The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials kicked off its third day of competition with the women’s 200 free, men’s 200 fly and the men’s 800 free for the finals session, as swimmer from Down Under continue to battle for spots on the World’s roster, led by Emma McKeon.
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.
During the Day 3 prelims, McKeon claimed second-fastest time in the world this year in the 200 free.
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Women’s 200 Free
The showdown in the 200 free between Emma McKeon and Ariarne Titmus was one of the most anticipated races of the meet.
It did not disappoint as McKeon turned in the second-fastest swim in the world this year.
McKeon used a fast start before hanging on to win the race in 1:54.55. Titmus was second in 1:55.09. Titmus holds the fastest time in the world this year at 1:54.20, set at the national championships in April.
Both swimmers qualified for the world championships and are posing a serious threat to the United States in the 4×200 free relay after defeating them at Pan Pacs last summer.
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (1:55.39) and American Katie Ledecky (1:55.78) are the third- and fourth-fastest performers in the event this year.
McKeon’s opening split was 26.18 compared with 27.04 for Titmus, who had better splits in the middle two 50s before McKeon had the edge on the final split 29.60-29.74.
Shayna Jack finished third in 1:56.37, followed by Brianna Throssell, who clocked a 1:56.62.
Madison Wilson finished fifth (1:56.85), ahead of Leah Neale (1:57.35), Carla Buchanan (1:58.32) and Mikka Sheridan (2:00.18).
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 Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 MCKEON, EMMA 25 GUSC 1:56.76 1:54.55Q 959
r:+0.72 26.18 55.35 (29.17)
1:24.95 (29.60) 1:54.55 (29.60)
2 TITMUS, ARIARNE 18 STPET 1:58.26 1:55.09Q 946
r:+0.77 27.04 55.89 (28.85)
1:25.35 (29.46) 1:55.09 (29.74)
3 JACK, SHAYNA 20 STPET 1:57.50 1:56.37 915
r:+0.70 26.80 56.24 (29.44)
1:26.51 (30.27) 1:56.37 (29.86)
4 THROSSELL, BRIA 23 UWSC 1:57.90 1:56.62 909
r:+0.70 27.45 57.08 (29.63)
1:27.05 (29.97) 1:56.62 (29.57)
5 WILSON, MADISON 25 MARI 1:58.36 1:56.85 903
r:+0.70 27.39 56.96 (29.57)
1:26.91 (29.95) 1:56.85 (29.94)
6 NEALE, LEAH 23 USCS 1:58.11 1:57.35 892
r:+0.66 27.67 57.62 (29.95)
1:27.70 (30.08) 1:57.35 (29.65)
7 BUCHANAN, CARLA 23 ACACI 1:59.91 1:58.32 870
r:+0.71 27.79 58.09 (30.30)
1:28.23 (30.14) 1:58.32 (30.09)
8 SHERIDAN, MIKKA 24 USCS 1:59.42 2:00.18 830
r:+0.71 27.88 58.15 (30.27)
1:29.05 (30.90) 2:00.18 (31.13)
=== B - Final ===
9 MELVERTON, KIAH 22 TSS 2:00.48 1:58.48 867
r:+0.75 28.23 57.91 (29.68)
1:28.24 (30.33) 1:58.48 (30.24)
10 PALLISTER, LANI 17 CTREE 2:00.73 1:59.73 840
r:+0.72 28.36 58.77 (30.41)
1:29.72 (30.95) 1:59.73 (30.01)
11 ROGERS, DAHLAS 24 USCS 2:01.97 2:00.44 825
r:+0.70 28.92 59.63 (30.71)
1:30.50 (30.87) 2:00.44 (29.94)
12 NGAWATI, KOTUKU 24 MVC 2:01.46 2:00.55 823
r:+0.68 27.88 58.11 (30.23)
1:29.36 (31.25) 2:00.55 (31.19)
13 TAYLOR, LAURA 19 TSS 2:01.03 2:01.17 810
r:+0.66 28.30 58.83 (30.53)
1:30.09 (31.26) 2:01.17 (31.08)
14 WOODS, ELYSE 20 MVC 2:00.00 2:01.21 809
r:+0.66 27.88 57.99 (30.11)
1:29.35 (31.36) 2:01.21 (31.86)
15 MESSER, MIKAYLA 19 NCOLL 2:01.36 2:01.31 807
r:+0.67 29.03 59.43 (30.40)
1:30.64 (31.21) 2:01.31 (30.67)
16 SIEBENHAUSEN, K 19 RACKL 2:02.02 2:01.95 795
r:+0.71 28.28 59.01 (30.73)
1:30.35 (31.34) 2:01.95 (31.60)
Men’s 200 Fly
David Morgan was the lone competitor in the field to earn a world qualifying time in the 200 fly.
