Cameron McEvoy Clocks Textile Best in 100 Free

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FINALS

Women’s 100 free multi-class

Maddison Elliott posted the top-ranked time with a 1:05.34, while Rachael Watson finished second overall in 1:31.78.  Ellie Cole picked up third with a 1:02.69.

                       === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 ELLIOTT, MADDIS  17 NUSW              1:06.64    1:05.34   971  
    r:+0.73  31.25      1:05.34 (34.09)
  2 WATSON, RACHAEL  24 CHAND             1:29.53    1:31.78   928  
             41.17      1:31.78 (50.61)
  3 COLE, ELLIE S9   24 CHRD              1:03.18    1:02.69   925  
    r:+0.82  30.19      1:02.69 (32.50)
  4 PATTERSON, LAKE  17 UNAQ              1:07.41    1:06.51   921  
    r:+0.85  32.33      1:06.51 (34.18)
  5 CORRY, TAYLOR S  21 NBAY              1:03.61    1:01.88   881  
    r:+0.79  29.50      1:01.88 (32.38)
  6 MCCONNELL, ASHL  20 MVC               1:05.20    1:05.22   821  
    r:+0.76  31.69      1:05.22 (33.53)
  7 THOMAS KANE, TI  14 RAVN              1:17.06    1:17.14   820  
    r:+0.79  36.61      1:17.14 (40.53)
  9 BEECROFT, EMILY  16 TRL               1:06.27    1:06.15   787  
    r:+0.74  31.77      1:06.15 (34.38)
 
                        === B - Final ===                         
 
  8 JONES, JENNA S1  15 SPRW              1:04.00    1:03.14   804  
    r:+0.70  30.00      1:03.14 (33.14)
 10 MURPHY, MONIQUE  21 MVC               1:04.41    1:04.71   765  
    r:+0.87  31.27      1:04.71 (33.44)
 11 DEDEKIND, KATJA  14 UQSC              1:05.29    1:04.59   751  
    r:+0.75  31.31      1:04.59 (33.28)
 12 COOK, AMY S14    17 SLCA              1:05.00    1:05.46   745  
    r:+0.78  30.91      1:05.46 (34.55)
 13 LUCY, JADE S14   19 SLCA              1:06.38    1:05.97   727  
    r:+0.78  31.62      1:05.97 (34.35)
 14 SLACK, ELIZABET  19 LCOV              1:10.21    1:09.73   672  
    r:+1.12  32.77      1:09.73 (36.96)
 15 BOTHA, MEGAN S1  18 CAA               1:08.35    1:09.49   622  
    r:+0.71  33.40      1:09.49 (36.09)

Men’s 100 free multi-class

Daniel Fox earned the top-ranked time in finals with a 53.72, while Joshua Alford was second overall in 54.60. Matthew Levy wound up third overall in 1:02.06.

                       === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 FOX, DANIEL S14  24 CHAND               53.52      53.72   988  
    r:+0.73  25.80        53.72 (27.92)
  2 ALFORD, JOSHUA   20 TNGV                55.01      54.60   941  
    r:+0.73  26.89        54.60 (27.71)
  3 LEVY, MATTHEW S  29 CRAN              1:01.99    1:02.06   919  
    r:+0.80  29.82      1:02.06 (32.24)
  4 CROTHERS, ROWAN  18 YERPK               54.01      52.38.  916  
    r:+0.73  25.68        52.38 (26.70)
  5 DISKEN, TIMOTHY  19 PLC                 56.79      56.33   890  
    r:+0.71  27.40        56.33 (28.93)
  6 IRELAND, JACK S  16 GLAD                55.93      55.90   877  
    r:+0.76  26.56        55.90 (29.34)
  7 HALL, BRENDEN S  22 LAWNT               57.55      57.24   848  
    r:+0.91  27.68        57.24 (29.56)
  8 JASON, BRAEDAN   17 SPRTN               53.89      53.81   844  
    r:+0.64  26.13        53.81 (27.68)
 
