The 2017 Hancock Prospecting Australian Championships splashed into action with swift prelim swims. Olympic sprinters Cate Campbell and Cam McEvoy sprinted to the top of the world rankings in the 100 and 50 freestyles respectively.
Mitch Larkin turned in the top time in prelims of the men’s 200 back, stopping the clock at a 1:58.06. Larkin’s time moves him into the top 20 world rankings for 2017. Jack Cartwright turned in a 1:58.90 to return as second, followed by Clyde Lewis’ 1:58.91.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 LARKIN, MITCH 23 UNAQ 1:53.90 1:58.06 q851
r:+0.57 27.34 57.49 (30.15)
1:27.98 (30.49) 1:58.06 (30.08)
2 CARTWRIGHT, JAC 18 STPETERSWESTERN 1:58.80 1:58.90 q834
r:+0.61 27.70 57.58 (29.88)
1:28.34 (30.76) 1:58.90 (30.56)
3 LEWIS, CLYDE 19 STPETERSWESTERN 1:59.77 1:58.91 q833
r:+0.51 27.62 57.28 (29.66)
1:27.72 (30.44) 1:58.91 (31.19)
4 BEAVER, JOSHUA 24 NUN 1:56.19 1:59.01 q831
r:+0.39 27.59 58.03 (30.44)
1:28.54 (30.51) 1:59.01 (30.47)
5 GILLILAND, JARE 22 CHANDLER 1:59.78 1:59.47 q822
r:+0.60 27.87 58.22 (30.35)
1:28.82 (30.60) 1:59.47 (30.65)
6 LUDLOW, TRISTAN 19 RACKLEY 1:59.51 1:59.55 q820
r:+0.54 27.98 57.82 (29.84)
1:28.58 (30.76) 1:59.55 (30.97)
7 TYSOE, CAMERON 20 GIND 2:06.00 2:00.97 q791
r:+0.53 27.95 58.04 (30.09)
1:29.31 (31.27) 2:00.97 (31.66)
8 BOSKOVIC, KAZIM 21 NUN 2:04.52 2:01.01 q791
r:+0.52 28.33 59.30 (30.97)
1:30.40 (31.10) 2:01.01 (30.61)
David Morgan led a trio of athletes beneath the 52 mark in the men’s 100 fly, turning in the top time of prelims with a 52.69. Christopher Raven and Brayden McCarthy delivered times of 52.77 and 52.98 to join Morgan in the middle of the pool. All three athletes moves into the top 20 world rankings with their times.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 MORGAN, DAVID 23 TSS AQUATICS 51.64 52.69 q845
r:+0.51 24.88 52.69 (27.81)
2 RAVEN, CHRISTOP 23 USC SPARTANS 53.62 52.77 q841
r:+0.62 24.81 52.77 (27.96)
3 MCCARTHY, BRAYD 19 BOND 54.41 52.98 q831
r:+0.54 25.19 52.98 (27.79)
4 IRVINE, GRANT 26 STPETERSWESTERN 51.76 53.31 q816
r:+0.57 25.06 53.31 (28.25)
5 BROWN, NICHOLAS 21 WSS 53.16 53.41 q811
r:+0.60 25.22 53.41 (28.19)
6 JONES, CAMERON 20 STPETERSWESTERN 53.69 53.49 q807
r:+0.55 24.83 53.49 (28.66)
7 BENEHOUTSOS, (V 19 UNAV 53.86 53.52 q806
r:+0.61 25.18 53.52 (28.34)
8 GOUGH, BOWEN 18 NUN 54.21 53.53 q806
r:+0.60 25.25 53.53 (28.28)
Sprint queen Cate Campbell posted the fastest time in the women’s 100 free prelims at a 52.78. Her time further solidifies her spot atop the world rankings as she becomes the first woman beneath the 53-second mark for the 2017 season. Emma McKeon picked up a second place seed with a time of 53.26, while Bronte Campbell qualified third with a 53.54.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 CAMPBELL, CATE 24 COMMERCIAL 52.06 52.78Q q959
r:+0.67 25.31 52.78 (27.47)
2 MCKEON, EMMA 22 STPETERSWESTERN 52.80 53.26Q q933
r:+0.60 25.61 53.26 (27.65)
3 CAMPBELL, BRONT 22 COMMERCIAL 52.58 53.54Q q919
r:+0.62 25.92 53.54 (27.62)
4 JACK, SHAYNA 18 COMMERCIAL 54.11 53.60Q q916
r:+0.59 25.62 53.60 (27.98)
5 WILSON, MADISON 22 STPETERSWESTERN 53.93 54.29 q881
r:+0.62 26.43 54.29 (27.86)
6 NGAWATI, KOTUKU 22 MVC 54.10 54.44 q874
r:+0.54 26.41 54.44 (28.03)
7 SEEBOHM, EMILY 24 BRISBANE GRAMMAR 54.74 54.59 q867
r:+0.63 26.26 54.59 (28.33)
8 ELMSLIE, BRITTA 22 BRISBANE GRAMMAR 53.54 54.64 q864
r:+0.60 26.49 54.64 (28.15)
The first several heats of the women’s 800 free swam this morning with Chelsea Gubecka posting the fastest time at an 8:42.32. Sacha Downing posted a time of 8:48.17 for second fastest, followed by Lani Pallister’s 8:53.78. The fastest heat will swim with finals.