He won the race in 1:55.26 to earn a spot in Gwangju thanks to two solid middle splits in the race. Morgan is the fifth-fastest performer in the world this year.
Grant Irvine finished second in 1:55.89, missing out on worlds by three tenths.
Matthew Temple finished third in 1:56.58, followed by Nicholas Brown (1:57.31), Charles Cox (1:57.61), Bowen Gough (1:59.49), Edward Marks (2:02.31) and Lucas Humeniuk (2:04.44).
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 Prelims Finals FINA
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=== Finals ===
1 MORGAN, DAVID 25 TSS 1:58.55 1:55.26Q 905
r:+0.69 25.51 54.94 (29.43)
1:24.66 (29.72) 1:55.26 (30.60)
2 IRVINE, GRANT 28 UWSC 1:57.50 1:55.89 890
r:+0.66 25.54 55.27 (29.73)
1:25.71 (30.44) 1:55.89 (30.18)
3 TEMPLE, MATTHEW 19 NUN 1:59.31 1:56.58 875
r:+0.64 25.61 55.40 (29.79)
1:25.95 (30.55) 1:56.58 (30.63)
4 BROWN, NICHOLAS 23 UWSC 1:57.56 1:57.31 858
r:+0.71 26.34 55.86 (29.52)
1:25.49 (29.63) 1:57.31 (31.82)
5 COX, CHARLES 19 STPET 1:59.47 1:57.61 852
r:+0.71 26.63 56.80 (30.17)
1:27.12 (30.32) 1:57.61 (30.49)
6 GOUGH, BOWEN 21 NUN 1:59.28 1:59.49 812
r:+0.66 26.27 55.91 (29.64)
1:27.08 (31.17) 1:59.49 (32.41)
7 MARKS, EDWARD 23 CARL 2:02.04 2:02.31 757
r:+0.66 25.96 56.13 (30.17)
1:28.58 (32.45) 2:02.31 (33.73)
8 HUMENIUK, LUCAS 17 CHAND 2:04.38 2:04.44 719
r:+0.67 27.13 58.35 (31.22)
1:30.84 (32.49) 2:04.44 (33.60)
Men’s 800 Free
Jack McLoughlin kept his strong meet going in the 800 free, as he won the event in 7:46.79.
His time qualified for the world championships and put him seventh in the world rankings this year.
Joshua Parrish finished second in 7:54.94, followed by Mack Horton, who finished third in 8:01.30. Ben Roberts was fourth in 8:02.58, finishing ahead of Mitchell Tinsley (8:08.09), Alexander Grant (8:09.14), Daniel Jacobson (8:11.55) and Matthew Robinson (8:18.62).