                        === B - Final ===                         
 
  9 HARRISON MURRAY  18 SPRTN               54.95      54.72   803  
    r:+0.70  25.89        54.72 (28.83)
  9 HAANAPPEL, MATT  21 RND               1:09.48    1:09.49   803  
    r:+0.84  33.27      1:09.49 (36.22)
 11 TIDY, JEREMY S1  28 NUN                 55.37      55.14   785  
    r:+0.75  26.73        55.14 (28.41)
 12 TEMPLETON, JACO  20 SPRTN               56.18      55.40   773  
    r:+0.67  26.58        55.40 (28.82)
 13 SCHEFMAN, CAMER  22 ACACI               59.14      59.27   735  
    r:+0.70  28.38        59.27 (30.89)
 14 ISHERWOOD, CORD  17 CARL              1:13.17    1:13.85   669  
    r:+0.57  35.25      1:13.85 (38.60)
 -- COX, OLIVER S9   19 SYDU              1:01.51         DQ        
         r:+0.76

Men’s 200 breast

Matthew Wilson took home the 200 breast title with a time of 2:09.90, just off Australia’s Olympic Qualifying Time of 2:09.64. That’s a huge time drop for the 17 year old, who previously had a personal best of 2:11.23.

Nicholas Schafer finished second overall in a time of 2:10.75 with Jake Packard claiming third in 2:12.65.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 WILSON, MATTHEW  17 SOSC              2:10.68    2:09.90.  934  
    r:+0.64  29.51      1:02.35 (32.84)
        1:35.61 (33.26)     2:09.90 (34.29)
  2 SCHAFER, NICHOL  24 ACQUA             2:11.62    2:10.75.  916  
    r:+0.70  29.48      1:02.55 (33.07)
        1:36.31 (33.76)     2:10.75 (34.44)
  3 PACKARD, JAKE    21 SPRTN             2:12.19    2:12.65   877  
    r:+0.66  29.20      1:02.67 (33.47)
        1:36.98 (34.31)     2:12.65 (35.67)
  4 BREMER, LENNARD  21 WCA               2:12.85    2:13.45   862  
    r:+0.61  29.86      1:03.54 (33.68)
        1:37.98 (34.44)     2:13.45 (35.47)
  5 TIERNEY, JOSHUA  20 TSS               2:14.13    2:13.63   858  
    r:+0.68  30.15      1:03.92 (33.77)
        1:37.86 (33.94)     2:13.63 (35.77)
  6 HARLEY, GEORGE   17 BRW               2:14.10    2:13.79   855  
    r:+0.67  30.80      1:05.23 (34.43)
        1:39.47 (34.24)     2:13.79 (34.32)
  7 MILLIGAN, ALEX   18 UWSC              2:13.72    2:13.90   853  
    r:+0.68  30.03      1:03.79 (33.76)
        1:37.92 (34.13)     2:13.90 (35.98)
  8 CAVE, DANIEL     17 MVC               2:14.89    2:14.79   836  
    r:+0.66  30.63      1:05.52 (34.89)
        1:40.41 (34.89)     2:14.79 (34.38)

Women’s 200 fly

Madeline Groves and Brianna Throssell each punched their ticket to Rio as both cleared the Australian Olympic Qualifying time of 2:07.69.

Groves clocked a top-ranked time of 2:05.47 to move ahead of Natsumi Hoshi’s 2:06.32 for the top ranking in the world.

Throssell finished second overall in 2:06.58 to move to fifth in the world rankings as the second 200 fly option for Australia at the Olympics.

Laura Taylor placed third overall in 2:10.19.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 GROVES, MADELIN  20 STPET             2:09.04    2:05.47Q  915  
    r:+0.72  27.54        59.33 (31.79)
        1:32.05 (32.72)     2:05.47 (33.42)
  2 THROSSELL, BRIA  20 PERC              2:09.17    2:06.58Q  891  
    r:+0.74  28.78      1:01.19 (32.41)
        1:33.63 (32.44)     2:06.58 (32.95)
  3 TAYLOR, LAURA    16 TSS               2:11.60    2:10.19   819  
    r:+0.69  28.89      1:01.88 (32.99)
        1:35.71 (33.83)     2:10.19 (34.48)
  4 STUART, ALICE    18 TSS               2:11.37    2:11.09   802  
    r:+0.65  29.51      1:02.95 (33.44)
        1:37.07 (34.12)     2:11.09 (34.02)
  5 MEE, NICOLE      23 SOSC              2:12.08    2:12.44   778  
    r:+0.75  29.33      1:03.23 (33.90)
        1:37.70 (34.47)     2:12.44 (34.74)
  6 GOOD, ALEXANDRA  18 SYP               2:14.30    2:14.51   742  
    r:+0.75  29.30      1:03.14 (33.84)
        1:38.17 (35.03)     2:14.51 (36.34)
  7 WASHER, EMILY    19 CARL              2:14.02    2:14.62   740  
    r:+0.77  28.85      1:02.28 (33.43)
        1:37.47 (35.19)     2:14.62 (37.15)
  8 GILMOUR, TIANNI  20 PWCAL             2:14.39    2:14.77   738  
    r:+0.77  29.93      1:03.78 (33.85)
        1:38.66 (34.88)     2:14.77 (36.11)

