The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials kicked off its third day of competition with a quick free and fly schedule, as swimmer from Down Under continue to battle for spots on the World’s roster.
With two nights in the books, Aussie athletes have already proven themselves to be threats in international competition, as they prime the swim community for next month’s World Championships in South Korea.
In true form, Emma McKeon stole the top seed with ease in the women’s 200 free and will take her place behind the center lane in tonight’s final, where she and Shayna Jack will battle for bragging rights and a World qualifying standard.
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Women’s 200 Free
Emma McKeon struck again, but this time in the women’s 200 free, as she crashed the pads with a 1:56.76 for the top seed. Shayna Jack crept in at second after out-splitting McKeown in the last 100, but was unable to close the gap with a time of 1:57.50. Brianna Throssell broke into the top three with a time of 1:57.90, just edging out Leah Neale (1:58.11).
Ariarne Titmus will be off-center in tonight’s final, clocking in at fifth with a time of 1:58.26; while Madison Wilson turned in a 1:58.36 for sixth. Mikka Sheridan and Carla Buchanan will take the outside lanes with times of 1:59.42 and 1:59.91, respectively.
Grant Irvine and Nicholas Brown will partake in a similar sprint to the finish, as the two face-off for the title of Australia’s top flyer heading into international competition.
Event 11 Women 200 LC Metre Freestyle
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World: W 1:52.98 29/07/2009Federica Pellergini, Italy
Commonwealth: C 1:54.30 9/04/2018 Ariarne Titmus, Australia
Australian: A 1:54.30 9/04/2019 Ariarne Titmus, SPW
All Comers: R 1:54.30 9/04/2019 Ariarne Titmus, SPW
WCQT: Q 1:56.34
Meet Qualifying: 2:06.31
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 MCKEON, EMMA 25 GUSC 1:56.00 1:56.76 905
r:+0.73 26.56 55.97 (29.41)
1:26.25 (30.28) 1:56.76 (30.51)
2 JACK, SHAYNA 20 STPET 1:56.77 1:57.50 888
r:+0.69 27.45 57.10 (29.65)
1:27.02 (29.92) 1:57.50 (30.48)
3 THROSSELL, BRIA 23 UWSC 1:56.91 1:57.90 879
r:+0.69 27.55 57.32 (29.77)
1:27.56 (30.24) 1:57.90 (30.34)
4 NEALE, LEAH 23 USCS 1:57.68 1:58.11 875
r:+0.68 27.61 57.24 (29.63)
1:27.84 (30.60) 1:58.11 (30.27)
5 TITMUS, ARIARNE 18 STPET 1:54.30 1:58.26 871
r:+0.79 28.01 58.25 (30.24)
1:28.81 (30.56) 1:58.26 (29.45)
6 WILSON, MADISON 25 MARI 1:56.90 1:58.36 869
r:+0.73 28.06 58.49 (30.43)
1:28.66 (30.17) 1:58.36 (29.70)
7 SHERIDAN, MIKKA 24 USCS 1:57.48 1:59.42 846
r:+0.71 27.86 58.04 (30.18)
1:28.86 (30.82) 1:59.42 (30.56)
8 BUCHANAN, CARLA 23 ACACI 1:58.86 1:59.91 836
r:+0.73 27.59 57.63 (30.04)
1:28.70 (31.07) 1:59.91 (31.21)
Men’s 200 Fly
Grant Irvine (1:57.50) and Nicholas Brown (1:57.56) will enter tonight’s final with six-hundredths of a second separating them, as they aim to shave close to two seconds in order to reserve a spot at World’s. David Morgan will be chasing them with a 1:58.55 seed, as he fends off Bowen Gough (1:59.28) and Matthew Temple (1:59.31) for a spot in the top three.
Charles Cox (1:59.47) will pose an outside threat, along with Edward Marks (2:02.04) and Lucas Humeniuk (2:04.38) in the outside lanes.
Event 12 Men 200 LC Metre Butterfly
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World: W 1:51.51 29/07/2009Michael Phelps, USA
Commonwealth: C 1:52.96 31/07/2012Chad le Clos, South Africa
Australian: A 1:54.46 17/03/2009Nick D'Arcy, Maroochydore
All Comers: R 1:52.09 28/03/2007Michael Phelps, USA
WCQT: Q 1:55.58
Meet Qualifying: 2:07.33
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 IRVINE, GRANT 28 UWSC 1:56.91 1:57.50 854
r:+0.69 25.81 56.09 (30.28)
1:27.01 (30.92) 1:57.50 (30.49)
2 BROWN, NICHOLAS 23 UWSC 1:56.50 1:57.56 853
r:+0.69 26.74 56.75 (30.01)
1:27.33 (30.58) 1:57.56 (30.23)
3 MORGAN, DAVID 25 TSS 1:55.82 1:58.55 832
r:+0.65 26.36 56.64 (30.28)
1:27.08 (30.44) 1:58.55 (31.47)
4 GOUGH, BOWEN 21 NUN 1:56.73 1:59.28 817
r:+0.68 26.63 56.78 (30.15)
1:27.83 (31.05) 1:59.28 (31.45)
5 TEMPLE, MATTHEW 19 NUN 1:57.61 1:59.31 816
r:+0.67 26.15 56.65 (30.50)
1:28.32 (31.67) 1:59.31 (30.99)
6 COX, CHARLES 19 STPET 1:58.00 1:59.47 813
r:+0.70 27.01 57.11 (30.10)
1:28.02 (30.91) 1:59.47 (31.45)
7 MARKS, EDWARD 23 CARL 2:03.24 2:02.04 762
r:+0.65 26.30 55.95 (29.65)
1:28.28 (32.33) 2:02.04 (33.76)
8 HUMENIUK, LUCAS 17 CHAND 2:00.90 2:04.38 720
r:+0.67 27.73 58.77 (31.04)
1:31.63 (32.86) 2:04.38 (32.75)
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