Event 13 Men 800 LC Metre Freestyle
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World: W 7:32.12 9/07/2009 Lin Zhang, China
Commonwealth: C 7:38.65 27/07/2005Grant Hackett, Australia
Australian: A 7:38.65 27/07/2005Grant Hackett, Miami
All Comers: R 7:41.59 26/03/2001Ian Thorpe, SLC Aquadot
WCQT: Q 7:50.97
Meet Qualifying: 8:37.00
Name Age Team Seed Finals FINA
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1 MCLOUGHLIN, JAC 24 CHAND 7:47.31 7:46.79Q 908
r:+0.70 26.55 55.03 (28.48)
1:24.12 (29.09) 1:53.23 (29.11)
2:22.55 (29.32) 2:52.03 (29.48)
3:21.73 (29.70) 3:51.46 (29.73)
4:21.03 (29.57) 4:50.51 (29.48)
5:20.35 (29.84) 5:49.86 (29.51)
6:19.61 (29.75) 6:49.28 (29.67)
7:18.86 (29.58) 7:46.79 (27.93)
2 PARRISH, JOSHUA 22 TSS 7:59.83 7:54.94 862
r:+0.63 27.44 56.99 (29.55)
1:26.76 (29.77) 1:56.59 (29.83)
2:26.53 (29.94) 2:56.02 (29.49)
3:25.92 (29.90) 3:56.09 (30.17)
4:26.23 (30.14) 4:56.50 (30.27)
5:26.75 (30.25) 5:56.92 (30.17)
6:27.10 (30.18) 6:57.10 (30.00)
7:26.92 (29.82) 7:54.94 (28.02)
3 HORTON, MACK 23 MVC 7:53.42 8:01.30 828
r:+0.71 27.19 56.34 (29.15)
1:25.93 (29.59) 1:55.65 (29.72)
2:25.55 (29.90) 2:55.74 (30.19)
3:25.39 (29.65) 3:55.90 (30.51)
4:26.31 (30.41) 4:57.21 (30.90)
5:28.19 (30.98) 5:59.06 (30.87)
6:30.08 (31.02) 7:00.96 (30.88)
7:31.74 (30.78) 8:01.30 (29.56)
4 ROBERTS, BEN 20 BRW 8:01.22 8:02.58 822
r:+0.69 27.76 57.83 (30.07)
1:28.21 (30.38) 1:58.65 (30.44)
2:28.80 (30.15) 2:59.45 (30.65)
3:29.97 (30.52) 4:00.64 (30.67)
4:30.85 (30.21) 5:01.72 (30.87)
5:32.43 (30.71) 6:03.23 (30.80)
6:33.85 (30.62) 7:04.13 (30.28)
7:34.00 (29.87) 8:02.58 (28.58)
5 TINSLEY, MITCHE 18 CHAND 8:02.59 8:08.09 794
r:+0.73 27.26 56.30 (29.04)
1:26.16 (29.86) 1:56.21 (30.05)
2:26.59 (30.38) 2:56.88 (30.29)
3:27.59 (30.71) 3:58.59 (31.00)
4:29.48 (30.89) 5:00.91 (31.43)
5:32.28 (31.37) 6:03.86 (31.58)
6:35.45 (31.59) 7:07.14 (31.69)
7:38.57 (31.43) 8:08.09 (29.52)
6 GRANT, ALEXANDE 18 BGRAM 8:03.56 8:09.14 789
r:+0.75 27.76 57.85 (30.09)
1:28.24 (30.39) 1:59.02 (30.78)
2:29.51 (30.49) 3:00.32 (30.81)
3:31.08 (30.76) 4:01.93 (30.85)
4:33.03 (31.10) 5:04.17 (31.14)
5:35.33 (31.16) 6:06.60 (31.27)
6:37.72 (31.12) 7:08.99 (31.27)
7:40.15 (31.16) 8:09.14 (28.99)
7 JACOBSON, DANIE 20 ALBAN 8:12.03 8:11.55 778
r:+0.68 27.95 57.93 (29.98)
1:28.56 (30.63) 1:59.05 (30.49)
2:29.43 (30.38) 3:00.04 (30.61)
3:30.71 (30.67) 4:01.59 (30.88)
4:32.33 (30.74) 5:03.47 (31.14)
5:34.75 (31.28) 6:06.31 (31.56)
6:37.89 (31.58) 7:09.38 (31.49)
7:41.00 (31.62) 8:11.55 (30.55)
8 ROBINSON, MATTH 22 KAWTR 8:16.94 8:18.62 745
r:+0.67 28.29 59.17 (30.88)
1:30.54 (31.37) 2:01.78 (31.24)