Men’s 100 free

Cameron McEvoy turned in a textile best swim of 47.04 in the men’s 100-meter free to throw down the gauntlet to the rest of the world. That’s faster than the previous textile best of 47.10 clocked by James Magnussen at the 2012 Australian Championships.

McEvoy came up just short of Cesar Cielo’s techsuit-fueled world record of 46.91 from the 2009 World Championships.

McEvoy also broke the Commonwealth and Australian record of 47.05 set by Eamon Sullivan back in 2008.

Kyle Chalmers, just 17, uncorked a blistering 48.03 for second to earn the second spot on the Olympic squad, downing the world junior record of 48.25 set by Brazil’s Matheus Santana in 2014.

James Roberts placed third overall in 48.32, while Olympic silver medalist James Magnussen took fourth in 48.68 to miss a chance at swimming the individual event in Rio. He did make the 400 free relay squad.

                        === Finals ===                          
 
  1 MCEVOY, CAMERON  21 BOND                48.09      47.04!  991  
    r:+0.61  22.54        47.04 (24.50)
  2 CHALMERS, KYLE   17 MARI                49.06      48.03.  931  
    r:+0.68  23.20        48.03 (24.83)
  3 ROBERTS, JAMES   24 SOMGC               49.04      48.32Q  914  
    r:+0.67  23.08        48.32 (25.24)
  4 MAGNUSSEN, JAME  24 RAVN                49.21      48.68   894  
    r:+0.75  23.27        48.68 (25.41)
  5 ABOOD, MATTHEW   29 CBRA                48.89      48.89   883  
    r:+0.69  23.37        48.89 (25.52)
  6 STOCKWELL, WILL  20 COMM                49.29      48.96   879  
    r:+0.65  23.44        48.96 (25.52)
  7 GERRARD, JACK    21 MVC                 49.33      49.28   862  
    r:+0.73  23.83        49.28 (25.45)
  8 TO, KENNETH      23 TRGR                49.19      49.35   858  
    r:+0.67  23.29        49.35 (26.06)

Women’s 800 free relay

  1 RAVN  'A'                     8:19.30    8:19.19   793  
     1) VAN DONGEN, AMY 17            2) r:0.68 MATSUO, AMI 19        
     3) r:0.10 ROBERTSON, CLARE 17    4) r:0.25 ADAMS, OLIVIA 17      
    r:+0.69  28.83    1:00.16 (1:00.16)
      1:32.92 (1:32.92)   2:04.94 (2:04.94)
        2:33.60 (28.66)     3:04.04 (59.10)
      3:35.70 (1:30.76)   4:07.44 (2:02.50)
        4:36.47 (29.03)   5:08.87 (1:01.43)
      5:41.48 (1:34.04)   6:13.52 (2:06.08)
        6:42.11 (28.59)     7:13.50 (59.98)
      7:46.14 (1:32.62)   8:19.19 (2:05.67)
  2 YERPK  'A'                    8:22.00    8:22.38   778  
     1) LEVINGS, AMY 24               2) r:0.49 MITCHELL, CAITLIN 25  
     3) r:0.45 TONKS, LORNA 27        4) r:0.38 RETTIE, LAUREN 19     
    r:+0.74  29.06    1:00.64 (1:00.64)
      1:32.31 (1:32.31)   2:03.44 (2:03.44)
        2:32.09 (28.65)   3:03.93 (1:00.49)
      3:37.21 (1:33.77)   4:09.58 (2:06.14)
        4:38.23 (28.65)   5:10.08 (1:00.50)
      5:43.43 (1:33.85)   6:16.73 (2:07.15)
        6:46.04 (29.31)   7:18.08 (1:01.35)
      7:50.89 (1:34.16)   8:22.38 (2:05.65)
  3 NWD  'A'                      8:27.42    8:24.40   768  
     1) DUNCAN, ABBY 17               2) r:0.42 DUNCAN, EMMA 21       
     3) r:0.70 BASTIAN, TESS 16       4) r:0.33 CEPLITE, (V), KISTA 16
    r:+0.66  28.48    1:00.69 (1:00.69)
      1:33.40 (1:33.40)   2:04.82 (2:04.82)
        2:34.11 (29.29)   3:06.34 (1:01.52)
      3:39.19 (1:34.37)   4:11.12 (2:06.30)
        4:40.58 (29.46)   5:13.19 (1:02.07)
      5:46.05 (1:34.93)   6:18.44 (2:07.32)
        6:47.87 (29.43)   7:20.42 (1:01.98)
      7:52.46 (1:34.02)   8:24.40 (2:05.96)

