Another handful of world-bests went up on the board at the Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney, including a barn burner from Cate Campbell.<\/p>\n
Cate Campbell tied Femke Heemskerk for the top time in the world in the women’s 100-meter free with a 52.69 for the victory. \u00a0Heemskerk posted her effort back at the Eindhoven Swim Cup.<\/p>\n
Campbell’s sister Bronte posted a second-place time of 53.04 to move to third in the world behind Cate and Heemskerk, while Melanie Wright finished third in 53.50 for fifth in the rankings.<\/p>\n
Brittany Elmslie (53.66) and Emma McKeon (53.68) also posted top-10 ranked times as they took fourth and fifth tonight.<\/p>\n
Mitch Larkin vaulted to second in the world rankings in the men’s 200-meter backstroke with a top time of 1:55.52 for the win. \u00a0Only Ryosuke Irie has been faster with a 1:54.62 at the BHP Super Series event. \u00a0Larkin just missed his Commonwealth record of 1:55.26 from last year.<\/p>\n
Josh Beaver moved to third in the world rankings in the 200-meter back with a time of 1:56.48, while Ashley Delaney wound up third overall in 1:58.84 tonight.<\/p>\n
Madison Wilson skyrocketed to the top of the women’s 200-meter back rankings with a semifinal time of 2:08.27 to clear Elizabeth Simmonds’ previous world best of 2:08.32 from the Edinburgh International meet. \u00a0Emily Seebohm qualified second out of semis with a 2:10.36, while Hayley Baker earned the third seed in 2:11.01.<\/p>\n
Cameron McEvoy continued his success in the sprint frees as he topped the men’s 50-meter semis with a time of 22.24. \u00a0James Magnussen qualified second in 22.31 with Matt Abood earning the third seed in 22.34.<\/p>\n
Tessa Wallace captured the women’s 200-meter breast title in 2:23.34 to move to third in the world rankings. Only Rikke Moller Pedersen (2:21.60) and Kanako Watanabe (2:23.03) have been faster. \u00a0Taylor McKeown placed second in 2:23.77 to move to fifth in the world, while Sally Hunter rounded out the podium with a third-place 2:24.38 for eighth in the world.<\/p>\n
Jayden Hadler jumped to third in the world rankings in the men’s 100-meter fly semis with a 51.66. \u00a0That swim put him behind only Konrad Czerniak (51.37) and Jack Conger (51.64) this year. \u00a0Tommaso D’Orsogna qualified second in 51.90 for fifth in the world, while Grant Irvine picked up the third seed in 52.52.<\/p>\n
Elmslie returned in the women’s 50-meter fly semis with a top-seed 26.32, while McKeon posted a 26.69 for the second seed. \u00a0Marieke D’Cruz posted a third-seeded time of 26.80.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Schafer closed out the night with a 2:12.47 for the men’s 200-meter breaststroke victory. \u00a0Lennard Bremer placed second in 2:13.63 with Josh Tierney taking third in 2:13.66.<\/p>\n