-- ASHWOOD, JESSIC 23 CHANDLER 8:18.14 No Data
-- MELVERTON, KIAH 20 TSS AQUATICS 8:30.97 No Data
-- LEE, KAREENA 23 MTCRKMOOL'ABA 8:31.06 No Data
-- MESSER, MIKAYLA 17 CHANDLER 8:37.46 No Data
-- TITMUS, ARIARNE 16 STPETERSWESTERN 8:37.50 No Data
-- JOHNSON, MOESHA 19 COOPERS BURLEIGH 8:38.88 No Data
-- GOUGH, MADELEIN 17 TSS AQUATICS 8:41.63 No Data
-- ROGERS, DAHLAS 22 GOOD SHEPHERD 8:43.44 No Data
1 GUBECKA, CHELSE 18 KAWANA WATERS 8:44.35 8:42.32 799
r:+0.56 29.90 1:01.85 (31.95)
2:39.42 (1:37.57) 2:06.75 ( )
3:44.89 (1:38.14) 3:12.17 ( )
4:18.03 ( )
4:51.11 (33.08) 5:24.37 (33.26)
5:57.51 (33.14) 6:30.80 (33.29)
7:04.10 (33.30) 7:37.56 (33.46)
8:10.50 (32.94) 8:42.32 (31.82)
2 DOWNING, SACHA 19 PERC 8:50.33 8:48.17 773
r:+0.65 31.09 1:03.88 (32.79)
2:43.52 (1:39.64) 2:10.18 ( )
3:50.00 (1:39.82) 3:16.72 ( )
4:23.36 ( )
4:56.75 (33.39) 5:30.03 (33.28)
6:03.32 (33.29) 6:36.63 (33.31)
7:09.74 (33.11) 7:42.98 (33.24)
8:16.03 (33.05) 8:48.17 (32.14)
3 PALLISTER, LANI 14 USC SPARTANS 8:44.94 8:53.78 749
r:+0.62 28.35 1:00.84 (32.49)
2:06.68 ( )
3:13.40 ( )
4:21.93 ( )
5:30.19 ( )
6:04.53 (34.34) 6:38.59 (34.06)
7:12.70 (34.11) 7:47.16 (34.46)
8:53.78 (1:06.62)
4 HARRIS, MACKENZ 17 MCA 8:48.28 8:58.18 730
r:+0.75 29.64 1:02.12 (32.48)
2:42.07 (1:39.95) 2:08.55 ( )
3:50.04 (1:41.49) 3:15.88 ( )
4:24.09 ( )
4:58.52 (34.43) 5:32.94 (34.42)
6:07.47 (34.53) 6:42.04 (34.57)
7:16.88 (34.84) 7:51.34 (34.46)
8:25.72 (34.38) 8:58.18 (32.46)
5 ESSAM, JACINTA 15 GIND 9:00.48 8:58.35 730
r:+0.76 30.53 1:03.49 (32.96)
2:44.56 (1:41.07) 2:10.80 ( )
3:18.32 ( )
3:52.19 (33.87) 4:25.91 (33.72)
5:00.11 (34.20) 5:34.14 (34.03)
6:08.61 (34.47) 6:42.79 (34.18)
7:17.03 (34.24) 7:51.70 (34.67)
8:25.33 (33.63) 8:58.35 (33.02)
6 LAVIN, JESSICA 17 UNAQ 8:59.62 8:59.55 725
r:+0.68 30.00 1:02.30 (32.30)
2:42.83 (1:40.53) 2:09.05 ( )
3:16.72 ( )
3:50.91 (34.19) 4:25.04 (34.13)
4:59.21 (34.17) 5:33.59 (34.38)
6:08.13 (34.54) 6:42.83 (34.70)
7:17.43 (34.60) 7:52.05 (34.62)
8:26.57 (34.52) 8:59.55 (32.98)
Cameron McEvoy sprinted to the top of the men’s 50 free world rankings. McEvoy dashed to a 21.73 to better upon his season best of 21.88 from the NSW State Championships. James Roberts picked up the second place seed with a 22.38, followed by Alexander Graham and his time of 22.52.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 MCEVOY, CAMERON 22 BOND 21.44 21.73Q q891
r:+0.60
2 ROBERTS, JAMES 25 SOMERSET GC 22.22 22.38 q815
r:+0.75
3 GRAHAM, ALEXAND 21 BOND 22.87 22.52 q800
r:+0.70
4 TOWNSEND, LOUIS 19 RACKLEY 23.08 22.61 q790
r:+0.59
5 ABOOD, ANDREW 26 MARI 22.14 22.63 q788
r:+0.75
6 STOCKWELL, WILL 21 COMMERCIAL 22.17 22.74 q777
r:+0.64