SEMIFINALS

Women’s 100 free

The sisters Campbell were at it again.  Cate Campbell unleashed a 52.41 to break the Australian All-Comers record of 52.62 set by Cate back in 2014. The time shot Campbell to the top of the world rankings as well.

Sister Bronte qualified second overall in 52.78 to move to second in the world, tied with previously top-ranked Sarah Sjostrom (52.78).

Emma McKeon raced her way to third overall in 52.98 to stand fourth in the world, while Brittany Elmslie qualified fourth in 53.62.

                       === Semi-Finals ===                        
 
  1 CAMPBELL, CATE   23 COMM                53.25      52.41A  980  
    r:+0.79  25.12        52.41 (27.29)
  2 CAMPBELL, BRONT  21 COMM                53.73      52.78Q  960  
    r:+0.68  25.37        52.78 (27.41)
  3 MCKEON, EMMA     21 STPET               54.11      52.98Q  949  
    r:+0.71  25.68        52.98 (27.30)
  4 ELMSLIE, BRITTA  21 BGRAM               53.64      53.62Q  915  
    r:+0.75  25.96        53.62 (27.66)
  5 WILSON, MADISON  21 STPET               54.40      54.26   883  
    r:+0.70  26.19        54.26 (28.07)
  6 JACK, SHAYNA     17 COMM                55.11      54.39   877  
    r:+0.73  26.15        54.39 (28.24)
  7 BARRATT, BRONTE  27 STPET               54.68      54.40   876  
    r:+0.67  26.64        54.40 (27.76)
  8 NGAWATI, KOTUKU  21 MVC                 54.88      54.59   867  
    r:+0.67  26.55        54.59 (28.04)
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  9 COUTTS, ALICIA   28 REDLA               54.88      54.67   864  
    r:+0.75  26.32        54.67 (28.35)
 10 SEEBOHM, EMILY   23 BGRAM               55.07      54.74   860  
    r:+0.70  26.24        54.74 (28.50)
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 11 BUCHANAN, CARLA  20 ACACI               55.63      54.99   849  
    r:+0.71  26.84        54.99 (28.15)
 12 GILLETT, CHELSE  19 SPRTN               55.44      55.09   844  
    r:+0.67  26.69        55.09 (28.40)
 13 WRIGHT, MELANIE  29 STHPT               55.13      55.28   835  
    r:+0.74  26.77        55.28 (28.51)
 14 D'CRUZ, MARIEKE  30 SOSC                55.56      55.44   828  
    r:+0.70  26.20        55.44 (29.24)
 15 COONEY, GEMMA    16 RIVER               55.60      55.75   814  
    r:+0.75  27.23        55.75 (28.52)
 16 MATSUO, AMI      19 RAVN                55.79      56.43   785  
    r:+0.72  27.22        56.43 (29.21)

Men’s 200 back

Mitch Larkin, the clear top backstroker in Australia, turned in a 1:54.68 to lead the way in semis.  That swim is the top ranked 200 back in the world, jumping ahead of Xu Jiayu’s time of 1:54.79 from China.