2:33.59 (31.81) 3:05.32 (31.73)
3:36.74 (31.42) 4:08.07 (31.33)
4:39.49 (31.42) 5:10.68 (31.19)
5:42.12 (31.44) 6:13.66 (31.54)
6:45.44 (31.78) 7:17.30 (31.86)
7:48.91 (31.61) 8:18.62 (29.71)
9 COTTER, HAYDEN 18 LAWNT 8:24.94 8:19.45 741
r:+0.78 28.72 59.86 (31.14)
2:03.22 ( )
3:06.45 ( )
3:38.03 (31.58) 4:10.01 (31.98)
4:41.39 (31.38) 5:13.31 (31.92)
5:44.71 (31.40) 6:16.47 (31.76)
6:47.92 (31.45) 7:19.65 (31.73)
7:50.03 (30.38) 8:19.45 (29.42)
10 BULLEN, TRISTAN 18 BOND 8:12.62 8:22.80 727
r:+0.69 28.31 58.92 (30.61)
1:29.97 (31.05) 2:01.61 (31.64)
2:33.49 (31.88) 3:05.23 (31.74)
3:37.09 (31.86) 4:08.86 (31.77)
4:40.52 (31.66) 5:12.35 (31.83)
5:44.36 (32.01) 6:16.23 (31.87)
6:48.13 (31.90) 7:19.99 (31.86)
7:51.67 (31.68) 8:22.80 (31.13)
11 DAFF, CONOR 16 CHAND 8:20.20 8:25.08 717
r:+0.63 28.58 1:00.12 (31.54)
1:31.41 (31.29) 2:02.96 (31.55)
2:34.48 (31.52) 3:06.63 (32.15)
3:38.46 (31.83) 4:10.61 (32.15)
4:42.91 (32.30) 5:15.05 (32.14)
5:47.25 (32.20) 6:19.19 (31.94)
6:51.49 (32.30) 7:23.41 (31.92)
7:55.43 (32.02) 8:25.08 (29.65)
12 OTLEY-DOE, JAME 18 TSS 8:27.07 8:26.21 712
r:+0.74 28.53 59.26 (30.73)
1:30.79 (31.53) 2:02.51 (31.72)
2:34.22 (31.71) 3:06.37 (32.15)
3:38.55 (32.18) 4:11.10 (32.55)
4:43.07 (31.97) 5:15.36 (32.29)
5:47.59 (32.23) 6:19.87 (32.28)
6:51.73 (31.86) 7:23.92 (32.19)
7:55.69 (31.77) 8:26.21 (30.52)
13 RAYMOND, THOMAS 16 NCOLL 8:11.68 8:30.28 695
r:+0.60 28.62 1:00.05 (31.43)
1:32.06 (32.01) 2:04.19 (32.13)
2:36.06 (31.87) 3:08.14 (32.08)
3:40.23 (32.09) 4:12.37 (32.14)
4:44.90 (32.53) 5:17.33 (32.43)
5:49.66 (32.33) 6:21.85 (32.19)
6:54.42 (32.57) 7:27.09 (32.67)
7:59.52 (32.43) 8:30.28 (30.76)
14 ARMSTRONG, BAIL 20 KAWTR 8:33.90 8:33.04 684
r:+0.67 28.03 58.74 (30.71)
1:30.32 (31.58) 2:02.07 (31.75)
2:34.04 (31.97) 3:06.29 (32.25)
3:38.69 (32.40) 4:11.12 (32.43)
4:43.74 (32.62) 5:16.15 (32.41)
5:48.70 (32.55) 6:21.62 (32.92)
6:54.09 (32.47) 7:27.67 (33.58)
8:00.78 (33.11) 8:33.04 (32.26)
15 WILLIAMSON, GEO 15 RACKL 8:31.84 8:40.55 655
r:+0.72 29.21 1:00.64 (31.43)
1:32.88 (32.24) 2:05.73 (32.85)
2:38.59 (32.86) 3:11.98 (33.39)
3:45.56 (33.58) 4:19.36 (33.80)
4:52.99 (33.63) 5:26.40 (33.41)
6:00.09 (33.69) 6:33.25 (33.16)
7:05.58 (32.33) 7:38.14 (32.56)
8:10.09 (31.95) 8:40.55 (30.46)
16 CLARKE, JACKSON 15 SSAQU 8:34.55 8:43.74 643
r:+0.76 29.12 1:01.21 (32.09)
1:33.33 (32.12) 2:06.06 (32.73)
2:38.57 (32.51) 3:12.15 (33.58)
3:45.29 (33.14) 4:18.79 (33.50)
4:51.90 (33.11) 5:25.24 (33.34)
5:58.34 (33.10) 6:32.30 (33.96)
7:05.40 (33.10) 7:38.95 (33.55)
8:11.50 (32.55) 8:43.74 (32.24)
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