7 MORGAN, DAVID 23 TSS AQUATICS 22.45 22.91 q760
r:+0.66
8 MCCARTHY, BRAYD 19 BOND 23.01 22.95 q756
r:+0.67
8 JONES, CAMERON 20 STPETERSWESTERN 22.71 22.95 q756
r:+0.71
The men’s 400 free was a tight race with three swimmers all qualifying with times of 3:49. David McKeon led the charge with a 3:49.23, improving upon his season best of 3:49.87. Olympic gold medalist Mack Horton qualified second overall with a 3:49.52, while Jack McLoughlin took third overall with a 3:49.79.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 MCKEON, DAVID 24 STPETERSWESTERN 3:44.68 3:49.23 q884
r:+0.60 25.62 53.75 (28.13)
1:22.54 (28.79) 1:51.38 (28.84)
2:20.44 (29.06) 2:49.54 (29.10)
3:19.74 (30.20) 3:49.23 (29.49)
2 HORTON, MACK 20 MVC 3:41.55 3:49.52 q881
r:+0.62 26.14 54.39 (28.25)
1:23.21 (28.82) 1:52.36 (29.15)
2:21.55 (29.19) 2:51.20 (29.65)
3:21.00 (29.80) 3:49.52 (28.52)
3 MCLOUGHLIN, JAC 22 CHANDLER 3:46.27 3:49.79 q878
r:+0.60 26.30 54.81 (28.51)
1:23.53 (28.72) 1:52.64 (29.11)
2:21.63 (28.99) 2:51.22 (29.59)
3:20.77 (29.55) 3:49.79 (29.02)
4 VINCENT, JACOB 18 MIAMI 3:54.06 3:54.59 q825
r:+0.61 27.28 56.57 (29.29)
1:26.44 (29.87) 1:56.29 (29.85)
2:26.24 (29.95) 2:56.05 (29.81)
3:25.69 (29.64) 3:54.59 (28.90)
5 WINNINGTON, ELI 16 BOND 3:50.63 3:55.11 q820
r:+0.56 26.68 55.89 (29.21)
1:24.91 (29.02) 1:54.79 (29.88)
2:24.32 (29.53) 2:54.40 (30.08)
3:24.78 (30.38) 3:55.11 (30.33)
6 HERTZ, JOSHUA 21 SOSC 3:54.69 3:55.18 q819
r:+0.62 27.18 56.32 (29.14)
1:25.79 (29.47) 1:55.76 (29.97)
2:25.73 (29.97) 2:55.73 (30.00)
3:25.56 (29.83) 3:55.18 (29.62)
7 PARRISH, JOSHUA 19 TSS AQUATICS 3:49.06 3:55.90 q811
r:+0.61 26.48 55.82 (29.34)
1:25.69 (29.87) 1:55.28 (29.59)
2:25.40 (30.12) 2:55.83 (30.43)
3:26.37 (30.54) 3:55.90 (29.53)
8 OWENS, ETHAN 20 MARI 3:54.27 3:56.54 q805
r:+0.65 27.39 56.72 (29.33)
1:26.63 (29.91) 1:56.64 (30.01)
2:26.71 (30.07) 2:56.87 (30.16)
3:27.26 (30.39) 3:56.54 (29.28)
Jessica Hansen entered the top 20 world rankings with a 31.19 in prelims of the women’s 50 breast. Georgia Bohl picked up the second place seed with a 31.50, while Aisling Scott rounded out the top qualifiers with a 32.23.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 HANSEN, JESSICA 21 NUN 31.46 31.19 q844
r:+0.67
2 BOHL, GEORGIA 19 STPETERSWESTERN 30.58 31.50 q819
r:+0.67
3 SCOTT, AISLING 24 BRISBANE GRAMMAR 32.63 32.23 q765
r:+0.69
4 HODGES, CHELSEA 15 SOUTHPORT 32.32 32.31 q759
r:+0.75
5 VAN BREUGEL, CA 23 WOYW 32.90 32.36 q756
r:+0.70
6 WALLACE, TESSA 23 PELICAN WTRS 32.10 32.44 q750
r:+0.71
7 WELLS, GEORGIA 18 COMMERCIAL 32.78 32.57 q741
r:+0.65
8 STRAUCH, JENNA 20 BOND 32.30 32.81 q725
r:+0.70
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