Joshua Beaver qualified second in a time of 1:57.42 with Matson Lawson posting a third-seeded time of 1:59.43.

                       === Semi-Finals ===                        
 
  1 LARKIN, MITCH    22 STPET             1:57.27    1:54.68.  929  
    r:+0.65  26.72        55.84 (29.12)
        1:25.28 (29.44)     1:54.68 (29.40)
  2 BEAVER, JOSHUA   23 NUN               1:59.65    1:57.42   865  
    r:+0.60  27.17        56.77 (29.60)
        1:26.99 (30.22)     1:57.42 (30.43)
  3 LAWSON, MATSON   23 TGSH              2:00.58    1:59.43   822  
    r:+0.59  27.81        58.19 (30.38)
        1:28.92 (30.73)     1:59.43 (30.51)
  4 LUDLOW, TRISTAN  18 STPET             2:01.41    1:59.51   821  
    r:+0.65  27.86        58.05 (30.19)
        1:28.99 (30.94)     1:59.51 (30.52)
  5 GILLILAND, JARE  21 CHAND             1:59.84    1:59.78   815  
    r:+0.68  28.08        58.29 (30.21)
        1:29.23 (30.94)     1:59.78 (30.55)
  6 GROENEWALD, NIC  18 NUN               2:01.43    2:00.22   806  
    r:+0.57  28.33        58.57 (30.24)
        1:29.17 (30.60)     2:00.22 (31.05)
  7 EDMONDS, BEN     24 MARI              2:00.92    2:00.61   799  
    r:+0.58  27.91        58.09 (30.18)
        1:29.21 (31.12)     2:00.61 (31.40)
  8 BRIDGE, KEELAN   22 SYDU              2:02.56    2:01.50   781  
    r:+0.57  28.47        59.01 (30.54)
        1:30.02 (31.01)     2:01.50 (31.48)

Women’s 200 breast

Taylor McKeown tracked down the top time in semis with a 2:24.77, while Georgia Bohl placed second in 2:24.91.  Tessa Wallace wound up third in 2:25.53.

                     === Semi-Finals ===                        
 
  1 MCKEOWN, TAYLOR  21 SPRTN             2:27.38    2:24.77   887  
    r:+0.70  32.48      1:09.10 (36.62)
        1:46.60 (37.50)     2:24.77 (38.17)
  2 BOHL, GEORGIA    18 STPET             2:33.08    2:24.91   884  
    r:+0.64  32.07      1:09.18 (37.11)
        1:46.35 (37.17)     2:24.91 (38.56)
  3 WALLACE, TESSA   22 PWCAL             2:33.73    2:25.53   873  
    r:+0.72  33.03      1:09.92 (36.89)
        1:47.53 (37.61)     2:25.53 (38.00)
  4 HANSEN, JESSICA  20 NUN               2:34.90    2:26.98   847  
    r:+0.68  32.65      1:09.44 (36.79)
        1:47.52 (38.08)     2:26.98 (39.46)
  5 HUNTER, SALLY    30 MARI              2:30.71    2:27.68   835  
    r:+0.74  32.89      1:10.50 (37.61)
        1:48.39 (37.89)     2:27.68 (39.29)
  6 STRAUCH, JENNA   19 UNAQ              2:30.89    2:28.87   815  
    r:+0.71  33.66      1:10.67 (37.01)
        1:49.12 (38.45)     2:28.87 (39.75)
  7 BEALE, SARAH     15 ACACI             2:32.02    2:30.22   794  
    r:+0.69  34.27      1:13.07 (38.80)
        1:51.56 (38.49)     2:30.22 (38.66)
  8 TONKS, LORNA     27 YERPK             2:36.80    2:32.10   765  
    r:+0.69  33.10      1:10.56 (37.46)
        1:50.12 (39.56)     2:32.10 (41.98)
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  9 MILLIKIN, CARLE  21 TRGR              2:34.02    2:33.65   742  
    r:+0.74  34.14      1:13.05 (38.91)
        1:53.19 (40.14)     2:33.65 (40.46)
 10 SHERIDAN, CALYP  17 BGRAM             2:35.62    2:33.72   741  
    r:+0.68  34.49      1:13.70 (39.21)
        1:53.89 (40.19)     2:33.72 (39.83)
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 11 SMITH, MIKAYLA   17 NUN               2:35.98    2:33.79   740  
    r:+0.63  34.05      1:12.86 (38.81)
        1:53.13 (40.27)     2:33.79 (40.66)
 12 SCOTT, AISLING   23 BGRAM             2:33.05    2:34.87   724  
    r:+0.73  33.74      1:12.13 (38.39)
        1:52.07 (39.94)     2:34.87 (42.80)
 13 CICCHITTI, SOFI  17 NEWMK             2:35.57    2:35.27   719  
    r:+0.69  34.79      1:14.08 (39.29)
        1:54.21 (40.13)     2:35.27 (41.06)
 14 VASTA, PARIS     16 LVN               2:36.76    2:35.43   716  
    r:+0.70  34.67      1:14.48 (39.81)
        1:55.19 (40.71)     2:35.43 (40.24)
 15 VAN BREUGEL, CA  22 WOYW              2:36.59    2:35.50   715  
    r:+0.79  34.07      1:13.53 (39.46)
        1:54.18 (40.65)     2:35.50 (41.32)
 16 EVERINGHAM, MEK  18 PTMQ              2:36.70    2:36.72   699  
    r:+0.73  34.55      1:14.02 (39.47)
        1:54.84 (40.82)     2:36.72 (41.88)

