) 2:33.30 (31.49) 3:04.86 (31.56) 3:36.13 (31.27) 4:06.57 (30.44) 4 NEALE, LEAH 23 USCS 4:10.93 4:07.42 872 r:+0.69 28.44 59.40 (30.96) 1:30.51 (31.11) 2:02.07 (31.56) 2:33.37 (31.30) 3:04.99 (31.62) 3:36.64 (31.65) 4:07.42 (30.78) 5 GOUGH, MADELEIN 20 TSS 4:10.34 4:07.97 867 r:+0.78 29.18 59.70 (30.52) 1:30.91 (31.21) 2:02.15 (31.24) 2:33.73 (31.58) 3:05.33 (31.60) 3:36.92 (31.59) 4:07.97 (31.05) 6 SHERIDAN, MIKKA 24 USCS 4:11.73 4:11.81 828 r:+0.72 28.64 1:00.06 (31.42) 1:32.10 (32.04) 2:03.98 (31.88) 2:35.88 (31.90) 3:08.01 (32.13) 3:40.07 (32.06) 4:11.81 (31.74) 7 BUCHANAN, CARLA 23 ACACI 4:11.47 4:14.15 805 r:+0.70 28.76 1:00.19 (31.43) 1:31.58 (31.39) 2:03.57 (31.99) 2:35.58 (32.01) 3:08.84 (33.26) 3:41.84 (33.00) 4:14.15 (32.31) 8 FORRESTER, JENN 15 STPET 4:13.39 4:14.81 799 r:+0.74 29.17 1:00.54 (31.37) 1:32.62 (32.08) 2:04.92 (32.30) 2:37.42 (32.50) 3:10.18 (32.76) 3:42.89 (32.71) 4:14.81 (31.92)
Men’s 400 Free
Jack McLoughlin used a 27.54 final split to win the 400 free in 3:44.34.
The time was two seconds under the world qualifying standard as McLoughlin will be headed to Gwangju.
Mack Horton finished second in 3:46.47 to miss the qualifying standard by less than a half seconds.
Eli Winnington finished third in 3:48.45, followed by Joshua Parrish (3:49.19), Thomas Neill (3:49.98), Nick Sloman (3:53.15), Daniel Jacobson (3:54.93) and Mitchell Tinsley (3:57.20).
Event 5 Men 400 LC Metre Freestyle ================================================================== World: W 3:40.07 26/07/2009Paul Biedermann, Germany Commonwealth: C 3:40.08 26/07/2002Ian Thorpe, Australia Australian: A 3:40.08 30/07/2002Ian Thorpe, SLC Aquadot All Comers: R 3:40.54 27/03/2002Ian Thorpe, SLC Aquadot WCQT: Q 3:46.14 Meet Qualifying: 4:05.37 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === Finals === 1 MCLOUGHLIN, JAC 24 CHAND 3:48.09 3:44.34Q 943 r:+0.66 25.88 53.97 (28.09) 1:22.52 (28.55) 1:51.02 (28.50) 2:19.54 (28.52) 2:48.26 (28.72) 3:16.80 (28.54) 3:44.34 (27.54) 2 HORTON, MACK 23 MVC 3:50.50 3:46.47 917 r:+0.72 26.11 53.96 (27.85) 1:22.46 (28.50) 1:51.26 (28.80) 2:20.20 (28.94) 2:49.05 (28.85) 3:18.08 (29.03) 3:46.47 (28.39) 3 WINNINGTON, ELI 19 BOND 3:51.09 3:48.45 893 r:+0.67 25.90 54.05 (28.15) 1:22.73 (28.68) 1:51.58 (28.85) 2:20.69 (29.11) 2:50.00 (29.31) 3:19.43 (29.43) 3:48.45 (29.02) 4 PARRISH, JOSHUA 22 TSS 3:53.28 3:49.19 885 r:+0.64 27.42 56.46 (29.04) 1:25.70 (29.24) 1:54.67 (28.97) 2:23.56 (28.89) 2:52.64 (29.08) 3:21.30 (28.66) 3:49.19 (27.89) 5 NEILL, THOMAS 17 RACKL 3:52.71 3:49.98 876 r:+0.67 26.80 55.49 (28.69) 1:24.45 (28.96) 1:53.85 (29.40) 2:23.05 (29.20) 2:52.40 (29.35) 3:21.61 (29.21) 3:49.98 (28.37) 6 SLOMAN, NICK 21 NOOSA 3:53.86 3:53.15 840 r:+0.72 27.24 56.75 (29.51) 1:26.40 (29.65) 1:56.16 (29.76) 2:25.43 (29.27) 2:55.03 (29.60) 3:24.44 (29.41) 3:53.15 (28.71) 7 JACOBSON, DANIE 20 ALBAN 3:54.96 3:54.93 821 r:+0.69 27.24 56.23 (28.99) 1:25.84 (29.61) 1:55.53 (29.69) 2:25.10 (29.57) 2:55.17 (30.07) 3:25.05 (29.88) 3:54.93 (29.88) 8 TINSLEY, MITCHE 18 CHAND 3:54.27 3:57.20 798 r:+0.73 27.61 56.73 (29.12) 1:26.45 (29.72) 1:56.31 (29.86) 2:25.98 (29.67) 2:56.77 (30.79) 3:27.60 (30.83) 3:57.20 (29.60)
Matthew Wilson did not meet the qualifying standard set by swimming Australia unfortunately .
Correct, but he looks a likely qualifier in the 200. Should he do so, its near certain that he WILL swim this at Worlds even if only as a hit-out at the distance for 4XMED purposes.