Men’s 200 IM

Thomas Fraser-Holmes crushed the field with a time of 1:57.92, while Justin James qualified second into finals with a 2:00.42.  Travis Mahoney qualified third in 2:00.48.

Fraser-Holmes moved to fifth in the world rankings with his swim heading into finals.

                      === Semi-Finals ===                        
 
  1 FRASER-HOLMES,   24 MIAMI             1:59.72    1:57.92Q  903  
    r:+0.66  25.35        55.24 (29.89)
        1:29.72 (34.48)     1:57.92 (28.20)
  2 JAMES, JUSTIN    23 MACKA             2:01.86    2:00.42   848  
    r:+0.66  25.34        55.64 (30.30)
        1:30.19 (34.55)     2:00.42 (30.23)
  3 MAHONEY, TRAVIS  25 NUN               2:03.24    2:00.48   847  
    r:+0.70  26.10        56.00 (29.90)
        1:31.43 (35.43)     2:00.48 (29.05)
  4 TRANTER, DANIEL  24 TRGR              2:02.12    2:00.55   845  
    r:+0.71  25.64        55.88 (30.24)
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Swimming Australia Press Release:

Records tumbled, heroes were made and dreams were realised and shattered in equal measure. If ever a race was to live up to its hype, it was the men’s 100m freestyle at the 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide.

Cameron McEvoy broke the 100m freestyle Commonwealth, Australian and All-Comers records in a blindingly fast final swim of 47.04 seconds. The time puts the 21-year-old tantalisingly close to the World Record (46.91) set by Cesar Cielo in the 2009. Only two other swimmers have been faster – Cielo and Alain Bernard (46.94) –both in the super-suit era.

“It felt no different to any other race,” McEvoy said.

“If I had known I was that close [to the World Record], then there might have been something else in me that would have pushed me a bit further. But it’s a 0.52 PB off the PB I did in Perth. It’s unbelievable.

“It puts me into a good position come Rio, but in saying that there is a history of world number ones’ going in first and not coming out with the gold and the Olympics is notorious for not always producing the best time to win it.

“I’m very much aware of that and I’m very much aware that everyone else in the world will be sitting on their couch watching this race and firing them up getting ready for training at 5am just to beat me. So although its good, I can’t sit back and relax and think that that’s going to come without any more effort it Rio – I have a lot to do.”

From the gun, the race was McEvoy’s, but it was anyone’s guess who would take the coveted second individual Olympic berth on offer. In the end it was 17-year-old Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA), using his vocal home crowd to push him to the wall in a massive new personal best time of 48.03.

“I had to stay calm in that first 50,” Chalmers said.

“I could see when I was breathing that I was pretty close to them which I knew was good for me because my back end is always the strongest part of my race. So I just enjoyed the race and enjoyed the experience racing against those bigger guys.

“It means a lot to me and also to the state. It’s good for me to get up there tonight and do it not just for me but for South Australian swimmers and people that have come out to support tonight.”

It wasn’t the night for dual World Champion and London Olympic silver medallist James Magnussen, who was gracious in defeat. Magnussen was fourth in 48.68 – missing the individual spot – with lack of time and race practice after shoulder surgery proving too much for the 24-year-old.

The top six swimmers all clocked under 49 seconds. London Olympic relay swimmer James Roberts, who has flown under the radar for much of the last four years, finished third in 48.32, veteran sprinter Matt Abood was fifth just behind Magnussen in 48.89 and William Stockwell knocked even more off his personal best to clock 48.96.

Not content to let the men have all the sprinting spotlight, Cate Campbell threw down the fastest women’s 100m freestyle time in the world this year, and her fastest since the World Championships in 2013, when she hit the wall tonight in 52.41.

Campbell broke her own All-Comers record in the semi-final swim, with sister Bronte Campbell recording the equal second fastest swim this year with her blistering 52.78 in the lane next to Cate. Emma McKeon who already has Olympic nominations in the 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly also swam under 53 seconds in the first semi-final, clocking 52.98 for a new personal best. The final is setting up to be as big a showdown as the men’s.

“I think that showed that everyone is on edge – no one is taking their foot off the pedal,” Cate said.

“That’s the fastest swim I have had in three years so I’m extremely pleased with that. I didn’t expect it to be that fast but knew I had to get in touch with what I want to do tomorrow night. I didn’t just want it to be a throw away swim, I wanted it to be competitive and something that I can build on tomorrow.

“I tend to do my best swims when I surprise myself. I’m definitely not going to be taking too much expectation into tomorrow night.

Madeline Groves defended her Australian title and locked in another race in Rio when she took out the women’s 200m butterfly in 2:05.47 – a time that would have won gold at last year’s World Championships in Kazan. The 20-year-old from St Peters Western will now race the 100/200 double in Rio and will be a serious contender there.

“The pressure wasn’t entirely off and I had to do a good time and I really wanted to win the event too. It’s actually my fourth title in the 200 fly now which I am really happy about. The first one I won was actually in this pool and I was way off qualifying so it’s great to be back here and get a bit of redemption and win it and make the time this year.

She will be joined in Rio by 20-year-old Brianna Throssell from Perth City, WA. Throssell, who was fourth in the event at the 2015 World Championships, set a new personal best time of 2:06.58 to place second and get under the Olympic qualifying time. Along with Groves, she could be in the mix for a medal in Rio.

Teenager Matthew Wilson came agonisingly close to realising his Olympic dream tonight, missing the 200m breaststroke qualifying time by just 0.26 of a second. The 17-year-old schoolboy who lives in the Blue Mountains and undergoes intense logistics to train each day at Sydney’s SOPAC pool, came into the meet with a personal best time of 2:11.23. He has improved on this in each race, finishing the final on 2:09.90.Nicholas Schafer was second on 2:10.75 whilst 100m champion Jake Packard was third on 2:12.65.

Paralympian Daniel Fox secured his third Australian title for the meet, winning the Multi-Class 100m freestyle in 53.72 (988 points). Fox was unable to replicate his morning swim that saw him within a fraction of his own world record, but the 24-year-old from Chandler is certainly showing all the right signs in his preparation for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Joshua Alford (Tuggeranong Vikings, NSW) took silver in 54.60 (941 points) and Matthew Levy (Cranbrook Eastern Edge, NSW) took bronze in 1:02.06 (919 points).

In the women’s Multi-Class 100m freestyle, London Paralympic bronze medallist Maddison Elliott was victorious in 1:05.34 – 971 points. Elliott is the World Record holder in her S8 class and will be looking for another podium finish in the 100m come Rio. Rachael Watson showed she will be a force to be reckoned with in the S4 class, finishing with the Multi-Class silver medal on 1:31.78 (928 points). Ellie Cole was third in 1:02.69 (925 points).

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Bill Bell
Bill Bell
8 years ago

Nice swim by Big Mc but enjoy it while you can ( see Stev Holland) because the guy who set American/NCAA records in the 50-100 yard frees last month in Atlanta is gonna go 20 Flat/ :45 flat Onaha and then 19-plus/44-low The Big Dance!

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